Finland is always at the top of the list of countries with the happiest people. It’s thought that the source of this happiness with life is due in part to living in a country where they believe people are inherently kind to and care about one other. So it’s no surprise that Finland as a whole has a cultural mindset of protecting its entire populace from attack (again) from its nearest neighbor Russia.
After WWII construction began in earnest and the country has consistently maintained and expanded these shelters and in true Finnish fashion created an underground network that in many places amounts to a futuristic looking underground city. Many of the areas including an enormous public swimming pools are used daily by many Finns; some have become popular tourist attractions such as the famous Temppeliaukio Church which is shown above.
“Almost 10 million square meters of underground spaces underneath the city form an extensive network concealing swimming pools, churches, shops, and even a karting track that doubles as a civil defense shelter. During the late fifties, Europe saw a proliferation of partially concealed structures prompted by the desire to avoid the destruction” (of a site during wartime). The entire network can house and protect almost the entire population of this small country which shares a 1,340-kilometre (830-mile) border with Russia.
What might the United States government do for its people in the event of attack you might ask? Well, popular opinion thinks that those in power might just save the people who got us into the mess in the first place! Isn’t amazing to think that the people who may cause a nuclear war or an AI generated “Terminator” war, will survive it?
And you might have a peek at the underground bunkers that those with the means are buying and planning. What do you think might happen if the grid suddenly went down?
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