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    Post How Cold War Fears Helped Create Helsinki’s Subterranean Paradise

    The Finnish capital’s city-within-a-city has a church, a hockey rink, and stockpiles of life-saving supplies

    Nearly 200 miles of tunnels snake beneath Helsinki, providing a weatherproof subterranean playground for the Finnish capital’s residents and visitors. Yet hidden behind the bright lights of the underground attractions—which include a museum, church, go-kart track, hockey rink, and more—are emergency shelters fitted with life-sustaining equipment: an air filtration system, an estimated two-week supply of food and water, and cots and other comforts. The shelters reflect a chilling geopolitical reality for a small country that shares an 833-mile border with Russia, its longtime nemesis.




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    Below the bustling streets of Helsinki, Temppeliaukio Church is one of several subterranean sites that attract locals and tourists alike.

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    At the Underground Formula Center beneath eastern Helsinki’s Myllypuro neighborhood, go-kart enthusiasts race around a course



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    Russian troops march through Viipuri, Finland (now Vyborg, Russia) in 1939.


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    The Itäkeskus swimming hall doubles as an emergency shelter beneath Helsinki.


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    https://www.atlasobscura.com/article...rgency-shelter
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    Sounds like a better alternative to winter in Helsinki.

    Some people seem to be fine with never seeing the sun and breathing outside air.

    The PATH in Toronto, CA gives you the opportunity to never surface unless your workplace is not connected with 17 miles of shopping and entertainment connected to apartment towers.

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