Historischer Kunstbunker

5 Kurt Westerlund - 5 months ago

Very enlightening tour of how Germans protected art, historical documents, and other valuable items during World War II. Still in almost completely original condition. Sad to think though that they started preparing for this in 1933, showing how the nazis we're planning for war years before the rest of Europe. Pretty cold in the tour areas, usually around 55 degrees, and dark. Easy to walk though there are places that you must mind your step.

1 Bogdan Samy Ciobica - 2 weeks ago

For what you see inside which is a pair of photos and the bunker itself 9.5€ is pretty expensive.
Plus faulty audio equipment.
Just my two cent

5 Jake Wong - 2 years ago

If you are interested in history and WWII related materials, you must visit this Kunstbunker. This 90 minutes tour with English audio guide is amazing! You must visit this place when visiting Nuremberg. VERY IMPORTANT: you must show up at the beginning of the opening, otherwise the doors are locked, you will not be able to join.

4 Carolyn Carnes - 3 years ago

Knowledgable tour guides in a cool place (literally and figuratively). Needing an audio guide for any language besides German is a bummer, but at least they offer them so that you can follow along with the actual tour guides walking everyone through the exhibits.

5 z k - a year ago

This is for both the Art Bunker English tour and the castle tunnels English tour, both of which begin here. Excellent overall! Both tours are conducted in German, but there are English audio guides available (free). I got more out of the bunker tour just because the audio guide stops are clearly specified for the entire route, and there are no real gaps (German info w/o English equivalent) between them. You also have a little more room to wander and get nice photos, because you aren't tied to the tour group as much. The guide was wonderful and happy to answer my questions afterward. Ask about the lost musical instrument screw - the only "treasure" piece not successfully relocated after the war! It would make an interesting display if they ever chose to include it. Highly recommend if you come to Nuremberg for WWII history. The entire story is about preservation of German irreplaceable art and treasure, the foresight that allowed it to be as successful as it was, and the restoration of the city after allied bombing. Just a really cool behind-the-scenes saga of the real impact of the war on a centuries-old, historic German town. Helps you to really understand on a personal level what was lost (and saved)!

The tunnel tour has several "stops" not numbered and you rely on your guide to accurately tell you the numbers to use... Mine wasn't so accurate, but I figured it out. Be sure to do #1u00262 at the meeting point. #5 starts just down inside the tunnels. There is more extra commentary beyond the audio, leaving you wondering what you've missed, but it's clear the guide tried to accommodate me as the only English audio user. This tour could benefit from a few more audio numbers to match better with the guide. But if you pay attention I think you come away with what's important. This tour is a great addition to the general castle admission; focus is completely on the defense of the castle and construction of the defense system, which the main castle visit doesn't cover. Nice and cool inside on a hot day - perfectly doable in short sleeves, but if you get chilled easily, bring a light jacket.

Both tours can be easily and conveniently done back to back. Recommend booking your tickets online because availability in COVID times is especially limited for the tunnel tour. Sounds like they're working on additional English audio for more tours in 2022, but these are the only two in English currently available.

5 Anca Rightmire - a year ago

The bunker's history is interesting. And our guide Mr. Andreas Clemens made sure the experience was totally worthy. I enjoyed his dry humor as well :)

5 G W - 3 years ago

We had a guided tour although or as we are English and the guide didn’t speak fluent English we used the hand held devices instead. That being said it was really interesting and very informative. I would highly recommend to anyone visiting Nuremberg, however what I would say is that you have to book this in advance as we turned up one day and the tour was full so we had to book for the next.