{"id":347496,"date":"2010-02-23T13:31:59","date_gmt":"2010-02-23T18:31:59","guid":{"rendered":"1851 at http:\/\/atlasobscura.com"},"modified":"2010-02-23T13:31:59","modified_gmt":"2010-02-23T18:31:59","slug":"kristiansand-kanonmuseum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/347496","title":{"rendered":"Kristiansand Kanonmuseum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/atlasobscura.com\/globe\/europe\/norway\">Norway<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/atlasobscura.com\/globe\/europe\">Europe<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/atlasobscura.com\/categories\/museums-and-collections\">Museums and Collections<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Kristiansand Kanonmuseum is home to the world&#8217;s largest fully functional land-mounted naval gun.  <\/p>\n<p>Once a part of the Atlantikwall (Atlantic Wall), the Nazi&#8217;s huge defensive line that ran along the the western coast of Europe, the &#8220;Vara Battery&#8221; was meant to keep British forces from invading mainland Europe and to guard the shipping lanes of the Skagerak. <\/p>\n<p>Built be a crew of Norwegians, Danes, and Russian prisoners of war, the barrel of the cannon was nearly 20 meters long (64.8 feet) and weighed 110 tons. A sister to the guns on the battleships Bismark and Tirpitz, this is one of a series of fifty 38-centimeter Thyssen-Krupp SKC34 weapons.  <\/p>\n<p>Spread over an area of more than 14 acres, the Kristiansand Kanonmuseum maintains many of the original bunker and troop complexes that made up this part of the Atlantikwall.<\/p>\n<p>Join us on Obscura Day &#8211; Marth 20th, 2010 &#8211; in Sandviktoppen, Norway at NATO&#8217;s Altantic North Command and Control Bunker, built during the Cold War deep under a mountain overlooking Kristiansand, Norway. This ABC (Atomic, Biological, Chemical) proof facility was in service until 1992. After being decommissioned, the bunker has been locked and sealed awaiting a decision about its future use. The ventilation system is still operational, however the lighting system has failed, so be sure to bring a flashlight!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.atlasobscura.com\/files\/imagecache\/place_main\/place_images\/kasematt2-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"  width=\"280\" height=\"187\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Norway, Europe | Museums and Collections The Kristiansand Kanonmuseum is home to the world&#8217;s largest fully functional land-mounted naval gun. Once a part of the Atlantikwall (Atlantic Wall), the Nazi&#8217;s huge defensive line that ran along the the western coast of Europe, the &#8220;Vara Battery&#8221; was meant to keep British forces from invading mainland Europe [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-347496","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347496","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=347496"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347496\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=347496"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=347496"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=347496"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}