Why does Switzerland have more nuclear bunkers than any other country?

瑞士为何拥有比其他国家更多的核掩体?

The Audio Long Read

2025-07-04

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Switzerland is home to more than 370,000 nuclear bunkers – enough to shelter every member of the population. But if the worst should happen, would they actually work? By Jessi Jezewska Stevens. Read by Rachel Handshaw. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod
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  • Why does Switzerland have more nuclear bunkers than any other country?

  • By Jesse Józefska-Stevens.

  • Read by Rachel Hanshaw.

  • At first, Zora Shelbert,

  • the chief operating officer and tour guide at the Zonenberg nuclear bunker in Lucerne,

  • Switzerland, wasn't sure whether the requests she was receiving were a joke.

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