The hidden city under Helsinki built for the nuclear apocalypse: Finnish city has 500 bunkers where the entire population of 600,000 people can shelter from the fallout of nuclear war for months
- 500+ shelters 25m below capital can hold 900,000, a third more than entire city
- Facilities include cafes, softball courts, go karting tracks, car parks and dorms
- Their doors are so thick a nuclear blast wouldn’t leave a dent, officials claim
- City excavated 9million cubic metres of bedrock – 50,000 double-decker buses
- Built during Cold War, the bunkers store enough food and water for two weeks
- Helsinki’s 25 metro stations can also be transformed into urgent escape routes
- Bunkers receiving new attention as Finland’s NATO bid meets Moscow tough talk
- Kremlin vowed ‘retaliatory steps’ including moving nukes closer to Europe
- But officials in Helsinki’s emergency unit say Finns are unfazed by Putin threats
- City rescue department spokeswoman Anna Lehtiranta told MailOnline: ‘As a neutral…
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