Europe's Soviet BUNKER!! Will Latvia Keep This Place Open?
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- Опубликовано: 9 дек 2023
- Līgatne Bunker: Our road trip through the former soviet states of the Baltics continues as we explore one of the best preserved bunkers in Europe. This former Soviet Bunker has been frozen in time and offers visitors and history enthusiast a glimpse into what life was like.
According to local historians they aren't sure how much longer the bunker will be open to the public so if you are interested in history be sure to discover the most fascinating museum in Europe.
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Līgatne Bunker Tour English - 00:14
Soviet Helicopter landing pad - 00:44
Bunker Password - 02:05
Ordering new tires - 02:50
Calling the Kremlin - 04:20
Soviet War Room - 05:36
Antique Vinyl - 07:00
Arriving in Riga the capital of Latvia - 22:27
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Putin might be looking for that vintage T-54 tank engine! :)
One fully works and the other needs some work. Apparently they have the rest of the tank somewhere on site too.
Shawn ordering the tires for the BMW from the bunker was epic 😂
Haha finally someone who appreciates that scene 🤣🤣 Thanks! 😊
that structure next to cave was not for fishing, it is called "fish way" built steps so salmon can get upstream to breed (so they do not need to jump over the dam)
Hi, ahhh is that what it was! Thanks for that, I wasn’t if it was for catching them or helping them. It must actually be interesting to watch them swim up it when they swim upstream.
Thanks for your comment 😎👍🏻
Sean and Emily
:) all cool, to see how fish trying to jump obstacles search for "flying fish Kuldiga" also you probably have ended your trip already as it is December:) , but if you plan to revisit and did not go to - Kuldiga is a very nice place to visit in Latvia :)
Good video amazing insight , into that building! When it comes to war! No expense is spared!
Thanks, the effort that went into building that underground structure was colossal!
Functional yet creepy in that bunker, I'd rather die that "live" down there for years. Riga, isn't that a stag do destination for many bits now?
Note the records @6:33 Mireille Mathieus "French Connection" and Julian Lennons "Valotte", both made in Soviet Union by Melodiya. They were politically ok in the east at that time. The black market for western music was of course big, even after everything collapsed. When I was in Latvia in 1992 for a short student exchange one of our our local guides (a heavy metal fan) took us to Birža, a kind of a flea market for western music, actually nothing more than a lot of young people who gathered once a week in a park in northern Riga, buying/selling/exchanging any music they had.
Hi Stefan, thanks for this comment. I was actually wondering about some of those records and thought they looked a bit out of place. That makes sense now 👍🏻
That must have been interesting to spend some time there back in 1992 and what a great experience.
Thanks for watching and we hope you enjoyed the video.
Sean and Emily
What a nice and special historical episode you showed us. Interesting to see what things were like at that time.
Hi, Glad you liked it. It really is a fascinating place complete with all the objects of the day! Amazing to see the old technology that was built so very well that it does all still function today.
I have been looking forward to this episode and I wasn't disappointed! I liked the room with the old record players and vinyl 45's and 33's laying about, Stars on 45!!! I think they were a Dutch pop group from the early 80's? They did short medleys of popular songs, always good for a boogie 👯The meal at the end looked lush, so much food! 😋
Hi, thanks very much! Really glad you liked it!
Yeah the collection of items and technology from the past was fantastic! everything looked like it had come straight out the box.
They must have been partying it up down there 😄 -I’m not sure if those records were added fir the museum as my first thought was would they be allowed to have European records during the Soviet Union 🤔 the fashion and travel magazines were great to see as well.
We were so hungry when we got to that restaurant and we eat everything 😋
Hi, Really interesting episode. Just as i imagined it would look like. Also interesting if that is how Emily looks like when talking on the phone with Sean😂. Thanks for sharing😊
Hi Johan, thanks. We found it a really interesting place too! There was a lot to take in on a short space of time. The relicts from a by gone era were fascinating-especially the old communication equipment and record players 😊
Haha exactly 😂
Thanks for watching
Sean and Emily
That was an interesting place! I visited something similar in Lithuania last summer, but I don't say more for to avoid spoiling if you have visited the same place and there will be a video :D
I'm old enough that I visited the Soviet Union several times before it collapsed. Not the Baltic states under soviet occupation though, but Russia. Then in the early 1990s border crossing from Finland to Russia was like a time machine.
Hi, yeah it was super interesting. What I liked the most was all the technology of the day frozen in time and preserved perfectly.
We didn’t go to one in Lithuania (I probably used up my quota of bunkers per tour 😁)
Wow, that’s adventurous. Was that a complicated procedure with visas etc?
It must have been fascinating crossing into the Soviet Union and seeing everything completely different.
@@SeanandEmily that we visited was the Cold War museum in Plokščiai, Lihtuania. It was built into an old nuclear missile base. There was a lot of similar stuff like in that bunker you visited.
In the Soviet time you practically needed an official invitation for to get visa. My case was that I had been in contact with some radio amateurs on that side, so they managed to get me official invitations from the mayors office of their town. I added that always to my visa application and explained that this is cultural exchange between radio clubs in Finland and S.U. Quite a bureaucracy, but it was possible if you knew the right persons :)
@oh2mp that’s a really cool story!! There can’t have been many people that managed to experience that 😎👍🏻
If we are in Lithuania again we will have to check that one out too 👍🏻
@@SeanandEmily I strongly recommend that place. I hadn't even heard about it before my friend who had been there told about it. Just google Cold War Museum Lithuania, and you get the first hits to that exact location.
That stream of water looks like a fish ladder to me. There was a sign showing a fish going up a stairway. Did you see it?
Hi David, yeah you're right! Apparently it's to let the fish upstream past the dam for breeding season. =)
@@SeanandEmily Salmon are the species here that require ways, like fish ladders, to get past the hydroelectric dams here in the PNW. The dams are a big problem for important fish runs. Native peoples livelihoods have been destroyed. But, things are changing. Dams are coming down. A river was freed after one hundred years. A fish run that was thought extinct came alive!! Cheers!!
That's good news about the thought to be extinct fish, nature recovers in an amazing way if we let it. =)
The bunker is more humane than the Japanese heritage bunkers in my country which are very narrow and short, I don't know how Japanese soldiers used to live in that bunker.
Hi, I never visited the Heritage bunkers when I visited Japan (many years ago). This Bunker was made with luxury in mind for the 3 officials that had commissioned the bunker, it was full of luxury items and was decorated to feel homely. But yeah as you say the corridors are very big and it did feel spacious!
We hope you liked the video and are enjoying the playlist.
Kind regards
Sean and Emily
Damn, I have one more question - how does Emily switch views - from pointing the camera towards you both while riding the bike, and facing it forward, down the road? Does she do it manually? Thanks very much! Loved the video, by the way.
Hi Jim, Yeah Emily does it all manually. The Go pro is mounted to the Go Pole.
Thanks for watching! This place was awesome to explore with lots of fascinating objects from the past.
Cheers
Sean and Emily
Here's the Go Pole:
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@@SeanandEmily wow, so Emily has to remove it from the mount, turn it around, and screw it back in to the mount?
Hi, no it stays on the pole.Em just twist it around or swoops her arm (her arms aches a bit on the longer clips lol)
@@SeanandEmily Thanks very much. Have you ever thought of making a video of how you take your videos? Like, using the media mod, the blue tooth mics, how to video your rides "on the fly?" It would be really helpful. You guys are great, and your videos are awesome. Thank you!
You're welcome, yeah maybe we might get around to making one if them someday =)
Thanks for your encouraging words! New episode out tonight.
Cheers
Sean and Emily
22:00 The guy probably had no idea what u were asking, because the elderly generation know Russian or German, but not English
Probably not, although he seemed to understand castle. Either way it was very much closed that day due to a cycling event.
@@SeanandEmily maybe the road, but not the castle
Could be, but we weren't going to leave the bike there and walk to the castle some Km's away =)
Hi,what size is your drybags on top of panniers..Was wanting buy some for my GS..thx.
Hi Steven, we went with the 30 liter 'rack pack' bags from Touratech. They are great, durable and completely waterproof (we often throw them into the hotel shower if they get too dirty.
www.touratech.com/dry-bag-rack-pack-30-by-touratech-waterproof.html
Also here's a packing video in case it's any help:
ruclips.net/video/1CeVk7UXI7Y/видео.htmlsi=6bPpMJv22CxgACfq
Thx again for swift reply,,Enjoying the videos as always..
You're welcome! =)
Thanks very much! We are trying to decide what tours to do next year =)
0:10 Never seen eye pupils so small. Must be an alien :D
Or just stood in sunlight 😂🤣
Когда русские атакуют Ригу?! Что за херня!! 🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️
Okay so this is a theory explained by a guide -and just a theory as to the reason the bunker was located were it is.
During soviet times/Cold War the Soviet’s suspected that if a land attack on Moscow was ever to happen it would come from the direction of Latvia as the gulf of Finland was too heavily defended. If the western defences at Liepāja were to fall then the likely place of a landing would have been around Riga as this would give a straight line to Moscow.
The bunker is located some 75km from Riga not exactly conveniently located for a quick run for cover. The theory was it was positioned in a location where the destruction of the Riga area could be coordinated from which would make it impossible for any invasion of Latvia to be able to make it across to Moscow.
Like I say it’s just a theory that was presented to us, but it would explain its remote location.
Thanks as always for watching 😎🙌🏻