There was a superb weather today and after the sunday christmas mess I wanted to show you pictures of this festung "Nordheim" 35 km from our home. First time I visited the batterie I was 8 yrs on a schooltrip. The place has alway fasinated me because the enourmes amount of bunkers,trenches,barrack`s, cannons destroyed in it`s gunpoints (4 of them) etc. The batterie was not used after the war. UK troops and norwegian armed forces shipped out guns and ammo using a ferry and dumping it in the fjord outside the fort. Since there is almost nobody living there and few people are going there it is in a very good condition. I could not go on every position in under 5-6 houers. There are bunkers with painting on the wall,soldatart etc.
A tellermine was found a few yers ago. I did not have too much time but I think you have an idea what the fort is like. It saw some live combat firing on boats during ww2...
Enjoy the kriegs weinarcht zeit

Lots of bunkers lurking everywhere. You better see it if you where there some 60 years ago on a commando raid...

Bunker behind artillery position.

The first big artillery position. I did not have the thime to find the others,but at least one is much moore complete but deactivated.

cover hole for signal trooper.

Old french war booty artillery. Cant remember calibre but it is shure big...

A bit of snow before christmas...think of standing here on guard when is is blowing cold from the north brrrr...

Check the continental tires for the cannon.

view west of the island Bømlo...

This house is an old german barrack used as a cabine/hut after the war. It is deserted and 5 years ago we where on the attic and found 29 totally fine crates for 88flak and the french big guns. I kept one and the rest is at our museum. Amazing! The tags with adler and WaA where dry and nice...

bunker...

That stuff is very interesting, place I would love to visit, your lucky to live in a place you can.

moore bunkers..

From a position towards Engeland...

The germans was masters in camuflage. This bunker is semented like a little hill.Watch the little curves. See the steel hatch on the top?
hehehe

During the first time of ocupation this little island looking like a sub was attacked by a uk airplane. A few years ago me and a pal was out there with a boat and you can still see lots of bullet craters on the smooth stone wall...

The first big gunpoint again..

Still many traces of the barbwire fencline...

An empty gun position...

Another bunker. Note the hooks for camonetting of the trench outside the entrence. They used metal net on these bunkers...

German numbering...

They used halftrack to get the artillery in position using this road...

The toilet and a bunker in the background.
The toilet/latrine had wooden walls and roofe, and a half gazoline barral inside on the ground.

A mini bunker with some signal cables inside...

Fascinating: Thanks for posting these pictures!
Jim

Big barrack..
A tragic story from the old farmer owning the area tel