A Cold War-era nuclear fallout shelter has had its price slashed by more than half after failing to find a buyer in Germany.
The fully operational bunker, in Xanten, in North Rhine-Westphalia, was first put on the market at EUR 1.6 million (GBP 1.4 million).
Now sellers are asking just EUR 700,000 (GBP 597,000) for what estate agents call a bomb-proof investment.
The self-contained former military shelter comes with electricity, working lavatories, and a filtered air ventilation system to keep fallout particles at bay.
Estate agent photos show a hidden entrance surrounded by overgrown woodlands with the bunker’s 10-foot-thick concrete walls set behind a series of five-inch thick solid steel doors.
It is listed as having 850 square metres (9,150 square feet) of space and its original purpose was as a communications hub to keep the German government going after a Soviet nuclear strike.
Inside, what seems like an early computerised control and communications system is still in place.
The bunker was originally created as a shelter against potential Soviet nuclear strikes on the West before the collapse of the Berlin Wall in 1989.
It last housed German troops in 2001.
German Cold War Nuclear Fallout Bunker For Sale On eBay For EUR 1.6 Million
The bunker’s owners first tried to sell it on eBay in 2022 with an asking price of EUR 1.6 million.
Now estate agents handling the sale say they are willing to take just EUR 700,000.
Its previous tenants were reportedly a group of Dutch nationals who were there for three years and secretly used it to hide a huge cannabis plantation.
But despite the new fear of nuclear conflict sparked by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, there are still no takers.
Estate agent Magnus Losch explained: “The facility was built in 1967 by the Bundeswehr as a ‘hub in the telecommunications network’ and is still surprisingly well preserved today.”
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