![]() Norway’s state directorate for security and preparedness (DSB) confirms that all the shelters combined can only accommodate 2.5 million people, less than half Norway’s current population. The biggest challenge, however, is capacity. State regulations still demand, though, that bomb shelters (called tilfluktsrom in Norwegian) be ready for service within 72 hours, prompting lots of cleaning and quick refurbishment around the country right now. Most lack water and working sanitation facilities. ![]() ![]() Many have been used as storage rooms, and are packed with old furniture and other cast-offs. The entrance to this old bomb shelter in Oslo’s Fagerborg district was so tagged so heavily that it was hard to even find the sign depicting it as a place to go in an emergency. They’re thinking about it now, after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and finding that their existing shelters’ capacity and condition leave much to be desired. ![]() It’s been decades since Norwegians and their political leaders thought much about the need for bomb shelters. ![]()
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