Amid the charming cobbled streets and medieval buildings in Zurich’s old town, there is one site that never ceases to amaze guests of tour guide Samantha Aeschbach.
Urania, a cavernous underground space spanning seven stories, is a parking garage. It is also a modern military fortress hiding in plain sight, the owner of the Zurich Insider tour company tells her guests.
The garage doubles as one of the largest public shelters in Switzerland, and could accommodate 11,000 people in case of an emergency, with drinking water, emergency power generators, gas filters and a command system.
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