#Albania- the land of hidden bunkers

[GeographyNow]

And don’t even get started on the traditions…

[froggary]

Well Croatia's coastline game is on another level

[Unfunniestguy]

The bunkers were understandable
All of Albanias neighbours were hostile towards them and their only friend was China for a while

[zexerpl]

Albania: Alright, im going to the sea
Greece and Montenegro: No
Albania: Oh ok, guess ill go to the lake
North Macedonia: No

[Dorgpoop]

In communist times the name ENVER was painted on the side of mount Shpirag in big letters. When the regime collapsed they tried to remove the letters, but under the right lighting they were still visible. The Albanian airforce even tried to remove them with napalm but you could still make them out. But in 2012 volunteers managed to edit to swap the first two letters so it instead said NEVER, as a testament to never repeat the mistakes of the past.

[grendol]

I wonder if the bunkers can be converted into something useful for the municipalities. Maybe a utility/infrastructure node, or an emergency supplies storage area. Maybe they are great locations for scientific equipment to measure environmental variables. Alternative idea is they become a quirky lodging location. I dunno, just throwing ideas out there.

[BalkanBallMapping]

I am from Albania, thank you for mentioning us!

[jayjayn]

Let their land stay! And let their people STAY THERE!

[ariellll-vbnm]

Croatia was also trying to get the biggest part of the beach. bosnia has just a tiny piece of beach.

[recognizesealand]

Albania did need the bunkers, they were hated by all their neighbors it was there only real deterrence

[indian-pewdiepie]

I counted around 110 lol, I love albania ❤

[ThanasisTeitzis]

It's the same for a lot of countries. Russia with Ukraine and Poland and etc. Greece with turkey Albania n.macedonia and you can see that things change with better economy and

[rianadilley]

Costed? I believe the past tense of cost is cost.

[mikaelsza]

Se dependesse dos vizinhos, a Albania nem existia! Principalmente a Servia!

[pizzasteve]

If you think Albania gets robbed of coastline, take a look at Slovenija and Bosnia. We in Slovenija got everything but two cities taken by Italy and Croatia. Bosnia only got one town.

[οδυσεαςοδυσεας]

the best beach is central Makedonia chalkidiki

[izi]

Ιn case of Greece. Its the exact opposite. Albania this decade has moved its borders into Greek soil even "stealing" a lake. Also, Albanians steal the signs which define the Greco-albanian borders in the mountains

[mall]

North macedonia did not take most of the ohrid lake, infact they had control over all of it, but in the first balkan war albania managed to take a part of ohrid lake. So technically Albania stole it.

[patenceto]

How about the mountain peoples in the North and their tradition of blood feud? You dont wonna hurt peoples feelings, much like Sicilians.

[skullreaper]

These are not ww2 bunkers, those were made in the 60s-70s