Cold War Europe
From the end of World War II in 1945 until the Eastern European revolutions of 1989, Europe was divided between two political blocs: east and west. The border was figuratively called the Iron Curtain. It is to some extent visible today, through former military and border security installations across the continent.
UnderstandFrom Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron curtain has descended across the Continent.
DestinationsCold War armaments can be seen in the National Museum of Military History in Sofia, the Air Museum in Plovdiv, and the Naval Museum in Varna (which also has a museum submarine).
ItinerariesThe Iron Curtain Trail (EuroVelo 13) is a projected, 7650 km long themed cycle route, leading along the former border between Eastern and Western blocs from Kirkenes on the northernmost point of the Norwegian-Russian…
Stay safeThe display of communist symbols is illegal in many countries east of the Iron Curtain as a result of decommunization laws enacted after the fall of communism.
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