We go to Pairi Daiza a lot and on the way there, we always go past this spot. It's a fence around what looks like nothing or maybe the entrance to an underground bunker. There are some signs up saying "Warning: military zone" or something. I tried to look on Google Street but that corner seems to be a blind spot, making me even more curious. Any locals know what this is? I'm even more intrigued because there's a US army base nearby. 50.618100,3.892708 coordinates.

by Koibushi

9 comments

  1. Nice try Ivan, secret service will be visiting you tonight, no need to pack.

  2. It is completely unrelated to the U.S. army base. After the crisis in the 80’s the Belgian government felt the need to stockpile on essentials. Hence, this is where the Belgian government keeps the strategic potato stockpile. For the many frituurs across the country.

  3. I suppose these are old bunkers, maybe radar stuff. You aren’t very far from the Chièvres air base there.

    That said, it does indeed look like nothing.

  6. Must be a Nato underground pipeline for fuel, this one fuelling the american airfield base. Must a branch of this: [https://www.brusselstimes.com/94658/thieves-tap-millions-of-litres-of-kerosene-from-nato-pipeline](https://www.brusselstimes.com/94658/thieves-tap-millions-of-litres-of-kerosene-from-nato-pipeline)

    Nato site: [https://www.nato.int/cps/fr/natohq/topics_56600.htm?selectedLocale=en](https://www.nato.int/cps/fr/natohq/topics_56600.htm?selectedLocale=en)

  7. Probably exit route from underground route for the nearby base. Belgiums and military doesnt go really well

  9. Well, this is one case where a “military location” is better visible on googele maps than on “Jan Dex” maps.

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