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Hospital in the Rock Nuclear Bunker Museum
Hospital in the Rock Nuclear Bunker Museum
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May 19, 2024

　　Part of the Castle Hill caves network, this subterranean hospital was used extensively during the WWII siege of Budapest and during the 1956 Uprising. It contains original medical equipment as well as some 200 wax figures and is visited on a guided one-hour tour, which includes a walk through a Cold War–era nuclear bunker and an eight-minute introductory video.

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