Located amongst housing in the village of Loon Plage on the west side of Dunkirk you can find two large bunkers which comprised Stp Holunder.
One is a R117a type - an early war Battalion and Regimental headquarters bunker – featuring 16 rooms with spaces for radio communications, an operation room, telephone exchange, officers’ quarters, crew rooms, and a close combat defensive machine gun embrasure covering the entrance.
This building is now part of a small museum which boasts a superb collection of items from the era.
The second building is just a few streets away on Rue Jean Moulin and is a R118c type, a dressing/first aid station. Built from 1943 onwards, they featured around 20 rooms including operating theatres, patient wards, media crew rooms, along with water and fuel storage plus a boiler for heating. This bunker is no longer accessible but can be viewed from the road. It’s now a haven for bats.