Simserhof is the site of a well-preserved bunker, one of many built along the border as part of the Maginot Line, to protect France from a German invasion after World War I. Everything was considered: defensibility, survivability and livability. It was a feat of engineering that almost broke the bank of France in the interwar period. In World War II, of course, the German invasion detoured through Belgium, rendering the Maginot Line ineffective. Setting that aside, Simserhof is an engineering marvel to behold. Start the tour by taking an electric tram through the bowels…
