A major grocery store in Germany is selling pop-up panic rooms, reinforced bunkers and bulletproof vests.
Discount chain Norma is seemingly cashing in on the panic spreading among Germans who are worried about personal safety.
Online, their BSDD Defense PopUp Panic room retails for £12,600 (€14,999), offering ‘bullet resistance from 9mm calibres up to 44 Magnum’.
The panic room, made with reinforced steel, also comes with the option of a bench, magnetic lights, a dry toilet – and any colour other than pink, red, and white.
Bulletproof vests have also been marketed for an ‘affordable’ £500, and ship within 14 working days.
If Germans are looking for a more budget-friendly option, a reinforced bunker is just £4,200.
The annual security report from the Allensbach Institute found that the feeling of security in Germany has declined sharply in recent years.
‘In addition to the large number of refugees, the population’s main concerns continue to be inflation, the war in Ukraine and, more recently, threats from the Middle East, the unpredictable global situation
and growing risks to domestic security,’ it found.
Wolfgang Stütz, a member of Norma’s executive board, told local media: ‘We can see that interest in the topic of security has risen sharply due to the current global political situation.’
Not everyone seemed convinced of the bunker’s usability.
One TikTok user pointed out: ‘The bunker is funny. When a bomb falls, the bunker will collapse like a house of cards.’
Another joked: ‘I’ll only buy this when it’s offered at Lidl.’
Though the German bunkers won’t protect against a nuclear bomb, Brits have started paying eye-watering prices for bunkers that can.
Nuclear bunkers which can be put into homeowner’s back gardens are being sold on eBay for extortionate prices – but they’re being bought quickly.
The typical bunker features a toilet and ‘monitoring room’ to give those lucky enough to seek shelter in time a view of the outside.
One of the bunkers in Cumbria was bought for an eye-watering £48,000 – more than three times its asking price of £15,000.
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Others are expected to hit the market soon as tensions continue to increase and the threat of World War Three feels all too real.
The heat of the Cold War eventually cooled in the early nineties. ‘The threat of world war is no more,’ Soviet Premier Mikhail Gorbachev declared in December 1991.
By 1993, most bunkers in the UK were decommissioned and sold off, with many purchased by telecom companies for use as mobile phone masts.
But many remain and are being snapped up quickly.
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