Here you’ll discover a surprising underground bunker turned into a museum, right in the heart of Tirana, directly opposite the Ministry of the Interior. Built between 1981 and 1986, at the very end of Enver Hoxha’s rule, this vast nuclear shelter was designed to protect the Minister of the Interior, his administration and the Albanian secret police, the Sigurimi. Long kept secret and never used for its original purpose, it opened to the public in 2016 under the name Bunk’Art 2, as part of a broader effort to transform the regime’s bunkers into places of remembrance. The visit focuses on the history of the Ministry of the Interior and the inner workings of the Sigurimi, one of the most feared systems of surveillance and repression in Eastern Europe. As you move through narrow corridors, reconstructed prison cells, archival documents, videos and contemporary artworks, the museum explores themes of mass surveillance, interrogation, forced labor camps and the fate of thousands of victims of the regime. Smaller and more concentrated than Bunk’Art 1 on the outskirts of the city, Bunk’Art 2 offers a powerful, immersive look into the mechanics of fear and control. Stepping back out into the daylight, surrounded by Tirana’s official institutions, the contrast is evident, and the experience serves as a strong reminder of life under constant surveillance and of the importance of preserving this memory.