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A 3.5-tonne segment, shifted free of charge by a local contractor, outside a civil-defence museum in Friesland.
The Museum Bescherming Bevolking at Grou keeps a section of the Wall on its grounds, a museum of the Cold War and of civil defence. Its own website records one stage of the piece's life: it was moved from the car park to a new place at the museum by Loonbedrijf Sjoerd Nauta of Grou, who did the job with a heavy shovel and charged nothing, and the post gives the weight as 3.5 tonnes. It dates the move only as a Friday, 8 February, without a year, so it is not dated here.
Omrop Fryslân, reporting on the museum's exhibition for the thirtieth anniversary of the fall of the Wall in November 2019, says that various things connected with the Wall are to be found in and around the museum. Two directories of Dutch museums and Cold War sites also list the segment; one says that an original segment and a Trabant can be seen there all year round.
Nothing read here says where the segment came from, when it arrived or whether a ticket is needed to see it, and the museum's post does not either.
How did it get here?
Provenance has not been established. Movement history, ownership, and installation dates will be added only when supported by sources.
Sources
Listed by the Berlin Wall Archive as #156.
Segment Berlijnse muur verplaatst te Grou — Museum Bescherming Bevolking ↗
The museum's own post: the Berlin Wall segment was moved from the car park to its new place at the museum by Loonbedrijf Sjoerd Nauta of Grou, free of charge, with a heavy shovel; the segment weighs 3.5 tonnes. The post gives the day as Friday 8 February, without a year.
Institutional sourceSource accessed 2026-09-17
Een blik achter de Berlijnse muur in Grou — Omrop Fryslân ↗
9 November 2019: the museum in Grou shows an exhibition for the thirtieth anniversary of the fall of the Wall, and various things connected with the Wall are found in and around the museum.
Press reportSource accessed 2026-09-17
Museum Bescherming Bevolking Grou — Koudeoorlog.nl ↗
A directory of Cold War sites in the Netherlands: an original segment of the Berlin Wall and a Trabant can be seen at the museum all year round.
General referenceSource accessed 2026-09-17
Bescherming Bevolking — Museum.frl ↗
A directory of Frisian museums: on the grounds are a number of vehicles and a segment of the Berlin Wall.
General referenceSource accessed 2026-09-17
Berlin Wall Archive ↗
The source lists this place as a Berlin Wall location. Coordinates, where supplied, are source-reported and may represent a general area. This is not independent verification of authenticity, current presence, or public access.
Inventory listingSource accessed 2026-09-17 · Source record 156
Source-reported segments: 1. This is not a separately verified count.
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