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Olympiaturm

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The Olympic Tower (German: ) in the Olympic Park, Munich has an overall height of and a weight of 52,500 tons. At a height of there is an observation platform as well as an exhibition commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Tower. Previously in that space was a small rock-and-roll museum housing various memorabilia. Since its opening in 1968, the tower has registered over 43 million visitors (as of 2018). At a height of there is a revolving restaurant, which seats 230 people. A full revolution takes 53 minutes. The tower also serves as a broadcast tower, and has one Deutsche Telekom maintena

Key facts

Building.name
Olympiaturm
Building.image
Olympiaturm, Múnich, Alemania 2012-04-28, DD 20.JPG
Building.location
Munich, Germany
Building.completion_date
1968
Building.elevator_count
2

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
observation tower
Named after
Olympiapark
Country
Germany
Located in
Munich
Elevation
508
Material used
reinforced concrete
Mass
52.5
Image
München - Olympiaturm 3.JPG
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Commons category
Olympiaturm
number of elevators
2
located in/on physical feature
Olympiapark
capital cost
22000000
date of official opening
1968-02-22
fee
0
inception
1968-00-00
floors above ground
5
street address
Spiridon-Louis-Ring 7
hashtag
OlympiaturmMünchen
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Encyclopedic overview

9 sections
Contents
  • Gallery
  • List of channels
  • Analogue FM radio
  • Digital radio (DAB)/Digital mobile television (DMB)
  • Digital television (DVB-T)
  • Ham radio and television
  • See also
  • References
  • External links

The Olympic Tower (German: ) in the Olympic Park, Munich has an overall height of and a weight of 52,500 tons. At a height of there is an observation platform as well as an exhibition commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Tower. Previously in that space was a small rock-and-roll museum housing various memorabilia. Since its opening in 1968, the tower has registered over 43 million visitors (as of 2018). At a height of there is a revolving restaurant, which seats 230 people. A full revolution takes 53 minutes. The tower also serves as a broadcast tower, and has one Deutsche Telekom maintenance elevator with a speed of , as well as two visitor lifts with a speed of which have a capacity of about 30 people per car. The travel time is about 30 seconds. The tower is open daily from 09:00 to 24:00.

There is a concept of making virtual reality weather timelapse service from Olympiaturm. In case it were implemented, it would become the first tower worldwide with such function.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Olympiaturm” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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