Olympiaturm
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| Olympiaturm | |
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| Location | Munich, Germany |
| Status | Complete |
| Constructed | 1968 |
| Height | |
| Antenna/Spire | 291 m (955 ft) |
| Roof | 190 m (623 ft) |
| Top floor | 182 m (597 ft) |
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| Elevator count | 2 |
The Olympiaturm in Olympiapark, Munich has an overall height of 291 m and a weight of 52,500 tons. At a height of 190 m there is an observation platform as well as a small rock and roll museum housing various memorabilia. Since its opening in 1968 the tower has registered over 35 million visitors (as of 2004). At a height of 182 m there is a revolving restaurant that seats 230 people. A full revolution takes 53 minutes. The tower has one Deutsche Telekom maintenance elevator with a speed of 4 m/s, as well as two visitor lifts with a speed of 7 m/s 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 hrs (last elevator up at 23:30).
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to:
- tum.de: Olympiapark (a student project of the tum/dept Architecture)
- Olympia Tower in the Structurae database
