Olympiaturm
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The Olympiaturm in Olympiapark, Munich has an overall height of 291 m and a weight of 52,500 tonnes. At a height of 190 m there is an observation platform. 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 post office 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). The tower at the Olympia Stadium Helsinki is also called Olympia Tower.
See also: List of towers, List of skyscrapers
External links
- [tum.de: Olympiapark] (a student project of the tum/dept Architecture)
- http://www.structurae.net/structures/data/index.cfm?ID=s0000116
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