When the Olymiapark was planned
for the XXth Olympic Games in 1972, the designers had
the long-term needs in mind. In contrary to many olympic
sites in other cities around the world, the different
centers built for the olympics are still used and the
Olympiapark has become one of Munich's major tourist attractions.
Olympic Park
The site contains an ice rink, an indoor
pool, a residential district and student residences and of course the Olympic Stadium,
which was the home of the main local soccer team, FC
Bayern München until they moved to the futuristic Allianz arena
in 2006. The Olympic stadium can seat 80,000
Olympic Stadium
The adventurous can take part in a roof-climb, which consists of a tour on top of the roof covering the Olympic Stadium.
The Olympic site was built by Günther Behmisch, Frei
Otto & Partners and became world-known mainly because
of the futuristic tent-like roof construction. It covers
the Olympic stadium, Olympiahall and the swimming pool.
The roof covering the main stadium consists of a PVC-coated
polyester fabric.
Olympiaturm
History
The 3 sq km (1 sq mi) large olympic park has now blended in with
the city and is easily reachable via the U-bahn (underground).
Situated close to the city center, it was built on a
terrain used by the Bayern army until 1925 when it became
part of the Munich airport. After the second world war
in 1945, the rubble cleared from the city was moved
here, forming the basis of the hilly landscape of the
Olympiapark.
Olympiaturm
For a good overview of the Olympic site,
you can either walk to the top of the 60 meters (197ft) high
hill in the Olympiapark, the Olympiaberg or you can
go take the elevator to the 189 and 192 meter-high platforms
on the Olympiaturm,
a 290-meter (951ft) high television tower. If you find it too
windy on the platform, you can also have a view on the
city of Munich from the revolving restaurant
in the tower.
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