Hotel Olympik | |
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![]() Hotel Olympik with the facade from 2015 | |
General information | |
Status | Completed |
Type | Hotel |
Address | Sokolovská 615/138, Prague, 186 00 |
Town or city | Prague |
Country | Czech Republic |
Coordinates | 50°05′54″N 14°28′06″E / 50.098320°N 14.468289°E |
Height | 73 m (240 ft) |
Technical details | |
Floor count | 21 |
Other information | |
Number of rooms | 306 |
Website | |
www |
Hotel Olympik is a large hotel in the Karlín area of the 8th district of Prague, Czech Republic. [1] [2] The hotel is near the housing facility Invalidovna and the stadium of Čechie Karlín. [3] Hotel Olympik is located at 138 Sokolovská Street.
The Hotel Olympik was designed by a team of architects led by Josef Polak between 1967 and 1971. [4] The hotel was opened to the public in 1973. The building is 73 metres (240 ft) high, it has 21 floors and overlooks the city quarter Karlín. [5]
The hotel was finished in 1974, [1] and at the time had 715 beds. [6] A fire in the hotel in 1995 took 8 lives and resulted in damages of 35 million CZK.
In 1995, the hotel was the scene for one of the biggest fires in Czech Republic history, resulting in 8 deaths and 34 injuries. The fire started on the 11th floor of the hotel, and is believed to be caused due to an overheating appliance.
On 5 October 2008 thieves broke into the hotel safe and stole about the equivalent to CZK 1.000.000,00 in different currencies ( about US$55,500.00 ) and a large number of shares from the Olympic Holding Company. [7]
In 2015 the hotel was given a new brightly coloured facade. [8]
According to some experts, Hotel Olympik was built in preparation of Prague's bid to host the 1980 Summer Olympics. [9] [10] The housing area Invalidovna would have been the Olympic village. After Moscow placed a bid, Prague withdrew its application. [11] The hotel is not in a tourist area; it hosts many conferences and business gatherings.
This article is based on a translation of the Czech Wikipedia article Hotel Olympik.
Hotel Olympik | |
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![]() Hotel Olympik with the facade from 2015 | |
General information | |
Status | Completed |
Type | Hotel |
Address | Sokolovská 615/138, Prague, 186 00 |
Town or city | Prague |
Country | Czech Republic |
Coordinates | 50°05′54″N 14°28′06″E / 50.098320°N 14.468289°E |
Height | 73 m (240 ft) |
Technical details | |
Floor count | 21 |
Other information | |
Number of rooms | 306 |
Website | |
www |
Hotel Olympik is a large hotel in the Karlín area of the 8th district of Prague, Czech Republic. [1] [2] The hotel is near the housing facility Invalidovna and the stadium of Čechie Karlín. [3] Hotel Olympik is located at 138 Sokolovská Street.
The Hotel Olympik was designed by a team of architects led by Josef Polak between 1967 and 1971. [4] The hotel was opened to the public in 1973. The building is 73 metres (240 ft) high, it has 21 floors and overlooks the city quarter Karlín. [5]
The hotel was finished in 1974, [1] and at the time had 715 beds. [6] A fire in the hotel in 1995 took 8 lives and resulted in damages of 35 million CZK.
In 1995, the hotel was the scene for one of the biggest fires in Czech Republic history, resulting in 8 deaths and 34 injuries. The fire started on the 11th floor of the hotel, and is believed to be caused due to an overheating appliance.
On 5 October 2008 thieves broke into the hotel safe and stole about the equivalent to CZK 1.000.000,00 in different currencies ( about US$55,500.00 ) and a large number of shares from the Olympic Holding Company. [7]
In 2015 the hotel was given a new brightly coloured facade. [8]
According to some experts, Hotel Olympik was built in preparation of Prague's bid to host the 1980 Summer Olympics. [9] [10] The housing area Invalidovna would have been the Olympic village. After Moscow placed a bid, Prague withdrew its application. [11] The hotel is not in a tourist area; it hosts many conferences and business gatherings.
This article is based on a translation of the Czech Wikipedia article Hotel Olympik.