Hotel Olympik

Hotel in Prague, Czech
50°05′54″N 14°28′06″E / 50.098320°N 14.468289°E / 50.098320; 14.468289Height73 m (240 ft)Technical detailsFloor count21Other informationNumber of rooms306Websitewww.olympik.cz/en/olympik/

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.

History

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]

1980 Summer Olympics

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.

Photogallery

  • Hotel Olympik in the night
    Hotel Olympik in the night
  • Hotel Olympik in the sunlight
    Hotel Olympik in the sunlight
  • Hotel Olympik from the tram station Invalidovna
    Hotel Olympik from the tram station Invalidovna
  • Hotel Olympik from the street Sokolovská
    Hotel Olympik from the street Sokolovská
  • Hotel Olympik and the housing development Invalidovna
    Hotel Olympik and the housing development Invalidovna

References

This article is based on a translation of the Czech Wikipedia article Hotel Olympik.

  1. ^ a b Miroslav Khol (1982). Naše Praha. Edice Pragensia. p. 204.
  2. ^ Encounter. Martin Secker & Warburg. 1981. p. 53.
  3. ^ "Olympiáda mohla být v Praze dávno před Bémem. Nejblíže jí byli komunisti Robert Břešťan ". HlídacíPes.org - 9.8.2016
  4. ^ Jane Pavitt (2000). Prague. Manchester University Press. pp. 126–. ISBN 978-0-7190-3916-4.
  5. ^ Jaroslava Staňková; Jiří Štursa; Svatopluk Voděra and Jaroslav Staněk (Ing. arch.) (1992). Prague: eleven centuries of architecture. PAV. p. 335.
  6. ^ Czechoslovak Life. Orbis. 1976. p. 70.
  7. ^ "Z hotelu Olympik někdo ukradl trezor s akciemi za 250 miliónů". Novinky.cz, October 5, 2008
  8. ^ "Nová fasáda hotelu Olympik má barvu ohně, lidem připomněla tragický požár". iDNES.cz, 30 October 2015
  9. ^ "Praguescape: Unrealised utopia". By Kristina Alda | Prague Daily Monitor | 2 June 2009
  10. ^ Praha chce olympiádu a už se začíná chystat, 2. března 2001, iDnes.cz, 2. 3. 2001, MF Dnes
  11. ^ Martin Bublák: Československý olympismus v období komunismu 1948–1989, diplomová práce, Brno, Masarykova univerzita, pedagogická fakulta, katedra historie, 2008

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