Olympiaturm München, Germany
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Arne1
N 48° 10.454 E 011° 33.259
32U E 689890 N 5338820
Free Eintritt an Olympiaturm / Free entrance to olympia tower
Waymark Code: WMA1EY
Location: Bayern, Germany
Date Posted: 10/31/2010
Views: 122
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).
What do you get for free?: Other Free Item
Additional Explanation of Free Item:
See
http://www.olympiapark.de/de/home/der-olympiapark/veranstaltungsorte/olympiaturm/ (german)
or
http://www.olympiapark.de/en/home/olympic-park/event-locations/olympic-tower/(english)
Establishment Type: Other
ID Required?: yes
Embarrassment imminent?: no
Additional Purchase Required?: no
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Visit Instructions:
We do not require that you go to this location on your birthday to get credit for a visit. However, it would be much cooler if you did!