Olympiapark Travel Guide

 globetrott Says:  Most of the tourists visiting the Olympiapark in Munich actually come in order to see the unique Olympic tent.It is quite impressive on one hand, and on the other hand it is in many ways a useless construction, searching for effects BUT without serving it's purpose.When you... 

 globetrott Says:  The big building on my picture is the headquaters of the BMW-factory.It was made like a giant 4-cylindre and it has also a much smaller building in front - the BMW-museum - it looks like another part of a car-engine, where the air gets in.At the moment (sept.2004) they are... 

 globetrott Says:  There was an attack of arab terrorists against the team of Israel and plenty of people were taken as hostages and finally killed during the Olympic games of 1972.The memorial on my picture reminds of it and shows all names of the victims.All names are in Hebrew except one. 

 globetrott Says:  Olympiasee / lake is also completely artificial and is a quite big area with great paths to walk around it and see the Olympiaturm and the famous tent from different angles.There is also a small stage down at the lake - you may see it on my picture !Quite a lot of activities... 

 globetrott Says:  There are a lot of paths and tracks to go jogging , biking ect. and when you pass by these small hills, you should know, that they were made totally artificial, consisting of the remains of the buildings of Munich that were destroyed by the bombs of WW II.Some of these hills... 

 globetrott Says:  The Olympiaturm / Olympic Tower of 1972 is certainly a great place to spend the evening on a clear night, as it will be open untill midnight.The revolving restaurant will take you on a total round within one hour and on a clear day you may see the panorama of the Alps and... 

 globetrott Says:  Right in front of the Olympic Tent you may take a ride in such a cabin, giving you somehow the feeling to be in a space-shuttle.I never took a ride myself and mostly it was out of order or already closed, when I was there, but maybe that is your kind of pleasure and you... 

 globetrott Says:  Take a walk in that flat part of the oplympic village of 1972 and simply skip the other part with all the buildings of 15 and more floors, as it is not worth to go there, except whan you are searching for a restaurant or maybe a shop ( BUT they are rather expensive anyway)On... 

 globetrott Says:  Most of the streets between the appartments are just very small and narrow, but mostly also decorated with flowers and small trees.You may even park your bike or motorscooter safely just in front of your appartment - where else could you do that almost in the centre of... 

 globetrott Says:  How often did you spend hours in Loch Ness searching for Nessie ???NO wonder, you will not find Nessie in Scotland, as she lives here in the olympic village in Munich.It is always again nice to see all the great fantasy people used in order to get rid of the "uniformed... 

 globetrott Says:  Normally I do not like grafitties a lot, but here in the Olympic village with everything made of pure concrete it really makes sense tofill all walls with such great works of art.In the beginning, these grafitties had be removed again and again by the local authorities, but... 

 globetrott Says:  There is a seperate, much smaller room on the 1st floor, maybe 1,5 meters wide and 4 meters long + a small balcony and one more window.Without the great wall-paintings this whole area would look poor and sad , but when you considder, that even the smallest appartments in... 

 globetrott Says:  In the beginning all of these small appartments looked the same :A door in the middle and a small window on the right.You enter the appartment, that has no other window on the ground floor and see mostly a livingroom & kitchen & bathroom 3 meters wide x 4 meters long... 

 globetrott Says:  The best part of the former Olympic Village of 1972 is what you may see in the foreground of my picture :Lots of concrete containers - maybe originally built for the journalists - were transferred into small appartments and rented first to students and finally became a... 

 globetrott Says:  In 1972 the Olympic games took place in Munich.For that purpose an empty and almost flat area in the north of Munich was transferred into a completely new landscape with small hills, lakes, stadions, the olypic tower and the famous "Olympic tent" For 3 years I passed by the...