Hotel Olympik
# Hotel Olympik

Hotel Olympik is a large hotel in the Karlín area of the 8th district of Prague, Czech Republic. The hotel is near the housing facility Invalidovna and the stadium of Čechie Karlín. Hotel Olympik is located at 138 Sokolovská Street.

## History

The Hotel Olympik was designed by a team or architects led by Josef Polak between 1967 and 1971. 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.

The hotel was finished in 1974, and at the time had 715 beds. A fire in the hotel in 1995 took 8 lives and resulted in damages of 35 million CZK.

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.

In 2015 the hotel was given a new brightly coloured facade.

## 1980 Summer Olympics

According to some experts, Hotel Olympik was built in preparation of Prague's bid to host the 1980 Summer Olympics. The housing area Invalidovna would have been the Olympic village. After Moscow placed a bid, Prague withdrew its application. 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 sunlight
* Hotel Olympik from the tram station Invalidovna
* Hotel Olympik from the street Sokolovská
* Hotel Olympik and the housing development Invalidovna
