Munich Olympic Stadium Roof

Guests can choose between abseiling down or taking the flying fox zip line.

Munich olympic stadium roof.

With peaks and valleys echoing the nearby alps the vast canopy of the munich olympic stadium has been a local landmark since the opening of the 1972 olympics for which it was designed. We invite you to see an incomparable attraction high up on the roof of the olympic stadium in munich. You climb with a small group up to giddy heights. You ll be gone for 120 exciting minutes and we promise you that every minute will be unforgettable.

The architect of the lightweight roof frei otto died march 9 2015 and was to receive this year s pritzker award. Today it is one of the city s landmarks. The olympic stadium in munich was built for the summer olympics 1972. Then it s time for the cherry on the top of this 1 5 hour tour over the olympic stadium s roof.

Roof for munich olympic stadium 1972. Olympic park munich in munich germany is an olympic park which was constructed for the 1972 summer olympics. A thrilling descent taking the most direct route from the edge of the canopy roof to the iconic track of the olympiastadion forty metres below. All that you need is some courage for we supply the rope and carbiners.

The olympiapark münchen english. The roof of the olympic stadium in munich which covers and unifies the stadium tracks and pools was developed based on the use of computerized mathematical procedures in determining their form and behavior resulting in an architectural form of minimal surfaces first used in voltage covered with these dimensions 74 800m2. Located in the oberwiesenfeld neighborhood of munich the park continues to serve as a venue for cultural social and religious events such as events of worship. At the time the tent like roof of the munich olympic stadium was an architectural sensation the likes of which had never been seen before.

We invite you to see an incomparable attraction high up on the roof of the olympic stadium in munich. You ll be gone for 120 exciting minutes and we promise you that every minute will be unforgettable. The roofs are supported by cable net structures consisting of multiple saddle shaped surfaces framed by edge cables and suspended from masts. From a total of 1 35 billion german marks 137 million were used in the construction of the olympic stadium and another 170 6 million in the tent roof.

Light transparent roofs that are open and yet also afford shelter span across the gently landscaped olympic park incorporating the main sports facilities including the stadium arena and swimming hall. The tent roof made of plexiglas is the most extraordinary part of the stadium which even covers parts of the surrounding olympic park. The roof of the olympic stadium in the olympic park in munich southern germany.