Olympic Stadium and Olympic Park, Munich
I was fooling around with the panorama function of my cell phone. Shot from Olympiaberg, from where you have a wonderful view over the Olympic Park to the north, and if you turn around, over the city of Munich to the south. The Olympiaberg (olympic hill) is a mountain of rubble that was left when Munich was repeatedly bombed during WWII,
I can still remember the excitement that swept the country of (then West-)Germany when we hosted the Olympic Games, now 50 years ago. All excitement and all positive feelings were dashed when Palestinian terrorists took 11 Israeli athletes hostage. The hostages were eventually all killed following a botched rescue attempt by German authorities, who clearly had not prepared for such an event.
The stadium is to the left, the hall for indoor sports disciplines in the middle (here in the background) and the pool for the swimming events is to the right, close to the pond. To the far right you can see the BMW building (nicknamed the "world's largest four-cylinder") and to the left of that the BMW museum (more on that later) and the BMW world.
The stadium buildings were declared part of the cultural heritage of Germany in 1997, 25 years after their construction. Many sports events, football matches and concerts have taken place there.
Olympic Stadium and Olympic Park, Munich
I was fooling around with the panorama function of my cell phone. Shot from Olympiaberg, from where you have a wonderful view over the Olympic Park to the north, and if you turn around, over the city of Munich to the south. The Olympiaberg (olympic hill) is a mountain of rubble that was left when Munich was repeatedly bombed during WWII,
I can still remember the excitement that swept the country of (then West-)Germany when we hosted the Olympic Games, now 50 years ago. All excitement and all positive feelings were dashed when Palestinian terrorists took 11 Israeli athletes hostage. The hostages were eventually all killed following a botched rescue attempt by German authorities, who clearly had not prepared for such an event.
The stadium is to the left, the hall for indoor sports disciplines in the middle (here in the background) and the pool for the swimming events is to the right, close to the pond. To the far right you can see the BMW building (nicknamed the "world's largest four-cylinder") and to the left of that the BMW museum (more on that later) and the BMW world.
The stadium buildings were declared part of the cultural heritage of Germany in 1997, 25 years after their construction. Many sports events, football matches and concerts have taken place there.