There are places that seem to have been trapped between reality and fantasy, Hotel Ryugyong It is one of them. This building not only has the mysticity of being an abandoned building, but it is also The highest abandoned building in the world.
Ryugyongwhich looks like a ghost hotel, is located in North Korea and has an incredible story behind its construction. Here we tell you a little about it.
In the background this impressive hotel that measures 330 meters high is distinguished, it has 105 floors and 3,000 rooms.Carl Court / Getty Images.
The reason for its construction
The construction of this building in the North Korean capital of Pionyang It started in 1987 and aimed to be List in two years For the World Youth Festival and the 1989 students, a North Korean version of the Olympic Games. However, it is said that The real reason of its construction was that a company in South Korea had built in Singapore The hotel that was at that time the highest in the world, The Westin Stamford. Due to the rivalry between these two countries, North Korea could not be left behind and undertook the feat of building the highest hotel in the world.
As we know, this was never achieved. The work stopped in 1992 With only the main structure built, thanks to the great crisis that occurred in North Korea from the URSS drop. It was until 2008 that an Egyptian company called Orascom continued the work and for 2011 they managed to place the crystals from abroad. Despite this, and that the hotel is practically finished, It was never inaugurated.
In 2011 they managed to place the crystals from the outside of the building.Eric Lafforgue – Art in All of Us / Getty Images.
The Ryugyong Hotel
This impressive Hotel measures 330 meters highIt has 105 floors and 3,000 rooms. Inside, it is said to have A bowling alley, a nightclub and five rotating restaurants. The latter are at the top since it was conceived that in the truncated cone of 40 meters wide that is in the cap, there were eight plants with the ability to rotate.
According to the Japanese press, the North Korean government spent some US $ 750 million, 2% of your GDP, in this failed construction. Regardless of all this money, their materials and security measures have been criticized, including the European Union Commerce Chamber in North Korea that examined it, appointed it as «the worst building in the world.»
Attempts to finish it
The highest abandoned hotel in the world is considered a Shame for the North Korean governmentThey have even tried to hide and erase it from official maps. It is clear that this is impossible, due to its impressive size it stands out to kilometers.
This is why for the current North Korean leader Kim Jong-units restoration has been a priority. Since 2011, some phases of the project have been completed and in 2017 the authorities removed the walls surrounding the building and placed a poster that prayed: «The powerful rocket nation». Despite this, it is not clear when this abandoned hotel receives its first guest.