Website review: Damn Interesting & North Koreas "S...
konradc discovered this in Architecture
•8 reviews since Apr 6, 2006
architecture, blogs
•damninteresting.com
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konradc discovered 28 months ago- From the page: "The DPRK only allows about 130,000 tourists in an entire year, and almost none of them come to Pyongyang." geez, and how do they expect to use this hotel?
- Lovefro rated 27 months ago
- From the page: "estimated cost of $750 million, or 2% of the country's gross domestic product (GDP). By comparison, 2% of the United States' GDP would be about $220 billion."
- Folkers rated 27 months ago
- From the page: "Today, few North Koreans are willing to discuss the hotel with outsiders. The hotel, which was once found on city maps before the construction even began, has now been completely stricken from the official maps. Tour guides usually claim not to know where it is. Either a majority of the country is in a state of denial about the whole thing, or they avoid the subject for fear of reprisal. Since the government's embarrassing monument is visible from practically every point in the city, it's most likely the latter." Way to flush 2% of your GDP down the drain.
- youngpilgrim rated 28 months ago
- the Ryugyong hotel in north korea is one of the largest structures in the world but was never finished and has remained an "empty, dilapidated husk lurking over the capital"- what a depressing story
- emmuttmax rated 28 months ago
- North Korea's secret hotel From the page: "The DPRK is also one of the world's most secretive nations. For a North Korean, contact with a foreigner can land one in jail... or worse. But there is one embarrassing secret that is hard for the government to hide, literally. It's the Ryugyong Hotel in the Potong District of North Korea's capital city of Pyongyang. It's difficult to hide because it's a massive, 105-story structure which dominates the city's skyline. It's an embarrassment because it's a complete engineering failure... its empty, dilapidated husk lurks over the capital, mocking the citizens of the proud country.
- Joutilas rated 28 months ago
- From the page: "For a North Korean, contact with a foreigner can land one in jail%u2026 or worse. But there is one embarrassing secret that is hard for the government to hide, literally. It's the Ryugyong Hotel in the Potong District of North Korea's capital city of Pyongyang. It's difficult to hide because it's a massive, 105-story structure which dominates the city's skyline. It's an embarrassment because it's a complete engineering failure%u2026 its empty, dilapidated husk lurks over the capital, mocking the citizens of the proud country."
