Yanggakdo International Hotel

The Yanggakdo International Hotel is the largest hotel in operation and at the same time the second largest building in North Korea, after the Ryugyong Hotel. Located on the southern edge of downtown Pyongyang, the capital of North Korea, at the eastern end of the island Yanggak, which is surrounded by the River Taedong - gang. The building is 170 feet high; other sources estimate the height to 150 meters. In the 47th floor of a slowly revolving restaurant is housed. It is said that the hotel has 1000 rooms and a total area of ​​87 870 m². The building was built in 1986-1992 by the French Campenon Bernard Construction Company and opened in 1995.

Background

Downstairs there is a bar, a bookshop and reception. There you can buy uncirculated North Korean coin sets, postcards and letters as well as everyday commodities to western prices.

In addition to the revolving restaurant on the roof of the second floor there are four other restaurants, the two dining rooms, the banquet hall and dining rooms with Japanese, Chinese and Korean cuisine.

In the basement of the hotel are a bowling alley, a billiards room, an indoor pool, a hairdressing salon, a casino and a massage club, which is operated by a Chinese company and works in the exclusively female staff.

The grounds originally included a 9000 m² large nine-hole golf course. 2011, but started on the premises with the construction of a Chinese -funded health complex '. On the island Yanggak also contains the Pyongyang International Cinema Hall, which is adjacent to the hotel. Here you can find the opening and closing ceremonies of the Pyongyang International Film Festival.

In North Korea Travel the Yanggakdo International Hotel serves regularly as a guest. It is also mentioned in the comic Pyongyang of the artist Guy Delisle.

Front view at night

Interior view of a double room in standard size

View from the hotel to the west of the Yanggak Island to the Yanggakdo Stadium in August 2012