Ryugyong Hotel is a hotel in Pyongyang, North Korea.[1] Wikidata describes it as “unfinished pyramid-shaped skyscraper in North Korea”. The building has 105 floors. It stands about 2.6 km from the centre of Pyongyang.[3]

Overview

The Ryugyong Hotel (Korean: 류경호텔; Hanja: 柳京호텔; RR: Ryugyeong Hotel; MR: Ryugyŏng Hotel), sometimes spelled as Yu-Kyung Hotel, is a 330 m (1,080 ft) tall unfinished pyramid-shaped skyscraper in Pyongyang, North Korea. Its name (lit. "capital of willows") is also one of the historical names for Pyongyang. The building has been planned as a mixed-use development, which would include a hotel.

From “Ryugyong Hotel” on English Wikipedia, by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0.[2]

History and building

It was designed by Baikdoosan Architects & Engineers, in the neo-futurism style. The building has 105 floors and is 335 m tall. [1]

Location

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Measured in a straight line, the hotel is 2.6 km from the centre of Pyongyang. The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Pyongyang Sunan International Airport (FNJ), about 24 km from the centre of Pyongyang.[4]

It is one of 3 hotels in and around Pyongyang recorded in Wikidata, 3 of which have an article in Innpedia.[5] Of the 2 with a recorded opening date, the earliest is Pothonggang Hotel, opened in 1973.

See also

References

  1. ^ Ryugyong Hotel (Q29272). Wikidata. CC0.
  2. ^ Ryugyong Hotel. Wikipedia. Text excerpted under CC BY-SA 4.0; revision of 2026-08-12.
  3. ^ Pyongyang (Q18808). Wikidata. CC0.
  4. ^ Airports. OurAirports. Public domain.
  5. ^ Hotels in Pyongyang. Wikidata. CC0.

Facts as stated in Wikidata, read in October 2026.

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