Hotel Bristol (Oslo)
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Hotel Bristol | |
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General information | |
Location | Karl Johans gate, Oslo, Norway |
Coordinates | 59°54′54″N 10°44′23″E / 59.91500°N 10.73972°E |
Opening | 1920 |
Owner | Olav Thon |
Other information | |
Number of rooms | 251 |
Number of suites | 10 |
Number of restaurants | 3 |
Hotel Bristol is a hotel in Oslo, Norway. Opened in 1920, it is owned today by Olav Thon. The hotel has 251 rooms, 10 suites and three restaurants.[1]
On the evening of July 15th 1936, the city of Oslo offered at the hotel a dinner for participants in the 1936 International Congress of Mathematicians.[2]
In 1939, the Oslo Report was written by Hans Ferdinand Mayer during his stay at the hotel.[3] During World War II, the hotel was requisitioned as a hospital to treat casualties from the December 1943 explosion of a German munitions ship in Oslo's harbor.[4]
See also
References
- ^ Frommer’s Review. "Hotel Oslo". The New York Times. Archived from the original on September 4, 2011. Retrieved May 22, 2010.
- ^ Comptes rendus du Congrès international des mathématiciens, Oslo 1936 (PDF). Vol. Tome I. p. 15.
- ^ Hotel Club
- ^ "Ship Explodes, Rocks Oslo". Associated Press. December 20, 1943. Retrieved May 22, 2010.
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