That eerie wonderland of weird and misery that is North Korea has its epicentre in this place: the Ryugyong Hotel — the 105-storey skyscraper that started construction in Pyongyang back in 1987.
That construction stopped in 1992, after the fall of the Soviet Union, and restarted in 2008 only to stop and restart several times. Nobody know was inside until now: a big pile of nothingness.
This exclusive pictures — taken by the blog NK News — show empty, naked spaces. Concrete, concrete, concrete everywhere.
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The country officials say that, whenever the hell it gets finished, if it ever gets finished, it will contain the “country’s premier restaurants, hotel accommodation, apartments, and business facilities.” It may also become the tallest hotel in the world, counting 3000 to 7665 rooms (depending on the source, according to Wikipedia). I’m sure it will always be at full capacity, even when it’s empty. Just like the restaurant on top, with amazing views of Pyongyang soviet architecture and misery. [NK News and Wikipedia — Thanks Attila!]