Rica Seilet Hotel
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Rica Seilet Hotel is a high-rise building in Molde
, Norway
. The building is a hotel
which was opened on 11 September 2002. At 16 floors and 82 metres (269 ft), it is the tallest building in Molde. The tower has become a famous attraction, even though it was met with large opposition before the building was approved. The hotel contains 170 rooms, ten meeting rooms, two bars, and a restaurant. Next to the hotel, sharing the same entrance with the hotel, lies Bjørnsonhuset. Bjørnsonsplassen is situated in front of the hotel with a parking lot built in stones, surrounded with a garden of thousands roses.
Rica Seilet Hotel is located a few steps west of downtown Molde and is a neighbour of Molde stadion with its 11,167 seats. The hotel lies right along the Moldefjorden. The architect behind Rica Seilet and Bjørnsonhuset is Kjell Kosberg
in Kosbergs Arkitektkontor AS. The construction of the hotel and Bjørnsonhuset was started by the Norwegian princess Märtha Louise on 5 August 2001.
Molde
is a city and municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the Romsdal region. The municipality is located on the Romsdal Peninsula, surrounding the Fannefjord and Moldefjord...
, Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
. The building is a hotel
Hotel
A hotel is an establishment that provides paid lodging on a short-term basis. The provision of basic accommodation, in times past, consisting only of a room with a bed, a cupboard, a small table and a washstand has largely been replaced by rooms with modern facilities, including en-suite bathrooms...
which was opened on 11 September 2002. At 16 floors and 82 metres (269 ft), it is the tallest building in Molde. The tower has become a famous attraction, even though it was met with large opposition before the building was approved. The hotel contains 170 rooms, ten meeting rooms, two bars, and a restaurant. Next to the hotel, sharing the same entrance with the hotel, lies Bjørnsonhuset. Bjørnsonsplassen is situated in front of the hotel with a parking lot built in stones, surrounded with a garden of thousands roses.
Rica Seilet Hotel is located a few steps west of downtown Molde and is a neighbour of Molde stadion with its 11,167 seats. The hotel lies right along the Moldefjorden. The architect behind Rica Seilet and Bjørnsonhuset is Kjell Kosberg
Kjell Kosberg
Kjell Kosberg is a Norwegian architect. He established Kosbergs Arkitektkontor in Molde in 1986. He established an office in Oslo in 1994, which was later merged with the Molde office...
in Kosbergs Arkitektkontor AS. The construction of the hotel and Bjørnsonhuset was started by the Norwegian princess Märtha Louise on 5 August 2001.