Tower restaurant
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A tower restaurant is a restaurant located in a tower and is accessible by an elevator. Tower restaurants are laid out in such a way that guests can enjoy the panorama when taking their meal and beverages. Numerous tower restaurants are revolving restaurant
s, continuously rotating around the tower axle with the help of a drive.
In Austria the Danube tower
two tower restaurants are implemented as revolving restaurants, as well as the Bergiselschanze at the jump tower.
in Paris, the Kaknaes Tower in Stockholm, the Ostankino Tower
and the CN Tower
. A tower restaurant can be accommodated on other structures for example the suspension tower of the new Danube bridge Bratislava with restaurant at 84.6 meters height.
Revolving restaurant
A revolving restaurant is a usually tower restaurant eating space designed to rest atop a broad circular revolving platform that operates as a large turntable. The building remains stationary and the diners are carried on the revolving floor. The revolving rate varies between one and three times...
s, continuously rotating around the tower axle with the help of a drive.
Austria
- DonauturmDonauturmThe Vienna Donauturm[p] , opened in April 1964, is the tallest free-standing structure in Austria, at , the tallest structure in Austria, and among the 75 tallest towers in the world. The tower is located near the north bank of the Danube River in the district of Donaustadt. In the infobox there...
, Wien (Revolving restaurantRevolving restaurantA revolving restaurant is a usually tower restaurant eating space designed to rest atop a broad circular revolving platform that operates as a large turntable. The building remains stationary and the diners are carried on the revolving floor. The revolving rate varies between one and three times...
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In Austria the Danube tower
Donauturm
The Vienna Donauturm[p] , opened in April 1964, is the tallest free-standing structure in Austria, at , the tallest structure in Austria, and among the 75 tallest towers in the world. The tower is located near the north bank of the Danube River in the district of Donaustadt. In the infobox there...
two tower restaurants are implemented as revolving restaurants, as well as the Bergiselschanze at the jump tower.
Australia
- Alto Tower Restaurant, Telstra TowerTelstra TowerBlack Mountain Tower is a telecommunication tower that is situated above the summit of Black Mountain in Australia's capital city of Canberra...
, CanberraCanberraCanberra is the capital city of Australia. With a population of over 345,000, it is Australia's largest inland city and the eighth-largest city overall. The city is located at the northern end of the Australian Capital Territory , south-west of Sydney, and north-east of Melbourne... - 360 Bar And Dining, Sydney TowerSydney TowerSydney Tower Eye is Sydney's tallest free-standing structure, and the second tallest in Australia...
, SydneySydneySydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people... - Summit, Australia SquareAustralia SquareAustralia Square is an office and retail complex in the central business district of Sydney, Australia. Its main address is 264 George Street, and the Square is bounded on the northern side by Bond Street, eastern side by Pitt Street and southern side by Curtin Place.The building was designed by...
, SydneySydneySydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
Germany
- Water Tower BelvedereWater Tower BelvedereThe Water Tower Belvedere is a water tower of reinforced concrete construction in Aachen, Germany, located on the Lousberg hill. It was built in 1956....
(Revolving restaurantRevolving restaurantA revolving restaurant is a usually tower restaurant eating space designed to rest atop a broad circular revolving platform that operates as a large turntable. The building remains stationary and the diners are carried on the revolving floor. The revolving rate varies between one and three times...
) (closed at the moment) - BierpinselBierpinselBierpinsel is the name of a building with a restaurant in the Steglitz neighborhood of Berlin. It has a height of 46 meters with a shape resembling that of an observation tower - the original architectural idea was that of a tree shape. It was built from 1972 to 1976.The building has three floors...
, Berlin - Radio Tower BerlinFunkturm BerlinThe Berliner Funkturm or Funkturm Berlin is a transmitting tower in Berlin, built between 1924 and 1926 by Heinrich Straumer. It is nicknamed "der lange Lulatsch" and is one of the best-known points of interest in the city of Berlin. It stands in the Berlin trade fair ground in the...
, BerlinBerlinBerlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union... - Berliner Fernsehturm, Berlin (Revolving restaurantRevolving restaurantA revolving restaurant is a usually tower restaurant eating space designed to rest atop a broad circular revolving platform that operates as a large turntable. The building remains stationary and the diners are carried on the revolving floor. The revolving rate varies between one and three times...
) - FlorianturmFlorianturmThe Florianturm is a telecommunications tower and landmark of Dortmund . It is named after St. Florian, the patron saint of gardeners....
, Dortmund (Revolving restaurantRevolving restaurantA revolving restaurant is a usually tower restaurant eating space designed to rest atop a broad circular revolving platform that operates as a large turntable. The building remains stationary and the diners are carried on the revolving floor. The revolving rate varies between one and three times...
) - Fernsehturm Dresden-WachwitzFernsehturm Dresden-WachwitzThe Fernsehturm Dresden-Wachwitz is a TV tower in Dresden, Germany. It is situated on the Wachwitzer Elbhöhen and serves as a transmitting tower for television and radio broadcasts. Due to its visibility over large distances and its unusual form, it has become a landmark of Dresden and the Elbe...
, Dresden (closed at the moment) - Fair Tower Cologne
- ColoniusColoniusColonius is the Cologne telecommunications tower, which was finished in 1981. The Colonius possesses a cafeteria, viewing platform, and a restaurant, apart from antennas for radio relay and radio services within the VHF range. Because of a missing leaseholder, the visitor's area including...
, Cologne - Fernsehturm Schwerin-ZippendorfFernsehturm Schwerin-Zippendorfthumb|150px|Schweriner Fernsehturmthumb|150px|TV tower and radio mastThe Schweriner Fernsehturm is a 136.5-metre-tall communications tower built of steel-concrete between 1960 and 1964 in Schwerin, Germany. Unlike most other TV towers, the ground plan is a spherical triangle and not a cylindric...
, Schwerin - Fernmeldeturm NürnbergFernmeldeturm NürnbergThe Fernmeldeturm Nürnberg, the tallest structure in Bavaria, is a telecommunication tower in Nuremberg, southern Germany. Also called the Nürnberger Ei because of its egg-shaped tower basket in a height of 185 metres, it is 292 metres high and was built between 1977 and 1980 according to...
, Nuremberg (closed at the moment) - EuropaturmEuropaturmThe Europaturm is a 337.5 metre high telecommunications tower in Frankfurt am Main in Germany.-History:Designed by architect Erwin Heinle, the tower's construction began in 1974. At its completion five years later, it became the tallest free-standing structure in the Federal Republic of Germany...
, Frankfurt (closed at the moment) - Fernsehturm KulpenburgFernsehturm KulpenburgThe Fernsehturm Kulpenburg is a 94 metre high telecommunication tower on the 477 metre high Kulpenberg mountain in Thuringia, Germany. This tower built of reinforced concrete was built between 1959 and 1964 and has an observation deck and a restaurant in a height of 76 metres...
(closed at the moment) - Gauss TowerGauss TowerThe Gauss Tower is a reinforced concrete observation tower on the summit of the High Hagens in Dransfeld, Germany. The tower can be reached directly by car...
, DransfeldDransfeldDransfeld is a town in the district of Göttingen, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approx. 12 km west of Göttingen.Dransfeld is also the seat of the Samtgemeinde Dransfeld.... - RheinturmRheinturm DüsseldorfThe Rheinturm is a 240.5 metre high concrete telecommunications tower in Düsseldorf, capital of the federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Construction commenced in 1979 and finished in 1981. The Rheinturm carries aerials for directional radio, FM and TV transmitters...
, Düsseldorf (Revolving restaurantRevolving restaurantA revolving restaurant is a usually tower restaurant eating space designed to rest atop a broad circular revolving platform that operates as a large turntable. The building remains stationary and the diners are carried on the revolving floor. The revolving rate varies between one and three times...
) - Henninger TurmHenninger TurmThe Henninger-Turm is a grain storage silo located in the Frankfurt district of Sachsenhausen. It was built by the Henninger Brewery and has a storage capacity of 16,000 tons of barley. The , 33-story high tower was designed by Karl Lieser and was built from 1959 to 1961...
, Frankfurt am Main (2 revolving restaurantRevolving restaurantA revolving restaurant is a usually tower restaurant eating space designed to rest atop a broad circular revolving platform that operates as a large turntable. The building remains stationary and the diners are carried on the revolving floor. The revolving rate varies between one and three times...
s, closed at the moment) - Heinrich-Hertz-TurmHeinrich-Hertz-TurmThe Heinrich-Hertz-Turm is a radio telecommunication tower and a famous landmark of Hamburg, Germany....
, Hamburg (Revolving restaurantRevolving restaurantA revolving restaurant is a usually tower restaurant eating space designed to rest atop a broad circular revolving platform that operates as a large turntable. The building remains stationary and the diners are carried on the revolving floor. The revolving rate varies between one and three times...
, closed at the moment) - Jen-TowerJen-TowerThe JenTower is a skyscraper in Jena, Germany.-Common names:The tower has been known by many names, official and unofficial. From 1972 Until January 2005, the tower was called the Intershop Tower after its principal tenant, Intershop Communications AG. On November 30, 2004, the building was...
, Jena - MaintowerMaintowerMaintower is a 200 metre skyscraper in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. It is named after the river Main. A 40 metre communications tower is mounted atop the building. It features five underground floors, as well as two public viewing platforms. The tower currently remains the only skyscraper in...
, Franfurt am Main ( revolving restaurantRevolving restaurantA revolving restaurant is a usually tower restaurant eating space designed to rest atop a broad circular revolving platform that operates as a large turntable. The building remains stationary and the diners are carried on the revolving floor. The revolving rate varies between one and three times...
) - FernmeldeturmFernmeldeturm MannheimThe Fernmeldeturm Mannheim is a 212.8 metre high concrete telecommunication tower with an observation deck in Mannheim, Germany. It was designed by the architects Heinle, Wischer und Partner and built from 1973 and 1975. It contains transmission facilities for UHR radio services, microwave...
, Mannheim (Revolving restaurantRevolving restaurantA revolving restaurant is a usually tower restaurant eating space designed to rest atop a broad circular revolving platform that operates as a large turntable. The building remains stationary and the diners are carried on the revolving floor. The revolving rate varies between one and three times...
) - OlympiaturmOlympiaturmThe Olympiaturm in Olympiapark, Munich has an overall height of 291 m and a weight of 52,500 tons. At a height of 190 m there is an observation platform as well as a small rock and roll museum housing various memorabilia. Since its opening in 1968 the tower has registered over 35 million visitors ....
, München (Revolving restaurantRevolving restaurantA revolving restaurant is a usually tower restaurant eating space designed to rest atop a broad circular revolving platform that operates as a large turntable. The building remains stationary and the diners are carried on the revolving floor. The revolving rate varies between one and three times...
) - GoldbergturmGoldbergturmThe Goldbergturm is a 51 metre high water tower on the Goldberg at in Sindelfingen, Germany. The Goldbergturm was built in 1963 and has in its basket, besides a water reservoir, a restaurant from which a stairway runs to its open-air observation deck....
, Sindelfingen - Fernsehturm StuttgartFernsehturm StuttgartThe Fernsehturm Stuttgart is the world's first TV tower built from concrete ....
, Stuttgart - Longinus TowerLonginus TowerThe Longinus Tower is a 32-metre high observation tower located in Nottuln, Germany. It was erected by the Baumberge Club between 1897 and 1901 on the summit of the 182.61 metre high Westerberg hill...
, NottulnNottulnNottuln is a municipality in the district of Coesfeld in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.-Neighbouring municipalities:* Billerbeck* Havixbeck* Senden, North Rhine-Westphalia* Dülmen* Coesfeld-Division of the municipality:... - Hünenburg Observation TowerHünenburg Observation TowerHünenburg Observation Tower is a 40 metre tall observation tower on Hünenburg at Bielefeld. It was built in 1952 as standardized telecommunication tower on the site of the Three-Emperor-Tower, which was demolished before....
, BielefeldBielefeldBielefeld is an independent city in the Ostwestfalen-Lippe Region in the north-east of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. With a population of 323,000, it is also the most populous city in the Regierungsbezirk Detmold...
United States
- Carnelian Room, 555 California Street San Francisco (closed 2009)
- Top of the World, Las VegasLas Vegas, NevadaLas Vegas is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada and is also the county seat of Clark County, Nevada. Las Vegas is an internationally renowned major resort city for gambling, shopping, and fine dining. The city bills itself as The Entertainment Capital of the World, and is famous...
- Terrace on the ParkTerrace on the ParkTerrace on the Park is a banquet hall in Flushing Meadows–Corona Park. The building was constructed by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey to serve as the heliport for the 1964 New York World's Fair. It is located to the south of the New York Hall of Science. The bulk of the building is...
, New York City - Windows on the WorldWindows on the WorldWindows on the World was a complex of venues at the top floors of the North Tower of the World Trade Center in Lower Manhattan that included a restaurant, Windows on the World, a smaller restaurant called Wild Blue, and a bar called The Greatest Bar on Earth, as well as rooms for private functions...
, New York CityNew York CityNew York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
, destroyed in terrorist attackSeptember 11, 2001 attacksThe September 11 attacks The September 11 attacks The September 11 attacks (also referred to as September 11, September 11th or 9/119/11 is pronounced "nine eleven". The slash is not part of the pronunciation... - The View, New York CityNew York CityNew York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
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Elsewhere
Many countries have tower restaurants on large towers that attract visitors, including the TV tower Naesinneula in Tampere, the Eiffel TowerEiffel Tower
The Eiffel Tower is a puddle iron lattice tower located on the Champ de Mars in Paris. Built in 1889, it has become both a global icon of France and one of the most recognizable structures in the world...
in Paris, the Kaknaes Tower in Stockholm, the Ostankino Tower
Ostankino Tower
Ostankino Tower is a free-standing television and radio tower in Moscow, Russia. Standing tall, Ostankino was designed by Nikolai Nikitin. It is a member of the World Federation of Great Towers, currently the tallest in Europe and 4th tallest in the world. The tower was the first free-standing...
and the CN Tower
CN Tower
The CN Tower is a communications and observation tower in Downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Standing tall, it was completed in 1976, becoming the world's tallest free-standing structure and world's tallest tower at the time. It held both records for 34 years until the completion of the Burj...
. A tower restaurant can be accommodated on other structures for example the suspension tower of the new Danube bridge Bratislava with restaurant at 84.6 meters height.