Tower restaurant

A tower restaurant is maintain an up a tower or skyscraper restaurant, which is accessible via a lift in the rule. Tower restaurants are designed so that the guest in taking his meal and his drinks can enjoy the panorama. In numerous towers tower restaurants were pivoted and rotated by means of a drive around the tower axis ( revolving restaurant ).

In Germany are known tower restaurants on the Berlin TV Tower, the Rhine Tower in Dusseldorf or the Olympic Tower in Munich - each built as a revolving restaurant. In many cities, such as Cologne, Frankfurt or Nuremberg, however, the restoration operation was closed again. In these cases, the towers are accessible to the public not. A special feature is the tower restaurant is Steglitz in Berlin, whose sole function is the dining establishments on three floors. The rapidly at the Berlin vernacular " Bierpinsel " baptized tower was built according to plans by Ralf Schüler and Ursulina Schüler-Witte.

In Austria, the Danube Tower, designed as two revolving restaurant tower has restaurants. Another tower restaurant is located on the Bergiselschanze on diving platform.

In other countries there are tower restaurants on most of the larger towers with a visitor area, such as on the observation tower Näsinneula in Tampere, the Eiffel Tower in Paris, the Kaknästornet in Stockholm, the Ostankino TV tower in Moscow or on the CN Tower in Toronto.

A tower restaurant can also be accommodated on a different design. So wearing the pylon of the New Danube bridge in Bratislava in 84.6 meters a restaurant.

• Type of hospitality and catering operation