Berlin TV-Tower - Fernsehturm (Berlin)

Germany / Berlin / Berlin / Panoramastraße, 1a
 panoramic view, television / radio transmission tower, 1969_construction, television transmitting station

The Berlin TV-Tower is nearly 368 meters high. In the inside, there is an observation-platform and a rotating restaurant.
In the GDR-era the TV-tower was affectionately known as St. Walter (After Walter Ubricht)
Because if the sun shines on the Fernsehturm's tiled stainless steel dome, the reflection usually appears in the form of a cross. This effect was neither predicted nor desired by the planners.

Also affectionately known as the Telespargel (tele-sparagus) because of its shape.

www.tv-turm.de/en/index.php
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Coordinates:   52°31'14"N   13°24'33"E

Comments

  • I first visited this tower in 1981 and would come back here several times in 1982 and 2001.