| The tallest building of Vienna (50 metres higher than | | | | observation deck is located at a height of 150 |
| Millennium Tower) is at 4 Donauturmstrasse on the | | | | metres. The tourists get there in an elevator (It |
| area of Donauparku ( a garden created in 1963-64). | | | | takes only 35 seconds to get to the top of the |
| It is between Dunaube and Old Danaube, the centre | | | | tower because the elevator races upwards at 22 |
| of Vienna, Florisdorf and Donaustadt. This relatively | | | | kilometres per hour. It can take fourteen people. In |
| new tourist attraction of Austrian capital is only 40 | | | | 1964 it was the quickest lift in Europe.) or they can |
| years old, but it has 252 metres of height. The tower | | | | climb the stairs (According to different sources there |
| was designed by prof. Hannes Lintl in 1962 . In 2001 | | | | are 775 or 779 steps). The new attraction of Dunabe |
| the architect was awarded Austrian Cross of Honour | | | | Tower is bungee jumping but that can be done only |
| for Science and Art. His projects are also television | | | | in the summer. Ten and twenty metres above the |
| towers in Bagdad (destroyed during the war), in | | | | first observation deck there are rotating restaurants |
| Montreal and Djakarta. The building of the Danaube | | | | (The floor in the restaurant rotates once every half |
| Tower started on October 12 and continued for next | | | | an hour.), where guests having tasty meal can enjoy |
| 18 months. In 1964 Austrian president Adolf | | | | the view of Vienna . Tourists especially enjoy the |
| Schärf officially opened the tower. | | | | view of setting sun over Wienerwald. |
| The Donauturm or "Neue" ("New" - as it is called | | | | On the top of the tower there are also antennas of |
| now) was built for the International Horticultural Show | | | | cellular phone networks and private VHF radio |
| of Vienna. The originator of the project was | | | | stations (like Radio Arabella Wien, Radio Orange, |
| Eberhard Födisch. The building belongs to the | | | | Sunshine Radio or Radio Stephansdom and a few |
| WFGT (The World Federation Of Great Towers) | | | | other antennas of radio communication). Although the |
| alongside Japanese Tokyo Tower, Chinese Oriental | | | | Danube Tower is similar to television towers it is not |
| Pearl Tower and Canadian CN Tower. It is the 19th | | | | used to television broadcasting. (The tower in |
| highest tower in the world. | | | | Kahlenberg is used to that). In the neighbourhood of |
| The Dunaube Tower has three lookout levels that | | | | the tower it is possible to find a lot of lodgings |
| offer panoramic view of Vienna. The first | | | | offering accommodation for tired guests of Vienna. |