Bantiger TV Tower is a 196 metre tall tower used for FM- and TV-transmission at on the
Bantiger
The Bantiger is a mountain north of the Emmental Alps, overlooking the region of Bern. It is located east of Ittigen
Ittigen is a municipality in the Bern-Mittelland administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.
The municip ...
mountain, a mountain east of
Berne
Bern () or Berne; in other Swiss languages, gsw, Bärn ; frp, Bèrna ; it, Berna ; rm, Berna is the ''de facto'' Capital city, capital of Switzerland, referred to as the "federal city" (in german: Bundesstadt, link=no, french: ville fédérale ...
situated in the municipality of
Bolligen. The Bantiger TV Tower was built between 1991 and 1996 as replacement of a 100 metres tall radio tower, built in 1954.
Bantiger TV Tower, which was inaugurated in 1997 has a public observation deck in a height of 33.7 metres. In contrast to most other observation decks on TV towers, there is no elevator for visitors access. The access to the deck goes via a stairway, which is not inside the tower, but in a lattice tower attached to the towers main structure.
See also
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List of tallest structures in Switzerland
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List of towers
Several extant building fulfill the engineering definition of a tower: "a tall human structure, always taller than it is wide, for public or regular operational access by humans, but not for living in or office work, and are ''self-supporting' ...
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Towers completed in 1954
Towers completed in 1996
Observation towers in Switzerland
Buildings and structures in the canton of Bern
20th-century architecture in Switzerland