ASTONISHING VIEWING PLATFORMS AND SKYWALKS
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Collection of the most spectacular lookouts, observation
decks, and viewing platforms from all over the world. You’ll find the world’s
most scary, bereathtaking, and awesome, the
astonishing viewing platforms and skywalks.
1. Dachstein Stairway to Nothingness – Austria
Situated near the town of Schladming. The 100m long
suspension bridge offers spectacular views of the Alps, but at such dizzying
heights only the bravest are likely to test their mettle.
Visitors to Dachstein’s Stairway to Nothingness must first
cross Austria’s highest bridge, with a 1,300ft drop to the bottom of the
mountains. They then face 14 steps that descend from the cliff face and which
are surrounded by glass walls.
The entire structure took six months to build and was
created by an engineering firm specializing in high-altitude construction.The
bridge that leads to the steps is the highest in Austria.
2. Tokyo Skytree Observation Decks – Japan
The Tokyo Skytree is the world’s tallest tower,
third-tallest structure, with a height of 2,080 feet (634 meters), and has
Japan’s two tallest observation decks: the lower one is located at 1,148 feet
(350 meters) and has a section of glass flooring. The upper one, which has
floor-to-ceiling windows and 360-degree-views of the city, has a height of 1476
feet (450 meters). On a clear day, Mount Fuji can be seen from the observation
decks.
3. AlpspiX Viewing Platform – Germany
At the base of Alpspitze peak, visitors will find the
AlpspiX Viewing Platform hovering 13 meters (42 feet) over an empty void in the
shape of an ‘X’ with two protruding platforms.
The towering structure is situated in the
Garmisch-Partenkirchen region of the country and provides panoramic views of
surrounding Hoellental and Garmisch.
Visitors brave enough to walk to the end of the glass-walled
platforms can look 3,281 feet (1,000 meters) down into the valley. The platform
remains open in winter, when the grid flooring allows snow and ice to pass
through.
4. EdgeWalk CN Tower – Canada
EdgeWalk is CN Tower’s most thrilling attraction in its
history, and the first of its kind in North America. Located on the roof of the
CN Tower’s restaurant at a height of 1,168 feet (356 meters), it is the world’s
highest full circle hands-free walk.The EdgeWalk allows visitors to slip into
climbing harnesses and walk around the edge of Canada’s tallest structure.
There’s also a glass floor 1,122 feet (342 meters) above
ground level, and although the glass is only 2.5 inches thick, it’s reportedly
strong enough to hold 14 hippos — if they could fit in the elevator. CN Tower
also has glass-floored observation deck and outdoor SkyTerrace.
5.The Ledge – United States
At 1,353 feet and 110 stories above the streets of downtown
Chicago, The Ledge at Willis Tower’s Skydeck will transform any visitor’s–or
local’s for that matter–experience with the Windy City. The four boxes that
make up The Ledge experience in Willis Tower, are made from half-ton panels of
glass. The walls consist of three layers, each half an inch thick.
Visitors who step into one of the boxes can see for 50 miles
across four states. Six million people have ventured into the boxes since 2009,
500 people have proposed in them and visitors can now even get married in them.
The boxes retract into the building when the windows need cleaning.
6. Cliffwalk – Canada
The Cliffwalk is a 700-feet (213 meter) walkway attached to
a granite cliff face above the Capilano River in British Columbia, Canada. The
highest point is 300 feet (90 meters) above the river.
To attach the Cliffwalk, 16 anchor points were drilled 19
feet (six meters) into the rock face using 1,825 bolts, and 40 tons of steel
were used.
7. Matteo Thun’s Viewing Platform – Italy
The best views of Italy’s Merano region are from this
binocular-shaped viewing platform, high above the gardens’ huge oak forest.
The viewing platform is just one of several within the
gardens, which were recently named Italy’s most beautiful gardens.
8. Stegastein Lookout – Norway
This lookout platform provides mind-blowing views of the
surrounding mountains and Aurlandfjord. A must do if you’re not afraid of
heights.The glass panel at the end of this walkway gives visitors the
impression they could simply fall off the end.
Commissioned by the Norwegian Highway Department as part of
a project to improve the appearance of the country’s tourist routes, the
lookout allows visitors to look straight down into the Aurlandsfjord, 2,000
feet (609 meters) below.
9. The View from The Shard – England
London’s highest and best view. The Shard is the tallest
building in Western Europe and The View From The Shard is located on floors 68,
69 and 72.
The best panoramas are from floor 72, at a height of 800
feet (244 meters).
This open-air observation deck offers 360-degree views of
the city.
Visitors can also look up into the “shards” of glass that
form the top of the skyscraper.
10. Grand Canyon Skywalk – United States
The Grand Canyon Skywalk is a transparent horseshoe-shaped
cantilever bridge and tourist attraction in Arizona near the Colorado River on
the edge of a side canyon in the Grand Canyon West area of the main canyon.
This steel and glass walkway extends 70 feet (21 meters)
over the lip of the Grand Canyon, almost one mile above the valley floor. The
90 tons of glass were imported from Germany. The Skywalk, which is bolted to
the canyon’s rim, can support the weight of 70 747 passenger jets.
