Riesenrad

Erected in 1897 to designs by Walter Bassett Basset with Harry Hitchins and Hubert Cecil Booth, the wheel stands 64.8 metres high and carries a fraction of its original cabins after wartime damage. The first kiss happens in one of those cabins as the light goes, a scene the film shares a location with The Third Man and The Living Daylights. One rotation takes about ten minutes.

Street Address

Prater 90, 1020 Wien

Type of Place

Ferris wheel

Year Established

1897

Wheelchair Accessible

Yes

Website

www.wienerriesenrad.com/

Category: Culture & History

Tags: ferris-wheel, prater, 1897, film-location

Coordinates: 48.2166476, 16.395893

Part of The Vienna locations of Before Sunrise

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