Giant Ferris Wheel
The Wiener Riesenrad, or simply Riesenrad, is a 64.75-metre tall Ferris wheel at the entrance of the Prater amusement park in Leopoldstadt, the 2nd district of Austria's capital Vienna.- Ferris wheel
- …is wheelchair accessible
- …is operated by Wiener Riesenrad Dr. Lamac GmbH & Co. OG
- …stands 65 metres (213 feet) tall
- Description: Ferris wheel in Vienna
- Address: 90, Prater, Wien, 1020
- Email: info@wienerriesenrad.com
- Also known as“Prater Ferris Wheel”“Riesenrad”“Wiener Riesenrad”
- Established: July 3, 1897
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Giant Ferris Wheel
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Latitude
48.21665° or 48° 12′ 60″ north
Longitude
16.39589° or 16° 23′ 45″ east
Open location code
8FWR698W+M9
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
attraction=big_wheel
OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Swedish—“Giant Ferris Wheel” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “維也納摩天輪”
- Chinese: “维也纳摩天轮”
- Czech: “Obří kolo ve Vídni”
- Czech: “Obří kolo”
- Czech: “Vídeňské obří kolo”
- Danish: “Riesenrad”
- Dutch: “Wiener Riesenrad”
- Esperanto: “Wiener Riesenrad”
- Estonian: “Viini vaateratas”
- French: “Grande roue de Vienne”
- German: “Praterrad”
- German: “Vergnügungsstätte, Riesenrad”
- German: “Wiener Riesenrad”
- Hebrew: “גלגל הענק של וינה”
- Hebrew: “הגלגל הענק בווינה”
- Hebrew: “וינר ריזנראד”
- Hebrew: “וינר ריזנרד”
- Hebrew: “ריזנראד”
- Hebrew: “ריזנרד”
- Hungarian: “Bécsi óriáskerék”
- Indonesian: “Riesenrad”
- Indonesian: “Wiener Riesenrad”
- Italian: “Riesenrad”
- Japanese: “大観覧車”
- Korean: “빈 대관람차”
- Korean: “프라터 대관람차”
- Latvian: “Vīnes Milzu panorāmas rats”
- Luxembourgish: “Wiener Riserad”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Riesenrad”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Risenrad”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Riesenrad”
- Norwegian: “Riesenrad”
- Polish: “Diabelski młyn”
- Polish: “Wiener Riesenrad”
- Russian: “Колесо обозрения”
- Spanish: “Noria de Viena”
- Spanish: “Noria Gigante”
- Spanish: “Riesenrad”
- Spanish: “Wiener Riesenrad”
- Swedish: “Riesenrad”
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