Friday Tower

Basic data

Place:

Zurich - Escher Wyss

Canton:

Zurich

Country:

Switzerland

Altitude :

405 m

Coordinates: 47 ° 23 '8.4 " N , 8 ° 31' 9.8" E ; CH1903: 681,607 / 248876

Use:

Viewing platform

Accessibility:

Observation tower open to the public

Tower data

Construction time :

2006

Client :	Daniel and Markus Friday
Building material :	steel

Operating time:

since 2006

Total height :

26 m

Viewing platform:

25 m

Further data

Number of levels:

110

Position map

Friday Tower

The Freitag Tower is a building in Zurich that is used as a sales point and viewing platform . The tower consists of a total of 17 used overseas containers . It is in the industrial quarter near the Hardbrücke train station .

The platform at a height of 26 meters can be reached via 110 steps. The staircase is located inside nine containers stacked on top of one another. The four lowest layers of containers are sales rooms for the Freitag company .

The platform enables a view over the track field in the forecourt of the main train station , the Prime Tower , the Hardbrücke , the Uetliberg and the districts of Wiedikon , Aussersihl and Industriequartier.

stairway
Viewing platform

and display information about the image

360 ° panorama from the Freitag Tower

Web links

Commons : Freitag Tower - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

The Friday Tower on zuerich.com