Bergisel at Innsbruck Built in 2001 to replace a trudge of 455 steps from the landing area to the base of the control tower at the Bergisel ski jump (Sprungschanze) on the southern outskirts of Innsbruck. The funicular can transport 350 people an hour on the 3 minute journey, carrying 35 people at a time in a single vehicle built by Leitner. The funicular and sprungschanze are open for most of the year, with people practicing jumping even in summer. There is a restaurant near the top of the tower, with wonderful views over the city of Innsbruck. The charge for the ride on the funicular includes access to the stadium, a return trip in the elevator in the control tower, as far as the panorama platform, and (between April and October) entrance to the nearby Kaiser Jäger Museum. The funicular is closed for maintenance for two weeks each November and April. The two pictures show the Bergisel Sprungschanze in 1999, before the funicular was built. They do, however, show the proximity to the Hauptbahnhof and the Wilton Basilica. The view down from the jump is of the graveyard in the church grounds.

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