Experience the thrill and the breathtaking view of Seattle from the top of the Space Needle

An iconic structure of Seattle and a groundbreaking feature of the Pacific Northwest, the Space needle enables the visitors to visualize long distance events to get a 360-degree vision of these events. The tower was originally constructed for the 21st-century exposition at the world fair in 1962 that was attended by 10 million people in the Seattle city. Since then, the tower became extremely renowned as it attracted over 2.3 million visitors and approximately, 20,000 people use the tower's elevators on a daily basis.

The tourists get captivated when they witnessed the robust structure of the tower and filled with awe with the realization that the tower can withstand strong winds and natural calamities such as earthquakes of the scale of 9.1 and can even surpass the one like the great 1700 Cascadia Earthquake. The tower is impeccably secured with twenty-five lighting conductors that are intended to protect the people inside it from the eminent lighting strike.

If you choose to visit the Space Needle on windy days, you will notice that the elevators move at a comparatively slow rate than usual. Usually, they move at the speed of 10mph or 16km/h, and on windy days the speed is reduced to half.

The Space Needle has the brilliant rotating restaurant and bar that is situated its pinnacle at 150m of height. The restaurant by the name SkyCity has an extraordinary 14-foot ring-shaped dining floor where the visitors can have a memorable and spectacular experience dining on booths and chairs. The deck revolves by a wheel and track system, and this makes it one of the oldest revolving restaurant at a global level.

The SkyCity restaurant offers both north Pacific and American cuisine along with local seafood, chicken steak, and vegetarian dishes. On the whole, the fine dining experience is further enhanced with the spectacular view of the city through glass panels installed on the walls of the restaurants.

The space needle offers an ultimate breathtaking experience of taking selfies and memorable group photographs with friends and families on the observation deck. The vast blue sky backdrops take the visitors experience to the next level as the thought of being closer to nature and rising to sky heightens their bliss. Therefore, the visit to Space needle is must experience the thrill of the building from all glass floor at the lower level, sitting on glass benches and the speculate the reflective glass ceiling at the upper level.

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