Lakes / #allthingswater Beautiful places: Viewing tower on the pier, Friedrichshafen, Lake Constanze / Germany / Mole-Turm Friedrichshafen, Bodensee "Well, it is what it is and it's pretty awesome. The view is rather nice in Friedrichshafen even from ground level, and up the tower it's really awesome. It takes a little while to get up there, and it's not for the completely unfit! One may be panting heavily when reaching the top. But yeah, the view is indeed amazing. And it's free!" (read this description somewhere and like it :) ) The 22 m high observation tower on the pier, which was built in 2000, offers a beautiful view over the city and castle church, the orchards in the outback as well as panoramic views of Lake Constance and the Alps. The observation tower as urban vertical element presents - with its horizontal Opposite -one of the most important gateways to the city. Over steel stairs, the visitor passes to two viewing platforms with a beautiful ...