Piz Gloria — Konrad Wolf, Schilthorn
Konrad Wolf · summit station and revolving restaurant, built from 1963 · Schilthorn summit above Mürren, Bernese Oberland, Switzerland
Photo: Ank Kumar / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0), camera date 29 December 2015, as published on Street Art Utopia.
Piz Gloria is the summit station and revolving restaurant on the 2,970-metre Schilthorn, built from 1963 to plans by Bern architect Konrad Wolf. The Bond production helped pay for the building and shot scenes there for On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (1969). Source Source Source Source Source Checked
Standing Jun 2026: the Schilthorn cableway company reported on 19 June 2026 that turnover at the Piz Gloria revolving restaurant rose by more than 50 per cent, after the new Birg–Schilthorn cable car was completed on 2 April 2026 (press releases, not photos). Source Source Checked
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💡 4 things to know
- Bond helped pay
Eon Productions paid to put the summit building in order and covered running costs during the winter 1968/69 shoot, Blick reports; Google Arts & Culture says the producers financed the restaurant. Source Source Source Checked - 1968 or 1969?
The operator says the building was completed in spring 1968 for the filming and opened in autumn 1968; MySwitzerland and Wikipedia give 1969. Source Source Source Conflicting - Renovated in 2016
A one-and-a-half-year renovation of the Piz Gloria summit building was completed in 2016, the operator says. Source Checked - New cable cars
The summit was closed from October 2024 to 15 March 2025 for the new Birg–Schilthorn cable car; the project’s last new cable car opened on 2 April 2026. Source Source Source Checked
📍 Where it is
On the summit of the Schilthorn (2,970 m) above Mürren in the Bernese Oberland, reached by cable car via Birg. Source Source Checked
Map pin 46.5572, 7.8353, approximate, from this source. The button opens a plain map.
🗓️ Sightings
- 1968
Building completed for Bond filming
- 200717 Mar
Pre-renovation restaurant photographed
- 201529 Dec
Revolving restaurant photographed
- 2016
Summit building renovation completed
- 20209 Mar
Drone view of summit building
- 202515 Mar
Summit reopens after closure
- 202619 Jun
Restaurant turnover up, says operator
Green stamps mark dated photographs; amber stamps mark records or reports; red stamps mark loss. Publication dates are not camera dates.
🗞️ In the sources
James Bond: «Spy World» bleibt auch nach Bahnneubau auf dem Schilthorn
“Die Seilbahnstation und das Drehgebäude wurden ab 1963 nach Plänen des Berner Architekten Konrad Wolf (1918–2008) erbaut.”
“The cable car station and the revolving building were built from 1963 to plans by Bern architect Konrad Wolf (1918–2008).”
Renovation of the Piz Gloria summit building
“The one-and-a-half-year renovation work on the Schilthorn – Piz Gloria summit building was completed in 2016.”
The Schilthorn summit is once again accessible to all!
“On Saturday, 15th March 2025, the Schilthorn – Piz Gloria will open again after being inaccessible for five months.”
✅ The facts
- Built
- From 1963 (Blick); completed spring 1968, opened autumn 1968 per the operator; 1969 per MySwitzerland and Wikipedia Source Source Source Source Conflicting
🔗 Related
All sources & image credits
- Schilthorn — Renovation of the Piz Gloria summit building, undated
- MySwitzerland — Revolving restaurant Piz Gloria, undated
- Blick — James Bond: «Spy World» bleibt auch nach Bahnneubau auf dem Schilthorn, 6 March 2024
- Google Arts & Culture — 16 Stirring James Bond Locations, undated
- Wikipedia — Piz Gloria
- History Hit — Schilthorn Mountain: History and Facts, undated
- Schilthorn Cableway press release — World’s steepest cableway is open!, 14 December 2024
- Schilthorn Cableway press release — The Schilthorn summit is once again accessible to all!, 13 March 2025
- Schilthorn Cableway press release — A significant milestone at the Schilthorn: the final new cable car in the overall project has commenced operations!, 2 April 2026
- Schilthorn Cableway press release — Schilthorn Cableway looks back on a record year at its 64th Annual General Meeting, 19 June 2026
- Wikimedia Commons — Piz Gloria, Schilthorn ( Ank Kumar) 04.jpg (Ank kumar, CC BY-SA 4.0), 29 December 2015
- Wikimedia Commons — Piz-Gloria093.JPG (Yesuitus2001, CC BY-SA 2.5), 17 March 2007
- Wikimedia Commons — Station schilthorn dji 0255 webalbum print.jpg (Schilthornbahn, CC BY-SA 4.0), 9 March 2020
- Wikimedia Commons — Piz gloria-4655new.jpg (Schilthornbahn, CC BY-SA 4.0), 2 March 2020
- Hero image: Ank Kumar / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0), as published on Street Art Utopia (WAU media #11561).
Last checked: 9 November 2026. How we verify art