A gondola is a traditional Venetian rowing boat, best known today for transporting tourists. Gondola may also refer to: Places Gondola, Mozambique, the principal town of Gondola District, Mozambique Gondola Point, a community in New Brunswick, Canada Gondola Ridge, Antarctica Transport Compartments or platforms Gondola (airplane), a compartment on the underside of a powered fixed-wing aircraft Gondola (airship), an external equipment or passenger compartment attached to a powered blimp or dirigible Gondola (balloon), a payload basket or capsule suspended beneath an unpowered hot air or gas balloon Gondola (Ferris wheel), a passenger car or cabin or capsule attached to the rim of the wheel Gondola, a capsule in which a test subject is situated at the end of the rotating arm of a human centrifuge Gondola lift, or cable car, a type of aerial lift Gondola, used to carry passengers in various types of aerial lift Bicable gondola lift Tricable gondola lift Gondola, the cargo or passenger platform suspended beneath a transporter bridge Gondola, a suspended platform used by window cleaners Gondola, major component of the Falkirk Wheel rotating boat lift in Scotland, UK Spy gondola, an observation compartment lowered beneath an airship Vehicles Gondola (rail), a type of railroad car with an open top and enclosed sides, for carrying loose bulk materials , an 1859 preserved steam yacht operated by the National Trust on Coniston Water, England Other uses Gondola (retail), a free-standing display unit Gondola (magazine), a Belgian retailing monthly Gondola Group, a restaurant chain with 600 locations in the UK and Republic of Ireland "Gondola no Uta" ("The Gondola Song") House of Gondola, a noble family from Dubrovnik, Croatia 1891 Gondola, an asteroid See also Gondolier (disambiguation) Gundalow, a type of flat bottom cargo boat once common on the rivers of New England, US List of gondola lifts Gundulić, a noble family from Dubrovnik, Croatia