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Vertigo is a form of dizziness.

• Acrophobia, the fear of heights, often incorrectly called vertigo

Vertigo may also refer to:

Aviation

• Seedwings Europe Vertigo, an Austrian hang glider design of the mid-2000s

Biology

• Vertigo (gastropod), a genus of snail

History

• A 5th century practice for climbing a tower and standing on it in city centers as protest to the decadence for the time. Simeon_Stylites was the most famous of the noble protestors.

Entertainment and media

Amusement parks and rides

• VertiGo (ride), a defunct amusement ride at Cedar Point and Knott's Berry Farm
• Vertigo, a ride at Wales's Oakwood Theme Park

Entertainment companies and labels

• Vertigo Entertainment, an American film production company created by Roy Lee
• Vertigo Films, a British film production and film distribution company
• Vertigo Records, a UK-based record label
• Vertigo Arts, an American video game developer based in New York City
• Vertigo, a defunct nightclub on the University of Victoria campus
• Vertigo 42, a champagne bar in Tower 42 in London

Fictional characters

• Vertigo (Marvel Comics), two Marvel Comics villains with similar powers
• Count Vertigo, a DC Comics supervillain
• Vertigo, a character in Primal Rage

Film

• Dizziness (film), a 1946 Mexican film with the original title Vértigo
• Vertigo (film), a 1958 film by Alfred Hitchcock
  • Vertigo (film score), its soundtrack
  • Vertigo effect, or Dolly zoom, a special effect in film, named after the movie
• Vértigo (telenovela), a Mexican telenovela

Literature and publications

• Vertigo (DC Comics), a DC imprint
• Vertigo (Sebald novel), a 1990 novel by W. G. Sebald
• Vertigo (UTS), a student newspaper at the University of Technology, Sydney
• Vertigo (wordless novel), a 1937 wordless novel by Lynd Ward
• Vértigo, a play by Gastón Suárez

Television

• "Vertigo" (The Best Years episode), an episode of The Best Years
• "Vertigo", an episode of Code Lyoko

Music

Albums

• Vertigo (Billie Myers album), 2000
• Vertigo (Boxcar album), 1990
• Vértigo (Fey album), 2002
• Vertigo (Groove Armada album), 1999
• Vertigo (Jackie McLean album), 1980
• Vertigo (Jesse Cook album)
• Vertigo (John 5 album)
• Vertigo (Jump, Little Children album)
• Vértigo (La Ley album), La Ley's fifth album
• O Vertigo!, 2014 album by Kate Miller-Heidke

Dance

• Vertigo (Israeli Dance Company)

Songs

• "Vertigo" (Olivia Lewis song), the Maltese entry to the Eurovision Song Contest 2007
• "Vertigo" (U2 song), a 2004 song by U2
  • Vertigo Tour, U2's international tour from 2005 to 2006
  • Vertigo 2005: Live from Chicago, a DVD of a U2 concert
• "Vertigo/Relight My Fire", 1979 disco song by Dan Hartman and Loleatta Holloway
• "Vertigo", a song by American Hi-Fi from the American Pie 2 soundtrack
• "Vertigo", a song by The Libertines from Up the Bracket
• "Vertigo", a song by Monster Magnet from Dopes to Infinity
• "Vertigo", a song by Planet Us
• "Vertigo", a song by Aztec Camera from the album Dreamland
• "Vertigo", a song by Sarah Slean from the album Day One
• "Vertigo", a song by Matthew Sweet from the album Earth
• "Vertigo (Do the Demolition)", a song by Duran Duran from the album Notorious
• "Vertigo", a song by FM Belfast

Other uses

• Vertigo, a sports coupe by Gillet
• Vertigo, a stunt performed by David Blaine
• Vertigo Bomber, the Brotherhood of Nod bomber aircraft in C&C3: Tiberium Wars and Kane's Wrath. The bomber sports bomb payload and rear air-to-air guns.
• de_vertigo, a playable map featured in Counter-Strike and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

See also

• All pages with titles beginning with Vertigo
• All pages with titles containing Vertigo

• Disambiguation pages