Best European Skyline 2025 - Page 3

KlausD2 · #41 Posted **Mar 22, 2025, 6:16 PM**

In the meantime, another skyscraper is being built between the two tallest skyscrapers in this picture.

May 2024

mousquet · #42 Posted **Mar 22, 2025, 9:15 PM**

I think Izmir is technically in the larger Minor Asia part of Turkey, but yeah, it is an odd country with their butt sat in between 2 chairs, Europe and western Asia.
It's a bit like a microscopic Russia in that respect (and some other).

KlausD2 · #43 Posted **Mar 23, 2025, 8:26 AM**

True, but I'm posting it here because Turkey is also part of Europe, both culturally and geographically, and it would be unfair not to include all cities in a country.

mousquet · #44 Posted **Mar 23, 2025, 9:24 AM**

^ Fair enough.

I just quickly looked for Istanbul, but couldn't find any recent picture of it.
It's all old-ish pictures, from 2020 or older.

This shot uploaded in 2020 for instance looks cool.

Istanbul skyline by Faruk Koçak, sur Flickr

But it doesn't show it all and they might have added some buildings since then.

KlausD2 · #45 Posted **Mar 23, 2025, 9:57 AM**

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^ skylines in Europe seem to share that trait though MCC it's really obvious because it's a massive cluster of huge buildings but Europeans skylines are relatively young compared to North America and lack an organic aesthetic.

As for Paris, I read the ground was porous plus the catacombs make skyscrapers difficult there.

European cities may not have the 1930s Art Deco/Gothic skyscrapers that American cities have, but the oldest skylines do have skyscrapers from different decades whose architectural styles are quite different.

Moscow and Warsaw have Stalinist-style skyscrapers from the 1950s.
Modernism and Postmodernism, Structural Expressionism (Mercury City Tower), Deconstructivism (CoC) and Neo-futurism (Evolution Tower).

Frankfurt has Modern architecture in the International Style of the 1970s, Postmodernism and Art Deco in the 1990s (culminating in the Messeturm) and Deconstructivism (ECB).

London has Brutalist architecture (Tower 42), Modernism and Postmodernism/Art Deco (One Canada Square) and Neo-futuristism / High-tech (30 St Mary Axe, 20 Fenchurch Street)

In Paris, modern architecture and the international style (Tour Montparnasse, Tour Areva) prevail.

KlausD2 · #46 Posted **Mar 23, 2025, 10:06 AM**

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Originally Posted by mousquet

^ Fair enough.

I just quickly looked for Istanbul, but couldn't find any recent picture of it.
It's all old-ish pictures, from 2020 or older.

But it doesn't show it all and they might have added some buildings since then.

That's right. Among other things, a brand new financial district was built with the tallest skyscraper and the first official supertall in Turkey, the CBRT Tower with 352 m (1,155 ft).
On the left is Metropol Istanbul Tower, the second inofficial supertall with 301 m (988 ft).
Istanbul has 3 main business districts, Levent, Maslak and Ataşehir. There are also several smaller clusters of skyscrapers.

by https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Itidal, CC BY 4.0

by himest, SSC

KlausD2 · #47 Posted **Mar 23, 2025, 11:58 AM**

The Hague Skyline by Christopher A. Dominic, auf Flickr

DSC01606 copy by Haagse Hoogbouw, auf Flickr

DSC03037 kopie by Haagse Hoogbouw, auf Flickr

DSC03018 kopie by Haagse Hoogbouw, auf Flickr

DSC03014 kopie by Haagse Hoogbouw, auf Flickr

KlausD2 · #48 Posted **Mar 23, 2025, 6:27 PM**

2025-02-21_0050 by HansGK, auf Flickr

KlausD2 · #49 Posted **Mar 24, 2025, 12:42 PM**

by Bart Wileński, facebook

KlausD2 · #50 Posted **Mar 24, 2025, 1:40 PM**

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Skytrunk · #51 Posted **Mar 24, 2025, 3:02 PM**

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Originally Posted by KlausD2

by Bart Wileński, facebook

Looks good!

KlausD2 · #52 Posted **Mar 24, 2025, 3:50 PM**

Tallest skyscrapers

Commerzbank Tower = 850 ft
Messturm = 841.5 ft
Four I = 765 ft
Westendstraße 1 = 683 ft
Main Tower = 656 ft
Tower 185 = 656 ft
ONE = 626 ft
Omniturm = 623 ft
Trianon = 610 ft
European Central Bank = 607 ft
Grand Tower = 590 ft
Four II = 587 ft
Opernturm = 558 ft
Taunusturm = 558 ft
Silberturm = 546 ft
Westend Gate = 523 ft
Deutsche Bank I = 508.5 ft
Deutsche Bank II = 508.5 ft
Marienturm = 508.5 ft
Skyper = 505 ft

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... by Achim Pfennig, auf Flickr

KlausD2 · #53 Posted **Mar 24, 2025, 4:06 PM**

Frankfurt Skyline by Thomas Jodoin, auf Flickr

SKYLINE by Matthias Besant, auf Flickr

Skyline-FFM-panorama by Servicejoker, auf Flickr

frankfurt-ffm-otr-rkw-141219-03825-it by Rolf K. Wegst, auf Flickr

KlausD2 · #54 Posted **Mar 24, 2025, 9:22 PM**

I forgot to include Rzeszów (Poland) and Khimki (Russia) in the European cities and Astana (Kazakhstan) and Batumi (Georgia) in the Non-European cities. I hope the list is now more accurate.

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European skylines can be divided into 4 groups. The current number of completed and topped out skyscrapers 150 m/492 ft is shown in brackets ().
Manchester will move up to Tier 2 in the next few years. It is the fastest growing city in its group and the second fastest in UK.

Tier 1 skylines: (Booming cities)
*Moscow (108)
*Istanbul (52) [European part]
*London (43)

Tier 2 skylines:
*Paris/La Defence (24)
*Frankfurt am Main (20)
*Warsaw (13)

Tier 3 skylines
*Manchester (8)
*Rotterdam (7)
*Madrid (6)
*Milan (5)
*Vienna (4)

Tier 4 skylines
*Benidorm (3)
*Lyon (3)
*Basel (2)
*Turin (2)
*Limassol (2)
*Birmingham (2)
*Kiev (2)
*Belgrade (2)
*Barcelona (2)
*St Petersburg (1)
*Gothenburg (1)
*Rzeszów (1)
*Wroclaw (1)
*Malmö (1)
*Seville (1)
*Gdansk (1)
*Berlin (1)
*Sarajevo (1)
*Monaco (1)
*Bratislava (1)
*Bilbao (1)
*Bonn (1)
*Khimki (1)
*Rome (1)
*Brussels (1)
*Amsterdam (1)

Total (327)

Non-European cities that are located in countries that span both continents (Europe/Asia).
Istanbul is also listed here, as it is the only city located on two continents. Figures may vary here, as many of these countries do not provide accurate heights.

*Istanbul (80-90)
*Ankara (11-15)
*Baku (11)
*Izmir (9)
*Astana (8)
*Batumi (7)
*Yekaterinburg (3)
*Mersin (1)
*Almaty (1)
*Konya (1)
*Gaziantep (1)
*Vladivostok (1)

Total (475)

Skytrunk · #55 Posted **Mar 24, 2025, 10:35 PM**

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Originally Posted by KlausD2

I forgot to include Rzeszów (Poland) and Khimki (Russia) in the European cities and Astana (Kazakhstan) and Batumi (Georgia) in the Non-European cities. I hope the list is now more accurate.

Never heard about the first one; just checked it on CTBUH's website.

It seems the CTBUH is including the lattice tower and the mast/spire in the measurement, but it's still very tall for a place outside Warsaw!

KlausD2 · #56 Posted **Mar 25, 2025, 8:19 AM**

Source:https://dzen.ru/

KlausD2 · #57 Posted **Mar 25, 2025, 8:57 AM**

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Rotterdam skyline by Tony Kanev, auf Flickr

‪@wfdobie.bsky.social‬ on Bluesky

KlausD2 · #58 Posted **Mar 25, 2025, 7:09 PM**

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IluvATX · #59 Posted **Mar 26, 2025, 6:03 PM**

Thanks for the photos. Is Commerzbank in Frankfurt still the tallest? I thought I saw a cluster of new high rises obscuring it. It’s always been my favorite building in Germany and perhaps Europe.

KlausD2 · #60 Posted **Mar 27, 2025, 1:48 PM**

Yes, the Commerzbank Tower is still the tallest. The cluster of new high-rises belongs to the almost completed Project Four.

Four 1 = 233 m (765 ft), 59 fl
Four 2 = 179 m (587 ft), 50 fl
Four 3 = 128 m (420 ft), 33 fl
Four 3 = 105 m (344 ft), 25 fl

Project "Four" by UNstudio is nearing its completion by fvg.ffm, auf Flickr

There are still plans for a 288-meter-high skyscraper on the site of the former Millennium Tower project. However, due to the economic situation, it is unlikely to be realized in the near future.

www.skylineatlas.de/