This is a list of the tallest structures of any kind which exist in Europe. The list contains all types of structures, including guyed masts and oil drilling platforms of 350 metres (1,150 feet) or more. The list doesn't contain Warsaw Radio Mast which was the tallest structure in the world between 1974 and 8 August 1991 at 2120 ft (646.38 m), but does not exist anymore.
| Name | Structural type | Usage | Pinnacle height | Year | Country | Town | Coordinates | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ostankino Tower | concrete tower | observation, FM-/TV-transmission | 540 m (1,770 ft) | 1967 | Russia (Soviet Union at time of construction) | Moscow | 55°49′10.94″N37°36′41.79″E / 55.8197056°N 37.6116083°E | The tallest structure in Europe. Fire in 2000 led to renovation |
| Troll A platform | offshore platform | gas drilling and production | 472 m (1,549 ft) | 1996 | Norway | North Sea | 60°40′N3°40′E / 60.667°N 3.667°E | 303 m (994 ft) of height is below sea surface |
| Lakhta Center | skyscraper | offices and public spaces | 462 m (1,516 ft) | 2019 | Russia | Saint Petersburg | 59°59′13.31″N30°10′41.30″E / 59.9870306°N 30.1781389°E | The tallest building in Europe |
| Longwave radio mast Hellissandur | guyed mast | longwave transmission | 412 m (1,352 ft) | 1963 | Iceland | Hellissandur | 64°54′26″N23°55′20″W / 64.90722°N 23.92222°W | Built as LORAN-C station. Converted by RÚV for LW broadcasts at 300kW. [1] |
| Emley Moor radio mast | guyed mast | FM-/TV-transmission | 385.5 m (1,265 ft) | 1964 | United Kingdom | Emley, West Yorkshire | 53°36′45.73″N1°39′57.81″W / 53.6127028°N 1.6660583°W | Collapsed on 19 March 1969, due to icing. Replaced by 330 m (1,080 ft) tall concrete tower |
| Kyiv TV Tower | lattice tower | FM-/TV-transmission | 385 m (1,263 ft) | 1973 | Ukraine (Soviet Union at time of construction) | Kyiv | 50°28′16.49″N30°27′11.97″E / 50.4712472°N 30.4533250°E | Tallest lattice tower in the world. Damaged. |
| Gullfaks C | offshore platform | Oil drilling and production | 380 m (1,250 ft) | 1990 | Norway | North Sea | 61°12′53.80″N2°16′25.93″E / 61.2149444°N 2.2738694°E | 217 m (712 ft) of height is below sea surface |
| Federation Tower: East Tower | skyscraper | offices | 373.7 m (1,226 ft) | 2016 | Russia | Moscow | 55°44′58.110″N37°32′14.046″E / 55.74947500°N 37.53723500°E | |
| Torreta de Guardamar | guyed mast | LF-transmission | 370 m (1,210 ft) | 1962 | Spain | Guardamar del Segura | 38°4′18.84″N0°39′52.65″W / 38.0719000°N 0.6646250°W | Radio mast used by Spanish Navy |
| Riga Radio and TV Tower | concrete tower | observation, FM-/TV-transmission | 368 m (1,207 ft) | 1987 | Latvia | Riga | 56°55′26.08″N24°08′13.26″E / 56.9239111°N 24.1370167°E | Tripod construction, resembling the Eiffel Tower |
| Berliner Fernsehturm | concrete tower | observation, FM-/TV-transmission | 368 m (1,207 ft) | 1969 | Germany (East Germany at time of construction) | Berlin | 52°31′14.91″N13°24′33.95″E / 52.5208083°N 13.4094306°E | Was 365 m (1,198 ft) tall when completed in 1969 |
| Gerbrandy Tower | partially guyed tower | FM-/TV-transmission | 366.8 m (1,203 ft) | 1961 | Netherlands | IJsselstein | 52°00′34.38″N05°03′14.53″E / 52.0095500°N 5.0540361°E | Original height: 382.5 m (1,255 ft). 1987: height reduction to 375 m (1,230 ft). 2007: further height reduction to 366.8 m (1,203 ft) |
| Skelton transmitter | guyed mast | VLF-transmission | 365 m (1,198 ft) | 2001 | United Kingdom | Skelton, Cumbria | 54°43′54.5″N2°52′58.9″W / 54.731806°N 2.883028°W | Insulated against ground |
| Trbovlje Chimney | concrete tower | chimney | 364 m (1,194 ft) | 1976 | Slovenia | Trbovlje | 46°7′33.68″N15°03′42.34″E / 46.1260222°N 15.0617611°E | Tallest chimney in Europe |
| Sender Donebach | guyed masts | longwave transmission | 363 m (1,191 ft) | 1982 | Germany (West Germany | Donebach | 49°33′40.25″N9°10′22.76″E / 49.5611806°N 9.1729889°E ; 49°33′33.53″N9°10′50.82″E / 49.5593139°N 9.1807833°E | |
| Tambov TV Mast | guyed mast | FM-/TV-transmission | 360 m (1,180 ft) | 1991 | Russia | Tambov | 52°46′51.1″N41°24′50.8″E / 52.780861°N 41.414111°E | |
| Donetsk TV Mast | guyed mast | FM-/TV-transmission | 360 m (1,180 ft) | 1992 | Ukraine | Donetsk | 47°56′43.49″N37°38′36.95″E / 47.9454139°N 37.6435972°E | |
| Novosokolniki TV Mast | guyed mast | FM-/TV-transmission | 360 m (1,180 ft) | 1995 | Russia | Novosokolniki | 56°20′00″N30°01′00″E / 56.33333°N 30.01667°E | |
| Longwave transmitter Ingøy | guyed mast | longwave transmission | 360 m (1,180 ft) | 2000 | Norway | Ingøya | 71°04′17.5″N24°05′15″E / 71.071528°N 24.08750°E | Grounded, upfed |
| Sender Zehlendorf, new longwave transmission mast | guyed mast | longwave /FM-transmission | 360 m (1,180 ft) | 1979 | Germany (East Germany at time of construction) | Zehlendorf bei Oranienburg, Brandenburg | 52°47′41.87″N13°23′9.5″E / 52.7949639°N 13.385972°E | Grounded structure with cage antenna |
| FM- and TV-mast Kosztowy | guyed mast | FM-/TV-transmission | 358.7 m (1,177 ft) | 1976 | Poland | Kosztowy | 50°11′16.75″N19°06′57.97″E / 50.1879861°N 19.1161028°E | |
| Richtfunkstelle Berlin-Frohnau | guyed mast | directional radio link | 358.5 m (1,176 ft) | 1978 | Germany (West Germany at time of construction) | Berlin-Frohnau, Berlin | 52°39′13.66″N13°17′43.59″E / 52.6537944°N 13.2954417°E | Demolished on 8 February 2009 by explosives |
| Pieczewo TV Mast | guyed mast | FM-/TV-transmission | 356.5 m (1,170 ft) | 1969 | Poland | Olsztyn | 53°45′11.94″N20°31′5.33″E / 53.7533167°N 20.5181472°E | |
| Endesa Termic | concrete tower | chimney | 356 m (1,168 ft) | 1974 | Spain | As Pontes, Galicia | 43°26′29″N7°51′45.50″W / 43.44139°N 7.8626389°W | |
| RKS Liblice 2 | guyed masts | AM transmission (now turned off) | 355 m (1,165 ft) | 1980 | Czech Republic (Czechoslovakia at time of construction) | Liblice, Český Brod | 50°3′43.37″N14°53′11.27″E / 50.0620472°N 14.8864639°E ; 50°3′47.12″N14°53′12.84″E / 50.0630889°N 14.8869000°E | Tallest masts used for medium wave broadcasting, grounded structures with cage antennas. |
| Străşeni TV Mast | guyed mast | FM-/TV-transmission | 355 m (1,165 ft) | 1985 | Moldova (Soviet Union at time of construction) | Străşeni | 47°07′18.97″N28°33′54.27″E / 47.1219361°N 28.5650750°E | |
| Lipetsk TV Mast | guyed mast | FM-/TV-transmission | 354.6 m (1,163 ft) | 1991 | Russia | Lipetsk | 52°40′13″N39°28′59″E / 52.67028°N 39.48306°E | |
| OKO: South Tower | skyscraper | residential, hotel | 354.2 m (1,162 ft) | 2015 | Russia | Moscow | 55°44′58.48″N37°32′3.69″E / 55.7495778°N 37.5343583°E | |
| TV Tower Vinnytsia | guyed mast | FM-/TV-transmission | 354 m (1,161 ft) | 1961 | Ukraine (Soviet Union at time of construction) | Vinnytsia | 49°14′39.6″N28°25′45.99″E / 49.244333°N 28.4294417°E | Equipped with six crossbars running from the mast body to the guys |
| Sosnovy Longwave Radio Mast | guyed mast | longwave transmission | 353.5 m (1,160 ft) | ? | Belarus (Soviet Union at time of construction) | Sosnovy | 53°24′10.71″N28°31′16.32″E / 53.4029750°N 28.5212000°E | |
| VLF transmitter DHO38 | guyed masts | VLF-transmission | 353 m (1,158 ft) | 1982 | Germany (West Germany at time of construction)) | Saterland-Ramsloh, Lower Saxony | 53°05′22.15″N07°37′06.19″E / 53.0894861°N 7.6183861°E ; 53°05′14.42″N07°36′31.14″E / 53.0873389°N 7.6086500°E ; 53°04′59.81″N07°37′09.88″E / 53.0832806°N 7.6194111°E ; 53°04′52.03″N07°36′34.69″E / 53.0811194°N 7.6096361°E ; 53°04′36.16″N07°36′58.79″E / 53.0767111°N 7.6163306°E ; 53°04′30.05″N07°36′22.87″E / 53.0750139°N 7.6063528°E ; 53°04′10.66″N07°36′41.82″E / 53.0696278°N 7.6116167°E ; 53°04′16.8″N07°37′17.66″E / 53.071333°N 7.6215722°E | Insulated against ground |
| Chimney of Phoenix Copper Smelter | concrete tower | chimney | 351.5 m (1,153 ft) | 1995 | Romania | Baia Mare | 47°39′10.39″N23°36′19.72″E / 47.6528861°N 23.6054778°E | Tallest structure in Romania |
| Belmont mast | guyed mast | FM-/TV-transmission | 351.5 m (1,153 ft) | 1965 | United Kingdom | Donington on Bain, Lincolnshire | 53°20′9.07″N0°10′19.11″W / 53.3358528°N 0.1719750°W | Until 2010 tallest construction in the EU. Original height 385.6 m (1,265 ft). Extension to 387.7 m (1,272 ft) in 1967. Height reduction in 2010 to 351.5 m (1,153 ft) |
| Sender Zehlendorf, old longwave transmission mast | guyed mast | longwave transmission | 351 m (1,152 ft) | 1962 | Germany (GDR at time of construction) | Zehlendorf, Brandenburg | 52°47′41.87″N13°23′9.5″E / 52.7949639°N 13.385972°E | Grounded structure with cage antenna, destroyed on 18 May 1978, due to aircraft collision |
| Longwave transmitter Allouis | guyed masts | longwave transmission | 350 m (1,150 ft) | 1974 | France | Allouis | 47°10′10.45″N2°12′16.75″E / 47.1695694°N 2.2046528°E ; 47°10′25.34″N2°12′16.81″E / 47.1737056°N 2.2046694°E | First mast built in 1952 was 308 m (1,010 ft) tall until 1974, second mast built in 1974 |
| Sendemast SL3 | guyed mast | longwave transmission | 350 m (1,150 ft) | 1968 | Germany (GDR at time of construction) | Burg bei Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt | 52°16′9.35″N11°55′28.84″E / 52.2692639°N 11.9246778°E | Collapsed on 18 February 1976 |
| Mosolovo TV Mast | guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | 350 m (1,150 ft) | 1968 | Russia (Soviet Union at time of construction) | Mosolovo | 54°16′17.9″N40°33′26.34″E / 54.271639°N 40.5573167°E | |
| Kolodischi TV Mast | guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | 350 m (1,150 ft) | 1970 | Belarus (Soviet Union at time of construction) | Minsk | 53°57′40.5″N27°46′42.08″E / 53.961250°N 27.7783556°E | |
| Lipin Bor TV Mast | guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | 350 m (1,150 ft) | 1970 | Russia (Soviet Union at time of construction) | Lipin Bor | 60°21′27″N37°55′15″E / 60.35750°N 37.92083°E | |
| Grigoriopol transmitter, large medium wave mast | guyed mast | MW-transmission | 350 m (1,150 ft) | 1968-1975 | Moldova (Soviet Union at time of construction) | Maiac | 47°17′21.4″N29°26′0.25″E / 47.289278°N 29.4334028°E | Collapsed in 1997 |
| Selizharovo TV Mast | guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | 350 m (1,150 ft) | 1971 | Russia (Soviet Union at time of construction) | Selizharovo | 56°55′03″N33°34′47″E / 56.91750°N 33.57972°E | |
| Pinerovka TV Mast | guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | 350 m (1,150 ft) | 1971 | Russia (Soviet Union at time of construction) | Pinerovka | 51°35′20″N43°01′36″E / 51.58889°N 43.02667°E | |
| Ushachi TV Mast | guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | 350 m (1,150 ft) | 1974 | Belarus (Soviet Union at time of construction) | Ushachy | 55°14′40.43″N28°38′30.95″E / 55.2445639°N 28.6419306°E | |
| Yershov TV Mast | guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | 350 m (1,150 ft) | 1974 | Russia (Soviet Union at time of construction) | Yershov | 51°21′51″N48°17′58″E / 51.36417°N 48.29944°E | |
| Tula TV Mast | guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | 350 m (1,150 ft) | 1975/76 | Russia (Soviet Union at time of construction) | Tula | 54°8′27″N37°35′03″E / 54.14083°N 37.58417°E | |
| Novo-Bykovo TV Mast | guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | 350 m (1,150 ft) | 1977 | Russia (Soviet Union at time of construction) | Vladimir | 56°01′10″N40°50′25″E / 56.01944°N 40.84028°E | |
| Rodniki TV Mast | guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | 350 m (1,150 ft) | 1977 | Russia (Soviet Union at time of construction) | Rodniki | 57°05′24″N41°44′02″E / 57.09000°N 41.73389°E | |
| Volga TV Mast | guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | 350 m (1,150 ft) | 1978 | Russia (Soviet Union at time of construction) | Rybinsk | 57°57′53″N38°21′14″E / 57.96472°N 38.35389°E | |
| Kanevskaya TV Mast | guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | 350 m (1,150 ft) | 1979 | Russia (Soviet Union at time of construction) | Kanevskaya | 46°03′27.18″N38°57′57.43″E / 46.0575500°N 38.9659528°E | |
| Stavropol TV Mast | guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | 350 m (1,150 ft) | 1979 | Russia (Soviet Union at time of construction) | Stavropol | 45°00′44.04″N41°51′11.54″E / 45.0122333°N 41.8532056°E | |
| Livny TV Mast | guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | 350 m (1,150 ft) | 1979? | Russia (Soviet Union at time of construction) | Livny | 52°27′03″N37°30′10″E / 52.45083°N 37.50278°E | |
| Sovetsky TV Mast | guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | 350 m (1,150 ft) | 1984 | Russia (Soviet Union at time of construction) | Sovetsky, Mari El Republic | 56°45′17″N48°32′05″E / 56.75472°N 48.53472°E | |
| Smogiri TV Mast | guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | 350 m (1,150 ft) | 1986 | Russia (Soviet Union at time of construction) | Smolensk | 55°02′08″N32°22′52″E / 55.03556°N 32.38111°E | |
| Varaksino TV Mast | guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | 350 m (1,150 ft) | 1988 | Russia (Soviet Union at time of construction) | Izhevsk | 56°52′13.44″N53°03′03.02″E / 56.8704000°N 53.0508389°E | |
| Tsivilsk TV Mast | guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | 350 m (1,150 ft) | 1990 | Russia (Soviet Union at time of construction) | Tsivilsk | 55°48′22″N47°26′42″E / 55.80611°N 47.44500°E | |
| Galich TV Mast | guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | 350 m (1,150 ft) | 1991 | Russia | Galich | 58°26′30″N42°37′38″E / 58.44167°N 42.62722°E | Unused |
| Polykovichi TV Mast | guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | 350 m (1,150 ft) | ? | Belarus | Mahilyow/Polykovichi | 53°59′25.22″N30°19′38.54″E / 53.9903389°N 30.3273722°E | |
| Novaya Strazha TV Mast | guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | 350 m (1,150 ft) | ? | Belarus | Slonim | 53°03′51″N25°28′30″E / 53.06417°N 25.47500°E | |
| Smetanichi TV Mast | guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | 350 m (1,150 ft) | ? | Belarus | Smetanichi | 52°13′27.87″N28°30′44.4″E / 52.2244083°N 28.512333°E | |
| HWU transmitter, central mast | guyed mast | VLF-transmission | 350 m (1,150 ft) | ? | France | Rosnay | 46°42′47.49″N1°14′42.22″E / 46.7131917°N 1.2450611°E | |
The following is a list of structures that were historically the tallest in Europe.
| From | To | Structure | Location | Height |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1180 | 1240 | Malmesbury Abbey Tower | Malmesbury, United Kingdom | 131.3 m (431 ft) |
| 1240 | 1311 | Tower of Old St Paul's Cathedral | London, United Kingdom | 150 m (490 ft) |
| 1311 | 1549 | Tower of Lincoln Cathedral | Lincoln, United Kingdom | 159.7 m (524 ft) |
| 1549 | 1647 | Tower of St Mary's church | Stralsund, Germany | 151 m (495 ft) |
| 1647 | 1874 | Tower of Strasbourg Cathedral | Strasbourg, France | 142 m (466 ft) |
| 1874 | 1876 | Tower of St. Nikolai | Hamburg, Germany | 147 m (482 ft) |
| 1876 | 1880 | Tower of Rouen Cathedral | Rouen, France | 151 m (495 ft) |
| 1880 | 1889 | Tower of Cologne Cathedral | Cologne, Germany | 157.38 m (516.3 ft) |
| 1889 | 1933 | Eiffel Tower | Paris, France | 312 m (1,024 ft) |
| 1933 | 1939 | Lakihegy Tower | Szigetszentmiklós, Hungary | 314 m (1,030 ft) |
| 1939 | 1946 | Deutschlandsender Herzberg/Elster | Herzberg, Germany | 337 m (1,106 ft) |
| 1946 | 1949 | Lakihegy Tower | Szigetszentmiklós, Hungary | 314 m (1,030 ft) |
| 1949 | 1961 | Raszyn radio transmitter | Łazy, Poland | 335 m (1,099 ft) |
| 1961 | 1963 | Gerbrandy Tower | IJsselstein, Netherlands | 382.5 m (1,255 ft) |
| 1963 | 1967 | Longwave radio mast Hellissandur | Hellissandur, Iceland | 412 m (1,352 ft) |
| 1967 | 1974 | Ostankino Tower | Moscow, Russia | 540.1 m (1,772 ft) |
| 1974 | 1991 | Warsaw Radio Mast | Konstantynów, Poland | 646.38 m (2,120.7 ft) |
| 1991 | present | Ostankino Tower | Moscow, Russia | 540.1 m (1,772 ft) |
Some of the highest structures in Europe
The KVLY-TV mast is a television-transmitting mast in Blanchard, North Dakota. It is used by Fargo station KVLY-TV and KXJB-LD's Argusville/Valley City/Mayville translator K28MA-D, along with KNGF. Completed in 1963, it was once the tallest structure in the world, and stood at 2,063 feet until 2019, when the top mount VHF antenna was removed for the FCC spectrum repack, dropping the height to 1,987 feet (605.6 m).
The Warsaw Radio Mast was a radio mast located near Gąbin, Poland, and the world's tallest structure at 2,120 ft from 1974 until its collapse on 8 August 1991. The mast was designed for extreme height in order to broadcast Communist propaganda around the world, including to the remotest areas such as Antarctica. As of 2023, it was the third-tallest structure ever built, after the Burj Khalifa tower in the United Arab Emirates in 2009, and Merdeka 118 tower in Malaysia in 2022.
The KXTV/KOVR Tower is a 2,049 ft (625 m) guyed communication tower in Walnut Grove, California, United States.
The Hellissandur longwave radio mast is a 412 m (1,352 ft) tall guyed radio mast used for longwave radio transmissions of RÚV. It is situated at Gufuskálar, near Hellissandur on the Snæfellsnes peninsula of West Iceland. It is currently the tallest longwave radio mast in the world and the tallest above ground structure in Western Europe.
Radio masts and towers are typically tall structures designed to support antennas for telecommunications and broadcasting, including television. There are two main types: guyed and self-supporting structures. They are among the tallest human-made structures. Masts are often named after the broadcasting organizations that originally built them or currently use them.
