List of tallest structures in Europe
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A list of the tallest structures of any kind in Europe, which exist or existed in Europe. The list contains all types of structures.
| Name | Structural type | Usage | Pinnacle height | Year | Country | Town | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warsaw Radio Mast | guyed mast | longwave broadcasting | 646 m (2,119 ft) | 1974 | Poland | Gąbin-Konstantynów, Masovian Voivodeship | collapsed on August 8, 1991 during guy wire exchange, insulated against ground |
| Ostankino Tower | concrete tower | observation, FM-/TV-transmission | 540 m (1,772 ft) | 1967 | Russia (Soviet Union at time of construction) |
Moscow | 2000 Fire led to renovation |
| Troll A platform | offshore platform | Oil drilling | 472 m (1,549 ft) | 1996 | Norway | North Sea | 303 meters of height is below sea surface |
| Gufuskálar | guyed mast | longwave transmission | 412 m (1,352 ft) | 1963 | Iceland | Hellissandur | until mid-1990s used for LORAN-C-transmission, now used for longwave broadcasting of Icelandic Broadcasting Company (Riksutvarpid), insulated against ground |
| Emley Moor Radio Mast | guyed mast | FM-/TV-transmission | 385 m (1,263 ft) | 1964 | United Kingdom | Emley Moor, Yorkshire | Collapsed on March 19th, 1969, because of icing, replaced by 330 metre tall concrete tower on same site |
| Belmont mast | guyed mast | FM-/TV-transmission | 385 m (1,263 ft) | 1965 | United Kingdom | Donington on Bain, Lincolnshire | Tallest existing structure in the EU |
| Kiev TV Tower | lattice tower | FM-/TV-transmission | 385 m (1,263 ft) | 1973 | Ukraine (Soviet Union at time of construction) |
Kiev | Tallest lattice tower in the world |
| Gerbrandy Tower | partially guyed tower | FM-/TV-transmission | 382.5 m (1,255 ft) | 1961 | Netherlands | Lopik | Original height: 382.5 metres. 1987: height reduction to 375 metres. Further height reduction to 366.8 metres on August 2nd 2007 |
| Gullfaks C | offshore platform | Oil drilling | 380 m (1,247 ft) | 1990 | Norway | North Sea | 217 meters of height is below sea surface |
| Torreta de Guardamar | guyed mast | LF-transmission | 370 m (1,214 ft) | 1962 | Spain | Guardamar del Segura | radio mast used by US-military |
| Riga Radio and TV Tower | concrete tower | observation, FM-/TV-transmission | 368 m (1,207 ft) | 1987 | Latvia (Soviet Union at time of construction) |
Riga | tripod construction, resembling to Eiffel Tower |
| Berliner Fernsehturm | concrete tower | observation, FM-/TV-transmission | 368 m (1,207 ft) | 1969 | Germany (GDR at time of construction) |
Berlin | was 362 metre tall, when completed in 1969 |
| Skelton transmitter | guyed mast | VLF-transmission | 365 m (1,198 ft) | 2001 | UK | Skelton, Cumbria | insulated against ground |
| Trbovlje Chimney | concrete tower | chimney | 364 m (1,194 ft) | 1976 | Slovenia(Yugoslavia at time of construction) | Trbovlje | tallest chimney in Europe |
| Sender Donebach | 2 guyed masts | longwave transmission | 363 m (1,191 ft) | 1982 | Germany (West Germany at time of construction) | Mudau-Donebach, Baden-Württemberg | grounded, upfed, directional antenna of Deutschlandfunk-transmitter |
| FM- and TV-mast Olsztyn-Pieczewo | guyed mast | FM-/TV-transmission | 360 m (1,181 ft) | 1969 | Poland | Olsztyn-Pieczewo, Warmian-Masurian Voivodship | |
| Tambov TV Mast | guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | 360 m (1,181 ft) | 1991 | Russia | Tambov | |
| Donetsk TV Mast | guyed mast | FM-/TV-transmission | 360 m (1,181 ft) | 1992 | Ukraine | Donetsk | |
| Longwave transmitter Ingoy | guyed mast | longwave transmission | 360 m (1,181 ft) | 2000 | Norway | Ingoy | grounded, upfed |
| Sender Zehlendorf, new longwave transmission mast | guyed mast | longwave /FM-transmission | 360 m (1,181 ft) | 1979 | Germany (GDR at time of construction) |
Zehlendorf bei Oranienburg, Brandenburg | grounded structure with cage antenna |
| Richtfunkstelle Berlin-Frohnau | guyed mast | directional radio link | 360 m (1,181 ft) | 1978 | Germany (West Germany at time of construction) |
Berlin-Frohnau, Berlin | |
| Endesa Termic | concrete tower | chimney | 356 m (1,168 ft) | 1974 | Portugal | As Pontes, Galicia | |
| FM- and TV-mast Kosztowy | guyed mast | FM-/TV-transmission | 355 m (1,165 ft) | 1976 | Poland | Kosztowy | |
| RKS Liblice 2 | 2 guyed masts | FM-/TV-transmissions | 355 m (1,165 ft) | 1980 | Czech Republic (Czechoslovakia at time of construction) |
Liblice, Český Brod | tallest masts used for mediumwave broadcasting, grounded structures with cage antennas |
| Străşeni TV Mast | guyed mast | FM-/TV-transmission | 355 m (1,165 ft) | 1985 | Moldova | Străşeni | |
| Lipetsk TV Mast | guyed mast | FM-/TV-transmission | 354.6 m (1,163 ft) | 1991 | Russia | Lipetsk | |
| TV Tower Vinnytsia | guyed mast | FM-/TV-transmission | 354 m (1,161 ft) | 1961 | Ukraine (Soviet Union at time of construction) |
Vinnytsia | |
| VLF transmitter DHO38 | 8 guyed masts | VLF-transmission | 353 m (1,158 ft) | 1982 | Germany (West Germany at time of construction)) |
Saterland-Ramsloh, Lower Saxony | insulated against ground |
| Chimney of Phoenix Copper Smelter | concrete tower | chimney | 352 m (1,155 ft) | ? | Romania | Baia Mare | |
| Sender Zehlendorf, old longwave transmission mast | guyed mast | longwave transmission | 351 m (1,152 ft) | 1962 | Germany (GDR at time of construction) |
Zehlendorf bei Oranienburg, Brandenburg | grounded structure with cage antenna, destroyed on May 18th, 1978 at aircraft collision |
| Longwave transmitter Allouis | guyed masts | longwave transmission | 350 m (1,148 ft) | 1974 | France | Allouis | first mast built in 1952 was until 1974 308 metres tall, second mast built in 1974 |
| Sendemast SL3 | guyed mast | longwave transmission | 350 m (1,148 ft) | 1968 | Germany (GDR at time of construction) | Burg bei Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt | collapsed on February 18, 1976 |
| Mosolovo TV Mast | guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | 350 m (1,148 ft) | 1968 | Russia (Soviet Union at time of construction) |
Mosolovo | |
| Kolodischi TV Mast | guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | 350 m (1,148 ft) | 1970 | Belarus (Soviet Union at time of construction) |
Minsk | |
| Lipin Bor TV Mast | guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | 350 m (1,148 ft) | 1970 | Russia (Soviet Union at time of construction) |
Lipin Bor | |
| Grigoriopol transmitter, large mediumwave mast | guyed mast | MW-transmission | 350 m (1,148 ft) | ? | Moldova (Soviet Union at time of construction) |
Mayak | collapsed in 1997 |
| Selizharovo TV Mast | guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | 350 m (1,148 ft) | 1971 | Russia (Soviet Union at time of construction) |
Selizharovo | |
| Pinerovka TV Mast | guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | 350 m (1,148 ft) | 1971 | Russia (Soviet Union at time of construction) |
Pinerovka | |
| Ushachi TV Mast | guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | 350 m (1,148 ft) | 1974 | Belarus (Soviet Union at time of construction) |
Ushachi | |
| Yershov TV Mast | guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | 350 m (1,148 ft) | 1974 | Russia (Soviet Union at time of construction) |
Yershov | |
| Tula TV Mast | guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | 350 m (1,148 ft) | 1975/76 | Russia (Soviet Union at time of construction) |
Tula | |
| Novo-Bykovo TV Mast | guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | 350 m (1,148 ft) | 1977 | Russia (Soviet Union at time of construction) |
Vladimir | |
| Rodniki TV Mast | guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | 350 m (1,148 ft) | 1977 | Russia (Soviet Union at time of construction) |
Rodniki | |
| Volga TV Mast | guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | 350 m (1,148 ft) | 1978 | Russia (Soviet Union at time of construction) |
Rybinsk | |
| Kanevskaya TV Mast | guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | 350 m (1,148 ft) | 1979 | Russia (Soviet Union at time of construction) |
Kanevskaya | |
| Stavropol TV Mast | guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | 350 m (1,148 ft) | 1979 | Russia (Soviet Union at time of construction) |
Stavropol | |
| Sovetsky TV Mast | guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | 350 m (1,148 ft) | 1984 | Russia (Soviet Union at time of construction) |
Sovetsky, Mari El Republic | |
| Smogiri TV Mast | guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | 350 m (1,148 ft) | 1986 | Russia (Soviet Union at time of construction) |
Smolensk | |
| Varaksino TV Mast | guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | 350 m (1,148 ft) | 1988 | Russia (Soviet Union at time of construction) |
Izhevsk | |
| Tsivilsk TV Mast | guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | 350 m (1,148 ft) | 1990 | Russia (Soviet Union at time of construction) |
Tsivilsk | |
| Galich TV Mast | guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | 350 m (1,148 ft) | ? | Russia | Galich | |
| Surgut TV Mast | guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | 350 m (1,148 ft) | ? | Russia | Surgut | |
| Polykovichi TV Mast | guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | 350 m (1,148 ft) | ? | Belarus | Mahilyow/Polykovichi | |
| Novaya Strazha TV Mast | guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | 350 m (1,148 ft) | ? | Belarus | Slonim | |
| HWU transmitter | guyed mast | VLF-transmission | 350 m (1,148 ft) | ? | France | Rosnay | multiple masts |
