A list of the tallest structures of any kind in Europe, which exist or existed in Europe. The list contains all types of structures.
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Warsaw Radio Mast, was the tallest structure in Europe before collapsed in 1991
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Ostankino TV Tower, the tallest structure in Europe
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Belmont transmitting station
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Kiev TV Tower
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Gerbrandy Tower in 2006
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Fernsehturm Berlin
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TV Tower Vinnytsia
| Name | Structural type | Usage | Pinnacle height | Year | Country | Town | Coordinates | Remarks |
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| Warsaw Radio Mast | guyed mast | longwave broadcasting | 646 m (2,119 ft) | 1974 | Poland | Gąbin-Konstantynów, Masovian Voivodeship | 52°22′3.74″N 19°48′8.73″E / 52.3677056°N 19.802425°E / 52.3677056; 19.802425 (Konstantynow Radio Mast (destroyed)) | collapsed on August 8, 1991 during guy wire exchange, insulated against ground |
| Ostankino Tower | concrete tower | observation, FM-/TV-transmission | 540 m (1,770 ft) | 1967 | Russia |
Moscow | 55°49′10.94″N 37°36′41.79″E / 55.8197056°N 37.6116083°E / 55.8197056; 37.6116083 (Ostankino Tower) | 2000 Fire led to renovation |
| Troll A platform | offshore platform | Oil drilling | 472 m (1,549 ft) | 1996 | Norway | North Sea | 60°40′N 3°40′E / 60.667°N 3.667°E / 60.667; 3.667 (Troll A platform) | 303 meters of height is below sea surface |
| CHAYKA-Mast in Dudinka | Guyed mast | longwave transmission | 460 m (1,510 ft) | Russia |
Dudinka | 69°21′45.20″N 86°41′50.56″E / 69.362556°N 86.6973778°E / 69.362556; 86.6973778 (Dudinka CHAYKA-Mast) | ||
| Longwave radio mast Hellissandur | guyed mast | FM-/TV-transmission | 412 m (1,352 ft) | 1963 | Iceland | 64°54′26″N 23°55′20″W / 64.90722°N 23.92222°W / 64.90722; -23.92222 (Longwave radio mast Hellissandur) | ||
| Emley Moor Radio Mast | guyed mast | FM-/TV-transmission | 385 m (1,263 ft) | 1964 | United Kingdom | Emley Moor, Yorkshire | 53°36′43.4″N 1°39′51.89″W / 53.612056°N 1.6644139°W / 53.612056; -1.6644139 (Emley Moor Mk. 2) | Collapsed on March 19, 1969, because of icing, replaced by 330 metre tall concrete tower on same site |
| Kiev TV Tower | lattice tower | FM-/TV-transmission | 385 m (1,263 ft) | 1973 | Ukraine |
Kiev | 50°28′16.49″N 30°27′11.97″E / 50.4712472°N 30.453325°E / 50.4712472; 30.453325 (Kiev TV Tower) | Tallest lattice tower in the world |
| Gerbrandy Tower | partially guyed tower | FM-/TV-transmission | 382.5 m (1,255 ft) | 1961 | Netherlands | Lopik | 52°00′34.38″N 05°03′14.53″E / 52.00955°N 5.0540361°E / 52.00955; 5.0540361 (Gerbrandy Tower) | Original height: 382.5 metres. 1987: height reduction to 375 metres. Further height reduction to 366.8 metres on August 2, 2007 |
| Gullfaks C | offshore platform | Oil drilling | 380 m (1,250 ft) | 1990 | Norway | North Sea | 61°12′53.80″N 2°16′25.93″E / 61.214944°N 2.2738694°E / 61.214944; 2.2738694 (Gullfaks C) | 217 meters of height is below sea surface |
| Torreta de Guardamar | guyed mast | LF-transmission | 370 m (1,210 ft) | 1962 | Spain | Guardamar del Segura | 38°4′18.84″N 0°39′52.65″W / 38.0719°N 0.664625°W / 38.0719; -0.664625 (Torreta de Guardamar) | radio mast used by US-military |
| Riga Radio and TV Tower | concrete tower | observation, FM-/TV-transmission | 368 m (1,207 ft) | 1987 | Latvia |
Riga | 56°55′26.08″N 24°08′13.26″E / 56.9239111°N 24.1370167°E / 56.9239111; 24.1370167 (Riga Radio and TV Tower) | tripod construction, resembling to Eiffel Tower |
| Berliner Fernsehturm | concrete tower | observation, FM-/TV-transmission | 368 m (1,207 ft) | 1969 | Germany |
Berlin | 52°31′14.91″N 13°24′33.95″E / 52.5208083°N 13.4094306°E / 52.5208083; 13.4094306 (Berlin TV Tower) | was 362 metre tall, when completed in 1969 |
| Skelton transmitter | guyed mast | VLF-transmission | 365 m (1,198 ft) | 2001 | UK | Skelton, Cumbria | 54°43′54.5″N 2°52′58.9″W / 54.731806°N 2.883028°W / 54.731806; -2.883028 (Skelton Radio Mast) | insulated against ground |
| Trbovlje Chimney | concrete tower | chimney | 364 m (1,194 ft) | 1976 | Slovenia | Trbovlje | 46°7′33.68″N 15°03′42.34″E / 46.1260222°N 15.0617611°E / 46.1260222; 15.0617611 (Trbovlje Chimney) | tallest chimney in Europe |
| Sender Donebach | 2 guyed masts | longwave transmission | 363 m (1,191 ft) | 1982 | Germany (West Germany | Donebach | 49°33′40.25″N 9°10′22.76″E / 49.5611806°N 9.1729889°E / 49.5611806; 9.1729889 (Donebach transmitter, Mast 1) ; 49°33′33.53″N 9°10′50.82″E / 49.5593139°N 9.1807833°E / 49.5593139; 9.1807833 (Donebach transmitter, Mast 2) | |
| Pieczewo TV Mast | guyed mast | FM-/TV-transmission | 360 m (1,180 ft) | 1969 | Poland | Olsztyn | 53°45′11.94″N 20°31′5.33″E / 53.7533167°N 20.5181472°E / 53.7533167; 20.5181472 (FM- and TV-mast Olsztyn-Pieczewo) | |
| Tambov TV Mast | guyed mast | FM-/TV-transmission | 360 m (1,180 ft) | 1991 | Russia | Tambov | 52°46′51.1″N 41°24′50.8″E / 52.780861°N 41.414111°E / 52.780861; 41.414111 (Tambov TV Mast) | |
| Donetsk TV Mast | guyed mast | FM-/TV-transmission | 360 m (1,180 ft) | 1992 | Ukraine | Donetsk | 47°56′43.49″N 37°38′36.95″E / 47.9454139°N 37.6435972°E / 47.9454139; 37.6435972 (Donetsk TV Mast) | |
| Novosokolniki TV Mast | Guyed mast | FM-/TV-transmission | 360 m (1,180 ft) | 1995 | Russia | Novosokolniki | 56°20′00″N 30°01′00″E / 56.3333333°N 30.0166667°E / 56.3333333; 30.0166667 (Novosokolniki TV Mast) | |
| Longwave transmitter Ingoy | guyed mast | longwave transmission | 360 m (1,180 ft) | 2000 | Norway | Ingoy | 71°04′17.5″N 24°05′15″E / 71.071528°N 24.0875°E / 71.071528; 24.0875 (Ingoy longwave transmitter) | grounded, upfed |
| Sender Zehlendorf, new longwave transmission mast | guyed mast | longwave /FM-transmission | 360 m (1,180 ft) | 1979 | Germany |
Zehlendorf bei Oranienburg, Brandenburg | 52°47′41.87″N 13°23′9.5″E / 52.7949639°N 13.385972°E / 52.7949639; 13.385972 (Zehlendorf Longwave Mast) | grounded structure with cage antenna |
| Richtfunkstelle Berlin-Frohnau | guyed mast | directional radio link | 358.5 m (1,176 ft) | 1978 | Germany |
Berlin-Frohnau, Berlin | 52°39′13.66″N 13°17′43.59″E / 52.6537944°N 13.2954417°E / 52.6537944; 13.2954417 (Frohnau Radio Relay Mast ( demolished)) | demolished on February 8, 2009 by explosives |
| Endesa Termic | concrete tower | chimney | 356 m (1,168 ft) | 1974 | Spain | As Pontes, Galicia | 43°26′29″N 7°51′45.50″W / 43.44139°N 7.862639°W / 43.44139; -7.862639 (Endesa Termic) | |
| FM- and TV-mast Kosztowy | guyed mast | FM-/TV-transmission | 355 m (1,165 ft) | 1976 | Poland | Kosztowy | 50°11′16.75″N 19°06′57.97″E / 50.1879861°N 19.1161028°E / 50.1879861; 19.1161028 (FM- and TV-mast Kosztowy) | |
| RKS Liblice 2 | 2 guyed masts | FM-/TV-transmissions | 355 m (1,165 ft) | 1980 | Czech Republic |
Liblice, Český Brod | 50°3′43.37″N 14°53′11.27″E / 50.0620472°N 14.8864639°E / 50.0620472; 14.8864639 (RKS Liblice, Mast 1) ; 50°3′47.12″N 14°53′12.84″E / 50.0630889°N 14.8869°E / 50.0630889; 14.8869 (RKS Liblice, Mast 2) | 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 | 47°07′18.97″N 28°33′54.27″E / 47.1219361°N 28.565075°E / 47.1219361; 28.565075 (Străşeni TV Mast) | |
| Lipetsk TV Mast | guyed mast | FM-/TV-transmission | 354.6 m (1,163 ft) | 1991 | Russia | Lipetsk | 52°40′13″N 39°28′59″E / 52.67028°N 39.48306°E / 52.67028; 39.48306 (Lipetsk TV Mast) | |
| TV Tower Vinnytsia | guyed mast | FM-/TV-transmission | 354 m (1,161 ft) | 1961 | Ukraine |
Vinnytsia | 49°14′39.6″N 28°25′45.99″E / 49.244333°N 28.4294417°E / 49.244333; 28.4294417 (TV Tower Vinnytsia) | equipped with six crossbars running from the mast body to the guys |
| VLF transmitter DHO38 | 8 guyed masts | VLF-transmission | 353 m (1,158 ft) | 1982 | Germany ) |
Saterland-Ramsloh, Lower Saxony | 53°05′22.15″N 07°37′06.19″E / 53.0894861°N 7.6183861°E / 53.0894861; 7.6183861 (DHO38, Mast 1) ; 53°05′14.42″N 07°36′31.14″E / 53.0873389°N 7.60865°E / 53.0873389; 7.60865 (DHO38, Mast 2) ; 53°04′59.81″N 07°37′09.88″E / 53.0832806°N 7.6194111°E / 53.0832806; 7.6194111 (DHO38, Mast 3) ; 53°04′52.03″N 07°36′34.69″E / 53.0811194°N 7.6096361°E / 53.0811194; 7.6096361 (DHO38, Mast 4) ; 53°04′36.16″N 07°36′58.79″E / 53.0767111°N 7.6163306°E / 53.0767111; 7.6163306 (DHO38, Mast 5) ; 53°04′30.05″N 07°36′22.87″E / 53.0750139°N 7.6063528°E / 53.0750139; 7.6063528 (DHO38, Mast 6) ; 53°04′10.66″N 07°36′41.82″E / 53.0696278°N 7.6116167°E / 53.0696278; 7.6116167 (DHO38, Mast 7) ; 53°04′16.8″N 07°37′17.66″E / 53.071333°N 7.6215722°E / 53.071333; 7.6215722 (DHO38, Mast 8) | 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″N 23°36′19.72″E / 47.6528861°N 23.6054778°E / 47.6528861; 23.6054778 (Phoenix Copper Smelter Chimney) | |
| Belmont mast | guyed mast | FM-/TV-transmission | 351.5 m (1,153 ft) | 1965 | United Kingdom | Donington on Bain, Lincolnshire | 53°20′9.07″N 0°10′19.11″W / 53.3358528°N 0.171975°W / 53.3358528; -0.171975 (Belmont TV Mast) | Until 2010 tallest construction in the EU. Original height 385.6 m ( 1265 ft). Extension to 387.7 m ( 1272 ft) in 1967. Height reduction in 2010 to 351.5 m ( 1153 ft) |
| Sender Zehlendorf, old longwave transmission mast | guyed mast | longwave transmission | 351 m (1,152 ft) | 1962 | Germany |
Zehlendorf bei Oranienburg, Brandenburg | 52°47′41.87″N 13°23′9.5″E / 52.7949639°N 13.385972°E / 52.7949639; 13.385972 (Zehlendorf Longwave Mast) | grounded structure with cage antenna, destroyed on May 18, 1978 at aircraft collision |
| Longwave transmitter Allouis | guyed masts | longwave transmission | 350 m (1,150 ft) | 1974 | France | Allouis | 47°10′10.45″N 2°12′16.75″E / 47.1695694°N 2.2046528°E / 47.1695694; 2.2046528 (Allouis transmitter, Mast 1) ; 47°10′25.34″N 2°12′16.81″E / 47.1737056°N 2.2046694°E / 47.1737056; 2.2046694 (Allouis transmitter, Mast 2) | first mast built in 1952 was until 1974 308 metres tall, second mast built in 1974 |
| Sendemast SL3 | guyed mast | longwave transmission | 350 m (1,150 ft) | 1968 | Germany |
Burg bei Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt | 52°16′9.35″N 11°55′28.84″E / 52.2692639°N 11.9246778°E / 52.2692639; 11.9246778 (SL3 Radio Mast ( destroyed)) | collapsed on February 18, 1976 |
| Mosolovo TV Mast | guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | 350 m (1,150 ft) | 1968 | Russia |
Mosolovo | 54°16′17.9″N 40°33′26.34″E / 54.271639°N 40.5573167°E / 54.271639; 40.5573167 (Mosolovo TV Mast) | |
| Kolodischi TV Mast | guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | 350 m (1,150 ft) | 1970 | Belarus |
Minsk | 53°57′40.5″N 27°46′42.08″E / 53.96125°N 27.7783556°E / 53.96125; 27.7783556 (Kolodischi TV Mast) | |
| Lipin Bor TV Mast | guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | 350 m (1,150 ft) | 1970 | Russia |
Lipin Bor | 60°21′27″N 37°55′15″E / 60.3575°N 37.92083°E / 60.3575; 37.92083 (Lipin Bor TV Mast) | |
| Grigoriopol transmitter, large mediumwave mast | guyed mast | MW-transmission | 350 m (1,150 ft) | ? | Moldova |
Mayak | 47°17′21.4″N 29°26′0.25″E / 47.289278°N 29.4334028°E / 47.289278; 29.4334028 (Grigoriopol transmitter, 350 m mast ( destroyed)) | collapsed in 1997 |
| Selizharovo TV Mast | guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | 350 m (1,150 ft) | 1971 | Russia |
Selizharovo | 56°55′03″N 33°34′47″E / 56.9175°N 33.57972°E / 56.9175; 33.57972 (Selizharovo TV Mast) | |
| Pinerovka TV Mast | guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | 350 m (1,150 ft) | 1971 | Russia |
Pinerovka | 51°35′20″N 43°01′36″E / 51.58889°N 43.02667°E / 51.58889; 43.02667 (Pinerovka TV Mast) | |
| Ushachi TV Mast | guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | 350 m (1,150 ft) | 1974 | Belarus |
Ushachi | 55°14′40.43″N 28°38′30.95″E / 55.2445639°N 28.6419306°E / 55.2445639; 28.6419306 (Ushachi TV Mast) | |
| Yershov TV Mast | guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | 350 m (1,150 ft) | 1974 | Russia |
Yershov | 51°21′51″N 48°17′58″E / 51.36417°N 48.29944°E / 51.36417; 48.29944 (Yershov TV Mast) | |
| Tula TV Mast | guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | 350 m (1,150 ft) | 1975/76 | Russia |
Tula | 54°8′27″N 37°35′03″E / 54.14083°N 37.58417°E / 54.14083; 37.58417 (Tula TV Mast) | |
| Novo-Bykovo TV Mast | guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | 350 m (1,150 ft) | 1977 | Russia |
Vladimir | 56°01′10″N 40°50′25″E / 56.01944°N 40.84028°E / 56.01944; 40.84028 (Novo-Bykovo TV Mast) | |
| Rodniki TV Mast | guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | 350 m (1,150 ft) | 1977 | Russia |
Rodniki | 57°05′24″N 41°44′02″E / 57.09°N 41.73389°E / 57.09; 41.73389 (Rodniki TV Mast) | |
| Volga TV Mast | guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | 350 m (1,150 ft) | 1978 | Russia |
Rybinsk | 57°57′53″N 38°21′14″E / 57.96472°N 38.35389°E / 57.96472; 38.35389 (Volga TV Mast) | |
| Kanevskaya TV Mast | guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | 350 m (1,150 ft) | 1979 | Russia |
Kanevskaya | 46°03′27.18″N 38°57′57.43″E / 46.05755°N 38.9659528°E / 46.05755; 38.9659528 (Kanevskaya TV Mast) | |
| Stavropol TV Mast | guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | 350 m (1,150 ft) | 1979 | Russia |
Stavropol | 45°00′44.04″N 41°51′11.54″E / 45.0122333°N 41.8532056°E / 45.0122333; 41.8532056 (Stavropol TV Mast) | |
| Livny TV Mast | guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | 350 m (1,150 ft) | 1979? | Russia |
Livny | 52°27′03″N 37°30′10″E / 52.45083°N 37.50278°E / 52.45083; 37.50278 (Livny TV Mast) | |
| Sovetsky TV Mast | guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | 350 m (1,150 ft) | 1984 | Russia |
Sovetsky, Mari El Republic | 56°45′17″N 48°32′05″E / 56.75472°N 48.53472°E / 56.75472; 48.53472 (Sovetsky TV Mast) | |
| Smogiri TV Mast | guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | 350 m (1,150 ft) | 1986 | Russia |
Smolensk | 55°02′08″N 32°22′52″E / 55.03556°N 32.38111°E / 55.03556; 32.38111 (Smogiri TV Mast) | |
| Varaksino TV Mast | guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | 350 m (1,150 ft) | 1988 | Russia |
Izhevsk | 56°52′13.44″N 53°03′03.02″E / 56.8704°N 53.0508389°E / 56.8704; 53.0508389 (Varaksino TV Mast) | |
| Tsivilsk TV Mast | guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | 350 m (1,150 ft) | 1990 | Russia |
Tsivilsk | 55°48′22″N 47°26′42″E / 55.80611°N 47.445°E / 55.80611; 47.445 (Tsivilsk TV Mast) | |
| Galich TV Mast | guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | 350 m (1,150 ft) | 1991 | Russia | Galich | 58°26′30″N 42°37′38″E / 58.44167°N 42.62722°E / 58.44167; 42.62722 (Galich TV Mast) | unused |
| Polykovichi TV Mast | guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | 350 m (1,150 ft) | ? | Belarus | Mahilyow/Polykovichi | 53°59′25.22″N 30°19′38.54″E / 53.9903389°N 30.3273722°E / 53.9903389; 30.3273722 (Polykovichi TV Mast) | |
| Novaya Strazha TV Mast | guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | 350 m (1,150 ft) | ? | Belarus | Slonim | 53°03′51″N 25°28′30″E / 53.06417°N 25.475°E / 53.06417; 25.475 (Novaya Strazha TV Mast) | |
| HWU transmitter | guyed mast | VLF-transmission | 350 m (1,150 ft) | ? | France | Rosnay | 46°42′47″N 1°14′39″E / 46.71306°N 1.24417°E / 46.71306; 1.24417 (HWU transmitter) | multiple masts |
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