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 | ||||||||||
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| observation, FM-/TV-transmission | 540m (1,770feet) | 1967 | Russia (Soviet Union at time of construction) | The tallest structure in Europe. Fire in 2000 led to renovation | ||||||||||||||
| gas drilling and production | 472m (1,549feet) | 1996 | 60.6667°N 43°W | 303m (994feet) of height is below sea surface | ||||||||||||||
| skyscraper | offices and public spaces | 462m (1,516feet) | 2019 | Russia | The tallest building in Europe | |||||||||||||
| guyed mast | longwave transmission | 412m (1,352feet) | 1963 | Hellissandur | 64.9072°N -23.9222°W | Built as LORAN-C station. Converted by RÚV for LW broadcasts at 300kW.[1] | ||||||||||||
| Emley Moor radio mast | guyed mast | FM-/TV-transmission | 385.5m (1,264.8feet) | 1964 | 53.6127°N -1.6661°W | Collapsed on 19 March 1969, due to icing. Replaced by 330m (1,080feet) tall concrete tower | ||||||||||||
| Kyiv TV Tower | FM-/TV-transmission | 385m (1,263feet) | 1973 | Ukraine (Soviet Union at time of construction) | Tallest lattice tower in the world. Damaged. | |||||||||||||
| offshore platform | Oil drilling and production | 380m (1,250feet) | 1990 | Norway | North Sea | 61.2149°N 2.2739°W | 217m (712feet) of height is below sea surface | |||||||||||
| Federation Tower East Tower | skyscraper | offices | 373.7m (1,226feet) | 2016 | Russia | Moscow | ||||||||||||
| guyed mast | LF-transmission | 370m (1,210feet) | 1962 | 38.0719°N -0.6646°W | Radio mast used by Spanish Navy | |||||||||||||
| concrete tower | observation, FM-/TV-transmission | 368m (1,207feet) | 1987 | Latvia | Tripod construction, resembling the Eiffel Tower | |||||||||||||
| concrete tower | observation, FM-/TV-transmission | 368m (1,207feet) | 1969 | Germany (East Germany at time of construction) | Was 365m (1,198feet) tall when completed in 1969 | |||||||||||||
| partially guyed tower | FM-/TV-transmission | 366.8m (1,203.4feet) | 1961 | 52.0096°N 5.054°W | Original height: 382.5m (1,254.9feet). 1987: height reduction to 375m (1,230feet). 2007: further height reduction to 366.8m (1,203.4feet) | |||||||||||||
| Skelton transmitter | guyed mast | VLF-transmission | 365m (1,198feet) | 2001 | United Kingdom | Insulated against ground | ||||||||||||
| concrete tower | chimney | 364m (1,194feet) | 1976 | Slovenia | 46.126°N 15.0618°W | Tallest chimney in Europe | ||||||||||||
| guyed masts | longwave transmission | 363m (1,191feet) | 1982 | ; | ||||||||||||||
| Tambov TV Mast | guyed mast | FM-/TV-transmission | 360m (1,180feet) | 1991 | Russia | |||||||||||||
| at time o | guyed mast | FM-/TV-transmission | 360m (1,180feet) | 1992 | Ukraine | |||||||||||||
| Novosokolniki TV Mast | guyed mast | FM-/TV-transmission | 360m (1,180feet) | 1995 | Russia | |||||||||||||
| guyed mast | longwave transmission | 360m (1,180feet) | 2000 | Norway | 71.0715°N 24.0875°W | Grounded, upfed | ||||||||||||
| Sender Zehlendorf, new longwave transmission mast | guyed mast | longwave /FM-transmission | 360m (1,180feet) | 1979 | Germany (East Germany at time of construction) | Grounded structure with cage antenna | ||||||||||||
| guyed mast | FM-/TV-transmission | 358.7m (1,176.8feet) | 1976 | Poland | 50.188°N 19.1161°W | |||||||||||||
| Richtfunkstelle Berlin-Frohnau | guyed mast | directional radio link | 358.5m (1,176.2feet) | 1978 | Germany (West Germany at time of construction) | Berlin-Frohnau, Berlin | Demolished on 8 February 2009 by explosives | |||||||||||
| at time o | guyed mast | FM-/TV-transmission | 356.5m (1,169.6feet) | 1969 | Poland | 53.7533°N 20.5181°W | ||||||||||||
| concrete tower | chimney | 356m (1,168feet) | 1974 | Spain | 43.4414°N -7.8626°W | |||||||||||||
| guyed masts | AM transmission (now turned off) | 355m (1,165feet) | 1980 | Czech Republic (Czechoslovakia at time of construction) | ; | Tallest masts used for medium wave broadcasting, grounded structures with cage antennas. | ||||||||||||
| guyed mast | FM-/TV-transmission | 355m (1,165feet) | 1985 | Moldova (Soviet Union at time of construction) | ||||||||||||||
| Lipetsk TV Mast | guyed mast | FM-/TV-transmission | 354.6m (1,163.4feet) | 1991 | Russia | |||||||||||||
| OKO South Tower | skyscraper | residential, hotel | 354.2m (1,162.1feet) | 2015 | Russia | Moscow | ||||||||||||
| TV Tower Vinnytsia | guyed mast | FM-/TV-transmission | 354m (1,161feet) | 1961 | Ukraine (Soviet Union at time of construction) | Equipped with six crossbars running from the mast body to the guys | ||||||||||||
| Sosnovy Longwave Radio Mast | guyed mast | longwave transmission | 353.5m (1,159.8feet) | ? | Belarus (Soviet Union at time of construction) | Sosnovy | ||||||||||||
| VLF transmitter DHO38 | guyed masts | VLF-transmission | 353m (1,158feet) | 1982 | Germany (West Germany at time of construction)) | Saterland-Ramsloh, Lower Saxony | 53.0895°N 7.6184°W ; 53.0873°N 7.6087°W ; 53.0833°N 7.6194°W ; 53.0811°N 7.6096°W ; 53.0767°N 7.6163°W ; 53.075°N 7.6064°W ; 53.0696°N 7.6116°W ; 53.0713°N 7.6216°W | Insulated against ground | ||||||||||
| concrete tower | chimney | 351.5m (1,153.2feet) | 1995 | 47.6529°N 23.6055°W | Tallest structure in Romania | |||||||||||||
| Belmont mast | guyed mast | FM-/TV-transmission | 351.5m (1,153.2feet) | 1965 | United Kingdom | Until 2010 tallest construction in the EU. Original height 385.6m (1,265.1feet). Extension to 387.7m (1,272feet) in 1967. Height reduction in 2010 to 351.5m (1,153.2feet) | ||||||||||||
| Sender Zehlendorf, old longwave transmission mast | guyed mast | longwave transmission | 351m (1,152feet) | 1962 | Germany (GDR at time of construction) | Grounded structure with cage antenna, destroyed on 18 May 1978, due to aircraft collision | ||||||||||||
| guyed masts | longwave transmission | 350m (1,150feet) | 1974 | ; | First mast built in 1952 was 308m (1,010feet) tall until 1974, second mast built in 1974 | |||||||||||||
| Sendemast SL3 | guyed mast | longwave transmission | 350m (1,150feet) | 1968 | Germany (GDR at time of construction) | Collapsed on 18 February 1976 | ||||||||||||
| Mosolovo TV Mast | guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | 350m (1,150feet) | 1968 | Russia (Soviet Union at time of construction) | |||||||||||||
| guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | 350m (1,150feet) | 1970 | Belarus (Soviet Union at time of construction) | ||||||||||||||
| Lipin Bor TV Mast | guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | 350m (1,150feet) | 1970 | Russia (Soviet Union at time of construction) | |||||||||||||
| Grigoriopol transmitter, large medium wave mast | guyed mast | MW-transmission | 350m (1,150feet) | 1968-1975 | Moldova (Soviet Union at time of construction) | 47.2893°N 29.4334°W | Collapsed in 1997 | |||||||||||
| Selizharovo TV Mast | guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | 350m (1,150feet) | 1971 | Russia (Soviet Union at time of construction) | |||||||||||||
| Pinerovka TV Mast | guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | 350m (1,150feet) | 1971 | Russia (Soviet Union at time of construction) | |||||||||||||
| Ushachi TV Mast | guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | 350m (1,150feet) | 1974 | Belarus (Soviet Union at time of construction) | |||||||||||||
| Yershov TV Mast | guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | 350m (1,150feet) | 1974 | Russia (Soviet Union at time of construction) | 51.3642°N 48.2994°W | ||||||||||||
| Tula TV Mast | guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | 350m (1,150feet) | 1975/76 | Russia (Soviet Union at time of construction) | |||||||||||||
| Novo-Bykovo TV Mast | guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | 350m (1,150feet) | 1977 | Russia (Soviet Union at time of construction) | |||||||||||||
| Rodniki TV Mast | guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | 350m (1,150feet) | 1977 | Russia (Soviet Union at time of construction) | |||||||||||||
| Volga TV Mast | guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | 350m (1,150feet) | 1978 | Russia (Soviet Union at time of construction) | |||||||||||||
| Kanevskaya TV Mast | guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | 350m (1,150feet) | 1979 | Russia (Soviet Union at time of construction) | |||||||||||||
| Stavropol TV Mast | guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | 350m (1,150feet) | 1979 | Russia (Soviet Union at time of construction) | 45.0122°N 41.8532°W | ||||||||||||
| Livny TV Mast | guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | 350m (1,150feet) | 1979? | Russia (Soviet Union at time of construction) | 52.4508°N 37.5028°W | - | Ust-Kalmanka TV Mast | guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | 350m (1,150feet) | 1979 | Russia (Soviet Union at time of construction) | 52.1642°N 83.3022°W? | Deep inside the Asian part --> | |||
| guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | 350m (1,150feet) | 1984 | Russia (Soviet Union at time of construction) | ||||||||||||||
| Smogiri TV Mast | guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | 350m (1,150feet) | 1986 | Russia (Soviet Union at time of construction) | |||||||||||||
| Varaksino TV Mast | guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | 350m (1,150feet) | 1988 | Russia (Soviet Union at time of construction) | |||||||||||||
| Tsivilsk TV Mast | guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | 350m (1,150feet) | 1990 | Russia (Soviet Union at time of construction) | |||||||||||||
| guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | 350m (1,150feet) | 1991 | Russia | 58.4417°N 42.6272°W | Unused | ||||||||||||
| Polykovichi TV Mast | guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | 350m (1,150feet) | ? | Belarus | |||||||||||||
| Novaya Strazha TV Mast | guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | 350m (1,150feet) | ? | Belarus | |||||||||||||
| guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | 350m (1,150feet) | ? | Belarus | Smetanichi | |||||||||||||
| HWU transmitter, central mast | guyed mast | VLF-transmission | 350m (1,150feet) | ? | France | |||||||||||||
The following is a list of structures that were historically the tallest in Europe.
| From | To | Structure | Location | Height | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1180 | 1240 | Malmesbury Abbey Tower | 131.3m (430.8feet) | ||
| 1240 | 1311 | 150m (490feet) | |||
| 1311 | 1549 | 159.7m (524feet) | |||
| 1549 | 1647 | 151m (495feet) | |||
| 1647 | 1874 | 142m (466feet) | |||
| 1874 | 1876 | 147m (482feet) | |||
| 1876 | 1880 | 151m (495feet) | |||
| 1880 | 1889 | 157.38m (516.34feet) | |||
| 1889 | 1933 | 312m (1,024feet) | |||
| 1933 | 1939 | 314m (1,030feet) | |||
| 1939 | 1946 | 337m (1,106feet) | |||
| 1946 | 1949 | Lakihegy Tower | Szigetszentmiklós, Hungary | 314m (1,030feet) | |
| 1949 | 1961 | 335m (1,099feet) | |||
| 1961 | 1963 | 382.5m (1,254.9feet) | |||
| 1963 | 1967 | 412m (1,352feet) | |||
| 1967 | 1974 | 540.1m (1,772feet) | |||
| 1974 | 1991 | 646.38m (2,120.67feet) | |||
| 1991 | present | Ostankino Tower | Moscow, Russia | 540.1m (1,772feet) |
Some of the highest structures in Europe