Note: This article pertaining to To Which of These 54 Great Towers Have You Been? was originally published on Tuesday, May 22, 2018 at 11:32 in the evening and has been updated.
I enjoy a great view — whether it is from an airplane, the top of a mountain, or a tall building or tower. To observe humanity milling about from hundreds of meters above is simply a sight to behold, in my opinion.
To Which of These 54 Great Towers Have You Been?
While researching what to do and where to go for an upcoming trip, I stumbled upon what is known as the World Federation of Great Towers — which “exists to showcase the great towers of the world and celebrate the astonishing feats of architecture and engineering that created them.”
The 54 great towers which comprise the membership of the World Federation of Great Towers — which was founded in 1989 — include:
- Vancouver, BC, Canada
Vancouver Lookout
Height of 219m · Opened 1977 - Sydney, Australia
Sydney Tower
Height of 309m · Opened 1981 - Rotterdam, Netherlands
The Euromast
Height of 185m · Opened 1960 - Beijing, China
Beijing Central Radio and TV Tower
Height of 405m · Opened 1992 - Tokyo, Japan
Tokyo Tower
Height of 333m · Opened 1958 - Chicago, USA
360 Chicago
Height of 457m · Opened 1970 - Montreal, Canada
Tour de Montréal
Height of 165m · Opened 1987 - China
Qingdao TV Tower
Height of 348m · Opened 1996 - Tianjin, China
Tianjin Radio & TV Tower
Height of 415m · Opened 1991 - Berlin, Germany
Berliner Fernsehturm
Height of 368m · Opened 1969 - Vienna, Austria
Donauturm / Danube Tower
Height of 252m · Opened 1964 - Tallinn, Estonia
Tallinn TV Tower
Height of 314m · Opened 1980 - Prague, Czech Republic
Prague TV Tower
Height of 216m · Opened 1992 - Chongqing, China
Exploration Deck Viewing Gallery of Raffles City Chongqing
Height of 250m · Opened 2020 - Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Tashkent Tower
Height of 375m · Opened 1985 - Mexico City, Mexico
Torre Latinoamericana
Height of 182m · Opened 1956 - Macao SAR, China
Macau Tower Convention & Entertainment Centre
Height of 338m · Opened 2001 - Hakodate, Hokkaido, Japan
Goryokaku Tower
Height of 107m · Opened 2006 - Seoul, South Korea
Lotte World Tower Seoul Sky
Height of 555m · Opened 2017 - New York, USA
Empire State Building
Height of 443m · Opened 1931 - Shanghai, China
Shanghai Oriental Pearl Radio & TV Tower
Height of 468m · Opened 1994 - Dallas, Texas, USA
Reunion Tower
Height of 171m · Opened 1978 - Shenzhen, China
Pingan Financial Center-Free Sky
Height of 588m · Opened 2015 - Auckland, New Zealand
The Sky Tower
Height of 328m · Opened 1997 - Busan, South Korea
Busan X the SKY
Height of 411m · Opened 2020 - Harbin, China
Loong Tower
Height of 336m · Opened 2000 - London, UK
The Shard
Height of 309m · Opened 2012 - Paris, France
Montparnasse Tower
Height of 210m · Opened 1973 - Zheng Zhou Henan, China
Henan Tower (FU Tower)
Height of 388m · Opened 2009 - Shanghai, China
Shanghai Tower
Height of 632m · Opened 2017 - Bucharest, Romania
The Sky Tower Bucharest, Romania
Height of 137m · Opened 2012 - Seattle, USA
Space Needle
Height of 184m · Opened 1962 - Dubai, UAE
Burj Khalifa
Height of 828m · Opened 2010 - Chicago, USA
Willis Tower/Skydeck Chicago
Height of 527m · Opened 1973 - Melbourne, Australia
Eureka Tower
Height of 297m · Opened 2007 - Guangzhou, China
Canton Tower
Height of 600m · Opened 2010 - Bratislava, Slovakia
UFO
Height of 95m · Opened 1972 - Hong Kong, China
Sky100 Hong Kong Observation Deck
Height of 490m · Opened 2010 - New York City, USA
Top Of The Rock
Height of 260m · Opened 1933 - Barcelona , Spain
Mirador Torre Glòries
Height of 125m · Opened 2005 - Stuttgart, Germany
SWR Fernsehturm Stuttgart / SWR TV Tower Stuttgart
Height of 217m · Opened 1956 - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Kuala Lumpur Tower
Height of 421m · Opened 1996 - Seoul, South Korea
YTN Seoul Tower
Height of 238m · Opened 1975 - Paris, France
Eiffel Tower
Height of 324m · Opened 1889 - Tehran, Iran
Tehran Milad Tower
Height of 435m · Opened 2008 - Kuantan, Malaysia
Kuantan 188
Height of 188m · Opened 2021 - Niagara Falls, Canada
Skylon Tower
Height of 160m · Opened 1965 - Taipei, Taiwan
TAIPEI 101
Height of 508m · Opened 2004 - Busan, South Korea
Busan Tower
Height of 189m · Opened 1973 - Barcelona, Spain
Torre De Collserola
Height of 288m · Opened 1992 - Portsmouth, UK
Emirates Spinnaker Tower
Height of 170m · Opened 2005 - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Petronas Twin Towers
Height of 449m · Opened 1999 - Calgary, Canada
Calgary Tower
Height of 191m · Opened 1968 - Vukovar, Croatia
Vukovarski Vodotoranj / Vukovar Watertower
Height of 59m · Opened 2020
Final Boarding Call
I have been to the tops of quite a few of the aforementioned towers — but how many towers have you visited? Which towers around the world do you believe are missing and should be added to the list?
If you are into what is known as “tower running”, click here for additional information.
Of those 54 towers, can you guess which one I may be considering visiting?
Articles containing trip reports or photographs of some of the great towers which I have already visited include:
- Review: At The Top, Burj Khalifa in Dubai — and Why You Should Avoid the Premium Experience
- My Response From At The Top, Burj Khalifa Regarding My Disappointing Experience
- Review: N Seoul Tower
- Eiffel Tower Open Again After Being Closed for Five Days Due to Strike
- Celebrating 130 Years of The Statue of Liberty
All photographs ©2008, ©2009, ©2014 and ©2015 by Brian Cohen.
