Euromast is an
observation tower
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in
Rotterdam
Rotterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Rotte'') is the second largest city and municipality in the Netherlands. It is in the province of South Holland, part of the North Sea mouth of the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta, via the ''"N ...
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Netherlands
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, designed by
Hugh Maaskant
Huig (Hugh) Aart Maaskant (August 17, 1907 – May 27, 1977) was a Dutch architect. He designed a number of notable buildings in Rotterdam, his home city, and in Amsterdam, notably the Groothandelsgebouw in Rotterdam in 1951 and the Amsterd ...
constructed between 1958 and 1960. It was specially built for the
1960 Floriade, and is a listed monument since 2010. The tower is a
concrete
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structure with an internal diameter of and a wall thickness of . For stability it is built on a concrete block of so that the centre of gravity is below ground. It has a "crow's nest" observation platform above ground and a restaurant. Originally in height it was the tallest building in Rotterdam. It lost this position to the high-rise of
Erasmus MC
Erasmus University Medical Center (Erasmus MC or EMC) based in Rotterdam, Netherlands, affiliated with Erasmus University and home to its faculty of medicine, is the largest and one of the most authoritative scientific University Medical Centers in ...
() which was completed in 1968, but regained it when the
Space Tower
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was added to the top of the building in 1970, giving an additional . Euromast was the highest building of the Netherlands,
but was surpassed by
De Zalmhaven
De Zalmhaven, also referred to as Zalmhaven Toren, is a project that includes a residential tower in Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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, also in Rotterdam, in 2021. It is also a member of the
World Federation of Great Towers
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. In 2008, 2009 and 2019, the tower hosted an extreme sports event which featured
BASE jumping. A new event is expected in september 2022.
See also
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List of towers
Several extant building fulfill the engineering definition of a tower: "a tall human structure, always taller than it is wide, for public or regular operational access by humans, but not for living in or office work, and are ''self-supporting' ...
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Floriade 1960
Floriade 1960 was a horticultural exhibition and garden festival held in Rotterdam, Netherlands which took place from 25 March to 25 September 1960 in Het Park near the Meuse River. It was the first edition of the Floriade to be organised under t ...
References
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Aerial photo (Google Maps)
{{Tallest buildings in the Netherlands
Towers completed in 1960
Towers in Rotterdam
Tourist attractions in Rotterdam
Rijksmonuments in Rotterdam
Observation towers
Restaurant towers