Top Twenty European Skylines

@3emperor: you should read this about Klaipeda and you will see how much skyscrapers can get a city with only 200 000 inhabitants

[UrbanDesigner]

Paris? Yikes!

Frankfurt
London
Warsaw

[Urban Dave]

Originally Posted by SoboleuS

1. Frankfurt am Main
2. London
3. Paris
4. Istanbul
5. Warsaw
6. Rotterdam
7. Benidorm
8. Moscow
9. Vienna
10. Madrid
11. Vilnius
12. Napoli
13. Berlin
14. Milan
15. Barcelona
16. Amsterdam
17. Prague
18. Brussels
19. Manchester
20. Tallinn

Yeah, I've made it

I totally agree with you!At least in Spanish cities.

[cello1974]

Originally Posted by 3emperor

AND.. THE Baltic Cities has no future to become a very dense skyline.

in my opinion a city with less 1mil pop. is too small to become a powerful city.

This is not true. Dusseldorf in one example of a 'small' powerful city. Here in Brazil, another example of a 'small' city with a decent skyline and a strong economy is Londrina ( Little London ) in Northern Paraná State:





Londrina has just 450,000 inhabitants, much smaller than many Baltic cities, so why shouldn't they get such density and economic force also???

[cello1974]

Some construction in Londrina:

[Urban Dave]

Originally Posted by cello1974

This is not true. Dusseldorf in one example of a 'small' powerful city. Here in Brazil, another example of a 'small' city with a decent skyline and a strong economy is Londrina ( Little London ) in Northern Paraná
Londrina has just 450,000 inhabitants, much smaller than many Baltic cities, so why shouldn't they get such density and economic force also???

But, it is not in Europe??? Isn't?¿

Anyway, here some pictures by Booze, Spanish forumer.

[ASIMOV]

The name "Klaipeda" sounds very Greek!

[ASIMOV]

Today:

1) Istanbul (Metropolitan)
2) Paris
3) Frankfurt
4) European Istanbul
5) London
6) Rotterdam
7) Warsaw
8) Naples
9) Moscow
10) Benidorm

Tomorrow:

1) Moscow
2) Istanbul (Metropolitan)
3) London
4) European Istanbul
5) Frankfurt
6) Paris
7) Warsaw
8) Rotterdam
9) Naples
10) Benidorm

[Kingsken]

1.Paris
2.Frankfurt
3.Rotterdam
4.London
5.Istanbul
6.Warsaw
7.Benidorm
8.Vienna
9.The Hague
10.Brussels
11.Amsterdam
12.Napoli
13.Moscow
14.Madrid
15.Berlin.
16.Barcelona
17.Manchester
18.Düsseldorf
19.Vilnius
20.Birmingham

Well, that's my top 20. Looks a bit weird at the end I know.

I would rate Essen in the Top 20 (maybe place 19 or 20), not because of the skyscrapers hights, but for the nice cbd.

[roadtomadrid]

cortesy of forumer domus, thanks ¡¡







my photos

[roadtomadrid]

London
Rotterdam
Paris
Madrid
Barcelona

[cello1974]

But, it is not in Europe??? Isn't?¿

No it isn't. But I just used it as an example to show that not only big cities have decent skylines!

[taurus]

"decent skyline"??
...perhaps for the Brazilian standards

[AtlanticaC5]

Here is my little list, no special order: (well, the best ones are at the top )

-Frankfurt
-London
-Paris
-Warsaw
-Benidorm
-Berlin
-Rotterdam
-Moscow
-Istanbul
-Madrid
-Vilnius

[cello1974]

Originally Posted by taurus

"decent skyline"??
...perhaps for the Brazilian standards

You must say that. What about Italy? I have never seen flatter cities. Show me a picture of a 400,000 inhabitant city in Italy or elsewhere in Europe, what THEY look like....

[Kingsken]

They look good, some look very good! Better than Sao paulo anyway, I think that city there are too much high-rises.

[Kampflamm]

Today:

1) Istanbul (Metropolitan)
2) Paris
3) Frankfurt
4) European Istanbul
5) London
6) Rotterdam
7) Warsaw
8) Naples
9) Moscow
10) Benidorm

Tomorrow:

1) Moscow
2) Istanbul (Metropolitan)
3) London
4) European Istanbul
5) Frankfurt
6) Paris
7) Warsaw
8) Rotterdam
9) Naples
10) Benidorm

Asimov, you're one helluva comedian!

[vigo80]

1.Frankfurt
2. Paris
3. London
4. Warsaw/Rotterdam
5. Moscow maybe

[yellow arrow]

I hope to see Milan in the next future...Italian cities are quite flat but this is a chose. It's very natural for Rome and Florence, but not for Milan and Turin. But the difference vs the rest of Europe, I think, is that in Italy you can find "skyscrapers" (not too tall up to now) in lots of cities: Milan, Naples, Turin, Genova, Bari, Riccione, Brescia, Ferrara, Piacenza...it's a decentrate system! instead in France or England, Where can you find other skyscrapers if not in Paris or London? anyway, I believe italian chose is changing, at least in Milan: a few of skyscrapers are planned and will be built by 2008, one is 160 mt, another is 145 mt, and in July we'll now how many skyscrapers and how tall there will be in the area of ex fiera, that is already called "Central Park of Milan" because of rumors about next buildings...