Euromast

Euromast is an observation tower in Rotterdam, Netherlands, designed by Hugh Maaskant constructed between 1958 and 1960. It was specially built for the 1960 Floriade, and is a listed monument since 2010.<ref>Template:Cite Monumentenregister</ref> The tower is a concrete structure with an internal diameter of Template:Convert and a wall thickness of Template:Convert.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> For stability it is built on a concrete block of Template:Convert so that the centre of gravity is below ground. It has a "crow's nest" observation platform Template:Convert above ground and a restaurant. Originally Template:Convert in height it was the tallest building in Rotterdam. It lost this position to the high-rise of Erasmus MC (Template:Convert)<ref>5. Erasmus Medisch Centrum (in Dutch) Template:Webarchive</ref> which was completed in 1968, but regained it when the Space Tower was added to the top of the building in 1970, giving an additional Template:Convert. Euromast was the highest building of the Netherlands,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> but was surpassed by De Zalmhaven, also in Rotterdam, in 2021. It is also a member of the World Federation of Great Towers. In 2008, 2009 and 2019, the tower hosted an extreme sports event which featured BASE jumping.

View from the Euromast in 2012, with the Erasmus Bridge on the left

Aerial view at the Euromast in 2015, with the Kop van Zuid and Katendrecht neighbourhoods in the background

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