Euromast
title: "Euromast" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["towers-completed-in-1960", "towers-in-rotterdam", "tourist-attractions-in-rotterdam", "rijksmonuments-in-rotterdam", "observation-towers-in-the-netherlands", "restaurant-towers"] topic_path: "technology/web" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euromast" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| building_name | Euromast |
| image | Rotterdam euromast.jpg |
| location | Parkhaven 20 |
| Rotterdam, Netherlands | |
| coordinates | |
| completion_date | 1958-1960 |
| renovation_date | 1970 |
| building_type | Observation tower |
| Hotel | |
| architectural_style | Modernism |
| antenna_spire | 184.6 m |
| roof | 104 m |
| elevator_count | 2 |
| floor_area | |
| architect | Maaskant, van Dommelen, Kroos en Senf |
| engineer | A. J. van Neste |
| R. Swart (engineer) | |
| main_contractor | Aanneming Maatschappij J.P. van Eesteren |
| references | |
| :: |
| building_name = Euromast | image = Rotterdam euromast.jpg | location = Parkhaven 20 Rotterdam, Netherlands | coordinates = | completion_date = 1958-1960 | renovation_date = 1970 | building_type = Observation tower Hotel | architectural_style = Modernism | antenna_spire = 184.6 m | roof = 104 m | elevator_count = 2 | cost = | floor_area = | architect = Maaskant, van Dommelen, Kroos en Senf | engineer = A. J. van Neste R. Swart (engineer) | main_contractor = Aanneming Maatschappij J.P. van Eesteren | developer = | owner = | management = | references =
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. The tower is a concrete structure with an internal diameter of 9 m and a wall thickness of 30 cm. For stability it is built on a concrete block of 1900000 kg so that the centre of gravity is below ground. It has a "crow's nest" observation platform 96 m above ground and a restaurant. Originally 101 m in height it was the tallest building in Rotterdam. It lost this position to the high-rise of Erasmus MC (113.5 m) 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 85 m. Euromast was the highest building of the Netherlands, 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. ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f8/Erasmusbrug_seen_from_Euromast.jpg" caption="View from the Euromast in 2012, with the [[Erasmus Bridge]] on the left"] ::
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e8/Euromast_(20302146841).jpg" caption="Aerial view at the Euromast in 2015, with the [[Kop van Zuid]] and [[Katendrecht]] neighbourhoods in the background"] ::
References
References
- {{CTBUH. 5446
- "Emporis building ID 111171". [[Emporis]].
- {{SkyscraperPage. 1167
- {{Structurae. 20000577
- {{cite Monumentenregister
- "Euromast".
- [http://www.top010.nl/html/erasmus_medisch_center.htm 5. Erasmus Medisch Centrum] (in Dutch) {{webarchive. link. (17 March 2007)
- "How high is the Euromast".
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