Europe’s New Skyscraper Capital Isn’t Where You Think

Welcome to Frankfurt.

Presenter and Narrator - Fred Mills
Producer - Tim Gibson
Camera and Video Editing - Aaron Wood and Kurt Fernandes
Executive Producers - Fred Mills, James Durkin and Jaden Urbi

Special thanks to PERI Formwork Systems and FOUR Frankfurt. Additional footage and images courtesy of PERI Formwork Systems, Groß & Partner, Ferdinand Heide, Nightnurse, Calmmo, Skyline Atlas and UN Studio.

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[hrvojehedzet]

Frankfurt was the first one I thought about tho... One of the most memorable European skylines for sure.

[TheCriminalViolin]

I was not expecting Frankfurt because I was expecting a unexpected place haha. Frankfurt has been very well known as the skyscraper capital of Europe, as well as the economic, IT & "cosmopolitan" capital of Germany when it comes to modernism.

[mimamo]

Why is it surprising, when Frankfurt had always been the skyscraper capital of Europe? Things went a bit slower in the past two decades and Paris, London, Moscow, Warsaw and Istanbul had some time to catch up, but with the recent construction boom in Frankfurt sits comfortably at the top again. The only thing the city needs, and that some others already have, is one supertall above 300m.

[megaprojects]

I like that most skyscrapers are concentrated in one city rather than having them everywhere. That way you get both a modern looking city while the other more historic cities can keep their old charm. It's the best of two worlds.

[runfrankfurt]

Frankfurt is also called „Mainhattan“ due to the skyline and the river called „Main“ which flows through the center. It always had a unique skyline in Europe.

[UlliStein]

In 1999 there was an "open skyscraper weekend" when all skyscrapers opened theier rooftops and top levels for the public. What a great memory and experience!
Today you can visit the Main Tower observation deck which is really beautiful.

[FlakeSE]

One interesting thing about Frankfurt today is that entering this Mainhattan district is surprisingly walkable, being suddenly surrounded by all of these tall towers after walking through the restored old town has a bit of intangible magic to it.

[LC-pvxh]

This title is kind of misleading because Frankfurt was already the skyscraper capital at the turn of the century but has been surpassed by London, Paris, and Moscow because Frankfurt slowed to a creep on building while those places went berserk. The skyline looks rarely unchanged from 20 years ago even though there are a few additions. It's good to see Frankfurt booming again and I miss living there!

[Flbari]

I lived in Frankfurt before and for me it always was the skyscraper capital of Europe.
Warsaw was impressive too

[S.T.A.L.K.E.R.-Strelok]

In Germany we often jokingly refer to Frankfurt as "Mainhatten" because of it's skyline and it's location on the river Main.

[suyashneelambugg]

Munich had a regulation on the banks not being taller than churches! Therefore the tall banks opened in Frankfurt!

[ajmonkeyflash]

I live in Frankfurt and I love the »big city vibes« that the skyscrapers create. However their impact on everyday life in the city is quite big as they are mostly used for office/banking. People work here, they don’t live here and you can feel that.

[vzs]

Following this channel for quite a while now and seeing you grow to a level where serious construction enterprises advertise their products in your videos is just mind blowing.
Being this connected to the real world work with your channel has to be the biggest creator flex I can think of

[yourgod]

Gotta say Warszaw is one of the best now in 2022 Europe, huge increase over there. However Frankfurt always had a nice skyline for a longer time than Warszaw

[soulscanner]

0:00 Frankfurt: New skyscraper of Europe
0:10 Question: Why Frankfurt?
0:38 Why Europe doesn't like skyscrapers
1:45 Why Frankfurt is different
2:58 Millennium tower
3:11 Four Frankfurt: Four buildings in heart of city
4:18 Four Frankfurt: Urban design
4:55 Four Frankfurt: Construction techniques
5:25 Four Frankfurt: Concrete cores and PERI systems
8:04 Frankfurt: Brexit building boom
9:04 Conclusion: The changing skyline

Would be great if you could make timestamped guides for reference in the . When teaching and in presentations, timestamped guides help to quickly preview the video for an audience and help viewers quickly find the reference they're looking for. Thgese videos are so well structured, I'm surprised this isn't done yet.

[Samuel_J]

Nice to have what feels like a smaller-scale video again. It looks like it'll be a challenging project>
You mentioned the towers are made with different techniques, but beyond having different cores I didn't pick up what other techniques are used.

[matti]

What an interesting video! I hope you will make more videos about Frankfurt, especially when all highrise-projects are finished! Liked and subscribed

[muzikkification]

Frankfurt was literally the first place I thought of haha. But I'm also not from Europe and it was about the only place I visited to actually have skyscrapers.

[Teddini]

I mean, being from Frankfurt Area, I totally knew it was going to be here. Frankfurt / Mainhattan was always impressive, they only lack supertalls but still, the skyline stands out when compared to other regional/german cities.

The only city that I could Imagine being a new Skyscraper Capital, which people wouldnt expect, would be Warszawa. I love the city and its development.

[pollutingpenguin]

No, the continent of Europe does not have a collective GDP of 16T. The EU has a GDP of 16T alone. Europes combined GDP is much higher than that as that would also include: Russia, UK, Switzerland, Norway etc. If you guys are talking about the EU, then the population isn’t 750million, but closer to 430million.