Malaysian twin towers. petronas twin towers

Malaysia has a large state-owned oil and gas company called Petronas. Once the owners thought - there is a decent profit, but there is no decent office. In the race for the tallest skyscraper in the world, Malaysian oil and gas companies decided to double the tallest building at that time - the 442-meter Willis Tower in Chicago, and in 1998 built two super-high-rises at once - the Petronas Twin Towers. Yes, by the way, they thought about the architecture - for the plan of buildings they took an eight-pointed star (a symbol of Islam as the predominant religion in Malaysia) as a basis, but there was no need to puff over the name. The Petronas Towers are an excellent PR for the company's name.

We went to see the twins twice on the first day of our stay in Kuala Lumpur. In the morning we went to watch, then looked at the Petronas Twin Towers in the afternoon, walked around the KLCC park, and when it got dark we returned to see the skyscrapers with evening illumination, and also enjoy the fountain show.

Petronas Towers in Malaysia: interesting facts

• Each tower has 88 floors.
• The height of the Twin Towers is 451.9 m.
• The Petronas Towers are the tallest twin towers in the world.
• Construction costs amounted to about 800 million dollars.
• The twin towers have two-story elevators (one stops only on odd floors, the other, respectively, on even ones)
• Instead of the usual steel for the construction of skyscrapers, the Petronas Towers used special concrete, which had high ductility, while strength was achieved by adding quartz.

I think many people watched the movie "Code of the Apocalypse", where Anastasia Zavorotnyuk (more precisely, her understudy) parachuted from the skyscrapers of the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur. By the way, during that jump, a power line was accidentally disrupted, so that the neighboring area was left without electricity. Let's hope that the inhabitants of the "dirty mouth" (namely, the name of the capital of Malaysia is translated as such) were not particularly offended.

Yes, and Sean Connery and Catherine Zeta-Jones in the movie "The Trap" during the robbery of a cool bank in Malaysia did not disdain to ride on a garland, like on vines in the jungle, to ride from one Petronas tower to another.

Other skyscrapers are located nearby in Kuala Lumpur:

Climbing the Petronas Twin Towers

A visit to the observation deck of skyscrapers will cost 80 ringgit (≈920 rubles). You will be told a brief history on the creation of skyscrapers, will be raised to the 41st floor on the bridge connecting the Petronas Twin Towers, and then to the 86th floor. The visit is open from Monday to Friday from 9.00 to 17.00 and is limited in time and number of visitors.

We have not climbed the Petronas Towers and are not going to, because. Nearby there is a TV tower, 6th in height in the world. So, I think it will be more interesting to get there, but this is already part of our next trip to Kuala Lumpur 🙂 .

Urbana parkKLCC (Kuala Lumpur City Centre)

KLCC Park (Kuala Lumpur City Center) is located on the southeast side of the Petronas Twin Towers.

It is based on water bodies: a pond and a pool.

Against the backdrop of motionless skyscrapers, you get the feeling that you are on the shore of a mountain lake against the backdrop of rocks. Of course, nature is nature, but still.

And then I was even upset that I was already a very big girl and I couldn’t frolic in this pool 🙂 . It's great when such conditions are created for children!

In the evening there is a fountain show. We were around 22.00 and caught this beautiful sight:

Petronas Twin Towers and KLCC Park: how to get there by transport in Kuala Lumpur

For orientation Petronas Twin Towers on the map of Kuala Lumpur:

The Petronas Twin Towers can be reached by the popular KL LRT light rail line to KLCC station, or the KL Monorail to Raja Chulan or Bukit Nanas stations. Both of these vehicles resemble the subway, except that the monorail floats on reinforced concrete structures above the ground, and the LRT is most often below it. From the large junction station KL Sentral, the fare will cost 1.8 ringgit (≈21 rubles) on LRT, 2 ringgits (≈23 rubles) on monorail transport.

At first we tried to take the monorail, but literally in front of our noses, there were problems on the line, and we went to the LRT, which we then used, because. the station was near our place of residence near ChinaTown (I wrote about this at the end). And once they even walked from here to Petronasov.

A ticket for LRT transport in Kuala Lumpur is purchased from special machines at stations. In fact, everything is very simple and intuitive there: choose a station on the map, put money in, get change and a token. You put the token on the turnstile in front of the entrance, keep it until the end of the trip, and at the exit turnstile you throw the token into the cell. So the electronics will check whether you have entered / exited there.

Yes, you can also get by bus, but this already needs to be clarified at your hotel or with passers-by.

Staring open-mouthed at the Petronas Twin Towers

Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur or Petronas Twin Towers is the main attraction of the capital of Malaysia and a symbol of the city. These famous twin towers are a must see in Kuala Lumpur. We will not load you with history and facts, but we will tell you how to get to Petronas, what is interesting there and where to see the fountains.

Photo: Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Briefly about the main thing. The Petronas Towers were built in 1998 and are currently the tallest twin towers in the world. Height 450 meters, 88 floors. You can read more about the history of the towers on the Wikipedia website.

The Petronas Towers can be seen from anywhere in Kuala Lumpur

What to See in the Petronas Towers

It is interesting to see the Petronas Twin Towers from the ground and appreciate the scale. You can go around the skyscrapers from different sides, they look amazing from any angle. For starters, you can look at them from the east side in the area of ​​​​the subway exit.

Close-up of the bridge between the KLCC buildings, which can be used for excursions

There are always a lot of tourists here, everyone is trying to take good photos, but because of the height of the skyscrapers, they can hardly fit into the frame. I'll tell you a secret - a photo against the background of the Petronas is best taken from the park, which is located behind the towers.

We have a couple of photos against the background of the towers from this side, when they entered completely

What's inside the towers

On the lower floors there is a Suria KLCC shopping center and a Cold Storage supermarket. to upper offices. For visitors, the lower floors of the shopping center are available, as well as a science museum and a lift to the observation decks for an additional fee.

How much does it cost to climb the Petronas Towers

You can climb the towers for 85 ringit per person ($20). This is an excursion with a group lasting about 1 hour. The program includes a passage along the Skybridge bridge between the towers, and then the observation deck on the 86th floor. There is no self-sufficiency in the excursion. Such excursions are held every day from 9 am to 9 pm, except Mondays and holidays.

Where can I order a transfer from the airport?

We use the service - KiwiTaxi
Ordered a taxi online, paid by card. We were greeted at the airport with a sign with our name on it. We were taken to the hotel in a comfortable car. You have already talked about your experience in this article.

Park near the Petronas Towers

On the west side there is a nice park with ponds, fountains, benches, playgrounds and a free pool for children. Here you can relax on a hot day, take a photo of Petronas Towers from better angles, and watch the fountain show in the evening.

The view of the city from the towers is also good. In the evening, these fountains will be beautifully illuminated.


whale in the pool


Free children's pool with waterfall


Some more photos of Park KLCC

fountain show

Singing fountains include from 19 to 22 hours. Approximately every 30 minutes there are different numbers. We have watched the show several times. The beauty! Worth the wait. Although, not all shows are very impressive, but we were lucky. See snippets of the show in the video below.

From the photo it is difficult to assess the effect of the fountains. Watch a short video:

How to get to the Petronas Towers

Metro. KLC station. We left the subway and the towers will be immediately in front of you. There are many exits from the metro, but if you're lucky, you can go directly to the Suriya shopping center, which is located under the towers. There are other options to get to Petronas, for example, by bus, but we recommend not to fool around, but to take the metro, which is very inexpensive in Kuala Lumpur.

The skyscrapers of the United States of America have long held the status of the tallest buildings in the world. But the construction of 1998 in the Malaysian capital put an end to these established traditions - the highest at that time were the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur.

History of the construction of the Petronas Towers in numbers

The active construction of skyscrapers in Southeast Asia began in the late 80s of the XX century. In 1992, the 88-story twin towers were laid for the Malaysian oil company Petronas. This glass, concrete and steel building was designed by Ranhill Bersecutu and Thornton Tomasetti. During the study of the area, it turned out that different soil is located under the towers, which would cause a drawdown of one of the towers. Therefore, it was decided to move them 60 meters and drive piles 100 meters, making it the largest foundation in the world.

The built Petronas skyscraper reflected the rapid growth of a country that grew up on oil. Its construction cost $800 million. The two twin towers are just over 450 meters high (451.9). In plan, the building has an octagonal star symbol of Islam. This was facilitated by the participation of the Prime Minister of Malaysia, who wants to build a building in the style of Islam. Both buildings are connected by an air bridge at the 42nd floor level. The bridge provides not only fire safety, but also affects the overall reliability of the building, already designed at a high level.

Air bridge

A huge amount of steel went into the construction of the Petronas Tower - 36,910 tons. Due to the use of materials only from Malaysia, it was necessary to try to replace the steel with new elastic concrete, which was successfully produced here for the new high-rise. The building has underground parking for 4500 cars. The building is equipped with high-speed elevators, so it takes only 90 seconds to get to the top floor. For the elevator, due to the limited space, an interesting scheme was used - the elevators themselves are two-story, respectively, one of them stops only on even floors, and the other on odd ones.

View from the observation deck

The building, in addition to office space, contains shops, an oil museum, a conference hall and even a mosque. And on the 86th floor there is an observation deck. Windows create an amazing view - there are 32,000 of them here. It takes about a month of continuous work to completely clean them.

Petronas Towers in disputes for the high-altitude championship

After the construction, this skyscraper immediately took the line of the tallest building in the world, but in fact, many questions arose on this issue. The main competitor, Willis Tower, lost only 9 meters to the twins from Malaysia in terms of the absolute height of architectural spiers. But in terms of net floor height, the situation is exactly the opposite - a skyscraper from Chicago is ahead of them by 70 meters.

Hello friends. The famous Petronas Towers or Petronas Twin Towers are the beauty and pride of the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur. They were erected to surprise the world, and the builders succeeded. The twin towers are the first high-rise buildings in the country. Stylish, modern, amazing - this is not just a business card or a miracle of architecture, it is an ambitious and courageous application of the people - to become an Asian economic leader in a short time.

Malaysia. The capital city of Kuala Lumpur. City center. Petronas Twin Towers.

Since the Petronas Towers represent the apotheosis and symbol of the economic miracle, we cannot do without history.

We have written about other sights of Kuala Lumpur.

A bit of history

Until August 31, 1957, the country was a British colony. The capital of the state - which translates as "Muddy Water", was a small settlement where local residents were engaged in tin mining.

Oil reserves were discovered in the country, then everything changed, the Federation of Malaya declared its independence, the ideologist and founder of modern Abdul Rahman proclaimed a political creed: We must be practical. We want to live in peace and do worthy deeds.

Six years later, in 1963, Singapore, North Borneo and Sarawak joined the Federation. Then, in honor of the unification, the particle “zi” was added to the name “Malay”, and the country began to be called Malaysia.

In 1965, Singapore left the union and began to develop independently.

We must pay tribute to the leadership of the country - they did not begin to build the development of the economy only on the sale of oil, tin and rubber. Western investors were attracted to the country in large numbers and on favorable terms, heavy and light industry, electronic technologies, and the service sector were developing. The country aimed at the production of its own goods and the minimum import of strangers.

Views from the towers

Views from the towers

As a result, in 30 years it has become one of the most economically developed countries in the world and almost the most influential country in Asia. However, Malaysia was not going to stop there.

Construction of twin towers

In the 90s of the XX century, it was decided to erect the first high-rise buildings in the country, and in the shortest possible time they should become the tallest in the world. Construction started in 1992 and was completed 6 years later in 1998.

In comparison, the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York took longer to build: the project was accepted in 1962. Earthworks began in 1966. The official opening of the towers took place in 1973.

So, the state-owned Malaysian oil and gas corporation Petronas became the main customer for the construction of the Towers in Kuala Lumpur.

During the construction, difficulties were discovered - the soil in this place turned out to be unstable and the already built part of the structure had to be moved 60 meters.

$800 million was spent on the construction of the towers.

petronas towers

As a result, the tallest twin towers in the world were born. Everyone knows about the country. Malaysia has declared itself as the most successful and richest country in the Asian region.

The tallest buildings in the world (clickable image)

Tower options:

• Height 452 meters
• Number of floors 88
• If you look at the towers from above (this can be easily done in the tower museum), you can see two eight-pointed stars. This feature was added to the project at the request of the Prime Minister of Malaysia.
• Only Malaysian materials were used in the construction.
• The towers have the strongest concrete foundation in the world, and the piles are 100 meters deep. Since the towers were built without the use of lightweight steel, only from Malaysian concrete, they turned out to be 2 times heavier than they could be.
• At a height of 41 floors is the Sky Bridge. It serves as an observation deck and serves as an emergency exit in case of evacuation.

• The Sky Bridge is reinforced with articulated (not rigid) supports as the tall buildings of the towers sway.
• Another observation deck is located on the 86th floor.
• If you add up the area of ​​​​the interior of the towers, you get 48 football fields.
• Washing 16,000 windows of one tower takes 1 month.
• 10,000 people live and work in the towers.

What's in the Petronas Towers

• giant shopping center Suria KLCC (shopping is possible here)
• aquarium Aquaria KLCC
• Petrosains Science Discovery Center
• art Gallery
• tower museum
• restaurants, cafes, eateries
• conference rooms
• offices
• at the entrance to the KLCC we see Formula 1 balides. As you know, the Petronas campaign has been sponsoring the German car manufacturer Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team since 2010.
• Kuala Lumpur Central Park is located in front of the building.
• Near light fountains (very beautiful show from 20:00 to 22:00)

How to get to the observation deck

Tickets for an excursion to the twin towers are sold on the 1st floor, but there is one “but”, which I will talk about below.

The tour includes Sky Bridge, an observation deck on the 86th floor, which is also a museum of towers.

Throughout the tour you will have an escort. Everything goes according to schedule without a hitch. From the floating image of a talking guide to the ability to see the Petronas Towers from above, you'll be exposed to fantastic technology implemented by simply spinning your ticket in front of the screen.

street view

View of the lake in front of the towers

Going to the towers is a must. Firstly, to get acquainted with technology, and secondly, to see Kuala Lumpur from a height above the bird's eye view.

And now for the tickets:

Tickets can be bought on the first floor of the towers, but not for the current day, but for the next one, and it’s not a fact that there will be places on it.

The queue for the tower has already bought tickets

There are many who wish. We found a situation where all the places for the tour were sold out 2 days in advance. Therefore, book a ticket to the observation deck through the official website. In advance.

Attention! Book your tour in advance through the website.

Website address: www.petronastwintowers.com

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Working hours

• The towers are open to visitors from 9:00 to 21:00.
• Friday break from 13:00 to 14:30.
• Attention: Mondays are a day off - there are no excursions.

What is the price

• Adult ticket costs 85 ringgit
• Children - 35 ringgit
• Seniors (over 65 years old) - 45 ringgit

How to get there

• By subway, take the Kelana Jaya line to the KLCC station.
• Also near the towers is the Bukit Nanas Monorail monorail station.
• There is a Pavilion shopping complex not far from Bukit Bintang MRT station. You need to go inside, turn left, go through the center and after that an overhead tunnel will begin, which will lead you to the towers. Walk through the tunnel for 10-15 minutes. Very interesting, because it's practically a bridge with glass walls - you can see the city from above.

Petronas Towers on the map

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Twins in Kuala Lumpur - PETRONAS Twin Towers - was the unfulfilled desire of the collector of impressions from the skyscrapers of the world.

At the end of 2015 I climbed Menara, but I couldn't climb Petronas because I had to buy a ticket in advance.

By the way, you can buy a ticket on the Petronas official website - petronastwintowers.com.my. The best time to visit is at 6 yesterday. Because the tour lasts only an hour and, in fact, you cannot extend it in any way. And when you arrive at 18:00 or 18:15, you can catch the city during the day, see the sunset and capture the night a bit ...

The Petronas Towers are located in the heart of the capital of Malaysia:

The towers are visible from anywhere in the city, and therefore it is not difficult to reach them on foot from the nearby area. You just need to walk towards the buildings, unless you are too far away from them. For example, from the Chinatown district of Kuala Lumpur, you will have to walk through the scorching heat for 20-30 minutes, although the distance is only 2 kilometers in a straight line. If you are staying in Bukit Bintang, then you will be within walking distance of the towers.
If there is no desire to walk, then the easiest way to get there is by taxi or get public transport Kuala Lumpur. A trip from Chinatown by metered taxi will cost about 15 ringit (depending on the time of day and traffic, the price may vary). Very close to the towers is the Kuala Lumpur city metro station KLCC (Kelana Jaya line). The nearest monorail station, Bukit Nanas Monorail, is a 15-minute walk away.
Those tourists who have not planned a visit to Kuala Lumpur have the opportunity to look at the towers, having reached them from Kuala Lumpur Airport. The easiest way to do this is by taxi, but it can be done a little faster by metro, but only during the daytime. To do this, from the airport you need to take the KLIA Express airport train, which will take you to the KL Sentral station in 28 minutes and 38 ringit. There you need to transfer to the city subway to the Kelana Jaya line and get to the KLCC station for 1.6 ringit. From there, the towers are within walking distance.

A little reference from Wikipedia:

The Petronas Towers is an 88-story skyscraper. Height - 451.9 meters. Located in the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur. 8th tallest building in Asia (continent's tallest building from 1998 to 2003), 10th tallest building in the world, tallest twin towers in the world from 1998 to present. Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad took part in the design of the skyscraper and proposed to build buildings in the "Islamic" style. Therefore, in terms of the complex, it consists of two eight-pointed stars, and the architect added semicircular ledges for stability.

6 years were allotted for construction (1992-1998). The towers were built by two different companies to create competition and increase productivity. In the course of geological surveys, it turned out that the proposed construction site is located in one part on the edge of the rock, and in the other - on soft limestone. After the construction of such heavy towers in this place, one of them would inevitably sink. As a result, the buildings were completely transferred to soft ground, shifted by 60 meters, and piles were driven to a depth of more than 100 meters. It is currently the largest concrete foundation in the world.

It differs not only in its colossal size, but also in the complexity of its design. The area of ​​all premises of the building is 213,750 m², which corresponds to the area of ​​48 football fields. The towers themselves occupy 40 hectares in the city. The Petronas Towers houses offices, exhibition and conference rooms, and an art gallery.

The construction of the Petronas Towers cost the main customer - the state oil corporation Petronas - 2 billion ringgits (800 million dollars). Some of the costs were borne by other Malaysian firms, who shared office space between the two skyscrapers. It is interesting to note that the towers are connected by a covered passage in the form of a bridge, which ensures fire safety of the building.

Only materials produced in Malaysia had to be used for the construction of the towers, so it was impossible to provide the builders with the necessary amount of steel. Especially for the twin towers, a particularly strong and at the same time elastic concrete was developed, which could be produced in Malaysia. The Petronas Towers were built from it. The skyscraper turned out to be twice as heavy as similar steel ones. The towers employ 10,000 people.

The basis of the structure is not light steel, which is too expensive for Malaysia, but a special elastic concrete, comparable in strength to steel. Concrete due to the addition of quartz had to withstand a pressure of ~137 MPa. During construction, one constructed floor had to be dismantled due to low-quality concrete.

The towers receive visitors only in a certain number and at a certain time. You can get into the towers on weekdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Ticket sales start at 8:30. On Friday - a shortened working day in connection with the Friday prayer. A mini-tour, including a brief story about the structure of the towers, a visit to the observation deck on the 86th floor and the bridge between the towers will cost 85 ringgit. Independent visit viewing platforms not provided.

The towers can withstand even the loss of three of the sixteen load-bearing columns. An air bridge mounted on giant ball bearings provides additional security, as the towers sway and the bridge cannot be rigidly fixed.

In culture, the Petronases have played a role:

• In the film The Trap, starring Sean Connery and Catherine Zeta-Jones, thieves commit a computer theft of eight billion dollars from the largest bank in Petronas (Malaysia) on New Year's Eve 2000, and then try to escape by moving from one tower to another on a suspended bridge of festive illumination.
• In the computer game Hitman 2: Silent Assassin, three missions ("Murder in the Basement", "Night Shift" and "Jacuzzi Job") take place in the lobby, basements and apartments of one of the towers.
• In the game Zero Tolerance on the missions High Rise Floor (the building of the Scientific and Military Corporation for the Defense of the Planet) and Sub-Basement (Underground floors. Basement), the action takes place in one of the towers and, accordingly, in its basement. On the other tower, an alien sniper sat down and fired at the player on the roof. On the lower levels of the basement, the foundation of hard quartz concrete can be seen hot and cracking under the weight of the tower.
• In the film "The Apocalypse Code" with Anastasia Zavorotnyuk, the Russian champion (understudy of the heroine Zavorotnyuk) in skydiving jumps from the bridge of the tower between the 41st and 42nd floors (height: 170 meters). The scene was filmed from eight cameras, one of which was mounted on a helicopter. There were also exceptions. During the performance of this extremely extreme jump, the understudy Zavorotnyuk caught a parachute on a power line, as a result of which she left one of the Malaysian streets without light. Stunts, chases and shootouts in skyscrapers were filmed for five days.
• In the documentary series Life After People, the towers are mentioned twice: after 75 years (the gallery between the skyscrapers collapses down) and after 500 years (one tower collapses and touches the other, leading the entire complex to destruction).
• In Roland Emmerich's blockbuster "Independence Day: Resurgence", towers lifted into the air by the gravity field of an alien ship fall onto the Tower Bridge in London, with each of the twin towers destroying each tower of the bridge respectively.
• The towers became the location for the filming of Philip Kirkorov's video “Give me freedom” (2002) and the Disco Accident video “If you want to stay” (2005)

Near the towers themselves, a chic park and a singing fountain were laid out. From above it looks impressive:

First, you are taken to the same bridge between the towers. The covered two-story bridge connecting the towers of the Petronas Tower (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) was erected in the summer of 1995. The bridge was designed and built in South Korea by Samsung Heavy Industries, then dismantled and transported to Malaysia. At the construction site, it was assembled on the ground, and then it was raised to the level of the 41st floor (170 m). Bridge dimensions: length 42 m, width 5 m, height 9 m. The support beams are 42.6 m long. The total weight of the bridge is 750 tons.

From there, the view is simply amazing:

The foundation of the Petronas Towers was laid at a depth of more than 100 meters - this is the largest concrete foundation in the world. There really was enough concrete here - for three days every 90 seconds it was poured into the base of the skyscraper. In total, 13,200 cubic meters of high-strength concrete were used for the foundation of each of the towers. And so that the skyscrapers do not tilt, like the Leaning Tower of Pisa, 16 23-meter piles were introduced into the foundation. Practice has shown that the Petronas Towers are not afraid of even strong Malaysian hurricanes. Skyscrapers will stand even if three of the 16 piles collapse.

The frame of the buildings themselves was made of steel structures, the total weight of which reaches almost 37 thousand tons. The Petronas Towers were then glazed with tinted windows to keep out the tropical heat. In total, there are 32 thousand windows, with a total area of ​​77 square meters. From one of these windows you can see the whole of Kuala Lumpur:

Almost all the interiors of the Petronas Towers have very high ceilings; on some floors, there are peculiar attics that further expand the space. The Petronas Towers are also famous for their elevators. There are already 76 cargo and passenger lifts. Most of them are two stories high. That is, the first tier of the elevator stops only on the odd floors of the Towers, and the second on the even ones. In addition, the elevators are divided into groups. For example, some run only up to the 16th floor, others travel between the middle ones, and in order to climb to the very top, on the 41st floor, you need to transfer across the bridge. Petronas elevators are considered among the safest in the world. They are very spacious - each cabin is designed for 52 people. A few years ago, they were also improved in terms of speed: now it takes only a minute and a half to get to the top floor of the Petronas Towers.

As the Petronas Towers got taller, the builders wondered if they could beat the world record. But in the end, the skyscrapers of Kuala Lumpur turned out to be 88-story, and were inferior to the 110-story Sears Towers by more than 65 meters. But then the resourceful Malaysians decided to attach spiers to the towers, each 73.5 meters high. Due to this trick, the Petronas Towers snatched the coveted 7 meters from the American competitor.

But the record for the height of the Petronas Towers was kept only until 2003. Immediately after construction, the Australians and the same Americans joined the high-altitude race. The championship again remained with Asia. In 2003, the Taiwanese Taipei 101 shot up 508 meters. However, he did not hold the first line in the Top of skyscrapers for long. Now the tallest building in the world is the Burj Dubai tower in the United Arab Emirates. Moreover, the Arabs apparently got into the taste of high-rise construction. Next in line is a new tower - Al Burzh, in the project its height should reach 1200 meters. Against this background, the Petronas Towers already look more modest. But beauty does not suffer from the loss of a height record.

And a short story on the video, how it all happened: