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.
@@TheCriminalViolin Frankfurt doesn't have the most skyscrapers. Frankfurt has 18 skyscrapers (technically defined as buildings over 150m) with what, 5 under construction? London has 38 skyscrapers with a further 9 under construction. So I don't know where this "Skyscraper capital" bs is coming from? Just typical teutonic self assuredness or?
@@lokischeissmessiah5749 Not surprising since London a much, much larger city. And what also seperates London is that it's skyscrapers (and even moreso the high-rises) are divided between City of London, Canary Wharf and other places. Meanwhile every skyscraper and most other high-rises in Frankfurt is in the inner city, making that place as dense as both London districts.
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.
Unfortunately that won't happen in the next 20 years. The Millenium Tower, which was supposed to be 360m tall, was reduced to 288m. It was the only Supertall building ever planned in Frankfurt.
Yes, one of the main cities to have a distinctive high skyline as its central focus, rather than something like la Défense -- it's a bit like Melbourne actually
Catch up on what? Le Courbusier had a plan to destroy Paris in the 20's by building a bunch of high-rises in th city center. Fortunately no one listened to that maniac. The ugliest site in Paris is one tower that was built in the 60's, la tour Montparnasse. It is said that the view from its roof is the best because you can't see the tower.
Well planned cities don’t have huge demand for skyscrapers. North American and Australian cities can justify them (if you could call it that) cause they’re starved for floor space in 99% of their built area and their transport networks are radial. Frankfurt can get away with it cause it’s part of a mega region but there’s really nothing to be gained by a 300+ meter tower. They’re necessarily expensive and out of proportion with their environment. They offer zero improvement in amenity to surrounding neighbourhoods to justify the externalities. That one tower could be several midrise structures that benefit way more people. It should just stay missing.
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.
It is also because Frankfurt is very very small. Also Frankfurt has a historic city center. Mostly reconstructed, but the „Römer“ and the dome. Frankfurt just as an eye to combine both
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.
@@craplike123 what a bullshit. you can enjoy your leisure time everywhere. its just a few streets where this melting pot exists like in every other bigger city.
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.
The old town has A LOT of work left to do. The modern buildings between the restored part and Zeil are rubbish. Plus, there are many roofs that need restoration, like those directly out front of the HBF.
Mainhatten? lol. Germans can't get more ridiculous than that. What restored old city? Do you mean the Replica? Restoration is based on pre-existing structures that were damaged. Even damaged structures should not be completely rebuilt, or they will lose their historical and cultural identity. Frankfurt's old town was destroyed, cleared away, new buildings were erected on the original site, demolished again and recreated as a replica. In your opinion, does that qualify as restoration? The new old city is a replica by all definitions. Perhaps my city will rebuild the Roman town centre that existed there 1400 years ago. At least we still have some of the walls and support structures of the original buildings. Germany: The real world example of "fake it till you make it".
@@vide-yo3336 Germany: The real world example of "fake it till you make it". - couldn't be more true. Calling it Mainhatten is ridiculous. There are literally more impressive skyscrapers in random clusters in the suburbs of Istanbul or London.
I was about to comment that, adding that this is a thing for 20 or 30 years now. Maybe slower than elsewhere but steady in growth. With all the finance and consulting firms fleeing London i can't help but imagine the conservatives be like: "Hmmm oops, why didn't we think of that?"
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!
I believe the reasson for Frankfurt to slow down is that the transition of State affairs from said area moved a lot of people from Frankfurt to Berlin some 20 years ago when most of the new buildings were ready to be moved into. Meanwhile Frankfurt dwindled somewhat but are growing again since 5 years back , this we can thank the Brexiters for ;-) :-)
as an American I love the fact that so many European cities don't have skyscrapers and have nice historic charm. besides, just about nothing can top Chicago or New York skyline, keep doing what you do best and don't try to compete haha
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.
@@SomethingToThinkAbout2002 there have been several events of this kind, luckily I was able to attend one, but was only able to get on the roof by winning tickets for it at a radio channel, as the website crashed all the time not able buying regular ones
it still existed as a special day, it was discontinued during corona and once it's sure we won't have big infection waves they probably will start doing it again :)
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.
@@buioso I disagree. Living in a skyscraper can be very inconvenient, it has been prooved that the perfect height for an appartment building is roughly 4 or 5 storeys.
@@willfungusman8666 if you’re at the point where building residential skyscrapers makes sense based on the underlying value of the land then, yeah, it’s going to be uneconomical. The thing is that skyscrapers only get built when land values justify building such a massive and expensive structure. That’s just not really conducive to affordable residential housing.
The reason why the banks opened in Frankfurt, is the demise of Berlin after WW2. Before the war, Berlin was the undisputed financial capital. The German Division was the trigger, almost all of the big companies left Berlin, in most cases to Munich (Siemens, Allianz, Knorr-Bremse, Osram) or Frankfurt (Deutsche Bank, AEG, Dresdner Bank, many state institutions). The first german skyscrapers in Germany were built in Berlin, Jena, Köln, Düsseldorf or Stuttgart in the Golden Twenties. Frankfurts and Munichs skyscrapers are a post-war period product.
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
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.
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.
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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.
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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.
@@AB-yw7od You are very right. The nominal GPD of the EU is higher than that (17.9 trillion) and if you adjust for PPP the GDP of the European Union is about 23.7 trillion US-Dollar according to the IMF.
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.
@@teluobir Yup - my top are Frankfurt, Warsaw, Rotterdam, Vien, and Bratislava (like the atmosphere of the last one). Of course, there are London, Milan, Paris, and others, but those are my favorites.
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
Frankfurt has so many other amazing views to offer. Most videos only capture the banking district, but if you head towards the Messe/Europaviertel districts, where you‘ve got the recently completed Tower ONE (190m), the stunning Grand Tower (180m) and of course the iconic Messeturm (256m) you have a complete other perspective of the city!
Nice to see my hometown here. Frankfurt is a really diverse city, small neighborhoods and highrises door to door. Lots of problems but people living here have a kind of special, international attitude and are really open minded. Thank you for visiting! 😁😁
Haha Do you think diversity is your strength? Remember the Christmas festival bombing? On 19 December 2016, a truck was deliberately driven into the Christmas market next to the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church at Breitscheidplatz in Berlin, leaving 12 people dead and 56 others injured. One of the victims was the truck's original driver, Łukasz Urban, who was found shot dead in the passenger seat. The truck was eventually stopped by its automatic brakes.[4] The perpetrator was Anis Amri, an unsuccessful asylum seeker.
@@PD-we8vf 1. That was not a bombing, 2. It's our fault because that guy was in police custody and potential connections to extremist Islamism were known. But the police let him go.
The Varso tower has an architectural height of 236 metres. The Commerzbank tower in Frankfurt has an architectural height of 259 meters but the tower itself is 305 metres high with the spire. (because normally the spire doesn’t count) That means: Varso tower: 236 meters (310 m with spire) Commerzbank Tower: 259 meters (305 m with spire) The Varso tower actually got that huge spire just to overtake the Commerzbank tower.
Varso Tower should definitely win the award for most pettiest building ever built. A massive spire added just so it's 0.4m taller than the Shard? Cringe.
"Not where I think". Frankfurt was the first place I thought of before opening the video. I remember as a kid in the 90s seeing a photo of Frankfurt and even then it was full of skyscrapers.
I've got to say: I love your new style. Being on site yourself, and including shots of yourself speaking to the camera, help your videos feel way more personal and less pretentious. Really great stuff.
@@hdng1984 Maybe not, but it DEFINITELY felt like a just some British voice actor (no offense B1M, you just have a great voice for VA), narrating over a bunch of stock footage. Now it feels way more.... I'm going to call it: bespoke. We can see our narrator, actually visiting the sites, and speaking to the people involved in the projects. Also, it helps the video feel more personal, like he's actually speaking to US, rather than appearing like a piece of promotional footage for investors.
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I wonder why the skyscrapers in Milan were not shown, not even for a second - in the last 10 years many new ones were built. Among them, the Unicredit tower and the Generali tower are really a sight to see.
Because B1M is biased 😂 they always have a dig at Brexit. If number of new buildings equals prosperity, London’s building boom has never stopped, Brexit or not.
Munich is a much more attractive city than Frankfurt so let Frankfurt keep their skyscrapers. Btw I really like those tree tower apartments in Milan.. so unique
Frankfurt is very impressive. I did many city tours in Germany but to be in Frankfurt was like to be in another world. It's exciting when you saw normal sized buildings in every city and you find yourself then in a jungle full of skyscrapers
I don’t have any concrete numbers but knowing both Frankfurt and Warsaw pretty well I’m definitely under the impression that the construction boom in Warsaw (including the construction of skyscrapers) has been more dynamic and intensive in the last years than in Frankfurt.
except that warsaw doesnt have a centralized skyline in the actual city center like frankfurt, its much more spread out and doesnt really reach into the actual center
@@cooltwittertag I think the skyline is getting more and more concentrated in Warsaw and it is a matter of a decade when they will be nicely congregated. Both are my favorites in Europe.
The only time I've ever been to Germany was 11 years ago in Frankfurt. I was only 16 but looking back it was a great city. Very modern, very clean and just a pleasant place in general
One thing nobody talked about yet is that Frankfurt also built socially supported apartments for those in need in these new towers that are otherwise just hosting luxury apartments costing more than 10.000 € per square meter (that's about 1.200 USD per square foot). These social apartments are available to rent for 5-10 € per square meter and month.
I think he's saying it isn't where you think because Frankfurt is still a relatively small City compared to Berlin, Madrid, London, Paris, etc. And yet despite a population under 800k people, Frankfurt is a metropolis with a unique skyline for Europe. And it's only going to grow more!
I drove past Frankfurt a couple of times and this really is one of our continents great metropolises, the skyline, the airport and of course the Autobahn...
As a Frankfurter Kind, i wasn’t surprised. Don’t live there anymore, but everytime im return, it seems like a new skyline has risen. It’s a rsther small city, but it has a very international vibe. People are friendly, it’s a cultural meltin pot. It’s more metropolitan than Berlin i feel
I also consider Frankfurt to be the capital of skyscrapers in Europe, but I also recommend taking a look at Warsaw - skyscrapers have been built there for years and more are planned. And as someone wrote earlier, I'm a bit disappointed that you are forgetting this city. But I hope you will take a look at this city someday, because I believe that in the future this city may become a center of skyscrapers in this part of Europe
That's right, you definitely shouldn't skip Warsaw when it comes to skyscrapers or skylines. Frankfurt is special because it has a lot of skyscrapers for its small size, but Warsaw has also experienced a boom in skyscrapers.
Fun fact: Most of the buildings are empty. Its infrastructure is either too old or too modern (thus too expensive). When it comes up to residential towers, they are mostly uninhabitated. This is because they are either just for speculation on increasing prices (so nobody want to live its value down) or because Frankfurt is a sh*** place to live, especially for people who can afford one of those million dollar apartements. Long statement short: Its a huge bubble fueled by a decade of zero interests and low restrictions on money laundering and tax evasion.
as a Belgian, I like the idea of having a couple of skyscraper cities in Europe... But plss don't buy any skyscraper in Ghent or other beautiful cities.
According to Wikipedia data in Frankfurt there are 38 skycrappers with height over 100 meters and there is 7 under construction. Warsaw has 30 skycrappers and 9 under construction. The numbers are almost the same. Moreover, the tallest building in EU stands in Warsaw. I think it is worth mentioning, when we talk about skyscrappers in Europe.
Great insight's! But don't forget about the other major infrastructure project in Frankfurt which is Terminal 3 currently being built at the Frankfurt Airport, which will when finished, be able to handle 19-25 million additional people per year
As someone who just started playing Construction Simulator, which shows only a tiny bit of what it takes to build things, I am really beginning to appreciate these sorts of projects, and love see the techniques used. I even recognized the Royal H32 shown as a concrete pump
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First. Bravo on getting access to shoot at the top of a sky scraper during construction. Second. Is it me or did the site manager look a little … young… for someone in his position? Good for him!
Title suggestion: 'Europe's New Skyscraper Capital Is EXACTLY Where You Think' Frankfurt is a business city, it consists mostly of office buildings, apartments, hotels and restaurants for business visitors. Frankfurt is the financial capital of Germany which is the industrial heart of Europe. The headquarters for the European Central Bank are located in Frankfurt... One thing you'll notice about Frankfurt if you visit is all of the touristy things and history can be viewed in a day, maybe two maximum. Frankfurt is London without the culture or atmosphere, it is purely intended for business and it is an economic powerhouse as a result.
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I took a trip to around Europe in 2006 and saw 20 countries and Frankfurt was my least favorite city. Ironically I lived there for 8 years afterwards. It has improved A LOT since 2006.
Nothing special about Frankfurt unless you are open to a "great time", best Eros Center for that style of "tourism" in Europe. Much better "employees" than Amsterdam.
I do not understand why people build all of these high rise office buildings but no housing to accomodate people working in those towers. That is a major factor causing a lack of housing.
I was just in Central Europe this past May, and I was surprised to see the amount of new high rises being built in Bratislava. That may be a city to keep an eye on over the next few years.
@@julm7744 Russia is part of the slavic language family and so are all the Eastern European countries, so their cities will all have somewhat similar sounding names lol
The skyscraper capital of Europe is arguably Moscow with its "Moskva City" district or Grozny (completely rebuilt after the two Chechnya wars). Please check.
Paris area has also many skycrapers, like here in the business La Defense district, the largest in Europe : ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-d761d4nHHAI.html
I find interesting that Brazil is also devoid of skyscrapers, even though it is an emerging economy and with great population. The only city here that constantly hits the headlines for tall building construction is Balneario Camboriu (although many find this city kitsch and unappealing), and the high rises are mostly residential and not commercial. I would love a B1M video one day diving into that!
@@jeffreyanderson1851 yeah it is! Sao Paulo has huge concentration of buildings but only 15 (!!!) exceed 150 metres. That is even more crazy to think about, a global city, densely populated, economic capital of Brazil but little interest in building extra high.
@Human person that’s true they are taller, however, Fred always infers that skysrapers begin at 150m and supertalls at 300m (according to the Council of Tall Buildings).
Thanks for another amazing vid Fred. Top tier content as always. Going to need to start tagging these videos as weaponry with that gun show soon though 💪
Many projects in Frankfurt are canceled just now. There is no more need for more office space after Corona. Secondly the real estate bubble in FFM is about to pop, which makes investors very anxious to invest in Frankfurt.
Well, you have to give Frankfurt a big hand and thumbs up for beating out London as a financial center and luring away major corporations. It’s great to see a European city, not afraid to build skyscrapers so that their cities can grow, and their skyline can evolve in the 21st-century. Thanks for the video. I’m loving the B1 M! 😎
Frankfurt has one of the best skylines in Europe and surely the best in Germany, but the city have a huge disadvantage, considering that all the other candidates are both capital cities and the largest in their countries, while Frankfurt is not only overshadowed by Berlin, but also have to compete with other cities that have a similar population in its own country, so I would rather give the title to London, Warsaw, or Moscow.
was in frankfrut to pick up my passport. its a a different feeling to other german cities, i loved it, wife hated it. She is german and said that other cities make a lot of fun of frankfurters as well, just thought id add that. love this channel, im an accountant so nothing to do with the building industry but always watch your videos, really interesting.
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Ditto. Frankfurt is very much a marmite/Vegemite kind of town - you love it or hate it. Not been there for more than a decade but personally I find it soulless and uninviting, unlike other German cities most of which (despite wartime depredations) still have a heart.
Frankfurt has a skyline that is quite respectable for Europe and an outstanding infrastructure, but at its core it is still a rather small city that has little identity of its own and a lack of cultural offerings. This is also the reason why so many companies leave London for Paris or Brussels. I don't think there are many cities in the western world that have such a high density of skyscrapers for such a small size.
Personally I think you should emphasize the environmental impact of these buildings, especially the massive amount of concrete is very concerning and should not be considered as "progress". It's not sustainable at all and has a massive footprint.
Actually, the Moscow International Business District is the capital of the European skyscraper. By the number of towers anyway. Regardless, no European city is anywhere near the level of Asian megacities in this regard. Not that it's necessarily a bad thing though, as most Asian cities overdo it when developing high-rises.
I said Frankfurt before you said it on the video only cause I was playing Microsoft Flight Simulator last night flying in ... Frankfurt, and thought to myself there are a lot of skyscrapers here! 😂
Cities in Europe really ought to build taller! Especially here in Germany, apparently it’s totally fine to litter the countryside with tens of thousands of 250m tall windmills. But when it comes to building tall in cities, it’s always “but muh historic skylines and cityscape”. All the while property prices and rent keeps going up because living space is so limited, straining social safety systems even more over time, because available floor space keeps being limited with demand continually rising due to migration.
The same is happening in Rotterdam, currently the tallest one is the Zalmhaven tower which is 203 meters. There are plans for the taller RISE-towers of which the highest one will be around 250 meters.
Venice was just about the least useful size comparison you could've chosen. Its borders include almost the entire lagoon so 70% its area are water. Furthermore, the by far largest part of the city, both in population and area, are the newer neighbourhoods on the mainland. The built-up area in the middle of the lagoon that we all tend to think of when someone says Venice (and that you showed in the b-roll) takes up less than 10km².
2:42 Confused me so I checked some statistics on Frankfurt. It's actually "only" 30% that are foreigners. The remaining 20% refers to immigrants that do have a German passport.
@@mrsupremegascon "50% of Frankfurt's residents don't own a German passport" is what he says. I'm not arguing on whether immigrants with a German passports are foreigners or not. I'm just pointing out that they accidentally used the percentage that stands for the entire foreign population when actually refering to foreigners without German passports, which is only half the amount.
A summary of other current high-rise projects under construction in Frankfurt: Central Business Tower: 210m/689ft Spin: 128m/420ft 160 Park View: 96m/315ft Completed in 2022: ONE: 190m/623ft Eden: 98m/312ft Global Tower: 110m/361ft In planning: Millennium Tower 1 + 2: 290m/951ft + 154m/505ft Icoon: 140m/460ft Highlines: 88m/290ft + 60m/196ft + 46m/150ft
I’ve flown into Frankfurt a few times and I’ve always been quite impressed/surprised by the skyline - ironically the same name of a great Netflix series set in Frankfurt also (cancelled now though!)
@@mshahzeb8187 It was cancelled after the first season because the numbers were just to bad and Netflix really loves canceling stuff after the first season, apparently there was also a dispute with a real music label which shares it‘s name with the fictional label „Skyline Records“ The show is a drama about organized crime with different groups fighting for power in the city and undercover police infiltration. The story is is apparently supposed to be inspired by the life of „Haftbefehl“ a real life rapper from near Frankfurt. Therefore some german rappers have cameos in the show.
