There's always been a tremendous rivalry between the two biggest cities in Holland: Rotterdam and Amsterdam. In the football arena Ajax and Feyenoord battle it out, in sportsmanlike fashion, twice every season, which often times ends with a positive result for the current league champions. As far as modern architecture is concerned, however, the capital should acknowledge Rotterdam's superiority, as the world's largest port city possesses the three tallest buildings in the Netherlands. The Maastoren was built in 2009 and soars to a height of 165m, while the Delftse Poort is a close second at 151m. Both are dozens of metres taller than Amsterdam's Rembrandttoren (see picture), which climbs to a height of 135m. It's quite conspicuous that Amsterdam's tallest building is ranked only ninth on the list of Holland's megastructures.
Apart from Rotterdam's four buildings, the Top 10 is dominated by The Hague, which also has four skyscrapers, and Tilburg, which boasts one. In addition to the Rembrandttoren, which was built in 1995, Amsterdam also has the Mondriaantoren (123m) and the Amsterdam Symphony's A and B buildings.
Although this may all sound impressive, or quite the contrary if you're from New York or Kuala Lumpur, Holland's tallest man-made structure is actually a 367m-high radio tower that can be found in IJsselstein near Utrecht. It should, however, be noted that the building itself is only 100 metres tall, while the steel tubular mast comprises 259.6 metres of the structure. For many year's this tower was considered to be the tallest building in Europe and since 1992 it's been decorated with strings of lights during the Yuletide season to look like a Christmas tree – the world's largest. Unfortunately, recent fire damage has thrown a wet blanket on this festive tradition this year, so you'll have to wait until December 2012 to see it in all its glory.