i have a new favourite tall building, the berlin tv tower:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berliner_Fernsehturm

its not as good a the eiffel tower, but i really liked it. looked like something out of a james bond film or something.

from doing a little research on big buildings, i have found the following:

frankfurt and moscow have all the tall buildings in europe. who knew? i've never even heard of most of them.
the berlin tv tower is taller than canary wharf.
the eiffel tower is taller than canary wharf?! i had no idea.
why are neither of the above on the list below? something about not being skyscrapers?
i see the shard is going to be britains biggest? didnt know that either.

this is an interesting page:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Europe#endnote_height

lets talk about big buildings (again)