Just for fun, let's compare the Taipei 101 - with its 508 meters currently the tallest building in the world - to some buildings & structures in the Netherlands:
1. The Eiffel Tower, Paris (320.5m)
2. Grote Kerk (Grand Church), Breda (97m)
3. Taipei 101, Taipei (508m)
4. Westpoint, Tilburg (142m)
5. Gerbrandy Tower, Lopik (375m)
6. Euromast, Rotterdam (185m)
7. Delftse Poort, Rotterdam (151m)
OK, only number 1 is not in the Netherlands, but everyone knows that, right.
Buildings in Holland are not tall. I think most people are impressed by seeing, for example, the Westpoint building when taking the A58 highway. Or how about driving past Rotterdam, seeing the Delftse Poort (the 'Nationale Nederlanden' building) in the distance. I, for one, while still living & working in Holland, used to be impressed with the arising of the Westpoint. It was just finished in 2004 I think. But in imagination I always tried to think what it would be like if the Taipei 101 was standing there...
The Lopik radio tower is the tallest thing in Holland. If you could stand on the top, it would be
almost as high as the observation deck at the 89th floor of T101...
