A view from the word’s tallest tower

The CN Tower located in Toronto, Canada, is an amusing freestanding structure. This is a recognizable symbol of the city. At a height of 553 meters, it is the tallest all over the world, what causes that every year a lot of visitors are attracted to be on the top, so do I ;-).

This photo has been taken by Barbara Ropa (with some difficulties ;-)).

According to some statistic data each year approximately 2 million people visit the CN Tower and everyone is carefully checked by security service.

To get at the top of tower without doubt you should choice a sunny day to enjoy perfect view, additionally it is better to go there on weekday (to avoid crowds of people). Moreover be prepare to spend quite a big amount of many (tickets are really very expensive; luckily I had a special offer ;-)). Oh... and one thing more, my personal advice: to enjoy being there it is necessary to have lovely company and together admire a mysteriously lighting of Toronto and the Lake Ontario when dust is coming...

This photo has been taken from Sky Pod by Barbara Ropa.

Ok and now some facts. The CN Tower was completed in 1976 (the construction has began on February 1973). And the whole name is: Canada's National Tower. This is an important telecommunications hub, actually this was a major purpose to build it, when the construction was started nobody was thinking about tourist value. Moreover nobody was considering beating a record for the tallest tower, it happened just because of the technical reasons. Well, the tower is located near Financial District in Toronto, which is dotted with skyscrapers. So to have good telecommunications signals the architects were obligated to design very tall tower.

This photo has been taken by Barbara Ropa.

Nowadays, due to tourist business, guests can find other attractions. At a height of 342 m is located Glass Floor and Outdoor Observation Deck. What surprised me, well Outdoor Observation Deck was more exciting then a dick indoor Glass Flour ;-). Maybe because of factors like: sound of a city and a puff of a wind on my face what I could feel being outside .

This photo has been taken from Sky Pod by Barbara Ropa.

At 346 m is Horizons Cafe and the Indoor Observation Deck. At 351 m, is located 360 restaurant, why named 360, simply, the floor in the 360 Restaurant rotates once every 72 minutes allowing to take in the breath-taking view. And what you can not miss, is Sky Pod which is the World's Highest Public Observation Deck located at 447 m.

Construction data:

The tower consists of 40,522 cubic meters of concrete, 129 km of post-tensioned steel, and 5,080 metric tons of reinforcing steel. The tower is estimated to weigh 132,080 metric tons.

The elevators travel at a speed of 6 m per second, reaching the Sky Pod in just under one minute (58 seconds). I really could feel this speed ;-(

For all of its 553 meters, the shaft penetrates only 6 meters into a total 15 meter foundation.

The CN Tower is a member of the World Federation of Great Towers.

Construction of the CN Tower cost approximately CAD$63 million.