Taipei 101

I read somewhere on internet that this is currently tallest building in the world. There are observation floor on 89th floor – last or pre-last floor of main body, and then there is smaller house and antenna on top of it. According to guide I picked up in subway, Taipei 101 is 503 m tall and there are 101 floors. From both 89th and 88th floors big mass ball can be observed. It supposedly reduces building movements during strong wind, which I could not verify. Elevator there was really fast!


Image: Some views from Taipei 101 89th floor

I came back to Taipei 101 after one week when weather was not good - hoping for more spectacular views, but observation platform was closed due to typhoon. I hoped there will be discount as in Yokohama Landmark tower on bad weather days.


Image: Taipei 101 as it is seen accros half of city

Next to see famous temples in Taipei.

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It costs 400 Taiwan dollars to go up to 89th floor.

Building on Google map looks like this. You can still zoom in.

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