Gerbrandy Tower

Gerbrandytoren ( incorrectly referred to as Grand gates Brandy Brandy or Grand Tower ) is the tallest building in the Netherlands.

The tower stands between Lopik and IJsselstein ( near Utrecht) and is designed as a hybrid tower: It consists of a 100 meter high concrete tower on which a guyed steel tube mast is attached. It is named after Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy, a former prime minister and later Nozema - chairman in the 1950s. After construction in 1961 the total height was 382.5 meters; In 1987, he was reduced to 375 meters.

Took place on 2 August 2007 as part of the replacement of the old TV antenna for analog television by such a DVB- T, a further reduction of the height to 366.8 meters.

He widespread television and radio programs on the FM band, and is not to be confused with the transmission tower of the medium wave transmitter Lopik.

At Christmas, the Gerbrandytoren transformed by suspended in the backstays lamps in the highest Christmas tree in the world.

A few kilometers southwest of the Gerbrandyturms is a mast of the Dutch weather service.