Birkas / Hotness

  • Tallest tower in EU?

    The hot temperatures of this summer have done some interesting thing here - elongated Riga TV Tower and made it the highest structure in European Union. When the temperature is at least 32 C (and it has been around it more than a week now in Riga), Riga TV Tower (368,0 m) lengthens for several centimetres, and thus surpasses it's closest rival - Berlin TV tower (368,03 m). Riga TV tower in the effect of heat lengthens much more than Berlin one, because Riga tower are made of steel, while Berlin one - most of it's part from concrete. This is what Latvian Television have told recently. However, [..]