Well it has a smaller population than the state of California where I live, kinda comparable to LA metro. And skyscrapers wise Melbourne looks more impressive than LA
Not many British cities have tall skylines like Australian ones and we have over double the Australian population. Plus, many Australian skylines are impressive, it’s just that not many people are able to identify them on sight because they sort of go under the radar in favour of American and Canadian ones.
Its satire dumbo there are far smaller countries with better skylines : Qatar,UAE,Israel,Hong Kong,Singapore,panama…you skip all those and the first that comes to your head is fkn Australia which is not even small …
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Anway, here are the countries I thought were good choices:
- Canada (42 million) - Has Toronto, a world-class skyline, as well as Vancouver, Calgary, and Montreal, which are all excellent skylines. (edit: Edmonton is solid too). Toronto and Vancouver each have multiple skylines throughout their metro areas, while smaller cities like Hamilton, Kitchener, Halifax, etc. have decent skylines for their size.
- Malaysia (34 million) - Kuala Lumpur is a behemoth, and high-rises extend all over the Klang Valley. Johor Bahru and Penang are also quite large, with over 30 skyscrapers each.
- Australia (28 million) - Melbourne and Sydney are fantastic skylines, Brisbane is very solid, while Perth and Adelaid have good skylines for their size. As well as Gold Coast, a supertall in a city of only 600k.
- Taiwan (24 million) - Taipei goes without saying, with the iconic Taipei 101, but Kaohsiung also has a supertall, and its third largest city, Taichung, is currently building one. High-rises line the country's densely populated western coast.
- The Netherlands (18 million) - Skylines aren't as huge as the others, but Rotterdam is large for European standards, and The Hague has a decent one completing its metro area. Amsterdam has multiple small skylines scattered over the city. Utrecht and Eindhoven have colorful, blocky skylines that stand out for the size of their cities.
But the thing abour Sharjah and Ajman is that although they are technically separate cities and separate Emirates, in practice they're just suburbs of Dubai.
Sharjah and Ajman each have their own cluster of skyline, but Dubai already has many separate clusters (Sheikh Zayed Road, Marina, Downtown).
Well that’s just an opinion. I was blown away by Dubai’s skyline and couldn’t believe how unique some of the super talls were. But of course that’s just my opinion.
They mean the country has a small population as a whole but it is disproportionally centred in cities that have big skylines. Canada fits this well. Our land is very large but our population is relatively small and centred in a few urban regions.
if you look at metros, which most people do, Toronto is much smaller than that. For instance Chicago is MUCH larger than Toronto.
But the funny thing about Toronto to me is the thirst to be seen as belonging to the class of those iconic big cities. It permeates the place. Mexico City, New York, LA, Chicago, Dallas, even smaller cities like Boston and San Francisco just "are." They don't constantly need to proclaim "we measure up!!!!!" lol. Toronto is obsessed with being "world class."
The second part, sure. But Toronto is only a very large city proper due to constant amalgamation, unlike other North American cities. It being far smaller than those other places is fact.
It's kinda hard to find any countries with less than 20 million people and 3 separate cities with good skylines. Tbf that's why I wrote "smaller" instead of "small". UAE is probably the closest here with one big and one enormous skyline (with multiple clusters)
I'd say this is true. There are countries that have far less people than 20M, but at the same time they typically have just *one* skyline. Singapore, Panama, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait are good examples. If you include highrise clusters then you can stretch Albania, Estonia and Lithuania in there as well.
TBF, Toronto is the 4th most populous city in North America, behind Mexico city, NYC, and LA. Just because it doesn't have the monstrous population of some Asian cities doesn't mean it's a small population.
Madrid :
Representative of various styles and decades of design
Late 1920s ( Telefonica building ), 30s flashier deco , to classic facist post civil war to early 50s towers that are an offshoot of the south american style ( tower of Madrid and edifcio de espana ) to late 60s brutalism , 80s glam of the AZCA business zone , 90s quirkyness and various near 300 m towers in the mid 2000s
Quite formidable and eccentric as skylines go .
Barcelona :
Replete with 100 - 150 m rather arty towers ...avoiding all cliches of boxiness and monotony. Saw thwo distinct periods , 80s to the 90s culliminating with the 1992 Barcelona Olympiads and early 2000s to 2022 that saw multiple smaller yet rather original developments
Various skyscrapers also dot most major mid tier cities , some with stand alone monoliths .
Bilbao , Zaragoza , Sevilla , Valencia and of course the infamous Manhattan on the coast ....benidorm
I’d say Australia is doing pretty great in this regard.
Yes, although two of Australia’s cities have almost 6 million people in each metro area. The Gold Coast in Queensland is a good example though.
Mate ≈28 million isnt small + no skyline in australia is that impressive they look very generic
Well it has a smaller population than the state of California where I live, kinda comparable to LA metro. And skyscrapers wise Melbourne looks more impressive than LA
Not many British cities have tall skylines like Australian ones and we have over double the Australian population. Plus, many Australian skylines are impressive, it’s just that not many people are able to identify them on sight because they sort of go under the radar in favour of American and Canadian ones.
28 million is quite small. Or have you forgotten about the US, China, India, Brazil, Russia, Indonesia, etc.? It's all relative remember.
28 million is quite big. or have you forgotten about Varican city,San Marino,Lichtenstein..etc ? Its all relative remember
Lol, and how many skyscrapers are there?
You must have forgotten which sub your on, cause your comment makes zero sense on this sub. 😂
But do tell me about the skyscrapers in Liechtenstein...
Its satire dumbo there are far smaller countries with better skylines : Qatar,UAE,Israel,Hong Kong,Singapore,panama…you skip all those and the first that comes to your head is fkn Australia which is not even small …
So no skyscrapersn in Liechtenstein? Too bad.
And we're down to personal insults. Not sad at all.
Satire is supposed to be funny. Do tell me when you start with being funny. So far, crickets.
And do practice reading a bit. You might learn from that that I never mentioned Australia to start with, but my hopes are not that high😂
People here will immediately buy in to the premise of the title without thinking it through any further.
Hong Kong isn't a country.
The UAE is generic and just built with no organic flow.
Panama is no more impressive than the Gold Coast.
Israel has nothing on Australia.
Qatar is impressive, I'll give you that.
Nice to see a lot of my hometown Rotterdam on this subreddit!
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Anway, here are the countries I thought were good choices:
- Canada (42 million) - Has Toronto, a world-class skyline, as well as Vancouver, Calgary, and Montreal, which are all excellent skylines. (edit: Edmonton is solid too). Toronto and Vancouver each have multiple skylines throughout their metro areas, while smaller cities like Hamilton, Kitchener, Halifax, etc. have decent skylines for their size.
- Malaysia (34 million) - Kuala Lumpur is a behemoth, and high-rises extend all over the Klang Valley. Johor Bahru and Penang are also quite large, with over 30 skyscrapers each.
- Australia (28 million) - Melbourne and Sydney are fantastic skylines, Brisbane is very solid, while Perth and Adelaid have good skylines for their size. As well as Gold Coast, a supertall in a city of only 600k.
- Taiwan (24 million) - Taipei goes without saying, with the iconic Taipei 101, but Kaohsiung also has a supertall, and its third largest city, Taichung, is currently building one. High-rises line the country's densely populated western coast.
- The Netherlands (18 million) - Skylines aren't as huge as the others, but Rotterdam is large for European standards, and The Hague has a decent one completing its metro area. Amsterdam has multiple small skylines scattered over the city. Utrecht and Eindhoven have colorful, blocky skylines that stand out for the size of their cities.
But there's probably other good examples as well
Edmonton Canada also has a fantastic skyline
how did that slip by me lol
This is a great reply. I had no idea Malaysia only has 34 Million.
Any city in China is MILES better than the rest of the world
Well the UAE has around 11 million population but has Dubai and Abu Dhabi so they definitely belong on this list.
Even more if you count Sharjah as a separate skyline
Ajman also has a bit of a skyline.
But the thing abour Sharjah and Ajman is that although they are technically separate cities and separate Emirates, in practice they're just suburbs of Dubai.
Sharjah and Ajman each have their own cluster of skyline, but Dubai already has many separate clusters (Sheikh Zayed Road, Marina, Downtown).
Qatar also! Bhahrin too
If its just ranked on how many towers in a city, then yes. If the skyline is ranked also on character and feel... then no.
Question was "good skyline" not "large skyline" tho. And the UAE does not have a good skyline
Well that’s just an opinion. I was blown away by Dubai’s skyline and couldn’t believe how unique some of the super talls were. But of course that’s just my opinion.
This sub has an extreme hate boner for Dubai
Anyone with an iota of taste hates Dubai
You come across as a snobbish hater
non real ?
Australia and Canada have small populations for their size but many impressive skylines across different parts of both countries.
Pittsburgh PA is impressive despite being a smaller city
Panama City, Panama. Only 4 million people in the country and we have the best skyline in Latin America
UAE
lol "Small population" and puts up the 4th biggest city in North America.
They mean the country has a small population as a whole but it is disproportionally centred in cities that have big skylines. Canada fits this well. Our land is very large but our population is relatively small and centred in a few urban regions.
The city population is way more relevant than country population
Canada is the second largest country in the world but not even close to that in population
thats kind of the point... Canada has one of lowest population densities in the world
I mean.. yeah? We have small populations in our cities compared to the world.
Chicago isn’t listed.
The order is Mexico City, New York, Los Angeles, Toronto.
if you look at metros, which most people do, Toronto is much smaller than that. For instance Chicago is MUCH larger than Toronto.
But the funny thing about Toronto to me is the thirst to be seen as belonging to the class of those iconic big cities. It permeates the place. Mexico City, New York, LA, Chicago, Dallas, even smaller cities like Boston and San Francisco just "are." They don't constantly need to proclaim "we measure up!!!!!" lol. Toronto is obsessed with being "world class."
That's your opinion
The second part, sure. But Toronto is only a very large city proper due to constant amalgamation, unlike other North American cities. It being far smaller than those other places is fact.
Chicago, Dallas, and Houston are all bigger than Toronto.
I knew it was Rotterdam from BFV
Benidorm is a city in Spain home to about 70,000 people but has loads of skyscrapers.
i can't believe you forgot Singapore (population 6 million)
Vancouver BC. Countless skyscrapers in under 3M population.
Many many of them are residential buildings owned by foreign oligarchs tho, you'd need to decide if that is a good or bad thing
+20 million population is considered small?
It's kinda hard to find any countries with less than 20 million people and 3 separate cities with good skylines. Tbf that's why I wrote "smaller" instead of "small". UAE is probably the closest here with one big and one enormous skyline (with multiple clusters)
I'd say this is true. There are countries that have far less people than 20M, but at the same time they typically have just *one* skyline. Singapore, Panama, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait are good examples. If you include highrise clusters then you can stretch Albania, Estonia and Lithuania in there as well.
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Campione d'Italia.
You just named three countries where the cities are separated by millions of miles of deadly, uninhabitable wilderness.
So is Papua New Guinea or Somalia but they're not on this list.
Autralia .. Country is as big as china ... but whole country has population less than Mumbai ...yet amazing skylines ..
Rosslyn, Virginia!
TBF, Toronto is the 4th most populous city in North America, behind Mexico city, NYC, and LA. Just because it doesn't have the monstrous population of some Asian cities doesn't mean it's a small population.
Frankfurt am Main
Kuwait
Panama City, Beirut, Maldives
Spain ( 49 million )
Madrid : Representative of various styles and decades of design Late 1920s ( Telefonica building ), 30s flashier deco , to classic facist post civil war to early 50s towers that are an offshoot of the south american style ( tower of Madrid and edifcio de espana ) to late 60s brutalism , 80s glam of the AZCA business zone , 90s quirkyness and various near 300 m towers in the mid 2000s Quite formidable and eccentric as skylines go . Barcelona : Replete with 100 - 150 m rather arty towers ...avoiding all cliches of boxiness and monotony. Saw thwo distinct periods , 80s to the 90s culliminating with the 1992 Barcelona Olympiads and early 2000s to 2022 that saw multiple smaller yet rather original developments
Various skyscrapers also dot most major mid tier cities , some with stand alone monoliths . Bilbao , Zaragoza , Sevilla , Valencia and of course the infamous Manhattan on the coast ....benidorm
I am Spanish and I do not think our skylines are that remarkable for 50 million people lol… Let’s try again in 15 years.
This sub and question is dumb
only Chinese cities belong here