Defying Kyiv’s image as a low-rise city, Ukraine’s capital has the highest number of ‘high-rise’ buildings in Europe

Defying Kyiv’s image as a low-rise city, Ukraine’s capital has the highest number of ‘high-rise’ buildings in Europe, according to a ranking by SkyscraperPage. Defining ‘high-rise’ as 12 floors or more, SkyscraperPage counts 1,199 such buildings in Kyiv – just above runner up London, with 1,109. In third place in Europe is Moscow, which has four times Kyiv’s population, but half the ‘high-rises.’ The world’s top 10 are: New York, Toronto, Dubai, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Chicago, Kyiv and London.