Once Held The Title Of The Tallest Building In The World, These Are Interesting Facts About The Petronas Twin Towers

Petronas Twin Towers (Umar Mukhtar / Pexels)

JAKARTA - When traveling abroad, it would be incomplete to skip Malaysia as an option. For the people of Indonesia, visiting this neighboring country is indeed an interesting thing and also makes you curious.

Malaysia has many interesting destinations to visit, one of the most popular is of course the Petronas Twin Towers. This tower can be called a famous iconic building among foreign tourists.

Behind the splendor and coolness of the twin towers, this beautiful building has several facts that many people may rarely know.

If you are interested in visiting the neighboring country, let's first know the interesting facts about the Petronas Twin Towers. Here are five lists!

Once held the record for the tallest building

From 1998 to 2004, the Petronas Twin Towers once held the title of the tallest building in the world. The beauty and splendor of the Petronas Towers always attracts the attention of local and foreign tourists. However, the title as the tallest building must be given up after the establishment of the Burj Khalifa tower in Dubai in 2010.

The number of windows reached 32,000

An interesting fact of the second Petronas Twin Towers is that they have a fantastic number of windows, which is 32,000. Not only that, this magnificent towering building also has a total of 88 buildings with a height of 452 meters, 40 elevators and 20 escalators in it. Can you imagine how magnificent this building is?

Every building has a different contractor

Who would have thought that the Petronas Twin Towers were built by a different contractor. Even though they are named the Twin Towers, the construction was carried out by two contractors from two different countries. The first building was built by a consortium from Japan, while the second building was built by a consortium from South Korea.

As the second highest bridge in the world

As a magnificent building, the Petronas Tower also has a bridge that connects the two twin buildings. This bridge is called the Sky Bridge which is located on the 41st and 42nd floors with a height of 170 meters above ground level.

Alain Robert has climbed

The height of the Petronas Twin Towers seems to have caught the attention of French professional climber Alain Robert in 1997. Alain managed to conquer the Twin Towers with his bare hands without a safety guard.

This French foreigner managed to climb the Petronas Twin Towers to the 60th floor, before finally being secured by the local police.