The world’s most spectacular skylines

what about Denver, Atlanta and Budapest? Also i'm not sure london, venice and colgone should be on this list. yes they have great architecture but it's not great 'skyline architecture" per se

they're missing Chicago and ISTANBUL! duh!

Scroll up u see Dimes photos of NY true skline atnight. I'm english, dont like london, think its unfriendly, dirty, hideously over priced, poor transport links, an dangerous if u wander not far from the city centre. All Lononers reading this, guess where in the UK i come from ?

no philadelphia?

Well it's hard to make something shitty look like gold. So yeah, that's why the New York skyline looks like it does.

No mountains in the Vancouver skyline? WTF? Thats like taking a picture of the lights shining on the mona lisa instead of the painting. Booo-urns.

Good idea, mediocre execution. Weak-sauce picture of NYC.

Wow! nearly everyone that commented on this post are such…jerks. Sorry, but c'mon isn't that what a blog is about, to put a different perspective out there. Its someone's personal opinion and if you don't agree, that's cool but some commentators are such haters. Personally, I liked the writing and theres no need for harsh comments. WTF is wrong with you guys? "How mesmerizing it is to gaze upon the contours of our structures as they stretch toward the clouds above. Each building rises higher than the next and stands as testament to human engineering and architectural advancements. Its shape reveals our history, our culture, our beliefs, our beauty to the infinite universe. How can we not stop and stare?" –> That's an interesting point and her wording was beautiful. I think most of the commentators missed the point of the whole thing and I'm ashamed that I read the same site as people who would use words like "faggot" or gain a wee bit of self-esteem by harshly and violently dragging someone down.

The Seattle skiyline is many times better than most of those pictures.

There are amazing shots up there, but some of your choices are simply baffling.

Same goes for Vancouver.

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awe crap, i thought i was gonna look at some sweet cars

Toronto, with its iconic CN Tower and Skydome blow several of these out of the water. Calgary's not looking too shabby these days either, especially if you get the mountains in the background (eg ” target=”_blank”>http://www.nrcan.gc.ca/es/etb/cetc/combustion/co2…

Thanks that was cool

hong kong > everything else

That Venice shot sucks. There are no skyscrapers there — would you even consider that a skyline? Also, I notice the absence of Minneapolis on this list — it's way better than half of the cities you've got up there!

I don't know about everyone else, but Las Vegas has an amazing looking skyline.

Love most of the pictures. The Austria and San Fran ones don't really grab me, but the others are pretty!

I like it thanks

Wow, it's amazing how many of these comments boil down to "why didn't you use the most obvious, well-known angle?!" [Insert inexplicable levels of rage and expletives.] Take a deep breath, folks. In through the nose, out through the mouth… Sure, I've seen better shots of some of these places – but most of these pics are stunning, and many of them are a little different than the usual ones I've seen a million times – which is a plus, I think. Worst photos you've ever seen? Really? If that's true, you need to get out more. There are whole worlds of incompetence out there that you've never experienced – you have no idea what you're missing. Once again, everybody: breathe…. breathe…. breathe….

I actually thought some of the pics were cool. What's the big deal anyway? Why is everyone going nuts and being such assholes? Seriously, I don't get the basis for such an undeserved violent reaction. If the person was writing about how women should show their tits or that we should kill kittens, yeah, I might say not so nice things too..but seriously, what's everybody's problem?

Pittsburgh.

Nice to see Perth in there! Great picture!

Perth…not South Perth. and is that just a big puddle? Although it is nice to see Perth there, it doesn't get much attention as the worlds most isolated city.

really spectacular captures…but whare's the polluted sky of bejing?

Thanks for bringing some spectacular cities to our attention.

Good idea! And that photo of Dubai – Wow!

I liked most of the pictures but my question is, on the tab that I clicked to get into this article, there was a picture of Toronto, Canada, but it seems to not be in the list at all. Almost seems like false advertising.

I was thinking the same thing.

I also came looking for the Toronto Skyline.

I love the Dubai Skyline picture!