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title: "How many steps up Ostankino Tower? 1,704"
description: "1,704 steps up Ostankino Tower in Moscow, Russia. Not climbable by the public. What that count reaches, the height climbed, and how it compares."
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# How many steps to the top of Ostankino Tower?

**Steps to the top of Ostankino Tower: 1,704**

Reaching the observation deck at 337 m, via the emergency staircase · not climbable by the public

The staircase is an emergency route inside the concrete shaft and is not part of the tour; the observation deck is reached by high-speed lift. An annual vertical race has used it. The 2000 fire, which killed three people and destroyed the lifts, meant that for a period the staircase was the only way up or down for staff — a 1,700-step commute. The tower was the tallest free-standing structure in the world from 1967 to 1975.

## The numbers

- **Steps:** 1,704
- **Reaches:** the observation deck at 337 m, via the emergency staircase
- **Public access:** Not climbable by the public
- **Where:** Moscow, Russia
- **Height climbed:** 337 m — 1,106 ft
- **Average rise per step:** 198 mm

> This count describes a stairwell the public cannot use. Published step figures for famous structures very often refer to service or emergency stairs — worth knowing before planning a visit around one.

> Published counts for the same structure routinely disagree by five to ten per cent, and nearly always for one of three reasons: whether intermediate landings count as steps, whether the final platform step counts, and where the climb is deemed to start. The figure here says what it reaches.

## How it compares

*Only the ones marked open to climb can actually be walked.*

- Willis Tower: 2,109 steps
- Taipei 101: 2,046 steps
- CN Tower: 1,776 steps
- Ostankino Tower: 1,704 steps
- Eiffel Tower (summit): 1,665 steps
- Empire State Building: 1,576 steps
- The STRAT Tower: 1,455 steps

*Ostankino Tower ranks 8 of 56 here by step count.*

| Structure | Steps | Reaches | Access |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Willis Tower | 2,109 | the 103rd floor Skydeck | Restricted — events or permit only |
| Taipei 101 | 2,046 | the 91st-floor outdoor observatory | Restricted — events or permit only |
| CN Tower | 1,776 | the main observation level at 342 m; 2,579 steps reach the SkyPod at 447 m | Restricted — events or permit only |
| Ostankino Tower | 1,704 | the observation deck at 337 m, via the emergency staircase | Not climbable by the public |
| Eiffel Tower (summit) | 1,665 | the summit at 276 m, using the service stairs above the second floor — closed to the public | Not climbable by the public |
| Empire State Building | 1,576 | the 86th-floor observatory, via the emergency stairwell | Restricted — events or permit only |
| The STRAT Tower | 1,455 | the observation deck at 260 m | Restricted — events or permit only |

## Common questions

### How many steps to the top of Ostankino Tower?

1,704, reaching the observation deck at 337 m, via the emergency staircase.

### Can the public climb Ostankino Tower?

Not climbable by the public.

### How high is that climb?

337 m, about 1,106 ft, which averages 198 mm per step.

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