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title: "How many steps up Strasbourg Cathedral? 332"
description: "332 steps up Strasbourg Cathedral in Strasbourg, France. Open to climb. What that count reaches, the height climbed, the average rise per step, and how it compares."
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# How many steps to the top of Strasbourg Cathedral?

**Steps to the top of Strasbourg Cathedral: 332**

Reaching the platform at 66 m, at the base of the spire · open to climb

The 332 steps end on a broad open platform rather than a cramped gallery, which makes this one of the more comfortable cathedral climbs in Europe. The spire above it, at 142 m, made Strasbourg the tallest building in the world from 1647 to 1874, and it is asymmetrical — only one of the two planned towers was ever built. Goethe climbed it repeatedly as a student to cure his fear of heights, which he wrote about. The astronomical clock inside is a separate, ticketed spectacle at half past midday.

## The numbers

- **Steps:** 332
- **Reaches:** the platform at 66 m, at the base of the spire
- **Public access:** Open to climb
- **Where:** Strasbourg, France
- **Height climbed:** 66 m — 217 ft
- **Average rise per step:** 199 mm

## What the climb is like

About 20 minutes. A wide stone spiral; the platform at the top is open and railed.

> 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.*

- Wat Saket (the Golden Mount): 344 steps
- Elizabeth Tower (Big Ben): 334 steps
- Washington National Cathedral central tower: 333 steps
- Strasbourg Cathedral: 332 steps
- The Monument to the Great Fire of London: 311 steps
- Wat Phra That Doi Suthep: 306 steps
- Sacré-Cœur dome: 300 steps

*Strasbourg Cathedral ranks 39 of 56 here by step count.*

| Structure | Steps | Reaches | Access |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Wat Saket (the Golden Mount) | 344 | the golden chedi at the top of the artificial hill, at 58 m | Open to climb |
| Elizabeth Tower (Big Ben) | 334 | the belfry, where the Great Bell hangs | Restricted — events or permit only |
| Washington National Cathedral central tower | 333 | the top of the Gloria in Excelsis tower, the highest point in the city | Restricted — events or permit only |
| Strasbourg Cathedral | 332 | the platform at 66 m, at the base of the spire | Open to climb |
| The Monument to the Great Fire of London | 311 | the viewing platform below the gilded urn, at 48 m | Open to climb |
| Wat Phra That Doi Suthep | 306 | the temple terrace, from the car park on the mountain road | Open to climb |
| Sacré-Cœur dome | 300 | the dome gallery at 83 m above the basilica floor, 200 m above sea level | Open to climb |

## Common questions

### How many steps to the top of Strasbourg Cathedral?

332, reaching the platform at 66 m, at the base of the spire.

### Can the public climb Strasbourg Cathedral?

Open to climb. About 20 minutes. A wide stone spiral; the platform at the top is open and railed.

### How high is that climb?

66 m, about 217 ft, which averages 199 mm per step.

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