Photo: R. Kreyser, Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
People interested in searching lost places should visit the former transmitter site in the Konstantynów quarter of Gąbin, at 52°22'14" North and 19°48'23" East, which from 1974 to 1991 was the site of the world's tallest structure, the Warsaw Radio Mast. The mast collapsed in August 1991. Some remnants of its basements and other debris remains.
The Warsaw radio mast was a radio mast located near Gąbin, Poland, and was the world's tallest structure at 646.30 m from 1974 until its collapse on 8 August 1991. The mast was designed with extreme height to broadcast Polish state media around the world, including to parts of Canada and the United States, and even reaching Antarctica. The official name of the facility was Radiofoniczny Ośrodek Nadawczy w Konstantynowie, Radiowe Centrum Nadawcze w Konstantynowie or Warszawska Radiostacja Centralna (WRC) w Gąbinie. It broadcast Polskie Radio's Program I.
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