by Koentje3000 on May 3, 2006
The former tallest buildings in the world, now surpassed by the Taipei 101 building, are still the world's largest twin towers at over 400m. They are one of the most beautiful modern steel and glass office buildings. Apparently a different company was hired for each tower, competing to be the first to finish their tower. The building was ordered by and named after Malaysia's National Petrol company (Petrolium Nasional Berhad; for short, Petronas in Malaysian), the state-owned oil and gas company. All the 88 stories of tower 1 are occupied by Petronas company and a few of its affiliates and subsidiaries. The offices in Tower 2 are leased to other companies like Microsoft, McKinsey, and Al-Jazeera.A sky bridge linking the twin towers is located on the 41st and 42nd floor, at 170m above ground level. For visitors this is the highest point that can be reached without official permission. To visit the towers you can get your free ticket from the ticket counter in the basement (follow the arrows). Tickets are only issued in the morning. The best thing to do is to come here early. The counter opens at 8:30AM and when you get your ticket at that time, it will only take a few minutes before they bring you to the elevator. When you arrive later, your ticket will only be valid for a later time. I arrived here once at 11am, only to be allowed in the elevator at 2:30pm. Visit is limited to a fixed number each day, so if you come to late, you might also have the chance that you are not allowed in anymore that day, especially on weekends and national holidays.At the base of the twin towers is the fancy Suria KLCC shopping centre. The first floors are taken by expensive fashion boutiques, computer shops, health care stores, bookshops, jewellers and even a cinema, a concert hall and an art gallery. Most shops feature exclusive brands, but due to the distance to producing countries like China or Indonesia, cost price is considerably lower than in Western countries (but still to high for me; for people on budget other Malaysian shopping centres feature less posh brands at cheap prices). There are two food courts available on the second and on the fourth floor, with reasonably priced Asian and Western food. A decent meal will cost you RM5 to RM15 (€1 to €4 ). A few more upmarket restaurants are available on level four, and a few cafés and bakeries are available on the ground floor close to the entrance and throughout the shopping centre.The easiest way to reach the Petronas Towers is to take an LRT train to the KLCC station. The station has exits to the Suria KLCC shopping centre and to the square in front of the towers
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