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The most expensive megaprojects from Germany in our catalogue

The 30 most expensive of 41 built and under-construction megaprojects in Germany in the BudgetGuessr catalogue, ranked by documented cost in US dollars.

Ranking

  1. 1metro type DT4 in Hamburg

    Hamburg U5

    2024 · Railway$17.86 billionUnder constructionEstimate
  2. 2Baustelle der neuen Bahnhofshalle (März 2023)

    Stuttgart 21

    2031 · Railway$16.38 billionUnder constructionEstimate
  3. 3Two ships involved in construction of the natural gas pipeline North Stream 2: offshore support vessel ARTEMIS OFFSHORE and in background pipe layer AKADEMIK CHERSKIY, Mukran, September 2020

    Nord Stream 2 pipeline

    Energy$10.73 billionEstimate
  4. 4Ceremony marking the start of construction of the Nord Stream gas pipeline’s underwater section.

    Nord Stream 1 pipeline

    2012 · Energy$9.81 billionEstimate
  5. 5Karte der geplanten Zweiten Stammstrecke der Münchner S-Bahn

    Munich — Second Trunk Line

    2025 · Railway$7.98 billionUnder constructionEstimate
  6. 6A ICE 1 high-speed train leaves the Richthof-Tunnel of the Hannover-Würzburg high-speed railway line, headed north

    Hanover Hbf–Würzburg Hbf high-speed railway

    1994 · Railway$7.32 billion
  7. 7View from the bridge of Niederauer Straße in Unterzettlitz over the railroad line Bamberg-Hof and ABS/NBS Nürnberg-Erfurt. To the left the ABS/NBS Nuremberg-Erfurt branches off to the right the Bamberg-Hof railroad line

    Nuremberg Hbf–Erfurt Hbf high-speed railway

    2013 · Railway$7.01 billionEstimate
  8. 8Aerial view of Berlin Brandenburg Airport during construction in 2019

    Berlin Brandenburg Airport

    2020 · Airport$6.74 billion
  9. 9Aerial view of Munich Airport with Terminal 1, Terminal 2 and Munich Airport Center

    Munich Airport

    1992 · Airport$5.44 billion
  10. 10Überholbahnhof Saubachtal

    Erfurt–Leipzig/Halle high-speed railway

    2014 · Railway$3.94 billionEstimate
  11. 11BorWin beta HVDC converter platform (top jackup rig part of the platform, without substructure) at Warnow dockyard Rostock, Germany

    Veja Mate Offshore Wind Farm

    2017 · Energy$2.15 billion
  12. 12European Central Bank at Frankfurt, Germany

    Seat of the European Central Bank

    2015 · Skyscraper$1.44 billion
  13. 13Offshore Windpark Nordsee One

    Nordsee One offshore wind farm

    2017 · Energy$1.34 billionEstimate
  14. 14Nordwesteinfahrt City-Tunnel Leipzig

    Leipzig City Tunnel

    2014 · Tunnel$1.24 billionEstimate
  15. 15Bau der Offshore-Konverterplattform SylWin alpha in der Warnowwerft Rostock

    DanTysk Offshore Wind Farm

    2015 · Energy$1.11 billion
  16. 16Offshore-Windpark "Amrumbank West"

    Amrumbank West

    2015 · Energy$1.11 billion
  17. 17U-Bahn subway train route maps at Alexanderplatz Station in Berlin, Germany.

    Berlin U5–U55 connection

    2021 · Railway$697.26 million
  18. 18Daylight view of Allianz Arena in Munich

    Allianz Arena

    2005 · Stadium$422.56 million
  19. 19Frankfurt on the Main: Westend Tower as seen from the Maintower

    Westendstrasse 1

    1993 · Skyscraper$400 million
  20. 20Skyscraper "Uptown München" in en:Munich, en:Bavaria

    Hochhaus Uptown München

    2004 · Skyscraper$373.17 million
  21. 21Commerzbank Tower, Kaiserplatz, City of Frankfurt, Germany

    Commerzbank Tower

    1997 · Skyscraper$346.01 million
  22. 22Baufortschritt des Küstenkraftwerks Kiel-Dietrichsdorf im April 2018.

    Küstenkraftwerk Kiel

    2019 · Energy$324.65 million
  23. 23Warnow tunnel in Rostock

    Warnow Tunnel

    2003 · Tunnel$248.86 million
  24. 24View on bridge Waldschlösschen Bridge with boat Poseidon from boat on Elbe river near of Dresden town in Germany

    Waldschlösschen Bridge

    2013 · Bridge$212.57 million
  25. 25Topografischer Linienplan der U4 der U-Bahn Hamburg

    Hamburg — U4 — U4 to Elbbrücken

    2018 · Railway$171.24 million
  26. 26Arena AufSchalke in Gelsenkirchen

    Arena AufSchalke

    2001 · Stadium$171.07 million
  27. 27Das Südportal des Landrückentunnels der Schnellfahrstrecke Hannover–Würzburg

    Landrücken Tunnel

    1986 · Tunnel$154.27 million
  28. 28Borussia-Park stadium in Mönchengladbach, photographed in 2021.

    Borussia-Park

    2004 · Stadium$107.93 million
  29. 29The BayArena, home stadium of Bayer 04 Leverkusen

    BayArena

    1958 · Stadium$97.64 million
  30. 30The guest entrance of the Stadium Essen in the construction phase of the stadium construction

    Stadion Essen

    2012 · Stadium$82.23 million

How this ranking works

This is a curated catalogue, not an exhaustive list of every megaproject. Projects are ordered by their recorded US-dollar equivalent; each detail page shows the source amount and any currency conversion. Figures are not adjusted for inflation, and construction bills, estimates, and programme costs can have different scopes. Unbuilt proposals and cancelled projects are excluded.

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