Abstract: Provided is a method for building a metallic tower for a wind turbine, including the steps of: at a manufacturing site, manufacturing hollow cylindric metallic tower sections, wherein the tower sections can be stacked in a longitudinal direction to form the tower, cutting, at least for tower sections whose diameter exceeds a predefined maximum diameter, the tower sections longitudinally into a first number at least two section segments, transporting the section segments to a building site where the tower is to be erected, joining section segments by welding to reconstruct the cut tower sections, and stacking the tower sections to build the tower.