A radiating element for a base station antenna, the radiating element comprising: a support structure, at least a pair of dipole arms in a first layer of the support structure , and at least two parasitic arms in a second layer of the support structure , wherein the distance between the first and the second layer is between 0.0004 and 0.1 of the minimum wavelength of the operating frequency band of the radiating element, wherein the area of the parasitic arms in a projection perpendicular from the second to the first layer covers at least 60% of the areas of the at least one pair of dipole arms , each parasitic arm is capacitively coupled to at least one corresponding dipole arm, the parasitic arms are floating, and the support structure comprises a distance holder with a foot for connecting to a reflector of the base station antenna, wherein the distance holder is configured to hold the dipole arms and the parasitic arms at a further predefined distance from the reflector, characterized in that the distance holder comprises crossed printed circuit boards, PCBs, perpendicular to the first and second layers of the radiating element, wherein each PCB of the crossed PCBs comprises: a balun comprising a metalized surface, wherein the balun is configured to connect in two points to each of a respective pair of dipole arms to provide a galvanic connection for each of the dipole arms to ground and a capacitive feeding to the dipole arms , and a microstrip line configured to feed the respective pair of dipole arms , wherein the metalized surface is on a side opposing a side of the microstrip line of the PCB. a support structure, at least a pair of dipole arms in a first layer of the support structure , and at least two parasitic arms in a second layer of the support structure , wherein the distance between the first and the second layer is between 0.0004 and 0.1 of the minimum wavelength of the operating frequency band of the radiating element, wherein the area of the parasitic arms in a projection perpendicular from the second to the first layer covers at least 60% of the areas of the at least one pair of dipole arms , each parasitic arm is capacitively coupled to at least one corresponding dipole arm, the parasitic arms are floating, and the support structure comprises a distance holder with a foot for connecting to a reflector of the base station antenna, wherein the distance holder is configured to hold the dipole arms and the parasitic arms at a further predefined distance from the reflector, characterized in that the distance holder comprises crossed printed circuit boards, PCBs, perpendicular to the first and second layers of the radiating element, wherein each PCB of the crossed PCBs comprises: a balun comprising a metalized surface, wherein the balun is configured to connect in two points to each of a respective pair of dipole arms to provide a galvanic connection for each of the dipole arms to ground and a capacitive feeding to the dipole arms , and a microstrip line configured to feed the respective pair of dipole arms , wherein the metalized surface is on a side opposing a side of the microstrip line of the PCB. a balun comprising a metalized surface, wherein the balun is configured to connect in two points to each of a respective pair of dipole arms to provide a galvanic connection for each of the dipole arms to ground and a capacitive feeding to the dipole arms , and a microstrip line configured to feed the respective pair of dipole arms , wherein the metalized surface is on a side opposing a side of the microstrip line of the PCB. <EOS>