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Atomium (Brussels)

Description: Built for the 1958 Brussels World's Fair (Expo '58), the 103-metre (335-foot) tall Atomium monument represents a unit ... more

Atomium (Brussels) ... cell of an iron crystal (body-centred cubic), magnified 165 billion times, with vertical body diagonal, with tubes along the 12 edges of the cube and from all 8 vertices to the centre.

Newest Review: ... to make them stable and easier to build. The topmost sphere, a combination observation deck and restaurant, offer stunning views over the area. Looking North and West, the fields of Flanders stretch before you, whilst to the South and East, the leafy suburbs of Stuyvesant and Laeken gradually build into the urbanised mass of the City Centre. Just about discernible some 5 miles away are the ... more

... office blocks and churches that sit adjacent in the City Centre, leading East to the European Union buildings, past the Cinquantenaire (shameless plug for my Museum review), and further across to the Nato HQ on the edge of Brussels. Visiting: Practical...more

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Atomium (Brussels): Atomium - it came from the Future, to 1958! (1349 words)
by - written on 23/09/08 (Very useful, 220 readings)
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'Great idea - let's shrink the visitors down to Sub-Atomic level, and let them wander around an Iron Crystal. Do we have a device we can use to shrink the visitors, and then re-enlarge them later?' In 1958 - science was a bit like this. Think of all those wacky ideas to get us colonised on Mars by 2010 and all have personal robots in homes. (Oh the lunacy of it all). Thankfully though, the planners for the 1958 International Exhibition Of Brussels (another convoluted title, and oh look, parentheses!), decided it would be easier to make the Iron Crystal larger and let visitors wander around it without fear of accidental permanent shrinkage. 165 billion times is ... Read the complete review

What A Load Of Balls... (1634 words)
by - written on 16/02/08 (Very useful, 327 readings)
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There isn't much to see in Brussels. One thing that is on a lot of tourists' agenda is the Atomium. While it isn't situated in the centre of Brussels, it is still only a fairly short tip away on the local underground (line 1a towards Boudouin) or tram. The easiest way to find the Atomium is to get on a tram or underground train heading towards the Heysel/Heizel Stadium, known to many British tourists for all the wrong reasons. It's not really that expensive travelling on the Brussels' public transport system. My friend Michael and I bought a day pass for Euro4.00 (about £2.50) and travelled across the capital of Belgium all day for free. Very short ... Read the complete review