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It was build to celebrate the discovery of a certain atom by scientists.
Its a large monument and quite impressive.
Inside you can find various exhibitions.
Plus get a good view of the city when you get to the top ball! Leave a Comment
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The parallel between the Eiffel Tower in paris in amazing. The were bothe built for Universal Exhibitions, were both supposed to be dismanteld after the closure of the exhibition and now make the proudness of the inhabitants.
The Atomium was almost fallen into a mess couple of years ago. However, passionates managed to convince politicians to free budget to renew it totally. It has now refound its past glory and is for sure a must see in Brussels
Entrance fee 2008 : 9 € (adults); 6 € (students, seniors & kids) Leave a Comment
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It has miniature models of European landmarks, and some of which are interactive and have moving elements.
The park is rather small - it take about an hour to go through it so you can wrap it around a trip to the Atomium itself.
They are open daily from 9.30am to 6pm; and in the summer to 8pm
Ticket cost Euro 12 for adults, small children can enter for free (they have a rather peculiar rule, based on height rather than age so children under 1.2m can enter for free).
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It represent an iron molecule. Directions: Metro: Heizel/Heysel
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This strange looking structure was built for the 1958 World Fair and is probably, (along with the Grand Place), the most identifiable symbol of Brussels. It was designed by Andre Waterkeyn to replicate an iron atom magnified 165 billion times. Each of the nine spheres are 18m (60ft) in diameter and are linked by esculators. The Atomium was re-opened for visits on February 18th 2006 after more than a year of renovation. You can take a lift up to the top sphere where the views over the Heysel area and city centre are pretty good.
Open: 10am-6pm daily. Admission: €7,00. Leave a Comment
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 by codrutzLeave a Comment Directions: Metro: Heizel/Heysel
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 L'Atonium de Bruxelles by Klod5
De tous temps, les hommes ont voulu exprimer architecturalement leur désir d’élévation. Plus particulièrement, l’Atomium incarne l’audace d’une époque qui a voulu confronter le destin de l’Humanité avec les découvertes scientifiques.
Les neuf grandes sphères reliées entre elles par des tubes qui composent l’Atomium ont été disposées selon la configuration d’un système cubique centré.
Entièrement en acier revêtu d’aluminium, l’édifice domine le plateau du Heysel à 102 mètres de hauteur et repose sur trois gigantesques bipodes.
L’Atomium n’était pas destiné à survivre à l’Exposition internationale de 1958. Mais sa popularité et son succès en ont fait un élément majeur du paysage bruxellois.
Conceived by engineer Andre Waterkeyn for the international exhibition of 1958, the Atomium is a halfway building between the sculpture and the architecture, symbolizing a molecule crystallized of iron to the scale of its atoms, enlarged 160 billions of time.
Of all times, the men wanted to express their desire of elevation architecturally. more especially, the Atomium embodies the audacity of one time that wanted to confront the destiny of the humanity with the scientific discoveries.
The nine big spheres joined between them by tubes that compose the Atomium have been arranged according to the configuration of a cubic system centered.
Entirely in steel donned of aluminum, the building dominates the tray of the Heysel to 102 meters of height and rest on three gigantic bipodes.
The Atomium was not destined to survive the international exhibition of 1958. But its popularity and its successes made a major element of the landscape from Brussels of it.
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Built for the 1958 Brussels World's Fair (Expo '58), the 103-meter (335-foot) tall. Atomium monument represents a unit cell of an iron crystal (body-centered 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 center.
Windows in the top sphere give a panoramic view of Brussels. Other spheres have 1950s exhibitions.
Opening hours: from 10 a.m. - 5.30 p.m. & from April - August till 7.30 p.m. Leave a Comment Phone: +32 2 475 47 77Directions: Metro: Heizel/HeyselWebsite: www.atomium.be
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Atomium and Heyzel in Brussels, nowadays
A tought of a man born in the 50ths. A lot of things changed in the meanwhile: Expo 58, a universal Exposition, still carrying the scarves of WWII that time, a revolution of modern technics (IBM computer intro- the run to the moon - the first taste of Coca Cola in western Europe!!!) - 10 years later, the sixties, student revolution in Paris.
Visit Brussels Expo : From April 18 till October 19, 2008:
Atomium and Pavilion of temporary Happiness: open daily from 10 AM till 7 PM and on Thursday till 10 PM. Leave a Comment Directions: Metro: Heizel/Heysel
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