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For those wondering what is actually inside the famous Atomium in Brussels I can reveal the answer is not a whole lot........ There's a permanent exhibit on the design and construction of the iconic structure and a temporary exhibition space which when I visited had an interesting exhibition about the Surrealist Belgian artist René Magritte.

 

Not really sure what this 'sphere' was all about though, it just seemed to be a 'chill out' zone.......

 

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From Wikipedia : "The Atomium is a landmark building in Brussels (Belgium), originally constructed for the 1958 Brussels World’s Fair (Expo 58). It is located on the Heysel Plateau, where the exhibition took place. It is now a museum.

 

Designed by the engineer André Waterkeyn and architects André and Jean Polak, it stands 102 m (335 ft) tall. Its nine 18 m (60 ft) diameter stainless steel clad spheres are connected, so that the whole forms the shape of a unit cell of an α-iron (ferrite) crystal magnified 165 billion times. Tubes of 3 m (10 ft) diameter connect the spheres along the 12 edges of the cube and all eight vertices to the centre. They enclose stairs, escalators and a lift (in the central, vertical tube) to allow access to the five habitable spheres, which contain exhibit halls and other public spaces. The top sphere includes a restaurant which has a panoramic view of Brussels."

 

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