Belgium - Brussels - Atomium Escalator 03_sq_DSC0836
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As a fan of stair photos the Atomium was always going to be one of the highlights of my trip to Brussels...... This is the final shot of the interior I'll be uploading (for now......)
I love the retro-futuristic feel of the interiors, this one reminds me maybe of Battlestar Galactica or Buck Rogers. The way the lights changed as you travel along the tunnel added to that considerably.
Click here to see more photos from my trip : www.flickr.com/photos/darrellg/albums/72157716583369188
You can see plenty more shots of stairs around the world here : www.flickr.com/photos/darrellg/albums/72157605347696499
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."
© D.Godliman
Belgium - Brussels - Atomium Escalator 03_sq_DSC0836
My Website : Twitter : Facebook : Instagram : Photocrowd
As a fan of stair photos the Atomium was always going to be one of the highlights of my trip to Brussels...... This is the final shot of the interior I'll be uploading (for now......)
I love the retro-futuristic feel of the interiors, this one reminds me maybe of Battlestar Galactica or Buck Rogers. The way the lights changed as you travel along the tunnel added to that considerably.
Click here to see more photos from my trip : www.flickr.com/photos/darrellg/albums/72157716583369188
You can see plenty more shots of stairs around the world here : www.flickr.com/photos/darrellg/albums/72157605347696499
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."
© D.Godliman