Wednesday, 22 October 2014

The Atomium.


The Atomium was built for Expo '58, the 1958 Brussels World's Fair. It was designed by  engineer AndrĂ© Waterkeyn and architects AndrĂ© and Jean Polak. When I stood there, I realised I'd forgotten how tall it actually is! It's 102 m tall. The shape is that of a unit cell of an iron crystal magnified 165 billion times, making it one of the strangest buildings in Europe according to CNN. You can't really argue with that...

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