Advantages: piece of history, easy to get to, looking good outside Disadvantages: boring , stairs, bad if you're not good with stairs or are disabled, did I mention stairs?
...signposts directing you towards the Atomium, a quick check of the local landscape should give you some indication which way to head. The metro and tram stations are locate next to each other and if you need to get back into Brussels fast, the tram may be your better option. You really can't miss the structure, it sticks out like a sore thumb. After all, who can miss 9 ruddy great big balls suspended in mid air?
The Atomium has undergone refurbishment ...
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Advantages: great looking building, huge potential... Disadvantages: ...which sadly is not being realised
...concept and development of the Atomium, but that’s all there is to do. “Ok, fair enough”, I thought, thinking that the observation window was the warm-up for the main exhibition.
From the top sphere you have to return to the lift, which takes visitors down to the sphere in the middle. From here, it is basically a walk down through 3 spheres filled with photos and memorabilia from the Expo 58.
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Advantages: Iconic building, great views, reasonable prices Disadvantages: Not a huge amount to do, lots of steep stairs, surly staff
...showing the construction of the Atomium, although I couldn’t hear any soundtrack, so I don’t know whether this would have been in French, Flemish or English. There was also an exhibition space, currently filled by work by Enrico T Paris, which, according to the blurb, “resemble an extraordinary laboratory that develops via different systems which communicate among themselves and create a completely new poetic environment” - I’m afraid to say that ...
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Advantages: This is a great photo oppertunity and the place looks great from outside Disadvantages: On the inside it is not so great, and is not very interestng for children
...worth taking children into the Atomium, but some adults (particularly the one who can read French) might enjoy this. For the children, I recommend Mini- Europe. ...
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