Atomium, Brussels

...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 ...
...unless you are visiting the Atomium, where you are stuck in a time warp in the 1950s. The top sphere is split into two levels, the panorama platform where you can slowly walk around and have a good view over Brussels and, on a good day, probably the whole country. The upper level is the restaurant and can be reached by another staircase. The restaurant is normally self service but on the say we visited it was closed. They had taken enough bookings ...

Tempus_Fugit 16.02.2008 · Read full review
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...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. The condition of the overall structure ...
...the Atomium, and probably Brussels as well, would rise significantly. It will be interesting to go back after the work has been completed, to see if it has become a world class attraction. I hope they succeed, and that is both why and when I recommend others to go. ...

psrose78 28.09.2002 · Read full review
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...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 ...
...like a load of brightly coloured plastic and metal. There will be a new exhibition from September for the next six months. The central sphere has a coffee bar which also serves ice cream, which at 2.50 euros for a cornet with 2 scoops was not too pricy considering the location. IMPRESSIONS Positives i) The first impression is of how awe-inspiring the structure is. It is huge, shiny, simple and in many ways beautiful. ii) If you go with children, ...

lobourse 25.06.2007 · Read full review
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...from the outside, you would expect that such a futuristic looking building would have more futuristic activities. I do not think that it is 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. ...

Wiseguy 18.04.2001 (19.04.2001) · Read full review
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