Atomium

On Saterday I went to the Atomium in Brussels. The Atomium was the main attraction for the 1958 World Fair in Belgium. The Atomium is a bunch of spheres held up by long tubes, and looks like so.

 Each sphere contains 2 levels expect for the bottom and middle ones which contain 3. All tubes but the center tube contains either a staircase or a escalator. The center tube contains Europe's fastest elevator in 1958. It goes 90 meters in 22 seconds.

The bottom sphere has a 2 level exhibition on the 1958 World Fair. To the right of that sphere there is an 3 level  exhibition on 100 years of Belgium furniture design. This exhibition continues in the center sphere. The sphere behind the center sphere is another sphere which is a view point. The Atomium has a program that lets teachers book a night at the Atomium for their class, and this far back sphere (the one with the view point) is mainly for this program. The only other sphere that you can go in is the top sphere which is the 360 panorama and a fancy restaurant by reservation only. One of the tubes has a cool lighting affect which makes it look like a time warp.

 The wait times for the Atomium is very long because lots of tourists come here. I had to wait in a 1hr line to go up the elevator, that gets you to the top sphere. Their store incredibly expensive, and the European is a euro, which is about 1.36$. If you are ever in Brussels you need to come here.   


(Pictures coming soon)