Deep inside - Atomium (II) - a photo on Flickriver

            (Brussel/Brüssel, Belgium/Belgien, EU)

The Atomium is a landmark building in Brussels, 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 iron 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.
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Das Atomium ist ein in Brüssel für die Expo 58 errichtetes 102 m hohes Bauwerk. Es stellt eine aus neun Atomen bestehende stark vergrößerte kubische Zelle des Kristallmodells des Eisens dar. Drei Atome einer Raumdiagonale bilden als Hohlkugeln zusammen mit den sie verbindenden Linien (Rohre) einen Aussichtsturm, um den herum die anderen sechs Atome und ihre gegenseitigen Verbindungen angeordnet sind.
Das Atomium ist eine 165-milliardenfache Vergrößerung der von ihm dargestellten kubisch-raumzentrierten Zelle des Kristallmodells des Ferrits bzw. α-Eisens.
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