Brussels, Belgium (photo)

The Atomium monument designed by André Waterkeyn, Brussels, Belgium, Europe. Open flower logo. The Atomium, with its 102 meters high and 2400 tons, represents the structure of an iron atom increased 165 million times. Their fields were built by André Waterkeyn steel and aluminum for the International Exhibition of 1958, and consists of nine areas of 18 meters in diameter each, interconnected by escalators. At first there was talk of disassemble once the exhibition, but quickly became a tourist attraction that still exists today, and has even become an icon of the city. In March 2004 it carried out a rehabilitation process that lasted until February 2006, including an elevator that rises to the top at a speed of 5 m / s. It has an interior space to house exhibitions and a restaurant.