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National Geographic UK: The Atomium

Atomium – Belgium’s Shiny Sci-Fi Sculpture That Doubles As A Building 🇧🇪 Built for the 1958 World’s Fair, the Atomium is what happens when a country goes all in on atomic enthusiasm and then never quite walks it back. It’s basically a giant model of an iron crystal, magnified 165 billion times or a transformer. It’s too soon to tell. From a distance, it looks like something out of a retro sci-fi film. Up close, it’s even more surreal. You can actually go inside the spheres, which are connected

Il y a 66 ans, jour pour jour, l'Exposition universelle de 1958 ouvrait officiellement ses portes! 🥳 Découvrez des histoires inédites sur l’histoire de l’Atomium et de l’Expo 58 📖 De la rigoureuse responsable des hôtesses au jeune ket enthousiaste de l’époque, les 6 épisodes vous feront découvrir l’Expo 58 à travers des récits passionnants et inédits. Rencontrez Madame Odette Mot, Margaret Jacquet-Overzier, Etienne Tollenaere, Marcel Kocken, @Francis Vandervondelen et Marcel Lhoest dans Atomiu