The top-sphere panorama
360 degrees over Brussels from 92 metres.
Zairon — CC BY-SA 4.0 · Ebielmaj — CC BY-SA 3.0 · Ebielmaj — CC BY-SA 3.0 · Marco Nürnberger from Nuremberg, Germany — CC BY 2.0
Yes — it is Brussels' modern icon with no equal, and the experience inside (escalators in the tubes, the panorama) delights families. Combine it with neighbouring Mini-Europe on a combined ticket and it becomes a full half-day worth the trip. The journey is only 20 minutes by metro.
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The Atomium is Brussels' modern symbol, like nothing else in the world: nine gleaming steel spheres, each 18 metres across, connected by tubes, rising 102 metres — an iron crystal magnified 165 billion times. Built for the 1958 World Expo to be demolished afterwards, it was so loved that it stayed and became the city's icon. You take a lift to the top sphere for the panorama (360 degrees over Brussels and the Flemish plain), then move between spheres by escalators inside the sloping tubes — a futuristic experience with a 1950s soul. The spheres hold a permanent exhibition on Expo 58 and the age of atomic optimism, temporary shows, and a restaurant in the top sphere. On the Heysel plateau north of the city (metro line 6, Heysel station), next to Mini-Europe — combine them in a half-day. Its cladding was replaced in stainless steel (2006), restoring its full shine.
360 degrees over Brussels from 92 metres.
Moving between spheres on sloping escalators — a unique experience.
The 1950s spirit of atomic optimism in its birthplace.
Place de l'Atomium 1, 1020 Brussels