The Atomium
As I said in the post on Heysel, I took the Metro essentially to see the Atomium.
I should say that be careful on the Brussels Metro, as Line 6 is essentially a ring and you can end up going a lot longer than you need, by following the obvious route. I travelled from Rogier and quickly realised that instead of going direct to Heysel, I should go to Simonis and change. The difference was twelve stations and using the London formula of two minutes a station, that is 24 minutes.
I remember the Atomium being built as a child and although a friend said not to bother to visit, I did!
Some of the pictures also show the pavilions for the Brussels International Exposition that took place in 1935. They were reused for Expo ’58, for which the Atomium was built.
Was the visit worth it?
Yes! For the views from the top, but I know C wouldn’t have thought much of it.
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