A worker cleans one of the nine spheres of the Atomium, a 102-metre-tall (335-feet-tall) structure designed for Expo 58 in the form of a crystal of iron, during the annual cleaning of Brussels' iconic ...

The Atomium, one of Belgium's most famous landmarks, was restored to its shiny splendor Friday, the faded aluminum sheets on the nine balls fully replaced with hardy stainless steel. The choice of ...

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Belgium on Thursday celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Atomium, an oddity of modern architecture touted as the “most astonishing building in the world.” Built for the 1958 World’s Fair in Brussels ...

Cameron Kroetz, 16, of Mentone stands in front of the Atomium, north of Brussels, Belgium, on July 21. The Atomium is a model of an elementary iron crystal magnified 165 billion times. It was created ...

(JTA) — The city of Brussels will name part of its Atomium monument for Francois Englert, the Belgian Jew who won the Nobel Prize in physics. A city official told Belgian media Wednesday that Englert, ...

BRUSSELS -- Freddy Thielemans swells with pride at the mere mention of it. "It's a true symbol of Belgium with huge international appeal. It's an extremely attractive site to tourists," he says, his ...

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Dangling from ropes as they straddle giant silver spheres that reflect the cityscape below, a team of cleaners began the annual clean-up of Brussels' iconic Atomium. Getting ready ...