Atomium Facts

64 VISITORS’ GUIDE FIGURES TO ASTONISH YOU THE BUILDING Total height 102m Diameter of spheres 18m Diameter of tubes 3m30 Surface area of spheres 108m 2 / 240m 2 Length of tubes at edges 29m Length of tubes on diagonals 23m Diameter of pavilion at base 26m Total weight in 1958 [ON CONSTRUCTION] 2.400 tonnes Total weight in 2006 [AFTER RENOVATION] 2.500 tonnes INTERNET 873.000 references on the Internet 12.000 sites with direct links to the Atomium site 45.000 shared photographs on Flickr 60.000 shared photographs on Picasa more than 13.000 fans on Facebook 4.000 check-ins with Foursquare 2.300 individual visitors every day to the Atomium site EVERY DAY STATISTICS 600.000 visitors per year Record number of visitors in one day: 4,700 on 17.08.2008 One of 5 European institutions providing visitors with audio-guides in 28 languages 100 private events per year, with 11,000 participants Approximately 10 visits by Heads of State each year, both private and ofﬁcial The Atomium is also used in dozens of photoshoots for fashion, design and architecture magazines A number of national and international radio and TV broadcasts are recorded each year, either at the foot of the Atomium or inside The Atomium represents an iron crystal, magniﬁed 165 billion times, in the form of a centred cube standing on one of its corners. The complete Atomium is made up of 9 spheres (1 at each vertex plus 1 central sphere), connected together by 20 tubes (12 edges and 2 tubes for each of the 4 diagonals. The whole structure stands on 3 pillars, known as “bipods”). Did you know?

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VISITORS’ GUIDE

FIGURES TO ASTONISH YOU

THE BUILDING

Total height 102m Diameter of spheres 18m Diameter of tubes 3m30 Surface area of spheres 108m2 / 240m2

Length of tubes at edges 29m Length of tubes on diagonals 23m Diameter of pavilion at base 26m Total weight in 1958 [ON CONSTRUCTION] 2.400 tonnes Total weight in 2006 [AFTER RENOVATION] 2.500 tonnes

INTERNET

873.000 references on the Internet 12.000 sites with direct links to the Atomium site 45.000 shared photographs on Flickr 60.000 shared photographs on Picasa more than 13.000 fans on Facebook 4.000 check-ins with Foursquare 2.300 individual visitors every day to the Atomium site

EVERY DAY STATISTICS

600.000 visitors per year Record number of visitors in one day: 4,700 on 17.08.2008 One of 5 European institutions providing visitors with

audio-guides in 28 languages 100 private events per year, with 11,000 participants Approximately 10 visits by Heads of State each year, both private and official The Atomium is also used in dozens of photoshoots for fashion, design and architecture magazines

A number of national and international radio and TV broadcasts are recorded each year, either at the foot of the Atomium or inside

The Atomium represents an iron crystal, magnified 165 billion times, in the form of a centred cube standing on one of its corners. The complete Atomium is made up of 9

spheres (1 at each vertex plus 1 central sphere), connected together by 20 tubes (12 edges and 2 tubes for each of the 4 diagonals. The whole structure stands on 3 pillars, known as “bipods”).

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