Located north of Brussels the Mini Europe Park is a village of building miniatures representing the major structures from the European Union. All the miniatures are built down to the finest detail to a scale of 1:25

A few facts about the European Union

At this time the European Union has 25 members with 4 more to be accepted soon. From the western Europe only Switzerland, Norway and Iceland are not members.

Mini-Europe view from the top of the Atomium.

Denmark- Copenhagen The Exchange Building 17 Century structure

Sweden-Stockholm City Hall 1923

Finland Olavinlinna Castle 1475

Denmark- Copenhagen Nyhavn or New harbor with colorful houses.

Belgium-Celles Veves Castle Rebuilt 1466

Belgium-Antwerp Town Hall

England- London House of Parliament

France-Paris Pompidou Center

France-Paris Arc De Triomphe 1835

France-Paris Sacre-Coeur 1914

France Castle of Chenonceaux 16 Century

Spain Escorial 1557

Spain-Seville Plaza Del Toros 1760

Spain Santiago De Compostela

Italy Leaning Tower of Pisa and Cathedral

Italy-Venice Palazzo Ducale 17th Century

Germany-Berlin Brandenburg Gate 1791

Germany Spire Cathedral

Czech Republic-Prague Astronomical Clock 1410

Austria-Melk The Abbey 18th Century

Greece-Athens Acropolis 5th Century BC

France/England Jumbo-FerryFrance/England Jumbo-Ferry

The Atomium is Brussels well known symbol.

Constructed in 1958 for the International Exhibition the Atomium represents an iron crystal molecule, magnified 165 billion times.Made entirely of steel, the structure is 102 meters tall.It has nine spheres joined by tubes. In the central vertical tube is an elevator and in the others escalators. Inside the spheres are different exhibitions.

ELEVATOR

ESCALATOR

The spheres are provided with windows allowing a panoramic view.

Fantasy ceiling at one of the spheres.

The stair railing follows the sphere pattern.

Mini cars exhibition in the bottom sphere.

Maintenance workers on top of a sphere.If I have this job I will be so scared that I'll drop my pants.

I hope you liked this presentation and find it informative.

If you have any comments please send them to Dan Calistrat at dcalistrat@aol.com

June 2006