The Atomium

Atomium from Below
Originally uploaded by Blisterman.

Went to this building over the summer, and man, was it impressive. I;d only seen pictures of it before, and I had assumed it was a sculpture, maybe 3 stories high. I was not at all expecting it to be so big It's over 100 metres tall. Each sphere has a diameter of 9m, to give some idea of the scale.
It's a unique, and very impressive building. The tubes linking each sphere have escalators in them, so you can reach the top, where, despite what it looks like, there are windows, which you can get a great view from.
According to Wikipedia, it was designed by André Waterkeyn for the 1958 World's Fair.
Loads of great architecture seems to stem from World's Fairs, The Eiffel Tower, the Seattle Space Needle, The Crystal Palace in London. It's a shame no one really seems to care about World's Fairs any more. There was one 2 years ago, and I don't remember ever hearing about it. I'd love to go to one.
Well, there's one in 2010 in Shaghai. Maybe I'll go to that.
I'm kinda rambling on here. All I wanted to say, was that the Atomium Rock, and you should go see it.

It's in Brussels, in case you were wondering.