Visit The Brussels Atomium: Opening Hours, Price And Location
The Atomium is a huge atom one hundred and two meters high that, although it was built on the occasion of the Universal Exhibition in Brussels, has ended up becoming one of the symbols of the Belgian capital. Therefore, if you are thinking of traveling to the city soon, we will tell you everything you need to know to visit the Atomium in Brussels.
Information to visit the Atomium in Brussels
The famous structure can be visited every day from ten in the morning until six in the afternoon. This schedule is maintained throughout the year, except at Christmas time, since on December 24 and 31 the visit is allowed until four in the afternoon; and on December 25 and January 1 entry is delayed until midnight.
Price
Visiting the Atomium in Brussels costs 12 euros for adults, 9 euros for people over 60 years old. Meanwhile, accredited students, as well as adolescents from 12 to 17 years old, must pay 8 euros; and the smallest, 6 euros. Only children under 6 years of age and disabled people can enter the Atomium completely free of charge.
If, in addition to the Atomium, you plan to visit more monuments in the Belgian capital, we recommend you buy the Brussels Card. Its price depends on the period of time that you are going to use it (24, 48 or 72 hours), although the cheapest is 22 euros and the most expensive, 38.
The advantages provided by this card is that with it you can enter more than 30 museums and monuments for free and obtain discounts on access to others (three euros in the case of the Atomium), as well as in various shops and restaurants.
What awaits us inside?
Three of the four upper spheres do not have vertical support, so they are not open to the public for security reasons. In the others you can see different exhibitions. Most are temporary, but there is a permanent one that tells the story of the structure. The ideal is to access all of them, as they promise to be very interesting.
Also, the highest sphere houses a restaurant bar where you can have a quiet drink, such as a delicious Belgian beer, although the prices are not very popular. Or, simply, enjoy the spectacular views that it casts across Brussels.
But before all this, and to access this sphere, we have to get on an elevator that goes up at a speed of 5m / s.
Where is the Atomium?
If you plan to visit the Atomium in Brussels, you should know that it is located on the avenue of the same name, that is, on Avenue de l’Atomium, belonging to the Heysel neighborhood, on the outskirts of the city.
Alongside the structure there are other places of interest that are worth visiting, such as the King Baudouin stadium, the usual home of the Belgian team; or the Mini Europe park, which has about 350 models representing the most important European monuments to scale.
How to get to the Atomium
Once we know the exact location of the Atomium, it is very easy to get to it. One option is to do it by metro. To do this you have to take line 1, towards Estación del Oeste, at Estación Central. Then it is necessary to make a change to take line 6 towards Rey Baudouin, and get off at the Heysel stop.
Other options are the tram (line 51), the public bus (lines 84 and 88) or a tourist one. The latter allows you to know other points of interest in Brussels, as it has stops at the Royal Palace, the European Parliament or the Cinquantenaire Park. The ticket is valid for 24 or 48 hours, so you can get on and off the buses as many times as you want.
If, on the other hand, public transport is not your thing, you can always call or get into a taxi at one of the stops designated for it. However, they are probably one of the most expensive in Europe; the lowering of the flag is not very abusive (2.40 euros), but the cost per kilometer makes the final price rise too much.
