The second day of our Brussels trip - Sunday was the only nice day. It was dry, so sunny and clear!
Went to Carrefour which was down the road for some breakfast. Jo actually wanted to ice cream so we got their own version of the Raffaello ice cream, There was 4 in a box so had 2 each on the way to the metro. We also got pastries - I got an almond croissant and Jo got a pan au raisin. . It was only 30 mins on the metro straight there.
We picked the best day to go since it was so clear - photos would have been crap if it was raining.
We got there in time for it to open at 10am. Tickets were €16 and it includes the Design Museum down the road.
The first floor was the history of The Atomium - built originally as the centre piece for the 1958 Brussels World's Fair. Tribute to scientific progress and to symbolise Belgian engineering skills at the time.
There was some weird light exhibit that wasn't great on the next few floors.
The other floors were rubbish and nothing going on or to see. The top sphere you get a panoramic view of Brussels and a restaurant.
Mini Europe - which would have been good to go to but is shut from January - March so just had to admire it from a far.
It was a good day for the views but it's not that high.
Don't think it was that good and was quite disappointed. There was nothing to see and because it's not that high the panoramic views aren't great but it's one of the famous landmarks of Brussels so you have to go. After we went to the Design Museum which was dead. Not sure whether people knew to go there or they just didn't bother going.
Design Museum Brussels
It has some cool old retro stuff in there and worth going just to have a look round.
After we went go the metro back and took the train to Ghent which will be the last post.
