A worker cleans one of the nine spheres of the Atomium, a 102-metre-tall (335-feet-tall) structure designed for Expo 58 in the form of a crystal of iron, during the annual cleaning of Brussels' iconic ...

Those of us that live, work or visit the capital regularly will at one time or another have been stuck in traffic. But when ...

Launched in a heady spirit of 1950s optimism, synonymous with Brussels around the world and once a symbol of progress and modernity, it was starting to show its age. No, not the European Union, but ...

The city of Brussels will name part of its famous Atomium monument after François Englert, the Belgian Jew who won the Nobel Prize in physics. (JTA) — The city of Brussels will name part of its ...

Cameron Kroetz, 16, of Mentone stands in front of the Atomium, north of Brussels, Belgium, on July 21. The Atomium is a model of an elementary iron crystal magnified 165 billion times. It was created ...

A team of climber's begin their annual clean up of Brussel's iconic Atomium. Climbers will polish the nine steel globes that was originally built for the World's Fair of 1958. Dangling from ropes as ...

Love it or hate it, the Atomium is the equivalent of the Eiffel Tower for the residents of the European Union's capital city. After years of exposure, the Brussels landmark was looking a bit shabby -- ...

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Dangling from ropes as they straddle giant silver spheres that reflect the cityscape below, a team of cleaners began the annual clean-up of Brussels' iconic Atomium. Getting ready ...