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THE EUROPEAN UNION
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 125
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A few facts about the European Union
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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.
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Mini-Europe view from the top of the Atomium.
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Denmark- Copenhagen The Exchange Building 17
Century structure
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Sweden-Stockholm City Hall 1923
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Finland Olavinlinna Castle 1475
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Denmark- Copenhagen Nyhavn or New harbor
with colorful houses.
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Belgium-Celles Veves Castle Rebuilt 1466
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Belgium-Antwerp
Town Hall
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England- London House of Parliament
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France-Paris Pompidou Center
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France-Paris Arc De Triomphe 1835
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France-Paris Sacre-Coeur 1914
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France Castle of Chenonceaux 16 Century
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Spain Escorial 1557
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Spain-Seville Plaza Del Toros 1760
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Spain Santiago De
Compostela
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Italy Leaning Tower of Pisa
and Cathedral
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Italy-Venice Palazzo Ducale
17th Century
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Germany-Berlin
Brandenburg Gate 1791
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Germany Spire Cathedral
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Czech Republic-Prague
Astronomical Clock 1410
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Austria-Melk The Abbey 18th Century
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Greece-Athens
Acropolis 5th Century BC
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France/England
Jumbo-Ferry
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ATOMIUM
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.
ESCALATOR

ELEVATOR
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The spheres are provided with windows allowing a
panoramic view.
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Fantasy ceiling at one of the spheres.
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The stair railing follows the sphere pattern.
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Mini cars exhibition in the bottom sphere.
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Maintenance workers on top of a sphere.If I have
this job I will be so scared that I'll drop my
pants.
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MINI EUROPE
ATOMIUM
I hope you liked this presentation and find it
informative. If you have any comments please send
them to Dan Calistrat at dcalistrat_at_aol.com June
2006