7 Things To Do Near The Brussels Atomium

The Atomium in Brussels is one of the main stops for tourists visiting the city, as well as being the icon of the Belgian capital. They compare it to the Eiffel Tower, since both monuments caused controversy, but they have ended up becoming the biggest tourist attraction in their cities. In addition, the two were raised for universal exhibitions, in the case of Brussels, that of 1958.

However, the Atomium is not only a pretty picture, it also offers numerous activities in its surroundings. This is what we are going to do, we want to propose very interesting plans that you can carry out near the Atomium in Brussels.

1. Tour Europe in a couple of hours

Getting to know the continent in an afternoon is possible in Brussels thanks to Mini Europe, a theme park located very close to the Atomium in Brussels.

It has about 350 models, manufactured at a scale of 1/25, in which up to 80 cities of the European Union are represented. In this way, you can see the most important and representative European monuments, such as the Eiffel Tower, 13 meters high, or Big Ben, 4.

This can be an attraction for both adults and children, but especially if you are traveling with children it should be essential to make a stop here. In addition, the entrance to the park includes a guide in Spanish that tells the route and significant data of each of the monuments that are there.

2. Stroll through Heysel Park, another of the activities near the Atomium in Brussels

The Heysel Exhibition Park is where the Brussels Atomium is located. But also, you can enjoy a quiet walk, relax, watch people. .. It is very clean and well-kept, so if you want to spend a pleasant time further away from the noise of the city, this park should be essential on your trip.

3. Watch a movie at Kinepolis Brussels

Kinepolis Brussels is for many Belgians one of the best cinemas in the entire city. It has almost 40 screens, so there is a huge offer of films, all in original version. Therefore, it is a very good option if one day of your trip it dawns cloudy or it rains, something too frequent in Brussels.

Of course, the price is not too cheap. Each ticket costs about € 10, to which you can add if you want popcorn or soft drinks, go to the bathroom or the car park.

4. Get wet in Oceade

If instead of a cloudy day that invites movies and popcorn, you enjoy a sunny and hot day, a very good option would be to visit Oceade, a water park in the heart of Brussels.

The park has 20 attractions, although the slides are especially impressive. The most representative are the Anaconda, the Barracuda or the Chameleon, with 140 meters each.

Opened in 2015, the Adam – Art & Design Atomium Museum is a practically obligatory stop for art lovers, especially from the last decades. Particularly important is the Plasticarium collection, the work of Belgian collector Philippe Decelle, which occupies more than 1,500 m² and includes more than two thousand plastic objects.

In addition, the museum has numerous activities for the little ones.  In them, in addition to entertaining themselves while their parents enjoy the museum, they can develop and demonstrate their artistic gifts.

The Brussels Planetarium is one of the largest and most important in Europe. There, all visitors will be able to learn the secrets of the stars and planets as if they were right there, in addition to marveling at the beauty of everything on display.

For this reason, it is a very good proposal for all lovers of space, and especially if you go with children, who will be fascinated thanks to the imposing infrastructures that the museum has.

Serres Royales De Laeken, in Spanish, the royal greenhouses of Laeken, are another of the main attractions of the city of Brussels. They were built by order of King Leopold II and were filled with more than 100 different species of flowers, trees and plants in general, brought from all over the world.

But before visiting these greenhouses, you should keep one thing in mind: they are only open to the public for two weeks in April and May, when the plants are at their peak.

Cover photo: Over Doz