20 of the most beautiful places to visit in Belgium

The Atomium

Nine giant steel balls connected with thin tubes—it’s what Belgium and its capital call one of their ultimate symbols: the Atomium. The remarkable architectural feat was designed to look like an elementary iron crystal blown up to 165 billion times its size. The crown jewel to Brussels’s 1958 World’s Fair, the gravity-defying Atomium has remained a defining part of the city’s skyline.