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AND. 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 1:25. A few facts about the European Union.

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  1. AND 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 1:25

  2. A few facts about the European Union

  3. 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.

  4. Mini-Europe view from the top of the Atomium.

  5. Denmark- Copenhagen The Exchange Building 17 Century structure

  6. Sweden-Stockholm City Hall 1923

  7. Finland Olavinlinna Castle 1475

  8. Denmark- Copenhagen Nyhavn or New harbor with colorful houses.

  9. Belgium-Celles Veves Castle Rebuilt 1466

  10. Belgium-Antwerp Town Hall

  11. England- London House of Parliament

  12. France-Paris Pompidou Center

  13. France-Paris Arc De Triomphe 1835

  14. France-Paris Sacre-Coeur 1914

  15. France Castle of Chenonceaux 16 Century

  16. Spain Escorial 1557

  17. Spain-Seville Plaza Del Toros 1760

  18. Spain-Barcelona Santiago De Compostela

  19. Italy Leaning Tower of Pisa and Cathedral

  20. Italy-Venice Palazzo Ducale 17th Century

  21. Germany-Berlin Brandenburg Gate 1791

  22. Germany Spire Cathedral

  23. Czech Republic-Prague Astronomical Clock 1410

  24. Austria-Melk The Abbey 18th Century

  25. Greece-Athens Acropolis 5th Century BC

  26. France/England Jumbo-Ferry

  27. 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

  28. The spheres are provided with windows allowing a panoramic view.

  29. Fantasy ceiling at one of the spheres.

  30. The stair railing follows the sphere pattern.

  31. Mini cars exhibition in the bottom sphere.

  32. Maintenance workers on top of a sphere.If I have this job I will be so scared that I'll drop my pants.

  33. 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@aol.com June 2006

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