Older Than deck / Buildings and landmarks
Atomium
Opened
1958
Built for the Brussels world’s fair, like the Eiffel Tower was for Paris.
Sources and checks
Checked 2026-10-19: Claude (AI build agent): Wikidata statement compared, passages containing the year extracted from the fetched pages and read. Quotes are short passages from each source, in their original language.
Wikidata P1619: 1958Q180901, CC0, retrieved 2026-10-19
“Kaare Øster . Licens: Begrænset anvendelse Atomium er et bygningsværk opført som vartegn for verdensudstillingen i Bruxelles i 1958 (EXPO 58). Faktaboks Også kendt som Atomariet Atomium, der er tegnet af ingeniør”Lex (Den Store Danske) (in Danish): source, retrieved 2026-10-19
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