The World’s Coolest Building The Atomium in Brussels was built for the 1958 World Fair, and remains open today, perhaps the single coolest building in the world. Instagram: @halfasleepchris
Anyone find the hidden Tapir? As I was positioning and filming it, some tourists came up behind me, saw me taking photos of it, and starting taking some themselves - they thought it was a work of art! Must have been confused when I then pocketed it and walked away…
In my history class the teacher showed us a few of your videos on money when I asked she said her children watched you and she decided to use a couple of your videos for the lesson!!!! Side note I really love your videos as well as being quite educational you manage to make your videos fun and exiting to watch I also really like your stile and thanks for making some amazing videos
That’s a shame. Hope you get one soon. I was just sorting out my €2 collection recently and came across it. It’s up there with one of my favourite designs too. 👌
Great video! I love how it was made! I once drove past the Atomium with a train on my way to London. Thanks for including my package I'm glad you liked it. The tapir is at 2:06 btw
Mattey Boy It was thoroughly renovated some years ago, and it does indeed look in better shape now than I remember from my childhood. The top sphere has a restaurant with an amazing view, worth a visit.
A few years ago they renovated the spheres, a friend of mine has a piece of the old aluminium shell randomly laying around in his backyard. Pretty cool!
I just wanted to say that your videos always cheer me up! They are so well produced and delightful, you seem to look at the world in a optimistic and happy way. I really love the editing style of the videos, including the drawings. Keep doing you and have a wonderful time, Greetings from Switzerland
If you live in the UK, with Eurostar, Brussels is only about 2 hours away from London. Add another 20 minutes to Heysel/Heizel with the metro (single ticket is €2.10 at the machine), and you're at the Atomium. Or even better, come in Summer, 4-5 July 2020 there's the next Brosella Festival, a festival with Folk (Saturday) and Jazz (Sunday) in the park next to the Atomium. It's fun to listen to good music, with the highest ball sticking out above the trees. If you live further away, Brussels is a good central point, by Thalys, you can visit Amsterdam in1h50, Paris in 1h20, Cologne in 1h50, plus all the nice cities in Belgium, like Dinant, Namur, Ghent, Bruges... And there are some interesting places to visit in Brussels, too, even if, for what is one of the most important diplomatic cities in the world, it might be underwhelming. Still, the Grand'Place has a valid claim to having one of Europe's nicest squares, there are lots of nice art nouveau buildings left, lots of nice parks, and good food and beer.
Hi Chris ! I live in Brussels, was at the atomium for a meeting yesterday ! It's exciting to have your point on view on it ! I was used to it, now i'll look at it an other way ;). Thanks for making a video about our beautiful Symbol !
This is so cool, I recently done a video where I ran through my banknote collection and mentioned the building as it appears on one of Belgiums old notes of course. Great to see it as it is now. Top video Chris.
This was an awesome video. I can't believe I went so long without knowing about this channel. Every video is just gold and I can't wait to see the next cat update.
Nice video as always Chris! Just goes to show that you don't always have to go very far to discover new or interresting places. 1:07 Also, that shot was phenomenal!! How did you even do that?!
This is very cool, and will definitely be going onto my list of places I want to visit! My favourite building in the world is the Zeitz MOCAA in Cape Town, South Africa!
I was there briefly a few months ago, but didn't have time to go inside. Luckily, I have a new friend in Brussels who's invited me to stay longer, so I'll have another chance in the future. This vid has made that future nearer. 🙂
Hi, iam living in Deinze, a town in the middle part of flanders, Belgium. I like the atomium a lot as well. I remember going there as a kid an being absolutely amazed. I saw the people cleaning it as well and it has been my dream jobs for about 6 years. It is truly a stunning building.👍
I urge you all to watch the Defunctland video on the Chicago Worlds fair and the inception of the Ferris Wheel. Very interesting, as was this video, Chris!
Welcome in Belgium, the atomium was a couple of years ago refurbished and now its nice and shiny again, all alumiunium sheets of the balls where renewed because they became very dull, people of the public could buy them and as a matter of fact... a friend of mine has an original aluminium sheet, with the money they got from the sale the got new aluminium and restored the lights in the balls. Its nice you liked it :)
Did you know Belgian schoolchildren have field trips in the atomium where they spend the night? Also the atomium is copyrighted so you can't legally make money from its images unless you have an authorisation. Lovely video as always, thank you :)
Anyone find the hidden Tapir? As I was positioning and filming it, some tourists came up behind me, saw me taking photos of it, and starting taking some themselves - they thought it was a work of art! Must have been confused when I then pocketed it and walked away…
Half-Asleep Chris it’s soo cool
Chris my mail is delayed
Half-Asleep Chris I needed a detailed video about this thanks! This is one of the coolest buildings I’ve ever seen does it have a 50p? I would love it
Found a Tapir in the top of the model of building
2:07
Yes! At 2:07
My favorite building is the Ryugyong Hotel. Once it opens it’ll be one of the tallest hotels and have several revolving restaurants
Kim, when will it be finished?
Yo Kim, how've u been?
damn you
Of course its in North Korea AND also called "The hotel of doom"
Kim Jong-un can you make a Arizona themed room
From someone who lives in Belgium, Thanks.
Shyanimal789 mew :3 same
I am from Belgium XXX groetjes van een Belg 🇧🇪🇧🇪🇧🇪
@@cirvoo Ey, groetjes uit belgish limburg.
Belgie
BX for life
I went here last year and got hypnotised in one room
Edit: which is now an art room ☹️
Wait what?
Me to i slept in there
With school and it realy awsome
@@sabrikatoglu8668 same
In my history class the teacher showed us a few of your videos on money when I asked she said her children watched you and she decided to use a couple of your videos for the lesson!!!!
Side note
I really love your videos as well as being quite educational you manage to make your videos fun and exiting to watch I also really like your stile and thanks for making some amazing videos
That’s cool :D
How delightful! I was unaware of the Atomium's existence. This was a truly entertaining and educational video. Thank you!!!
Who has the €2 coin with this on it?
Not me :( I got a commemorative coin, but I have to say the atomium €2 is probably my favourite Euro design
That’s a shame. Hope you get one soon. I was just sorting out my €2 collection recently and came across it. It’s up there with one of my favourite designs too. 👌
@@coincupboard No but I do have it on a twenty Franc note :P
I do i am dutch
Great Video! It is very informative!! Good job Chris!!!
Great video! I love how it was made! I once drove past the Atomium with a train on my way to London. Thanks for including my package I'm glad you liked it. The tapir is at 2:06 btw
Thanks for making belgium a bit more special : )
Last time I was this early Ralph was still lost
Found the Tapir! Just on top of the model at 2:07.
this place is very cool would like to go there one day
As a Belgian thank you. Its hard for us to be proud of our country, im glad you enjoyed it and i hope you had a good stay
I love how you always talk about the experiences you have at places and your opinions. I really enjoy it, so keep up the awesome work!!
2:47
Wait, you buy a 0€ note for 2€?
stonks
Its called inflation.
its a souvenir note but with the real euro paper
Sell it for €3. Stonks
"My brain is big and smart"
If it broke, Brussels we have a problem...
I am a person from Belgium and I like the atomium, It’s really cool and I totally recommend it!
Please do more vids about Belgium in future.
60 years old!
Wow that is a very well built building
Mattey Boy It was thoroughly renovated some years ago, and it does indeed look in better shape now than I remember from my childhood. The top sphere has a restaurant with an amazing view, worth a visit.
I’m from belgium!! Yeey
Ben je honderd plorcent zeker vandaar?
ik ook
me 2
I'm from Belgium and i don't really think it looks good during the day but at night it looks awesome!
I am also from Belgium and i agree
Same here!
I found the tapir on top of the buildings model!!! This video was great!!!! Love it!❤️❤️❤️❤️
Impressive Chris! I have seen this building in books. But you really did it justice, thank you!
A few years ago they renovated the spheres, a friend of mine has a piece of the old aluminium shell randomly laying around in his backyard. Pretty cool!
Dope
It's look like building from the future
Another awesome video. I really loved this one. Especially the hyperlapse at the beginning.
I just wanted to say that your videos always cheer me up! They are so well produced and delightful, you seem to look at the world in a optimistic and happy way. I really love the editing style of the videos, including the drawings. Keep doing you and have a wonderful time,
Greetings from Switzerland
It’s so dang cool!!!
Thx for uploading Chris!
Love from Belgium 🇧🇪
I can see this building out of my window every morning. Love it!
excellent....thanks for sharing this
Thank you for posting this! I would of never known that this was ever a building!
Finally, a new video was looking I was looking forward to !
Great post! I have a photo of me & a group of colleagues in front of this during some downtime on a work trip about 14 years ago....
Amazing video, loved it!
I want to visit the Atomium! You have visited and made videos of so many amazing places. I wish I could visit them all. Maybe, one of these days...
If you live in the UK, with Eurostar, Brussels is only about 2 hours away from London. Add another 20 minutes to Heysel/Heizel with the metro (single ticket is €2.10 at the machine), and you're at the Atomium. Or even better, come in Summer, 4-5 July 2020 there's the next Brosella Festival, a festival with Folk (Saturday) and Jazz (Sunday) in the park next to the Atomium. It's fun to listen to good music, with the highest ball sticking out above the trees.
If you live further away, Brussels is a good central point, by Thalys, you can visit Amsterdam in1h50, Paris in 1h20, Cologne in 1h50, plus all the nice cities in Belgium, like Dinant, Namur, Ghent, Bruges... And there are some interesting places to visit in Brussels, too, even if, for what is one of the most important diplomatic cities in the world, it might be underwhelming. Still, the Grand'Place has a valid claim to having one of Europe's nicest squares, there are lots of nice art nouveau buildings left, lots of nice parks, and good food and beer.
It is official, Chris is obsessed with Cats, Lego and Belguim
I live in that country and half an hour of traveling away from there in brussel
Hi Chris ! I live in Brussels, was at the atomium for a meeting yesterday ! It's exciting to have your point on view on it ! I was used to it, now i'll look at it an other way ;). Thanks for making a video about our beautiful Symbol !
This is so cool, I recently done a video where I ran through my banknote collection and mentioned the building as it appears on one of Belgiums old notes of course. Great to see it as it is now. Top video Chris.
Bro, im from Brussels and I appreciate you saying the Atomium is the coolest building. I really appreciate that and i agree that its also cool
Wow 😲 that’s really cool I want to see that one day!!!
WOW! Great video!
My favourite escalated is the one taking you down to the underground metro in Moscow
It’s so long my baby brother cried
I absolutely adore your videos! Keep going :)
Love this video!
This was an awesome video. I can't believe I went so long without knowing about this channel. Every video is just gold and I can't wait to see the next cat update.
Finally someone that agrees with me on how cool the Atomium is!
God I miss Belgium 🇧🇪😢
Wish I could move back there
ik woon hier
i live literally next to the atomium and i walk past it every day.
Wow that's awesome 👍😎
Cool, wasn’t able to get here fast as I usually do. I’m on holiday but that doesn’t stop me watching
Soo cool Chris. Thanks. Come to Toronto and see the CN Towner
One Of My Fav Vids For Sure!
Your not a nerd your an amazing TH-camr that makes heartwarming videos. :)
I live in Belgium. Glad you like it
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I love your videos.
Awesome!
it is an amazing video, as always i love it
This is so cool! This guy is an absolute legend!
Its really cool!
That was arguably one of your best videos 😁
Thanks a lot! I really like this one too :)
It's also worth noting that the sphere's are very reflective so if you stand under one and look up it looks like a very small planet.
Amazing video! It was so interesting! I found a Sherlock Holmes 50p as well! 😁😄😅🤪
Nice video as always Chris! Just goes to show that you don't always have to go very far to discover new or interresting places.
1:07 Also, that shot was phenomenal!! How did you even do that?!
One tapir spotted, nice spot........... won't give it away but it's fairly early in the video :)
Great as usual, looks forward to the next one
This is incredible...
Awesome!!
That's cool, nice footprint 🌎
This is very cool, and will definitely be going onto my list of places I want to visit! My favourite building in the world is the Zeitz MOCAA in Cape Town, South Africa!
It is sooooo cool!
Much love from brussels my boy 🤙🤙
200th comment! And my favorite building is the Freedom Tower in New York because I live there :) (Also your my favorite youtuber Chris!)
Thanks!
Thanks man! I’m from belgium !
Yay finally someone who noticed this building..
Definitely a very cool building. Glad they decided to keep it.
I was there briefly a few months ago, but didn't have time to go inside. Luckily, I have a new friend in Brussels who's invited me to stay longer, so I'll have another chance in the future. This vid has made that future nearer. 🙂
I love this place! I'm from Barcelona!!!
This is amazing
Pretty cool!
I live in belgium, so i am proud that you think it's the best building in the world. I hipe you had a good time! (Also, love yout vids! ❤😁)
Hi, iam living in Deinze, a town in the middle part of flanders, Belgium. I like the atomium a lot as well. I remember going there as a kid an being absolutely amazed. I saw the people cleaning it as well and it has been my dream jobs for about 6 years. It is truly a stunning building.👍
Every time you make a Video about Belgium, I feel a little bit prouder to live there. I really like your videos
I live near it and I've only been there once. However, I don't remember much of it but after watching this video I definitely want to go there again!
I urge you all to watch the Defunctland video on the Chicago Worlds fair and the inception of the Ferris Wheel. Very interesting, as was this video, Chris!
I’ve been there and it is absolutely beautiful breathtaking thing I’ve seen in my life!
Your the coolest thing I’ve ever seen!!
I live near it, thank you for all the info. 😀😍
i love your video 👍👍👍❤️❤️❤️
Thanks Chris.
I really want to go there!
Wow, what a coincidence! I went to Atomium too and it was fun!
It's an honor that somebody says something like about a building in my country
Wow, you make it seem cooler than when I was there! 😂
I love your videos they are so cool❤❤❤❤❤
Welcome in Belgium, the atomium was a couple of years ago refurbished and now its nice and shiny again, all alumiunium sheets of the balls where renewed because they became very dull, people of the public could buy them and as a matter of fact... a friend of mine has an original aluminium sheet, with the money they got from the sale the got new aluminium and restored the lights in the balls. Its nice you liked it :)
I'm a massive fan also love the video
Did you know Belgian schoolchildren have field trips in the atomium where they spend the night?
Also the atomium is copyrighted so you can't legally make money from its images unless you have an authorisation.
Lovely video as always, thank you :)
great video! feels weird to know you were like 15 mins from my hometown tho