Heysel Plateau

The Heysel Plateau or Heysel Park , usually shortened to Heysel or Heizel ), is a neighbourhood, park and exhibition space in Laeken, northern Brussels, Belgium, where the Brussels International Exposition of 1935 and the 1958 Brussels World's Fair took place.The Atomium, a symbolic 103-metre-tall modernist structure, originally built for Expo '58, is the most impressive monument on the Heysel Plateau, and is now considered a landmark of Brussels. Opposite it, the Centenary Palace is one of the remaining buildings of the 1935 World's Fair. It was also the venue for the 32nd Eurovision Song Contest in 1987. Currently, it is home to the Brussels Exhibition Centre , the city's most important event complex and the largest exhibition space in the Benelux.

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