Brussels Expo

Geschiedenis

The Heysel or Heizel is the area in the north of Brussels, Belgium, where the Brussels International Exposition (1935) and the Expo '58 took place.The Atomium, built for the World's Fair of 1958, is the most impressive monument in the Heysel Park. The Centenary Palace (French: Palais du Centenaire, Dutch: Eeuwfeestpaleis) is one of the remaining buildings of the World's Fair of 1935. It was also the venue for the 32nd Eurovision Song Contest Grand Prix in 1987. Currently it is still being used for trade fairs.The Heysel Park is also the location of the Heysel Stadium, built in 1930. After the Heysel Stadium disaster of 1985, which claimed the lives of 39 spectators at the European Cup final, it was rebuilt and renamed the King Baudouin Stadium. It is scheduled to be demolished by 2018, when a new stadium called Eurostadium (in development) is to take over. It is to be built in another location on Heysel Plateau.Other interesting places on the Heysel are a large movie theatre (Kinepolis), a park which hosts miniature models of famous European buildings (Mini-Europe), a subtropical water park (Océade) and a planetarium. Palais 12 is a large indoor arena which hosts concerts and spectacles for a maximum capacity of 15,000 people.