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Mini-Europe

Mini-Europe

Mini-Europe viewed from the Atomium
LocationAvenue du Football / Voetballaan 1, 1020 Laeken, City of Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium
Coordinates50°53′38″N 4°20′20″E / 50.894°N 4.339°E / 50.894; 4.339
StatusOperating
Opened1989 (1989)
Operating seasonMarch–October
WebsiteOfficial website

Mini-Europe is a miniature park located in the Bruparck entertainment park, at the foot of the Atomium, in Brussels, Belgium. Mini-Europe has reproductions of monuments in the European Union and other countries within the continent of Europe on display, at a scale of 1:25. Roughly 80 cities and 350 buildings are represented.[1] Mini-Europe receives 350,000 visitors per year[2] and has a turnover of €4 million.[3]

Mini-Europe is the brainchild of Johannes A. Lorijn, who founded similar miniature parks in Austria and Spain.[4] The park contains live action models such as trains, mills, an erupting Mount Vesuvius, and cable cars. A guide gives the details on all the monuments. At the end of the visit, the Spirit of Europe exhibition gives an interactive overview of the EU in the form of multimedia games.[5]

The park is built on an area of 24,000 m2 (300,000 sq ft). The initial investment was of 50 million Belgian francs in 1989,[6][a] on its inauguration by then-Prince Philippe of Belgium.[7]

  1. ^ "Description - Mini-Europe". Mini-Europe. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  2. ^ "Mini-Europe". Introducing Brussels. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
  3. ^ "Financial data of Mini - Europe". www.companyweb.be. 2019. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
  4. ^ Wiersma, Jelte (11 May 2015). "Brussel verliest weer een pareltje: Mini-Europe moet dicht". EWmagazine.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 8 March 2024.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference flyer was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ "Le tour d'Europe en 80 minutes". Le Soir (in French). 7 April 1989. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
  7. ^ Cite error: The named reference presskit was invoked but never defined (see the help page).


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