45 Fascinating Photos of Brussels World’s Fair in 1958

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Expo 58, also known as the 1958 Brussels World’s Fair, was a world’s fair held on the Heysel/Heizel Plateau in Brussels, Belgium, from 17 April to 19 October 1958. It was the first major world’s fair registered under the Bureau International des Expositions (BIE) after World War II.

Expo 58 was the eleventh world’s fair hosted by Belgium, and the fifth in Brussels, following the fairs in 1888, 1897, 1910 and 1935. In 1953, Belgium won the bid for the next world’s fair, winning out over other European capitals such as Paris and London.
The theme of Expo 58 was “Bilan du monde, pour un monde plus humain” (in English: “Evaluation of the world for a more humane world”), a motto inspired by faith in technical and scientific progress, as well as post-war debates over the ethical use of atomic power.
The exhibition attracted some 41.5 million visitors, making Expo 58 the second largest World’s Fair after the 1900 Exposition Universelle et Internationale de Paris, which had attracted 48 million visitors. Since Expo 58, Belgium has not organized any more world’s fairs.
Here below is a set of fascinating photos from gbfernie5 that shows Brussels World’s Fair in 1958.
Atomium from near the Luxembourg Pavilion, Brussels World’s Fair, Brussels, Belgium, 1958

A “Pousse Pousse” (a motorised tricycle) with the driver and one tourist outside the French Pavilion, Brussels World’s Fair, Brussels, Belgium, 1958

A Folk Art and Toy Display inside the Soviet Pavilion, Brussels World’s Fair, Brussels, Belgium, 1958

Aluminium Pavilion next to Atomium, Brussels World’s Fair, Brussels, Belgium, 1958

American Pavilion, Brussels World’s Fair, Brussels, Belgium, 1958.

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