The distance between the spheres, measured on the sides of the cube, is 95.1 ft; the diameter of the tubes is 9.8 ft. The diagonal tubes are 75.4 ft long and of 10.8 ft diameter.

The diameter of the pavilion on which the base sphere appears to rest is 85.3 ft.

The base sphere rests on the foundation via the central tube of 10.8 ft diameter and twelve colums of 16.4 ft height.

The circular cut-out in the lower part of the sphere has a diameter of 32.8 ft.

The bipods are 295.3 ft apart and their articulations are 164 ft away from the ceneral mast.

The escalators installed inside the tubes of the Atomium are amongst the longest in Europe. The largest is 114.8 ft long. They can take 3,000 persons per hour.

The elevator speed - the highest in Europe - is 16.4 ft/sec. It takes visitors up to the top sphere in 23 seconds and its capacity if 22 persons.

A floor has an area of 2,583 sq.ft and the height between floors is approximately 14.8 ft. The restaurant in the top sphere can sit 140 persons and the viewpoint situated below can contain 250 persons.

The stairs inside the bipods - which are 115 ft high - have approximately 200 steps.

A scientific exhibition of the peaceful uses of atomic energy will be held in the reception hall, the base sphere and two lower spheres, as well as on the first floor of the central sphere.

A restaurant and a viewpoint are to be situated in the top sphere, the equator of which is 302 ft above ground. Another viewpoint is planned in the third lower sphere.