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.
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| Atomium from near the Luxembourg Pavilion, Brussels World's Fair, Brussels, Belgium, 1958 |
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| A "Pousse Pousse" (a motorised tricycle) with the driver and one tourist outside the French Pavilion, Brussels World's Fair, Brussels, Belgium, 1958 |
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| A Folk Art and Toy Display inside the Soviet Pavilion, Brussels World's Fair, Brussels, Belgium, 1958 |
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| Aluminium Pavilion next to Atomium, Brussels World’s Fair, Brussels, Belgium, 1958 |
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| American Pavilion, Brussels World’s Fair, Brussels, Belgium, 1958. |
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| American Pavilion, Brussels World’s Fair, Brussels, Belgium, 1958. |
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| American Pavilion, Brussels World’s Fair, Brussels, Belgium, 1958. |
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| American Pavilion, Brussels World’s Fair, Brussels, Belgium, 1958 |
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| Belgian Congo Mines Pavilion, Brussels World's Fair, Brussels, Belgium, 1958 |
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| Beneath the Overpass (or Passerelle) & the Aerial Tramway Terminus, Brussels World’s Fair, Brussels, Belgium, 1958 |
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| Beneath the Overpass (or Passerelle) near the French and Argentine Pavilions, Brussels World’s Fair, Brussels, Belgium, 1958 |
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| Beneath the Overpass (or Passerelle) next to the Thai Pavilion, Brussels World’s Fair, Brussels, Belgium, 1958 |
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| British Industry Pavilion, Brussels World’s Fair, Brussels, Belgium, 1958 |
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| Carillion near the Netherlands Pavilion, Brussels World's Fair, Brussels, Belgium, 1958 |
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| Commerce Pavilion, Benelux Avenue, Brussels World's Fair, Brussels, Belgium, 1958 |
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| Czechoslovakian Pavilion, Brussels World’s Fair, Brussels, Belgium, 1958 |
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| Forecourt of Czechoslovak Pavilion with Industrial Sculpture on the right, Brussels World's Fair, Brussels, Belgium, 1958 |
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| Fountains and Atomium from terrace of Reception Hall, Brussels World’s Fair, Brussels, Belgium, 1958 |
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| Glass Display, Pavilion of Czechoslovakia, Brussels World's Fair, Brussels, Belgium, 1958 |
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| Glass Industries, Ceramics, and Terracotta Pavilion, Brussels World's Fair, Brussels, Belgium, 1958 |
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| Inside the American Pavilion, Brussels World's Fair, Brussels, Belgium, 1958 |
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| Inside the Soviet Pavilion, Brussels World’s Fair, Brussels, Belgium, 1958 |
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| Inside the Soviet Pavilion, Brussels World’s Fair, Brussels, Belgium, 1958 |
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| Iranian Pavilion, Brussels World's Fair, Brussels, Belgium, 1958 |
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| Looking down from the Overpass (or Passerelle)l, Brussels World's Fair, Brussels, Belgium, 1958 |
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| Looking down from the Overpass (or Passerelle)l, Brussels World's Fair, Brussels, Belgium, 1958 |
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| Looking towards the steeple of the Vatican Pavilion, Brussels World’s Fair, Brussels, Belgium, 1958 |
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| On the Overpass (or Passerel) just inside the main entrance to the Fair, Brussels World's Fair, Brussels, Belgium, 1958 |
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| Pavilion of Mexico, Brussels World's Fair, Brussels, Belgium, 1958 |
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| Pavilion of Thailand and Passerel (overhead walkway), Brussels World's Fair, Brussels, Belgium, 1958 |
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| Pavilion of the United Kingdom, Brussels World's Fair, Brussels, Belgium, 1958 |
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| Portuguese Pavilion with the British Pavilion in the middle distance, Brussels World’s Fair, Brussels, Belgium, 1958 |
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| Sculpture of The Horse Bayard (by Olivier Strebelle) in front of the Bell Telephone Pavilion, Brussels World's Fair, Brussels, Belgium, 1958 |
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| Star Symbols (designed by Lucien de Roeck) on the Overpass (or Passerelle), with the Soviet Pavilion to the right, Brussels World’s Fair, Brussels, Belgium, 1958 |
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| Star Symbols (designed by Lucien de Roeck) on the Overpass (or Passerelle), with the Soviet Pavilion to the right, Brussels World’s Fair, Brussels, Belgium, 1958 |
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| Star Symbols (designed by Lucien de Roeck) on the Overpass (or Passerelle), with the Soviet Pavilion to the right, Brussels World’s Fair, Brussels, Belgium, 1958 |
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| The Atomium from the Skyway, Bruseels World's Fair, Brussels, Belgium, 1958 |
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| The Oculus in the Dome of the American Pavilion, Brussels World’s Fair, Brussels, Belgium, 1958 |
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| The Pavilion of Thailand viewed from under the Overpass (or Passerelle)l, Brussels World's Fair, Brussels, Belgium, 1958 |
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| The Pavilions of Turkey and Monaco, Brussels World's Fair, Brussels, Belgium, 1958 |
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| The Phillips Pavillion (designed by Le Corbusier), Brussels World's Fair, Brussels, Belgium, 1958 |
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| Vatican Pavilion, Brussels World’s Fair, Brussels, Belgium, 1958 |
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| Viticulture Display inside the Soviet Pavilion, Brussels World's Fair, Brussels, Belgium, 1958 |
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| Water Stairs and Atomium, Brussels World’s Fair, Brussels, Belgium, 1958 |
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| West German Pavilion, Brussels World’s Fair, Brussels, Belgium, 1958 |
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