World Expo 2010

After a couple of days in Shanghai offers the most grandiose exhibition EXPO-2010 planet. It will last 6 months, and during that time it was visited by 70 million people (half the population of Russia). The exhibition involved 192 countries, who will try to outdo each other's technological, scientific, technical and economic achievements. It is for this show in its time was built the Eiffel Tower.

This year the exhibition is held under the slogan «Better city. Better life »(« Better City, Better Life "), and all countries are trying to present their vision of the future city. The exhibition is interesting not only "filling", but also the appearance of the pavilions. Each country is trying to build an unusual shape and architecture of the building and at the same time make it functional.

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At the exhibition you can get several inputs:



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All things are chased through the scanner, and people inspect cute creatures. Smile never left their faces. Every action they accompany rejoicing. It seems that you obschupyvaet jukebox:

 - Please turn around!
 - Thank you for your cooperation!
 - Thank you very much! Please take your belongings!



The area is huge and the exhibition is divided into two parts, between which the river Huangpu. It took me two full days in which to get around the main part of the exhibition, located on the right bank of the river. And this despite the fact that inside the pavilion is still not allowed.

Throughout the exhibition grounds are pedestrian overpass:



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It runs along the viaduct route elektrotaksi. The trip costs 10 yuan (40 rubles):



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Central Pier, quaint roof top is covered, which show pictures:



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You see a woman dancing? No? And it is there!



At the exhibition there are lounges. I is the first time I've seen. Very comfortably. You can go and take a breath in a cool place:



The exhibition is built on the territory of depressed areas, where previously no one wanted to live. After the exhibition, most pavilions will disassemble and in their place build houses. Queue for future apartments began to take long before the exhibition. Chinese Pavilion and facilities as part of the stay here for future residents. In particular, the beautiful wide road. By the way, yet for some reason, their guard. In the median time to time there are guards:



With infrastructure like, figured, let's move on to the actual pavilion. The organizers have introduced a limit on the size of the pavilions: the area of ​​no more than 6000 square meters, the height of not more than 20 meters. For themselves and made an exception zabatsali huge pavilion with very interesting architecture. Looking at him you remember that China is called China. The height of the pavilion is much greater than 20 meters, and it is visible from most points of the exhibition:



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During the exhibition will be held between the pavilions competition. The competent committee will evaluate all structures on several criteria, and 3 best pavilion will remain here after the end of the exhibition. One of the main contenders for victory and our pavilion called Pavilion UK.

English pavilion called the Seed Cathedral. It stuck 60 transparent tubes 000, each of length 7, 5 meters. Each tube was soldered on the seed. It looks all very unusual and futuristic. More details about it can be read on the official website:



Most of the pavilions at the Expo have a very unusual external form, but some stand out especially. For example, Japanese. At the sight of the pavilion, I was able to choose only one word to describe it - "Shiznya»:



Right from the Japanese - South Korea Pavilion:



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Unusual Pavilion and Dutch. He somehow wanted to be called "City ukurkom»:



The German pavilion is called «Balancity» (Balanced city). Inside the pavilion installed a huge ball, which responds to the clapping of visitors. To Swing It should be about 500 people.



The Danes brought her the Little Mermaid at the Expo. Unfortunately, it is closed before opening a red towel:



Singapore pavilion bristling resembles a flying saucer:



Australia has built its building made of iron, and after two days of rain Pavilion "rusty»:



Very interesting from Spain Pavilion (title picture). It is lined with thatched-shields. It looks very unusual:



But the US Pavilion from the outside looks very boring:



Saudi Arabia:



According to the project the Israeli pavilion should be similar to two hands, twist in the castle, but in reality it is very difficult to guess:



Pavilions "rogue states" brought together in a far corner of the exhibition:



If the majority of countries are working day and night to have time to complete construction of their pavilion for opening, then North Korea is fully prepared:



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Inside sell books, including in Russian:



I also liked the Latvian pavilion. Compared with the rest of the pavilions of our neighbors, it stands out for the better:



Inside the pavilion built huge wind tunnel, and 200 lucky people a day will be able to fly it after the briefing. Several times a day, will take place the show, which will stunt soar high above the building of the pavilion:



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