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tube (the Large Hadron Collider, the world's biggest machine) and the resulting collisions
create new forms of matter.
Two fascinating permanent exhibitions shed light on the ground-breaking work done by
the centre: The dazzling Universe of Particles (admission free; 10am-5pm Mon-Sat) ,
housed inside a 27m-tall and 40m-diameter globe intended to symbolise planet Earth, is a
dazzling interactive voyage into the enigmatic world of particles. Microcosm (admission
free; 8.30am-5.30pm Mon-Fri, 9am-5pm Sat) likewise uses multimedia to help visitors under-
stand through games, experiments and hands-on workshops just how accelerators recreate
the Big Bang among other things.
From the train station take tram 18 to its terminus in front of CERN (Sfr3, 40 minutes).
CERN, Geneva
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