Shanghai: The World's Fair

The Norway pavilion

The porcupinelike British pavilion — constructed of 60,000 transparent rods and called the “Seed Cathedral" by artist and designer, Thomas Heatherwick. (This one blows my mind it's so beautiful and unusual!)

Denmark’s pavilion features a bronze statue of the “Little Mermaid.”

The Netherlands Pavilion

The Expo opens today. City officials are projecting that more than 70 million people could attend the 184-day event.

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