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The Ling Long Pagoda or Linglong Tower (Multifunctional Studio Tower [1]) (玲珑塔 [2]) houses a part of the International Broadcast Center (IBC).It is located near the Olympic Cauldron, on the northwest side of Beijing National Stadium. [3] "
The venue had a capacity of 12,000, consisting of 1 competition ground, 2 warmup grounds, and 6 training grounds. Court 2 was used on Day 6 of competition. After the Olympics, the venue hosted the Beijing Grand Slam of the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour in 2011 and 2012. It also hosted the Beijing Ocean-Beach Carnival every summer since 2009. [1]
Beijing World Park (simplified Chinese: 北京世界公园; traditional Chinese: 北京世界公園; pinyin: Běijīng Shìjiè Gōngyuán) is a theme park that attempts to give visitors the chance to see the world without having to leave Beijing. The park covers 46.7 hectares and is located in the southwestern Fengtai District of Beijing.
The Olympic Forest Park is a large, man-made nature park situated at the north end of the Olympic Green in Beijing. Built for the 2008 Summer Olympics , the park has two parts: the southern part is oval in shape and features Aohai lake in the center, and the northern side has a mountain that gives an excellent view of this part of the city.
There are many landmarks in Beijing. The best-known ones include the Badaling stretch of the Great Wall of China , the Temple of Heaven , the Tian'anmen and the Forbidden City , a number of temples, hutongs and parks, relics of ages gone by.
This week, Beijing will become the first city in the world to have hosted both the Summer and Winter Olympics. The 2008 Summer Games were a spectacular celebration, a sort of coming-out party for ...
It is currently used mostly for soccer matches. It was constructed in 1986 for the 1990 Asian Games. [3] The complex contains the main stadium, an indoor arena, a hockey field, and a natatorium. It was renovated to host the 2008 Summer Olympics, where it hosted soccer matches and the running and riding parts of the modern pentathlon events. For ...
The beds at the Olympic Village in Beijing are remote controlled, a major upgrade from the cardboard beds at the Summer Olympics in Tokyo. (Photo by VCG/VCG via Getty Images) (VCG via Getty Images)