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West gate of the west wing Colored map of the Olympic Green.The Olympic Village is highlighted in yellow. The Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics Village (simplified Chinese: 北京奥运村; traditional Chinese: 北京奧運村; pinyin: Běijīng 2008 Àoyùn Cūn) is a complex of high-rise apartments in Beijing, China, which were opened to the public on July 27, 2008 and closed on August 27, 2008 ...
The Beijing National Aquatics Center (国家游泳中心) or "Water Cube" (水立方) hosted the swimming, diving and synchronized swimming events. It has a capacity of 6,000 (17,000 during the 2008 Olympics)and is located next to the National Stadium.Was the curling venue during the 2022 Winter Olympics. Olympic Green map
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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] "
Want to watch the 2022 winter Olympics? What to know about Beijing locations, new sports events, venues and weather for the upcoming Games.
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.
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)
The Southern Garden is an area of around 1.5 square miles (3.9 square kilometers) and is well known for the Yangshan Mountain and Aohai Sea. In addition to these two sites, there is a man-made wetland in the northwest area of the Southern Gardens which has a transparent underwater corridor; to the west of the corridor is a small waterfall that cascades down in tiers.