The 2008 Beijing Olympic and Paralympic Games were held in Beijing Olympic Park. It covers a total of 2,864 acres The Olympic Forest Park covers 1,680 acres in the north, 778 acres in the middle, and 405 acres in the south containing venues for the 1990 Asian Games. Ten venues, the Olympic Village and other supporting facilities were planned for the park. After that, it was transformed into an extensive public activity center with multiple functions.
After a race at the nearby Golden port Park Circuit, the streets surrounding the park have been used ever since for an exhibition street race of the FIA GT1 World Championship in 2011. When Beijing hosted the Winter Olympics in 2022, it was once again used as an Olympic Park.
Venues of Olympic Park
Beijing National Stadium
The project’s focal point is the Beijing National Stadium, also known as the “Bird’s Nest.” The Games’ athletics and football finals, as well as the opening and closing ceremonies, were held there. Following the Olympics, the stadium’s capacity decreased to 80,000 from 91,000. It likewise filled in as the site of the opening and shutting functions of the 2022 Winter Olympics.
Beijing National Aquatics Center
The swimming, diving, and synchronized swimming competitions were held at the Beijing National Aquatics Center, or “Water Cube.” It has a limit of 6,000 (17,000 during the 2008 Olympics) and is situated close to the Public Arena. During the 2022 Winter Olympics, curling competitions will be held there.
Beijing National Indoor Stadium
One of the three main venues for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, the National Indoor Stadium is currently closed to the public. The tall steel structure looks like an open Chinese folding fan against a big area of clear glass curtain wall from a distance, and the roof’s wavy curves look like ribbons dancing in rhythmic gymnastics. It is contiguous to the Bird’s Home and the Water 3D shape, framing a particular design local area. It is China’s largest indoor comprehensive gymnasium, with a capacity of approximately 20.000 people and an area of 6.87 hectares. During the Olympics, it hosted handball, trampoline, and artistic gymnastics competitions.
Beijing National Speed Skating Oval
The Beijing Public Speed Skating Oval is a field that was worked for the 2022 Winter Olympics.
Olympic Green Hockey Field
The Olympic Green Hockey Field facilitated the field hockey occasions. It covered an area of 11.87 hectares (29.3 sections of land) with 2 courts and could situate 17,000 observers. It was dismantled following the Games.
Olympic Green Convention Center
The modern pentathlon’s fencing, shooting, and fencing competitions were held at the Olympic Green Convention Center, also known as the National Convention Center. Additionally, it serves as the Main Press Center and the International Broadcast Center (for exhibitions and conventions). 270,000 square meters of space are occupied by the centre.
Olympic Green Archery Field
The Olympic Green Arrow-based weaponry Field facilitated the toxophilite occasions. The field could hold 5,000 people and measured 9.22 hectares (22.8 acres). After the Games, it was taken down.
Olympic Green Tennis Center
The Olympic Green Tennis Place facilitated the tennis and wheelchair tennis occasions. It has a capacity of 17,400 and includes 10 competition courts and 6 practice courts. On October 1, 2007, it opened.
Promenade
Some of the Olympic Games athletic competitions were held in the park itself, not in the venues built on the Olympic Green. These incorporated the racewalk occasions, where the circles happened on the Olympic Green, and the part of the long-distance races right external the Public Arena.
Other parts of Olympic Green or Olympic Park
Olympic Village
In conjunction with the 2008 Summer Olympics, the Beijing Olympic Village is a complex of high-rise apartments in Beijing, China. It opened to the public on July 27, 2008, and closed on August 27, 2008. During the event, it served as an Olympic Village and housed the athletes and their coaches.
Digital Beijing Building
Throughout the Games, the data center was located in the Digital Beijing Building. At the time of the Olympics, it was the only building on the Green that was not used as a venue for events. Since then, it has been turned into a Digital Olympics museum and a space for digital technology companies to exhibit.
The distinctive 11-story building with a height of 57 meters was designed by Chinese architect Pei Zhu near the Aquatic Center and Convention Center. It was the only major facility designed by a Chinese architect during the Games. Its façades, which are meant to evoke a microchip and a bar code, are meant to investigate the connection between digital forms and traditional Chinese aesthetics.
Ling Long Pagoda
The International Broadcast Center (IBC) is housed in part in the Ling Long Pagoda or Linglong Tower (Multifunctional Studio Tower). On the northwest side of the Bird’s Nest Stadium, it is close to the cauldron from the 2008 Summer Olympics.
Beijing Olympic Tower
The five circular roofs of the 246.8-meter Beijing Olympic Tower, which was finished and opened in 2014, are meant to resemble the Olympic rings. even though it has also been called “a huge nail.” The plan of the actual pinnacles was enlivened by pieces of sod. It is the 6th tallest perception tower in China and the 22nd most elevated on the planet. From each of the five platforms, which range in height from 186 to 243 meters visitors can see the park and Beijing as a whole.
Where is Olympic Park?
Beijing Olympic Park is situated in Chaoyang Region, on the north of the focal pivot of Beijing City. It spans 11.59 square kilometers, from the southern bank of the Qinghe River in the north to Beitucheng Road in the south, Anli Road and Beichen East Road in the east, and Lincui Road and Beichen West Road in the west.
- From Tiananmen Square: about 14km, 55 minutes’ drive
- From the Forbidden City: about 13km, 50 minutes’ drive
- From Beijing South Railway Station: about 21km, 70 minutes’ drive
- From the Temple of Heaven: about 18km, a 1-hour drive
- From the Summer Palace: about 13km, 30 minutes’ drive
Step-by-step instructions to get to the Olympic Park
By Subway:
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- To get to Lincuiqiao, Senlin Gongyuan Nanmen (Forest Park South Gate), Aolin Pike Gongyuan (Olympic Park), Aoti Zhongxin (Olympic Sports Center), or Beitucheng Station, take the Subway Line 8. Note: Lincuiqiao Station is near the west entryway of the Olympic Backwoods Park and Beitucheng Station is close to the China Ethnic Culture Park.)
- Take the Subway Line 15 to Aolin Pike Gongyuan Station, where you can get off.
- Take Subway Line 10 to Beitucheng Station, where you can get off.
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By Bus:
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- Get off at Guojia Tiyuchang Dong (Bird’s Nest) Station by taking bus numbers 82, 419, 538, or 645.
- Take transport 81, 82, 86, 510, 607 or Unique Line 13 or 15 and get off at Guojia Tiyuguan (Public Indoor Arena) Station.
- To get to Forest Park, take bus numbers 81, 379, 510, or Special Line 44 and get off at Subway Lincuiqiao Station or Aolin Chuntian Xiaoqu Station. Enter from the west entryway of the Northern Nursery of the Backwoods Park.
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