The Fan
The National Indoor Stadium, a.k.a. Folding Fan, is an arena located at Olympic Green in Chaoyang, Beijing, China. The stadium has a capacity of 20,000 people, and was constructed for the 2008 Summer Olympics.- Type: Stadium
- Description: Indoor multi-purpose arena in Olympic Green, Beijing, China
- Also known as: “Beijing National Indoor Stadium”, “Det nasjonale innendørsstadion”, “Estadio Cubierto Nacional de Pekin”, “Estádio Nacional Indoor”, “Gimnasio Nacional de Pekin”, “Gimnasio Nacional de Pekín”, “National Indoor Stadium”, “Nationella inomhusstadion”, “Национален закрит стадион на Пекин”, “האיצטדיון הלאומי המקורה בייג’ינג”, “ملعب بكين الداخلي الوطني”, “中国国家体育馆”, “北京国家体育馆”, and “北京國家體育館”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights: Water Cube and Bird’s Nest.
Water Cube
Stadium
The Water Cube, fully a.k.a. the National Aquatics… Water Cube is situated 390 metres south of The Fan.
Bird’s Nest
Stadium
The National Stadium, a.k.a. the Bird's Nest… Bird’s Nest is situated 680 metres southeast of The Fan.
Intercontinental Beijing Beichen
Hotel
Intercontinental Beijing Beichen is a hotel, which is situated 290 metres northwest of The Fan.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Datun Subdistrict and Yayuncun.
Datun Subdistrict
Suburb
Datun Subdistrict is a subdistrict on northwest of Chaoyang District, Beijing, China.
Huayuanlu
Suburb
Huayuanlu Subdistrict is a subdistrict of eastern Haidian District, Beijing. Huayuanlu is situated 2½ km southwest of The Fan.
The Fan
- Categories: arena, building, recreation area, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Beijing, North China, China, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
39.99509° or 39° 59′ 42″ north
Longitude
116.38394° or 116° 23′ 2″ east
Elevation
49 metres (161 feet)
Open location code
8PFRX9WM+2H
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
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OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=stadium
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Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“The Fan” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “الاستاد الوطني المسقوف”
- Armenian: “Ազգային փակ մարզադաշտ”
- Bulgarian: “Пекински национален закрит стадион”
- Catalan: “Estadi Cobert Nacional de Pequín”
- Catalan: “Gimnàs Nacional de Pequín”
- Chinese: “国家体育馆”
- Chinese: “國家體育館”
- Danish: “Beijing National Indoor Stadium”
- Danish: “National Indoor Stadium”
- Dutch: “Beijing National Indoor Stadium”
- Esperanto: “Pekina Nacia Kovrita Stadiono”
- French: “palais national omnisports de Pékin”
- French: “Palais national omnisports de Pékin”
- French: “Palais national omnisports”
- German: “Nationales Hallenstadion Peking”
- German: “Nationales Hallenstadion”
- Hebrew: “האצטדיון הלאומי המקורה בייג’ינג”
- Indonesian: “Stadion Dalam Ruangan Nasional Beijing”
- Indonesian: “Stadion Indoor Nasional Beijing”
- Italian: “stadio coperto nazionale di Pechino”
- Italian: “Stadio coperto nazionale di Pechino”
- Japanese: “北京国家体育館”
- Korean: “베이징 국립 실내경기장”
- Latvian: “Pekinas nacionālais iekštelpu stadions”
- Lithuanian: “Pekino nacionalinis uždarų patalpų stadionas”
- Malay: “Stadium Tertutup Nasional Beijing”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Beijing nasjonale innendørsstadion”
- Norwegian: “Beijing nasjonale innendørsstadion”
- Polish: “Narodowy Kryty Stadion w Pekinie”
- Portuguese: “Estádio Nacional Indoor de Pequim”
- Russian: “Государственный дворец спорта Пекина”
- Slovak: “Národný krytý štadión (Peking)”
- Slovak: “Národný krytý štadión”
- Spanish: “Estadio Cubierto Nacional de Pekín”
- Spanish: “Estadio Cubierto Nacional”
- Swedish: “Pekings Nationella inomhusstadion”
- Thai: “สนามกีฬาในร่มแห่งชาติปักกิ่ง”
- Turkish: “Pekin Ulusal Kapalı Stadyumu”
- Ukrainian: “Державний палац спорту Пекіна”
- Urdu: “بیجنگ نیشنل انڈور اسٹیڈیم”
- Yue Chinese: “中國國家體育館”
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Places to explore: 老虎庙 and 岔道口.
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Places to explore: 北京演艺中心 and 素虎蔬食料理.
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