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Water Cube

The Water Cube, fully a.k.a. the National Aquatics Centre, is a swimming center at the Olympic Green in , , . The Water Cube was originally constructed to host the aquatics competitions at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Paralympics.
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  • Type: Stadium
  • Description: Sports venue in Olympic Green, Beijing, China
  • Also known as: “Beijing National Aquatics Center” and “National Aquatics Center”
  • Address: 天辰东路 11

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Bird’s Nest and The Fan.

Stadium
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The National Stadium, a.k.a. the Bird's Nest, is a at Olympic Green in , , . The National Stadium, covering an area of 204,000 square meters with an 80,000 person capacity, broke ground in December 2003, officially started construction in March 2004, and was completed in June 2008. is situated 520 metres east of Water Cube.

Stadium
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The National Indoor Stadium, a.k.a. Folding Fan, is an arena located at Olympic Green in , , . The has a capacity of 20,000 people, and was constructed for the 2008 Summer Olympics. is situated 390 metres north of Water Cube.

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is situated 270 metres south of Water Cube.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Anzhen and Wudaokou.

Suburb
Subdistrict is a subdistrict on the northwest portion of Chaoyang District, , . As of 2020, it has a total population of 57,016. The subdistrict got its name from Anzhenmen, a former city gate of Khanbaliq. is situated 3 km south of Water Cube.

Neighborhood
, whose name is a literal reference to the fifth level crossing of the Jingbao Railway, is a neighborhood in the Haidian District of North West , famous for its close distances to universities including Tsinghua University and Peking University. is situated 4½ km west of Water Cube.

Town
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Town is a town on the eastern side of Haidian District, , . Its population was 58,151 as of 2020. The name literally translates to "rising from the east“. is situated 5 km west of Water Cube.

Water Cube

Latitude
39.99158° or 39° 59′ 30″ north
Longitude
116.38417° or 116° 23′ 3″ east
Elevation
45 metres (148 feet)
Height
40 metres (131 feet)
Open location code
8PFRX9RM+JM
Open­Street­Map ID
way 29201257
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
leisure=­stadium
Open­Street­Map feature
sport=­swimming
Geo­Names ID
6695796
Wiki­data ID
Q244877
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Water Cube” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “المكعب المائي”
  • Arabic: “مركز السباحة الوطني ببكين”
  • Arabic: “مركز السباحة الوطني”
  • Arabic: “مسبح بكين الأولمبي”
  • Bulgarian: “Национален център по водни спортове на Пекин”
  • Bulgarian: “Пекински национален център по водни спортове”
  • Catalan: “Centre Aquàtic Nacional de Pequín”
  • Catalan: “Centre Aquàtic Nacional”
  • Chinese: “北京国家游泳中心”
  • Chinese: “北京國家游泳中心”
  • Chinese: “国家游泳中心（水立方）”
  • Chinese: “国家游泳中心”
  • Chinese: “國家游泳中心”
  • Chinese: “水的立方体”
  • Chinese: “水立方”
  • Croatian: “Nacionalni centar za vodene sportove u Pekingu”
  • Croatian: “Nacionalni centar za vodene športove u Pekingu”
  • Czech: “Pekingské národní plavecké centrum”
  • Czech: “Vodní kostka”
  • Dutch: “Beijing National Aquatics Center”
  • Dutch: “National Aquatics Center”
  • Dutch: “Water cube”
  • Esperanto: “Akvokubo”
  • Esperanto: “Nacia Akvosporta Centro de Pekino”
  • Esperanto: “Pekina Nacia Naĝada Centro”
  • Finnish: “Beijing National Aquatics Centre”
  • Finnish: “Pekingin kansallinen vesiurheilukeskus”
  • French: “Centre national de natation de Pékin”
  • French: “centre national de natation”
  • French: “Centre national de natation”
  • French: “Cube d’eau”
  • French: “Water cube”
  • Galician: “Centro Acuático Nacional de Beijing”
  • Galician: “Centro Acuático Nacional de Pequín”
  • Georgian: “პეკინის ეროვნული აკვაცენტრი”
  • German: “Beijing National Aquatics Centre”
  • German: “Nationales Schwimmzentrum in Peking”
  • German: “Nationales Schwimmzentrum Peking”
  • German: “Nationales Schwimmzentrum”
  • German: “Wasserwürfel”
  • German: “Water Cube”
  • German: “Watercube”
  • Hebrew: “הבריכה האולימפית בבייג’ינג”
  • Hebrew: “מרכז ענפי ספורט המים הלאומי בייג’ינג”
  • Hebrew: “מרכז ענפי ספורט המים הלאומי בייגינג”
  • Hebrew: “קוביית המים”
  • Hebrew: “קוביית הקרח”
  • Hebrew: “קוביית מים”
  • Hungarian: “Pekingi Nemzeti Vízi Központ”
  • Indonesian: “Pusat Akuatik Nasional Beijing”
  • Indonesian: “Pusat Akuatik Olimpiade Beijing”
  • Indonesian: “Pusat Akuatika Nasional Beijing”
  • Italian: “Beijing National Aquatics Center”
  • Italian: “Centro acquatico nazionale di Pechino”
  • Italian: “Centro Acquatico Nazionale di Pechino”
  • Italian: “Centro acquatico nazionale”
  • Italian: “Water Cube”
  • Japanese: “北京国家水泳センター”
  • Japanese: “水立方”
  • Korean: “국가수영센터”
  • Korean: “물입방체”
  • Korean: “베이징 국가 수영 센터”
  • Korean: “베이징 국가수영센터”
  • Korean: “베이징 국가수영장”
  • Korean: “베이징 수영 경기 센터”
  • Korean: “베이징국가수영장”
  • Korean: “북경국가수영센터”
  • Korean: “북경국가유영중심”
  • Korean: “쉐이리팡”
  • Korean: “워터 큐브”
  • Korean: “워터큐브”
  • Latvian: “Pekinas nacionālais ūdenssporta centrs”
  • Lithuanian: “Pekino nacionalinis vandens sporto centras”
  • Malay: “Pusat Akuatik Nasional Beijing”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Beijing nasjonale vannsportsenter”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Beijing nasjonale vannsportssenter”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Beijing nasjonale vassportsenter”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Beijing National Aquatics Center”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Beijing National Aquatics Centre”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Vannkuben”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Vasskuben”
  • Norwegian: “Beijing nasjonale vannsportssenter”
  • Persian: “مرکز ملی ورزش های آبی پکن”
  • Persian: “مرکز ملی ورزش‌های آبی پکن”
  • Persian: “مرکز ملی ورزش‌های ابی پکن”
  • Persian: “مکعب آب”
  • Polish: “Pływalnia Olimpijska w Pekinie”
  • Portuguese: “Centro Aquático Nacional de Pequim”
  • Portuguese: “Cubo d’Água”
  • Portuguese: “Cubo de Água”
  • Russian: “Водяной куб”
  • Russian: “Пекинский национальный плавательный комплекс”
  • Serbian: “Nacionalni centar za vodene sportove u Pekingu”
  • Serbian: “Национални пливачки центар у Пекингу”
  • Serbian: “Национални центар за водене спортове у Пекингу”
  • Serbian: “北京國家游泳中心”
  • Spanish: “Centro Acuatico Nacional de Pekin”
  • Spanish: “Centro Acuatico Nacional de Pekín”
  • Spanish: “Centro Acuático Nacional de Pekin”
  • Spanish: “Centro Acuático Nacional de Pekín”
  • Spanish: “Cubo de agua”
  • Swedish: “Beijing National Aquatics Center”
  • Swedish: “National Aquatics Center”
  • Swedish: “Nationella simstadion”
  • Swedish: “Pekings Nationella simstadion”
  • Swedish: “Pekings simstadion”
  • Swedish: “Vattenkuben”
  • Swedish: “Water cube”
  • Tagalog: “Pambansang Sentro ng Akwatika ng Beijing”
  • Tagalog: “Sentro ng Pambansang Akwatika ng Beijing”
  • Tagalog: “Sentrong Pambansa ng Akwatika ng Beijing”
  • Tagalog: “Sentrong Pambansa ng Palarong Pantubig ng Beijing”
  • Thai: “ศูนย์กีฬาทางน้ำแห่งชาติปักกิ่ง”
  • Turkish: “Pekin Ulusal Su Sporları Merkezi”
  • Ukrainian: “Пекінський національний плавальний комплекс”
  • Urdu: “بیجنگ نیشنل ایکواٹکس سینٹر”
  • Vietnamese: “Trung tâm thể thao dưới nước quốc gia Bắc Kinh”
  • Wu Chinese: “国家游泳中心”
  • Yue Chinese: “北京國家游泳中心”
  • Yue Chinese: “國家游泳中心”

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