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: “Akvokubo”, “Beijing nasjonale vassportsenter”, “Beijing National Aquatics Center”, “Beijing National Aquatics Centre”, “Centro Acuático Nacional de Beijing”, “Centro Acuatico Nacional de Pekin”, “Centro Acuatico Nacional de Pekín”, “Centro Acuático Nacional de Pekin”, “Cube d’eau”, “Cubo d’Água”, “Cubo de agua”, “Cubo de Água”, “Nacionalni centar za vodene športove u Pekingu”, “National Aquatics Center”, “Nationales Schwimmzentrum in Peking”, “Nationella simstadion”, “Pambansang Sentro ng Akwatika ng Beijing”, “Pekings simstadion”, “Pusat Akuatik Olimpiade Beijing”, “Sentro ng Pambansang Akwatika ng Beijing”, “Sentrong Pambansa ng Palarong Pantubig ng Beijing”, “Vannkuben”, “Vasskuben”, “Vattenkuben”, “Vodní kostka”, “Wasserwürfel”, “Water cube”, “Watercube”, “Водяной куб”, “Национален център по водни спортове на Пекин”, “Национални пливачки центар у Пекингу”, “הבריכה האולימפית בבייג’ינג”, “קוביית המים”, “קוביית הקרח”, “קוביית מים”, “المكعب المائي”, “مركز السباحة الوطني”, “مرکز ملی ورزش های آبی پکن”, “مرکز ملی ورزش‌های ابی پکن”, “مسبح بكين الأولمبي”, “مکعب آب”, “물입방체”, “베이징 국가 수영 센터”, “베이징 국가수영장”, “베이징 수영 경기 센터”, “베이징국가수영장”, “북경국가수영센터”, “북경국가유영중심”, “쉐이리팡”, “워터 큐브”, “워터큐브”, “北京国家游泳中心”, “水的立方体”, and “水立方”
  • Address: 天辰东路 11

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Bird’s Nest and The Fan.

Stadium
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The National Stadium, a.k.a. the Bird's Nest… is situated 520 metres east of Water Cube.

Stadium
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The National Indoor Stadium, a.k.a. is situated 390 metres north of Water Cube.

Place of worship
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is a place of worship, which is situated 270 metres south of Water Cube.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Yayuncun and Datun Subdistrict.

Suburb
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Subdistrict, or Asian Games Village…

Suburb
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is a subdistrict on northwest of Chaoyang District, , China.

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Subdistrict is a subdistrict of eastern Haidian District, .

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: “مركز السباحة الوطني ببكين”
  • Bulgarian: “Пекински национален център по водни спортове”
  • Catalan: “Centre Aquàtic Nacional de Pequín”
  • Catalan: “Centre Aquàtic Nacional”
  • Chinese: “国家游泳中心（水立方）”
  • Chinese: “国家游泳中心”
  • Chinese: “國家游泳中心”
  • Croatian: “Nacionalni centar za vodene sportove u Pekingu”
  • Czech: “Pekingské národní plavecké centrum”
  • Dutch: “Beijing National Aquatics Center”
  • Esperanto: “Nacia Akvosporta Centro de Pekino”
  • Esperanto: “Pekina Nacia Naĝada Centro”
  • Finnish: “Pekingin kansallinen vesiurheilukeskus”
  • French: “Centre national de natation de Pékin”
  • French: “centre national de natation”
  • French: “Centre national de natation”
  • Galician: “Centro Acuático Nacional de Pequín”
  • Georgian: “პეკინის ეროვნული აკვაცენტრი”
  • German: “Nationales Schwimmzentrum Peking”
  • German: “Nationales Schwimmzentrum”
  • Hebrew: “מרכז ענפי ספורט המים הלאומי בייג’ינג”
  • Hebrew: “מרכז ענפי ספורט המים הלאומי בייגינג”
  • Hungarian: “Pekingi Nemzeti Vízi Központ”
  • Indonesian: “Pusat Akuatik Nasional Beijing”
  • Indonesian: “Pusat Akuatika Nasional Beijing”
  • Italian: “Centro acquatico nazionale di Pechino”
  • Italian: “Centro Acquatico Nazionale di Pechino”
  • Italian: “Centro acquatico nazionale”
  • Japanese: “北京国家水泳センター”
  • Korean: “국가수영센터”
  • Korean: “베이징 국가수영센터”
  • Latvian: “Pekinas nacionālais ūdenssporta centrs”
  • Lithuanian: “Pekino nacionalinis vandens sporto centras”
  • Malay: “Pusat Akuatik Nasional Beijing”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Beijing nasjonale vannsportsenter”
  • Norwegian: “Beijing nasjonale vannsportssenter”
  • Persian: “مرکز ملی ورزش‌های آبی پکن”
  • Polish: “Pływalnia Olimpijska w Pekinie”
  • Portuguese: “Centro Aquático Nacional de Pequim”
  • Russian: “Пекинский национальный плавательный комплекс”
  • Serbian: “Nacionalni centar za vodene sportove u Pekingu”
  • Serbian: “Национални центар за водене спортове у Пекингу”
  • Spanish: “Centro Acuático Nacional de Pekín”
  • Swedish: “Pekings Nationella simstadion”
  • Tagalog: “Sentrong Pambansa ng Akwatika 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”

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