Middle East
Qatar
Al Rayyan

Aspire Tower

Aspire Tower, also known as The Torch Doha, is a 300-metre-tall skyscraper hotel located in the complex in , . Designed by architect Hadi Simaan and AREP and engineer Ove Arup and Partners, the tower served as the focal point for the 15th Asian Games hosted by Qatar in December 2006.
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Photo: Jaseem Hamza, CC BY 3.0.
  • Type: Building
  • Description: skyscraper hotel located in the Aspire Zone complex in Doha, Qatar
  • Also known as: “Doha Olympic Tower”, “Khalifa Sports Tower”, and “The Torch Doha”
  • Address: Al Waab Street

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Aspire Zone and Hamad Aquatic Centre.

Sports venue
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
, also known as Doha Sports City, is a 250-hectare sporting complex located in the Baaya district of , . Owned by the Foundation, it was established as an international sports destination in 2003 and in the following year an educational centre for the development of sporting champions was opened. is situated 220 metres north of Aspire Tower.

Sports venue
is a large swimming pool complex in , . The centre is housed in the Doha Sports City complex along with other buildings dedicated to sports in Qatar including the Qatar Olympic and Sports Museum, the Aspire Tower, , and a training school called . is situated 200 metres northwest of Aspire Tower.

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.0.
The is an indoor multi-purpose arena based in . It is located in the in and has the capacity to host 13 different sporting events simultaneously in a climate controlled arena, in addition to a full-sized indoor football pitch. is situated 420 metres north of Aspire Tower.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Muaither and Al Messila.

Suburb
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is a district of in , located in the municipality of . is situated 3 km northwest of Aspire Tower.

Suburb
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is a district in the municipality of . For the most part, large gated compounds and schools occupy this district. It shares its western border with Lebday and in Municipality. is situated 6 km northeast of Aspire Tower.

Locality
is an educational and research hub located in in the Doha Metropolitan Area of . Developed by the Qatar Foundation, it was established by Moza bint Nasser, one of the consorts of Qatar's former ruler Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani and the current ruler's mother, to advance education, research, and innovation in the region. is situated 6 km north of Aspire Tower.

Aspire Tower

Latitude
25.26253° or 25° 15′ 45″ north
Longitude
51.44475° or 51° 26′ 41″ east
Levels
36
Height
318 metres (1,043 feet)
Open location code
7HQH7C7V+2V
Open­Street­Map ID
way 770633250
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Wiki­data ID
Q737602
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Aspire Tower” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “برج أسباير”
  • Breton: “Aspire Tower”
  • Bulgarian: “Кула Аспири”
  • Chinese: “阿斯拜爾塔”
  • Chinese: “阿爾發塔”
  • Croatian: “Aspire Tower”
  • Danish: “Aspire Tower”
  • Dutch: “Aspire Tower”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “برج اسباير”
  • Finnish: “Aspire Tower”
  • French: “Aspire Tower”
  • French: “Tour des sports de doha”
  • French: “Tour des Sports de Doha”
  • German: “Aspire Tower”
  • Greek: “Πύργος Ασπάιρ”
  • Hebrew: “מגדל אספירה”
  • Indonesian: “Menara Aspire”
  • Italian: “Aspire Tower”
  • Japanese: “アスパイアタワー”
  • Korean: “어스파이어 타워”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Aspire Tower”
  • Norwegian: “Aspire Tower”
  • Persian: “برج اسپایر”
  • Portuguese: “Aspire Tower”
  • Portuguese: “Doha Sport City Tower”
  • Portuguese: “Doha Sport City”
  • Pushto: “ايسپایر ټاور”
  • Russian: “Aspire Tower”
  • Serbian: “Торањ Аспајер”
  • Spanish: “Aspire Tower”
  • Spanish: “Torre Aspire”
  • Swedish: “Aspire Tower”
  • Turkish: “Aspire Tower”
  • Ukrainian: “Aspire Tower”
  • Urdu: “ایسپائر ٹاور”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Aspire Tower”. Photo: Jaseem Hamza, CC BY 3.0.