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Venue: National Aquatics Center
Location: Olympic Green (Search the map)
Total land surface: 79,532 sq m

The blue-colored National Aquatics Center (NAC), nicknamed the "Water Cube" and located by Beijing's North Fourth Ring Road, was inaugurated and delivered for use on the morning of January 28, 2008.

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About a half-kilometer from the Watercube sits the “Bird’s Nest,” Herzog & de Meuron’s sinewy Olympics stadium. The project is one of contrasts, combining a muscular skeleton of entwined steel with soft ETFE cushions. The ETFE pillows will fill the spaces between the nest’s twigs, helping to weatherproof the structure.