Olympic Green, Beijing

Name: Olympic Green
Address: Beijing, China

#144 among attractions in Beijing

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The Olympic Green is an Olympic Park in Chaoyang District, Beijing, China constructed for the 2008 Summer Olympics. Since then, the streets around the park have been used for an exhibition street race of the FIA GT1 World Championship in 2011, after a race at Goldenport Park Circuit in the vicinity. It will again serve as an Olympic Park when Beijing hosts the 2022 Winter Olympics. ()

Local name: 奥林匹克公园 Area: 4.47 mi²Elevation: 154 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 40°0'11"N, 116°23'13"E

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朝阳区 (chao yang qu)Beijing China

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Olympic Green – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Beijing National Stadium, Museum of the Communist Party of China, Water Cube, Olympic Forest Park.

0.8 miS
Acclaimed stadium with modern design
Beijing National Stadium, Beijing
21 min walk • The National Stadium, also known as the Bird's Nest, is an 80,000-capacity stadium in Beijing.
~1650 ftE
Museum
Museum of the Communist Party of China, Beijing
8 min walk • The Museum of the Chinese Communist Party is located at the intersection of Beichen East Road and Datun North Road, in Chaoyang District of Beijing, China. It is adjacent to the Olympic Green. It is a public institution directly under the Publicity Department of the Chinese Communist Party.
0.7 miS
Modern, distinctive swimming complex
Water Cube, Beijing
18 min walk • The National Aquatics Centre, and colloquially known as the Water Cube and the Ice Cube, is an aquatics center at the Olympic Green in Beijing, China. The facility was originally constructed to host the aquatics competitions at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Paralympics.
1 miN
Park
Olympic Forest Park, Beijing
27 min walk • The Olympic Forest Park is a large, man-made nature park situated at the north end of the Olympic Green in Beijing.
0.6 miS
Sport venue, Sport
Beijing National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
15 min walk • The National Indoor Stadium is an indoor stadium that is located in the Olympic Green in Beijing, China. The stadium has a capacity of 20,000 people, and was constructed for the 2008 Summer Olympics.
1.3 miNW
Sport venue, Sport, Tennis
Olympic Green Tennis Center, Beijing
35 min walk • The National Tennis Center, is a tennis center located in the Olympic Green. It opened on 1 October 2007. It hosted the tennis preliminaries and finals of singles and doubles for men and women at the Beijing 2008 Olympics as well as the Paralympic wheelchair tennis competitions.
~1310 ftN
Tower
Olympic Park Observation Tower, Beijing
7 min walk • The Beijing Olympic Tower is located on Kehui South Road, part of the Olympic Green in the Chaoyang District of Beijing, China. Construction began in 2011, three years after the 2008 Summer Olympics; it was completed in 2014, and opened on August 8, 2015.
0.6 miW
Museum, Natural history museum, Science museum
National Zoological Museum of China, Beijing
17 min walk • The National Zoological Museum of China is located on the campus of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing in the Chaoyang District. It is the largest zoological museum in China. It has three floors of exhibits that surround a central exhibit area that contains a large hanging whale skeleton.
0.7 miSW
Museum
Digital Beijing Building, Beijing
18 min walk • The Digital Beijing Building is located northwest of the intersection of Beichen West and Anxiang North roads, on Olympic Green, in the Chaoyang District of Beijing, China. It is a 57-metre-tall block-shaped building erected to serve as a data center during the 2008 Summer Olympics.
~1810 ftSW
Convention center, Event space, Fair
China National Convention Center, Beijing
9 min walk • The China National Convention Center, previously known as the Olympic Green Convention Center is a convention center located in the Olympic Green in Beijing.
0.6 miS
Sport venue, Sport
Beijing Olympic Green Circuit, Beijing
15 min walk • Beijing Olympic Green Circuit is a street circuit in Beijing, China, which was first used on 13 September 2014 during the first ePrix of Formula E. It runs around the grounds of the Olympic Stadium used in the 2008 Summer Olympics. The track features 20 turns, and at 3.453 km is the longest track currently used in Formula E.

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Which popular attractions are close to Olympic Green?

Nearby attractions include Olympic Park Observation Tower, Beijing (7 min walk), Museum of the Communist Party of China, Beijing (8 min walk), China National Convention Center, Beijing (9 min walk), National Zoological Museum of China, Beijing (17 min walk).

How to get to Olympic Green by public transport?

The nearest stations to Olympic Green:

Bus

洼里南口 • Lines: 328, 379, 419, 450, 484, 617, 628, 630, 751, 913, Bus 专40, 专40 (5 min walk)
豹房西 • Lines: 484 (11 min walk)

Metro

Olympic Green • Lines: 15, 8 (6 min walk)
South Gate of Forest Park • Lines: 8 (11 min walk)