Beijing National Aquatics Center - 2008 Olympics swimming venue - Water Cube


"The Beijing National Aquatics Center, also officially known as the National Aquatics Center, and colloquially known as the Water Cube, is an aquatics center that was built alongside Beijing National Stadium in the Olympic Green for the swimming competitions of the 2008 Summer Olympics. Despite its nickname, the building is not an actual cube, but a cuboid (a rectangular box). Ground was broken on December 24, 2003, and the Center was completed and handed over for use on January 28, 2008. Swimmers at the Water Cube broke 25 world records during the 2008 Olympics." [source: Wikipedia]


Size: 4100px × 3075px
Location: Beijing, China
Photo credit: © Sergio Azenha / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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