National Aquatics Center in Beijing Olympic Park, the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, one of the landmark buildings. Undertaken during the Olympic Games swimming, diving, synchronized swimming, water polo and other games, seating 17,000 spectators. After the match will be built with a set of international advanced level swimming, fitness and leisure in one’s activity center.
“Water Cube” National Stadium “Bird’s Nest” are located on both sides of the axis, one a round, echoes, constitutes a “People’s Olympics” unique landscape. The “Water Cube” is divided into four layers, which matches the negative layer is the work area, first and second floors are the resort and the auditorium, three for the stadium reserved for business venues.
“Water Cube” building structures from the accumulation of the concept of a soap bubble, because the water molecules to create the feeling of each gas are irregular polyhedron pillow, air pillow so relying on the steel structure also requires a multi-dimensional space of the 12 icosahedral or 14-sided, steel structure built in this country and the world is the first time.
Constitute the “Water Cube” is more than 3,000 by the skin of ETFE film pillow made of irregular gas bubbles in the stadium surrounded by a circle of 2 meters high fence, and dug a fence within 6 meters wide, 0.5 deep meters of the moat. As the air pillow is translucent, the birds will not stay on top, the edge of the roof frame is also equipped with air pillow very fine steel wire, to prevent the birds of the air pillow damage. Inside the stadium, the audience can only be 170 square meters of bubble bar in close contact with air pillow, other regions can not touch.
2009 Water Cube will be held dream – a large sound and light water features symphony concert – “Dream Water Cube”, this concert set lighting, laser, water features, and world music as a whole, to super lineup, Hyun Li’s choreography of light efficiency, stunning visual effects, the Olympic venues tourism a bright spot.
2008 Olympic Games one of the iconic stadium, swimming and diving competitions are held here.

Beijing: National Aquatics Center (Water Cube)
Traffic
National Aquatics Center in Beijing North Star North Fourth Ring West Bridge, the North Fourth Ring Road in the south, north rings, the Badaling Expressway west. Bus 939,407,753,740, American Express 113,656 Jianxiang Qiao Road, East Station, Subway Line in the Olympic Games or Olympic Park station Station.
Tickets
National Aquatics Center Tickets $ 30, Dream Water Cube 2009 – Large water features sound and light symphonic concert tickets 200,400,600,800 yuan. Large-scale symphonic concert sound and light water features for children under 1 m 2 allowed to enter, holding more than 1 m 2 adult tickets for admission.
Opening Hours :9:00-17: 00, into the open during the 1500 hour limit is about to visit, tour time is 45 minutes, each batch of tourists leave for 15 minutes. Large water features sound and light symphonic concert held at 19:30 every night.