The Beijing Olympic Park was built for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. After the games, it became a park and opened to the public. The Beijing Olympic park is well known all over the world, and Beijing's Bird's Nest, Beijing's Water Cube and Linglong Tower became popular viewpoints of the park. Beijing's Bird's Nest, Beijing's Water Cube and Linglong Tower are the symbolic of the Olympic Park in the Chaoyang district of Beijing.

The Linglong tower in the Olympic Park is different from the Linglong tower in Haidian's district of Beijing. However, they are both named Linglong tower by the locals. Here we talk about The Linglong tower in Beijing's Olympic Park; it is located in the same place as the famous construction of the Bird's Nest. It is taller than the Bird's Nest building. And at the same time, it is the tallest building in the Beijing Olympic Park which reaches 132 meters. It is regarded as a special information center, here the International Broadcasting company can reports the results of all the competitions in Beijing's Birds Nest and Water Cube. So it was built for the national broadcasters who "want to capture unique images of the Olympics".

The Linglong tower enjoys a good location in Beijing's Olympic Park; it is very easy to be found when you enter the Olympic Park. Maybe The Linglong tower is not more popular than the Birds Nest, Beijing Water Cube in your mind, however it is a beautiful building and is very interesting. It would be a pity if you don't visit the building during your Olympic park visit.

Bus Routes: Take Bus 407, 386, 656, 939, 944, 660, or 689, get off at Beichenqiao West Station.

Subway Line: Take Subway Line 8, get off at Olympic Green or Olympic Sports Center.

Source: beijing-birdsnest.com