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Paris 2024: free guided tours of the upcoming Athletes Village this summer 2021

It is one of the biggest works for the upcoming Paris 2024 Olympics . Starting from June 19 to September 18, 2021, the Solideo (the company entrusted with the Olympic works) and the Office de Tourisme de Plaine Commune Grand Paris team up to offer free guided tours of the future Athletes Village of Paris 2024 Olympics .

📅 Visites guidées (12 juin - 18 septembre) 👉 En partenariat avec @TourismPlaineCo , la SOLIDEO lance une série de 12 visites guidées gratuites du chantier du futur #Villagedesathlètes des #JOP2024 menées par les étudiants d' @univ_spn Inscrivez vous 👇 https://t.co/gwj1viVJxW — SOLIDEO (@SOLIDEO_JOP) June 10, 2021

Tweet reads: " Guided tours (June 12 - September 18) In partnership with @TourismPlaineCo, the SOLIDEO launches a series of 12 free guided tours of the upcoming #AthleteVillage of the #Paris2024Olympics led by students from @univ_spn. "

For summer 2021 , the neighborhood, still in construction and set between Saint-Denis ,  Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine  and Île-Saint-Denis , is opening to curious visitors. To make it a smooth operation, the Office du Tourisme Grand Paris entrusts students from the Paris 13-Villateneuse university – training to become professional guides and cultural mediators – with the tours.

By the way, the village said to be delivered for the upcoming Olympics hides many surprises. You will learn that this eco-neighborhood is sustainable, innovative and can house – from 2025 – at least 6,000 new residents and as many employees and storekeepers. Moreover, Paris 2024 ambitions are clearly set, which will enable you to understand the stakes hiding behind the Parisian Olympic project. During the Olympic Games, 12,000 athletes and staff will stay in the neighborhood.

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Of course, because of the health crisis, the organization of tours has to maintain the governmental guidelines. Therefore, each visit can welcome maximum 10 people. Between June 19 and September 19, tours are held on Saturdays at 10 a.m. Other tours are schedules on Wednesdays but precise dates have not been announced yet. To sign up, nothing simpler, you only have to do so on the Office de Tourisme de Plaine Commune website.

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Dates and Opening Time From June 19th, 2021 to September 18th, 2021

Location Olympic Village Paris 2024 8 Rue Nicolau 93400 Saint Ouen

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Take a Tour of the Olympic Village

By Karen Hanley and James Surdam July 30, 2021

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The women’s basketball team from Puerto Rico qualified for the Olympics for the first time this year.

India Pagán, who plays center, walked us through a day in the Olympic Village →

Each day starts the same way: with a Covid test. “You have to spit into this little tube,” Pagán said.

Hand sanitizer, masks and social distancing are also ubiquitous.

Practice takes place on a smaller court.

On Monday, Puerto Rico will play Australia at the Saitama Super Arena. “It is huge,” Pagán said. “My idols will be playing on this court.”

Whenever athletes enter or leave the Olympic Village, they have to show their (unmasked) faces and IDs.

Pagán said the security was like being at the airport.

Pagán usually eats in the dining hall with her teammates.

“They have everything you can imagine,” she said, including vegetarian options and halal dishes.

“The village is pretty big,” Pagán said, and there’s an autonomous bus that shuttles athletes around.

But Pagán and her peers tend to walk: “We got to get a little exercise in.”

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A Look at the Activities, Meals and More at the Olympic Village

The olympic village of the 2022 winter olympics in beijing is full of activities for the athletes to partake in. here's a look behind the scenes, by julia elbaba • published february 10, 2022 • updated on february 11, 2022 at 12:24 am.

One of the most iconic parts of competing at the Winter Olympics is getting to interact with other successful athletes around the globe and immersing yourself in a different culture.

While athletes compete in their respective sports for a portion of the day, there is still plenty of daylight to partake in activities around the Olympic Village. 

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Whether athletes are looking to indulge in self-care or take on new sports, the Olympic Village has an option for everyone. 

Here we take a look at how athletes at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics are spending their time when they aren’t competing: 

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What are some activities athletes can enjoy when they are not competing?

Team USA’s Becca Hamilton took to Twitter to highlight that athletes can go shopping in their downtime. Hamilton roams around the indoor mall with a shopping bag and picks up some Beijing souvenirs. 

Shopping fun with @heccabamilton ! #usacurling #curling   #Beijing2022 pic.twitter.com/MqiRhsg5Md — Team Peterson (@TeamPetersonUSA) February 9, 2022

Olympians are taking on Chinese Kung Fu, Tai Chi and Baduanjin Qigong at the Village’s traditional Chinese Medicine Experience Hall. 

Welcome to the Olympic Village to learn Chinese kung fu! Many athletes from overseas are learning tai chi and baduanjin qigong at the village’s traditional Chinese medicine experience hall. They might become kung fu masters after #Beijing2022 pic.twitter.com/KH1YyPi1vv — Global Times (@globaltimesnews) February 10, 2022

Leon Vockensperger of Team Germany is loving the virtual reality games available at the Olympic Village. Looks like competition goes beyond the snow and ice in Beijing! 

@leonvockensperger We can’t get enough of this lol🤩 #beijing2022 #olympicvillage #olympicspirit @Team Deutschland ♬ Going Dark - Archer

Evan McEachran of Team Canada says his favorite part of the Olympic Village is pin trading. He enjoys collecting memorabilia from other athletes and the staff. 

@teamcanada Reply to @.astro.nomical Find out what Team Canada athlete @evanm is up to in the #Beijing2022 Olympic Village 👀 ♬ Suns - Official Sound Studio

Walter Wallberg of Sweden is reaping the benefits of some self-care at the Olympic Village’s beauty salon. Free hairdressing, facial beauty and manicure services are provided at the village's hair salon, according to Popsugar .

@walterwallberg 3 THINGS TO DO IN THE OLYMPIC VILLAGE! Follow for more behind the scenes 😎🇸🇪 #olympics #olympicspirit #fyp #viral ♬ The Weekend (Funk Wav Remix) - SZA & Calvin Harris

What is the Olympic Dining Hall like and what kinds of meals are served?

Estonian Kelly Sildaru took her positive experience of eating at the Olympic dining hall to TikTok. She loves that it’s open 24/7 and there are many food options for all meals. She says that everyone has their own table and there are plexiglass dividers.

@kellysildaru How to dine in safely in the Olympic village #olympics #winterolympics #beijing #beijing2022 #fyp #foryou #china @olympics ♬ Che La Luna - Louis Prima

Michelle Uhrig of Germany reflects on her experience at the Olympic dining hall as well. She says she loves the cuisine variety, which includes different food from China, Japan, India and America. Not to mention, a lot of dessert options. 

@michelleuhrig The dining hall in the Olympic Village #enjoy #food #foodfoodfood #olympicvillage #beijing2022 ♬ Food! - Rucka Rucka Ali & "Wierd Ali" Ruckavich

Olympic meals in the dining hall are prepared and delivered robotically . According to the clip, you pick your meal, a machine plates your food and delivers it over to your table. The robotic system includes bar service requests as well for alcoholic beverages. 

@quicktakenews #Robots are making and delivering #food at the #WinterOlympics in #Beijing — #China #olympics #travel #tech #olympicspirit ♬ original sound - Bloomberg Quicktake

What do Olympic apartments look like?

Team Peterson on TikTok, which consists of USA’s curling team, gives a grand tour of what their “home for the month” looks like. Their living space has five bedrooms, three bathrooms and a decent-sized living room for the squad.

@teampetersonusa Tour of our home for the month! #olympicvillage #olympics #beijing2022 #curling #teamusa @ninrotholy1822 @heccabamilton2 @tabcurl @taraissupercool ♬ Home - Phillip Phillips

Team USA’s Clare Egan, Paul Schommer and Deedra Irwin were sent personalized Green Bay Packers jerseys in the spirit of Super Bowl LVI this weekend. The Wisconsin-rooted Olympians played some football in the Olympic Village. 

The @packers sent personalized jerseys to our three Wisconsin-rooted Olympians — @BiathleteEgan , @pschommer_ & @deedrablu — so we played a little football in the village today! 🏈🇺🇸 Think they'll let us compete in these jerseys in the Olympics this week?!? #GoPackGo pic.twitter.com/pst65xtv42 — US Biathlon (@USBiathlon) February 9, 2022

After Elana Meyers Taylor tested positive for COVID-19, she got creative with her workout quarters. She took isolation weight-training to the next level in her hotel room.

Today’s isolation hotel workout with my new barbell! @NBCOlympics #Beijing2022 pic.twitter.com/9MpmkM0kmc — Elana Meyers Taylor OLY (@eamslider24) February 5, 2022

In pictures: Take a tour inside Tokyo’s Olympic Village

The Olympic Village in Tokyo, Japan, is getting ready to greet the world when it officially opens on July 13, just 10 days before the Games are to open.

There are 21 residential towers with a total of 3,600 rooms inside the Village. The complexes are equipped with 18,000 beds made out of cardboard frames and other minimalist furnishings. The residential apartments are set to house some 12,000 athletes and support staff.

Journalists from around the world covering the Games were given access to view the Olympic Village on June 20, 2021.

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A journalist films the main dining hall during a press tour of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Village. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko) 

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Situated at the top of False Creek, Olympic Village began life as the Athletes Village during the 2010 Winter Olympics, which were held in Vancouver, the North Shore, and Whistler. Take a trip on the water via ferry or kayak, ride the SkyTrain, or bike the seawall to get to Olympic Village, which is only a five-minute drive from the center of Downtown Vancouver. 

Rent a Kayak

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False Creek is popular with rowers and kayakers year-round, but summer evenings bring the most clubs and individual enthusiasts to the water. Visitors can join in the fun by renting a single or double kayak (or taking a lesson) with Creekside Kayaks between May and October. It's an easy paddle towards Granville Island (just watch out for boat traffic!), and more advanced kayakers can head out into English Bay to explore the coastline of Kitsilano and beyond or paddle to Stanley Park. 

Take a Ride on False Creek Ferries

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Getting to Olympic Village is part of the fun, and the False Creek Ferries are small boats that travel up and down the inlet between Olympic Village and Yaletown , Granville Island , Downtown , and Kitsilano. You can also catch the colorful AquaBus  from Downtown Vancouver to "The Village" for a frugal way to cruise along False Creek. 

See Olympic Village Square

See the spot where the 2010 Winter Olympics took place and meet The Birds, giant sparrow sculptures by artist Myfanwy MacLeod that returned to roost here in August 2018 after being flown to Calgary and China to receive repairs. Found between Manitoba Street, Salt Street, Walter Hardwick Avenue and Athletes Way, the Square is a great place to people-watch and is the hub for restaurants and cafes. 

Discover Science World

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Find some family-friendly fun at Science World , which is within a few minutes walk of Olympic Village and has interactive exhibits and theaters to educate and delight kids of all ages. Get the Skytrain to Main Street-Science World rather than Olympic Village (this is also the easiest station to go to for kayak rental as it's closer to Creekside Kayaks). Science World also hosts After Dark, a monthly after-hours event for adults that includes special exhibits and shows (as well as a bar). 

Have a Sip at the Craft Beer Market

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Nearby East Vancouver is home to plenty of craft breweries but the huge Craft Beer Market in Olympic Village brings together beers and ales from around BC and the world (including local brews) in an expansive pub-style establishment that also serves up seasonal food. Bar snacks and a full menu are ideal for soaking up the beers. Housed in the historic Salt Building, this pub is a craft beer enthusiast's dream come true. 

Enjoy a Sunset Dinner

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Featuring one of the city's best patios, the creekside Tap & Barrel restaurant in Olympic Village is a popular place to catch the sunset and watch kayakers explore the creek while the sun sets over the cityscape. Olympic Village is becoming a destination for foodies thanks to places such as Terra Breads for sandwiches and a new opening of the Flying Pig, a more upscale restaurant that also has sister establishments in Yaletown and Gastown. Order the roasted Brussels sprout salad or head there for happy hour specials to get bargain beverages. 

Bike the False Creek Seawall

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While Stanley Park is always a popular place to bike the Vancouver Seawall, the oceanside route that passes through Olympic Village is a pretty place to take a leisurely cycle—visit Granville Island, Kitsilano, or the city center on the paved route. Pick up a bike rental from the Mobi  stand in Olympic Village—the bike share programs enables you to rent a bike and return it to one of the hubs that are found around the city. 

Cool Down With a Frozen Treat

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Look out for Johnny's Pops, a little food cart on Athletes Way that sells handcrafted popsicles in inventive flavors. Earnest Ice Cream on Quebec Street is a little further out but is worth a visit for creamy ice creams in seasonal flavors such as Pumpkin Pie and vegan options that are based on coconut milk. 

Sip Local Spirits

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Head to Legacy Liquor Store, the largest privately owned liquor store in the province of British Columbia, to explore the huge collection of premium scotch, sake, and craft beer, as well as local spirits. Housed in the space that was used as a chapel during the Olympic games in 2010, the extensive store offerings tastings and events to give you a chance to try local liquor for free. 

Walk the Circular Seawall Route

Stretching 2.9km along the creek, the False Creek Olympic Village walking route is a circular trail along the Seawall that includes 2010 Olympic Aboriginal Welcome Work, an Indigenous mural, and the Olympic Winter Games Opening Ceremonies site. Linking to the rest of the Seawall network that stretches all along Stanley Park, around downtown and out to Kitsilano. 

Take a Trip to Granville Island

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Although technically not in Olympic Village, Granville Island is a short walk, bike ride, or kayak trip down the creek. It's worth a visit to see the colorful produce at the Public Market, check out the art and craft studios, and have a drink at the Long Table Distillery. 

Explore Hinge Park

A little oasis amongst the condos of the Athletes Village, Hinge Park is a naturalized wetland park that covers 2.3 acres and is a popular place for dog walkers. Themed around the concept of the industrial effect of infrastructure on the natural environment, the park includes some quirky features such as a bridge made from an old sewer pipe. Look out for public art installations and festivals in the park during the summer. Hinge Park connects to the 1.5 acres of Habitat Island in False Creek, which was created for the 2010 Winter Olympics using 60,000 cubic meters of rock, cobble, gravel, sand, and boulders. Explore the shoreline and look out for starfish, crabs, fish, shellfish, and other sea creatures.

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In photos: take a look inside the sprawling Tokyo Olympic Village

The 44-hectare athletes' village boasts a 24-hour dining hall, state of the art fitness centre, recyclable cardboard beds and more

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Even in the midst of efforts to scale down the Tokyo Summer Olympics , there’s no denying that the upcoming Games will be an unfathomably large undertaking. With the addition of new sports like surfing and karate, the Tokyo Summer Olympics will see more sports than ever – 33 to be exact – with roughly 11,090 athletes from over 200 countries expected to take part.

Serving as home base for the international teams competing in the Games is the newly built Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Village in Harumi, Chuo, which spans a whopping 44 hectares.  The site isn’t open to the public, but will officially open to athletes on July 13 – just ten days ahead of the Opening Ceremony – and will feature accommodation facilities, a park, general stores, cafés and recreation spaces for Olympic and Paralympic athletes to use while they’re here for the Games. Here’s a first look at the impressive compound on Tokyo Bay, soon to be home to the world’s top athletes.

When they’re not training or competing, athletes will be expected to spend all of their time at the Olympic Village, in order to reduce the risk of spreading coronavirus, so it’s just as well that the venue is as big as it is.

The residences alone consist of 21 buildings that are between 14 and 18 storeys high. In total, there are 3,800 apartments on the site, with 18,000 beds reserved for Olympic athletes and 8,000 beds for Paralympic athletes.

Each of the units features a combination of single rooms (roughly 9sqm in size) and twin rooms (12sqm), with a shared living space and bathrooms.

The athletes’ rooms at the Tokyo Olympic Village are a little different from the bedrooms seen in previous Olympics in that the bed frames are made of cardboard that can be recycled after the Games have concluded.

The beds, which look a bit small at first glance, can be extended to suit taller athletes, while blackout curtains block out daylight for those who need an undisturbed sleep.

When they’re not catching up on rest, athletes can train at the fitness centre, located on the third floor of the village’s multi-function complex, which boasts 600 pieces of state of the art exercise equipment.

There’s a conditioning area, aerobic area, free weight area, strength area and changing rooms with saunas reserved for judokas and boxers to shed weight before weight class competitions.

The vast fitness centre can fit up to 500 people, but athletes using the facility will be required to wear masks at all times, except in the sauna rooms.

On the first floor of the same building is a doping control station and a medical clinic. Here, athletes can receive comprehensive treatment ranging from physical therapy and psychiatry to dentistry and dermatology.

The floor above features a recreation centre, where athletes can relax in massage chairs, or unwind through activities like table tennis and bicycle simulations. The centre shares the second floor with a casual dining hall that can serve up to 3,000 meals a day – the menu is all about regional Japanese cuisine.

Then there’s the Main Dining Hall, which has a total of 3,000 seats  and can serve an unfathomable quantity of food: up to 45,000 meals a day.

The Main Dining Hall will offer 700 meal options to cater to different diets and food preferences.

It will be open 24 hours a day and athletes can use an app that will gauge how crowded the dining rooms are.

Once the Olympic Village closes on August 11 – just three days after the Olympic Closing Ceremony on August 8 – the site will officially reopen as the Paralympic Village on August 17 and house Paralympic athletes until September 5. After that, it will be converted into a residential neighbourhood for Tokyoites to move into.

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Everything to Know About the 2024 Paris Olympic Village

Find out all there is to know about the complex that Olympic athletes will call home during the Summer Games!

For the past few months,  NBC Insider  has given Olympic fans worldwide spectacular previews of what to expect when Team USA arrives in Paris to compete on a world stage. American athletes across 32 sports will look to bring home the gold when the 2024 Summer Olympics kick off in late July. If previous Olympics are any indication, fans should expect the United States gold medal collection to get even more impressive when the dust settles.

We love peeling back the curtain as much as anyone else, so today, we're examining the 2024 Paris Olympic Village (also known as the Athletes' Village), the newly built complex that will house thousands of men and women from around the world. Here's everything you need to know about the Olympic Village and how the 2024 version will impact the athletes themselves.

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What does the Olympic Village look like?

For the past year, Olympic officials have worked around the clock to build the 2024 Olympic Village, which looks more like a sprawling upscale apartment complex that wouldn't look out of place in any major U.S. city. The Village is thoughtfully designed to allow the athletes to train, socialize, relax, and live in a safe complex that will anticipate their needs.

Much of the Village's recreation areas and green spaces are located on the banks of the Seine River, allowing even the most competitive Olympian ample opportunity to bask in the serenity of one of Paris' most famous bodies of water.

Individual rooms resemble no-nonsense flats and apartments of countless European cities — nothing too fancy. Notably, you won't find the latest TVs or video game consoles in the athletes' apartments, which fit two beds per room.

The Infamous Cardboard Beds

Speaking of beds — the much-discussed cardboard beds return to the Olympic Village after making their debut at the 2020 Tokyo Games. The furniture, designed by the brand Airweave, was chosen by the organizers for its sustainability, which is of chief concern for the French Games.

Over 16,000 beds arrived in Paris and were placed in the athletes' rooms May 11, per  Insider the Games , leading many, including  TODAY 's  Hoda Kotb and Jenna Bush Hager to discuss how exactly the beds should be used by athletes. 

For context, the beds dubbed "anti-sex beds" by many athletes, who were advised by the IOC to avoid intimate personal relations, for lack of a better word, amid the coronavirus pandemic. This is not the case for this year's Games, with the Olympic Village Director Laurent Michaud confirming in an interview with Sky News that the so-called "intimacy ban" has been lifted.

"It is very important that the conviviality here is something big," Michaud said.

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Where are the 2024 Olympic Village apartments?

The Olympic Village is found on a 51-hectare site less than 5 miles north of Paris. It's technically placed across three different French towns: Saint-Ouen, Saint-Denis, and L'Ile-Saint-Denis. The Village, part of a gigantic swarth of land previously occupied by industrial parks and businesses, comprises a jaw-dropping 330,000 square meters.

Athletes won't have to worry about being away from the action. According  to Olympic officials , "Aside from those training at their competition venues, 100% of the athletes will train within 20 minutes from the Village, and 60% of those will train within the Village itself. 85% of athletes will be accommodated less than 30 minutes away from their competition venue."

Shuttle buses and electric bikes are also available to travel around the Village. 

It sounds like the Olympic Village will be the epicenter of all the nonstop action that the Summer Games are known for — a fact that we're sure the athletes themselves are happy about!

What's the food situation like at the Olympic Village?

Olympic athletes must fuel their bodies with healthy, nutritious food throughout their Olympic training preparation — that shouldn't surprise anybody! Fans will be happy to know that, while the apartments are not outfitted with kitchens, the Olympic Village has everything the athletes need to fuel themselves throughout their stay in Paris. Athletes can eat in the main dining hall for the authentic Olympic experience — a former energy plant that now comfortably seats 3,500 people — or at smaller, grab-and-go locations providing an assortment of foods, like Asian cuisine and Afro-Caribbean foods, if their schedules don't allow for a sit-down meal.

In 2024, the cuisine offered in the Olympic Village will be healthy and sustainable — which means no fries! Chefs Stéphane Chicheri and Charles Guilloy revealed there will be plenty of vegetarian options, like vegetarian shawarma, za’atar-spiced sweet potatoes with hummus, cabbage pickles, beetroot falafel and grilled eggplant with smoked paprika, according to the  New York Times .

“French fries are too risky because of fire-hazard concerns over deep-fat fryers,” Guilloy explained to the outlet. “No to foie gras because animal well-being is on everyone’s mind, and no to avocados because they are imported from a great distance and consume a lot of water.”

Alcohol is also not provided on the premises. Olympic Village Director Laurent Michaud previously told Sky News, "[Athletes] can have all the champagne they want also in Paris."

That being said, there will be plenty of bread and cheese on the premises, Guilloy promised.

It's estimated that the Olympic Village  will serve 40,000 meals  daily during the Games. We can't imagine how the tireless chefs, cooks, and culinary experts will pull this off, but it happens every time the Olympics occurs. It's truly a breathtaking and arguably under-appreciated undertaking!

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What will happen to the Olympic Village when the Summer Games are over?

Thankfully, the 2024 Olympic Village will not meet the same fate as previous projects — it will be transformed into a joint residential-commercial complex shortly after the Games.

According to the  French newspaper  Le Monde , local officials will work quickly once the Summer Olympics wrap up to repurpose the massive complex into something the local community can take advantage of.

"A new phase of work will begin in the autumn,"  Le Monde  reports. "Room partitions will be dismantled, bathroom blocks removed, paintwork redone and parquet flooring laid. A new neighborhood will unfold, ready for use. It will feature over 2,800 housing units (70% of them privately owned), 80,000 square meters of office space, shops and green public spaces."

Considering how many Olympic villages are demolished or ignored once the Games end — the Olympic Village in Rio is a devastating example of what  not  to do once the closing ceremonies are complete — we're happy to report that Paris fully intends to give the Olympic Village back to its residents. 

What is the purpose of the Olympic Village?

First and foremost, the Olympic Village is the athletes' home away from home. When they're not competing at the highest level, they are free to use the Olympic Village as they would their own residence in their home country. They eat, sleep, socialize, and yes, we'll be honest, the general atmosphere of the Olympic Village is reportedly more  college dormitory  than  retirement   home , much to the delight of the thousands of athletes who'll call the Village their home for weeks on end. 

Above all else, the Olympic Village provides all participating Olympic athletes with a safe place to live while they compete in Paris . While nobody will confuse the Village with luxury hotel accommodations, it is nevertheless a well-functioning, modern complex with countless amenities.

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What are olympians doing upon their arrival at the olympics village they're more than happy to take you on a behind-the scenes tour, by stephanie de lancey • published february 3, 2022 • updated on february 5, 2022 at 7:11 am.

Very few people will get to experience the Olympic Village at the 2022 Winter Games. Luckily, many of the Americans arriving in Beijing have been posting to social media to share their experience. It's almost like getting a behind-the scenes tour. 

There's nothing more iconic than taking your picture in front of the Olympic rings in the Village. Women's hockey captain Hilary Knight is playing in her fourth Olympics. She tweeted out this photo with fellow teammates Megan Keller , Amanda Kessel and Hannah Brandt . 

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This is it. #Beijing2022 #TeamUSA pic.twitter.com/xlxUcuCHNT — Hilary Knight (@HilaryKnight) January 30, 2022

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Everyone has been getting a photo with the Olympic Rings. So I got one too 😎🇺🇸 #teamusa #olympics #Beijing2022 #Athlete pic.twitter.com/wXLsDKRuYL — Carlo Valdes (@CarloValdes_USA) January 30, 2022

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4 of the happiest kids on the block 🇺🇸 @TeamUSA @USFigureSkating pic.twitter.com/eRRuzhLfEy — Alexa Knierim (@alexa_knierim) February 2, 2022

Figure skater Jason Brown showed off his impressive swag collection. He also made his way down to the Capital Indoor Stadium to check out where he'll be competing. 

Swag ✌️ pic.twitter.com/6L5jT6It7H — Team USA (@TeamUSA) February 1, 2022

For many, it’s about the journey to the Olympics… for me, it’s about my journey back 💙 • オリンピックに戻って来ました。 #WeGetUp #NationalGetUpDay #Olympics #Beijing2022 @usfigureskating @teamusa pic.twitter.com/XQqmmduSia — Jason Brown (@jasonbskates) February 1, 2022

Freestyle skier Jaelin Kauf  posted herself on a bike ride, as well as some of the food the athletes are eating.

Another day in the life @Olympics #TeamUSA #Beijing2022 pic.twitter.com/rqOMVXFyNt — Jaelin Kauf (@JaeBird96) February 1, 2022

Alpine skier Mikaela Shiffrin is keeping a safe distance from boyfriend Aleksander Aamodt Kilde from Norway. Both are appearing in their third Olympic Games and want to be extra careful ahead of their races.

HERE! @Beijing2022 🥳 (Reunited with @AleksanderKilde , too. 🇳🇴🥰🙃👏😜) pic.twitter.com/yeth5GPkGy — Mikaela Shiffrin (@MikaelaShiffrin) January 31, 2022

Back to women's hockey, Kendall Coyne Schofield tweeted some team photos and her under the American flag.

Good morning from #Beijing2022 ! We take on Finland tonight which is Thursday morning in the US. Tune in at 8:10 AM ET on USA Network and all games are available to stream on Peacock! So excited to take the ice alongside my teammates and honored to represent #TeamUSA 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/USpOvcoO3n — Kendall Coyne Schofield (@KendallCoyne) February 2, 2022

The men's team also posted, but they were just beginning their journey to the Olympics.

Wheels up! Next stop ➡️ Beijing #WinterOlympics #TeamUSA pic.twitter.com/ax7rwrEKJK — USA Hockey (@usahockey) February 2, 2022

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Plus, grab a souvenir snapshot wearing iconic Team Canada gear in our photo booth. Oh yeah, and we have bubble hockey, too!

Olympic Highlights

Hughes. Bailey. Chan. Phelps. Replay the greatest performances and honor the athletes who have etched their names in Canada’s Olympic history. 

Honouring Excellence

View a dazzling display of Olympic and Paralympic gold, silver and bronze in our newly designed Medal Gallery. Get a closer look at the craft, detail and unique history that contribute to the design of medals from around the world.

The Evolution of the Games

Dive into the science of sport and see how centuries of advances in technology have pushed the Games forward in record-breaking fashion.

Olympic History Was Made Here

As you stand inside a record-setting Olympic venue, learn about the legacy of the Richmond Olympic Oval and the many volunteers that were instrumental in orchestrating the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympic Games.  

About the Experience

The Richmond Olympic Experience is more than a museum of sport’s past, present and future—it’s an engaging, multi-sensory, interactive space designed to celebrate, discover and evoke the Olympic spirit within us all.

Entertain and engage your group with a premium audiovisual experience in our boutique theatre—an intimate and luxurious setting for keynote addresses, corporate training videos and live seminars.

Private Bookings

Celebrations.

Host a truly one-of-a-kind celebration at the Richmond Olympic Experience.

Corporate Functions

The Richmond Olympic Oval and The Richmond Olympic Experience present a unique opportunity to host your event within an inspirational space that is dedicated to excellence.

Viewing Parties

Take movie night to the next level. Choose from a selection of blockbusters to screen exclusively for your party.

New York Assembly Speaker visits Lake Placid’s Olympic venues

With the legislative session in the rearview mirror, New York state Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie continued his statewide tour in Lake Placid today, visiting the Olympic venues in the village.

The state has invested over $500 million over the past seven years to upgrade the Olympic venues including the bobsled and luge tracks, ski jumps and speed skating rink.

Olympic Center General Manager Chadd Cassidy started the Democratic speaker’s tour at Miracle Plaza, which also hosts the refurbished Olympic Center Museum.

“It’s great to have you here. We appreciate you taking the time to come today. This is Miracle Plaza here. This was built starting back in 2019. We just completed a couple of years ago thanks to the funds from the state to come in here and kind of rejuvenate all of our venues. We’ve got the scoreboard from the Miracle on Ice game in 1980.”

“Oh that’s that,” Heastie starts.

“That’s it,” Cassidy continues. “That’s the actual panel.”

After taking a few selfies in front of the Miracle on Ice scoreboard, Cassidy then led Heastie upstairs where the Speaker took a virtual ride down the bobsled track.

“Buckle up. You’re going to be going pretty fast here in a second!” Cassidy tells Heastie. “There would usually be two people in this sled. You’d have a brakeman in the back and a driver up front. There’s two person and four person.”

“And how fast would I be going?” Speaker Heastie asks.

“Around probably 65 to 75 mph somewhere in there,” Cassidy says. “There you go. There’s the brakes. It’s a good run.”

Heastie then jumped off the ski jump – virtually.

“You’re going to put your feet right up here. Hold on on both sides and look right through there. You’re going to see what it’s like to go off the jumps,” explains Cassidy.

“Now this is just the practice, right?” asks Heastie.

“That’s the actual hill, yeah,” replies Cassidy.

“But it would have snow on it, right?” Heastie wonders.

“Oh, yeah. It doesn’t have to all the time,” Cassidy notes.”

“So I’ve done two things,” remarks the Speaker.

“We could arrange for you to give it a try for real,” quips Cassidy.

A few steps away, Heastie was enthralled watching the video of the 1980 Miracle on Ice game.

“One of the greatest moments in sports,” Assemblyman Billy Jones notes. “Happened right here.”

“Where’s the hockey rink?” asks Heastie.

“Right beside us,” Jones tells him. “We’re going to go in.”

Assemblyman D. Billy Jones of the 115th district led Heastie into the Herb Brooks Arena, named after the famed coach who led the Miracle team and the site of the iconic game, and viewed the outdoor Olympic skating rink, before touring the Mount Van Hoevenberg sliding venues.

Heastie says the tour brought back memories.

“Coming here now it’s like a little surreal. You get that you know proud nostalgia builds up in you inside the hockey rink, watch the video of the Miracle on Ice.” Heastie said. “And the great Assemblyman Billy Jones just wanted me to come and see what the state’s investment over the years to refurbish this classic place. From what I understand it could allow for the Olympics to return. So I think it was well worth the investment. It looks beautiful.”

Olympic Regional Development Authority President and CEO Ashley Walden says having the Speaker and other stakeholders visit gives them a better sense of the impact of the state investment in venues.

“A large focus of the investments were in the preparations for the World University Games. So the Olympic Center, the Olympic Oval, Mount Van Hoevenberg, the Olympic ski jumps, those received quite a bit of the investments in the capital projects,” Walden said. “But in addition to that we operate three ski mountains: Belleayre, Gore and Whiteface. Those also were part of the capital project to continue to upgrade so that we can keep up with the evolving climate change and also make sure that we’re providing excellent guest experiences and economic impact to the regions we operate.”

During his visit, Speaker Heastie also announced a $250,000 grant to the Lake Placid Food Pantry and Thrift Shop.

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Fans around the world can experience Olympic culture with virtual tours of Olympic Agora

Digital audiences worldwide can now experience and appreciate the art, culture and history of the Olympic Games that are on display at the “Olympic Agora” cultural hub. The artworks, installations and exhibition of the Olympic Agora are now on view, with all virtual tours debuting on the Olympic Agora website today.

Featuring a series of installations, exhibitions and artworks, the first-ever “Olympic Agora” cultural hub opened to the local public in Tokyo’s central Nihonbashi district on 1 July, ahead of the Olympic Games. A permanent legacy sculpture by celebrated French artist Xavier Veilhan, art photography by renowned Japanese photographer Rinko Kawauchi and a monumental installation crafted in light by groundbreaking Japanese artist Makoto Tojiki can now be viewed and appreciated digitally.

For Tojiki, his creation entitled “Solidarity and Collaboration” represents team spirit, something that is on clear display during relay races, as one athlete passes the baton onto the next.  “This passing of the baton represents the transfer of responsibility and knowledge from one generation to the next,” said Tojiki. “To me, it shows that sports transcend results and are a true reflection of human excellence, friendship and respect.”

“When we think about challenging physical limitations, the concept is very tangible in sport,” added Tojiki. “But it is something that sport has in common with art and culture. As artists, we are also constantly trying to expand our capacity and capability, and trying to challenge ourselves.”

The virtual tours of the outdoor installations continue with the landmark permanent legacy sculpture by Veilhan, commissioned by the Olympic Foundation for Culture and Heritage (OFCH) as a permanent memento of the Olympic Agora at Tokyo 2020. Veilhan, who represented France at the 57th Venice Art Biennale in 2017, has interpreted the Olympic values in this life-sized sculpture entitled “The Audience”, which consists of five human figures of various ages, genders and nationalities gathered together in sport spectatorship. Describing his thought process behind the creation, Veilhan said: “The Audience is not only the title of my work, but is also the summary of the current situation that we are all undeniably living through. It is for me a reason to give existence to this public, who may be absent physically but all the more watching throughout the world. The sculpture will be its ambassador.”

Rinko Kawauchi meanwhile, no stranger to working with the OFCH, has displayed 16 new works from her “Olympism Made Visible” series for the very first time. “Olympism Made Visible”, a global fine-art photography project launched by the OFCH in 2018, highlights the Olympic values and their impact when sport is placed at the service of humankind through community-based activities. The series includes photographs taken during Kawauchi’s visit to Fukushima in 2019.

The Olympic Foundation for Culture and Heritage commissioned Rinko Kawauchi in 2019 to observe an Olympic Day Festa organised by the Japanese Olympic Committee, an event aimed at connecting Olympic athletes with disaster-affected communities in the aftermath of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan.

The Olympic Agora will be on view on location from 1 July to 15 August and online, until 15 October 2021.

The major cultural project, set in the historic Nihonbashi district of Japan’s capital, has been inspired by the public meeting places, or “agoras”, of Ancient Greece, the birthplace of the Olympics, where people gathered to eat, drink, sing, trade and exchange ideas. Resulting from Olympic Agenda 2020, the IOC’s strategic roadmap for the future of the Olympic Movement, the Olympic Agora realises a key recommendation to “further blend sport and culture” during and between editions of the Olympic Games through onsite and digital art, culture and education programmes. Each programme component explores, promotes and celebrates the Olympic values of excellence, respect and friendship, as well as the far-reaching cultural and social impact of the Games.

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