Olympics ceremony at Bird's nest

Here are some guide to the opening ceremony which will commence at Beijing's "Bird's Nest"









Designed by Swiss architects Herzog & de Meuron, the stadium has a revolutionary design, which was chosen at the end of a six month long international competition.

Itcomprises an outer skeleton of 42,000 tons of steel, making it three times as heavy as the proposed London 2012 stadium, and an inner 'skin’ of double-layered plastic which keeps out wind and rain and filters out UVA light.

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