From Its Location To Its Rules, We Answer All Of Your Burning Questions About The Olympic Village

The Paris Olympic Village has been trending on our social media since the games started. From rooms to location and other smaller details, here are all your frequently asked questions, answered.

There are a total of 10,500 athletes from 206 NOCs competing in the 2024 Paris Olympics, as per their website. There needs to be somewhere for them to all stay near the stadium for convenience, as well as provide meals, refreshments, facilities, and services. That’s where the Olympic Village comes into play.

According to the most frequently asked questions we found around the Paris Olympic Village, we also have answers.

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Where is the Paris Olympic Village? Can anyone enter? What happens after the games? All your Olympic Village questions answered

Can anyone go to the Olympic Village?

Only the participants of the 2024 Paris Olympics are allowed into the Olympic Village, including athletes, coaches, and officials. Family members and previous Olympic athletes can also enter with proper passes requested prior.

Where is the Olympic Village?

The site is located around 8 km north of Paris, spanning across the three towns of Saint-Ouen, Saint-Denis, and L’Ile-Saint-Denis.

Do all the athletes stay in the Olympic Village?

Although the Olympic Village is a perk provided to all participating athletes, they are not required to stay in the village. A few South Korean swimmers and the majority of US women’s tennis team have already moved to nearby hotels.

Why are athletes leaving the Olympic Village?

Coco Gauff of the USA tennis team shared that a number of her team already moved out due to the site not having as many toilets as they wanted. Other speculated reasons include comfort and ease of schedule.

What happens to the Olympic Village after the Olympics are finished?

Normally, the Olympic Village is rented to the local population, or sold to be turned into a new residential zone for the city.

Why does the Olympic Village not allow the public inside?

The rules used to be more relaxed until the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany. Eight members of Palestinian militant organisation Black September infiltrated the village, resulting in a total of eleven casualties. The event is named the Munich Massacre.

Why are there so many condoms at the Olympic Village?

The Olympic Village is well-known for sexual tensions running high. According to their official newsroom, they described the site as “akin to students at college, but sweatier.”

Why are there cardboard beds in Olympic Village?

Although athletes jokingly say that the beds are made from cardboard to deter sex, it also about being as sustainable as possible while housing over 10,000 people in one site.

This article first appeared on Lifestyle Asia Bangkok