Natural Park in the City

Barcelona is lucky enough to have a natural park so close to the center of the city. Parc de Collserola provides citizens places to refresh themselves from the crowed city life. And it also has important meaning in the diversity of species in Barcelona. In Beijing, a natural park that is nearest to the city center is recently built as part of the construction project of Beijing Olympics. The natural park is located in the north of the city, and based on a mountain called Yang. As is known widely, Beijing is a city where people suffer from very dry climate, so the biggest profit that the natural park brings to the city is water. The large area of water in the park effiently make the air of Beijing wetter and fresher. With the natural park acting as the lungs of the city, Beijng has successfully escaped from the sand strom that comes every spring on time.

location of the park

site plan of the park

And also, the park is a great place for citizens to get closer to the nature and enjoy themselves. Unlike Parc de Collserola, the Olmpics Natural Park has a lot of artificial landcape, and some of them really have the evident characters of ancient Chinese gardening, but also have decorations of western style.

Chinese-style landscape

In one word, a natural park in the city is really a good thing for the ecological environment, the climate around and living quality of the city.