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Dotted across London, national hospitality houses offer a base for a country's athletes, officials and occasional celebrities. Some are open to the public, showing hotels atlanta airport a festive side to tourists from around the world. Others are strictly invitation only, like the American pavilion at the Royal College of Art.
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A 10-minute walk away, Sochi Park is the showcase for the Russian city and region that will host the next Winter Games, with attractions including virtual skiing and a nightly ice dancing show featuring big-name Russian skaters.
The courtyard has been taken over by Brazilian bands, including Sargento Pimenta (Portuguese for Sgt. Pepper) a popular Carnival ensemble that takes a samba approach to Beatles classics. The bar serves up a mean caipirinha, a popular Brazilian cocktail. There's also a "3-D paragliding experience" and extensive exhibitions of Brazilian art and design - much of it bold, confident and playful.
Recession-hit Ireland has installed its national house - inevitably, perhaps hotels atlanta airport - in a pub. In the King's Cross area, close to the Javelin trains that run to the Olympic Park, it sprawls over three floors, from a basement bar styled on a British comedy to a main floor with live music to a roof terrace and bar. The Guinness flows, hotels atlanta airport the atmosphere is convivial and unpretentious.
The dedicated party crowd heads to the Netherlands' Heineken House, legendary for its festive vibe and free-flowing beer. It has taken over Alexandra Palace in north London, which has many areas in which to eat, drink and relax and a large concert hall where DJs get a youthful orange-clad crowd gyrating.
Denmark has turned a yacht-fringed marina, St. Katharine Docks, into a little corner of Scandinavia. There is music, hotdogs and beer, Scandinavian designs, meaty food and big screens showing Olympic highlights including handball - a Scandinavian obsession.
Some houses - including Jamaica's hotels atlanta airport - have yet to open, but so far the gold medal goes to the Czech House, which has transformed a conference venue in north London's Islington neighborhood into a giant party playpen.
We're talking indoor basketball, pool tables, foosball, a chill-out zone, plenty of Pilsener, DJs and even the Czech funk band Monkey Business hotels atlanta airport one evening. The venue scores extra points for eccentricity. Outside is a large sculpture by Czech artist David Cerny of a London double-decker bus doing push-ups. Inside, an inflatable version floats surreally over the heads of partygoers.