Beijing 2008 Torch Relay Route
Having just watched the lighting ceremony in Olympia, I wanted to find a brief indication of the route, in part to become more familiar with regions of China, but also to record details of the coverage. It's also one of the most remarkable cultural events of the Olympic programme.Date Arrival Mar-24 Lighting Ceremony at Olympia - Reporters without Frontiers protest in stadium and Tibet protestors in OlympiaMarch 24--29 Torch Relay in GreeceMar-30 Greece Hand-over CeremonyMar-31 BeijingApr-01 Heading to AlmatyApr-02 AlmatyApr-03 IstanbulApr-05 St. PetersburgApr-06 LondonApr-07 ParisApr-09 San FranciscoApr-11 Buenos AiresApr-13 Dar es SalaamApr-14 MuscatApr-16 IslamabadApr-17 New DelhiApr-19 BangkokApr-21 Kuala LumpurApr-22 JakartaApr-24 CanberraApr-26 NaganoApr-27 SeoulApr-28 PyongyangApr-29 Ho Chi Minh CityMay-02 Hong KongMay-03 MacaoHainanMay-04 SanyaMay-05 WuzhishanMay-05 WanningMay-06 HaikouGuangdongMay-07 GuangzhouMay-08 ShenzhenMay-09 HuizhouMay-10 ShantouFujianMay-11 FuzhouMay-12 QuanzhouMay-12 XiamenMay-13 LongyanJiangxiMay-14 RuijinMay-15 JinggangshanMay-16 NanchangZhejiangMay-17 WenzhouMay-17 ShaoxingMay-18 HangzhouMay-19 NingboMay-19 JiaxingMay 20-21 ShanghaiJiangsuMay-22 SuzhouMay-22 NantongMay-23 TaizhouMay-23 YangzhouMay-24 NanjingAnhuiMay-25 HefeiMay-27 HuainanMay-27 WuhuMay-28 JixiMay-28 HuangshanHubeiMay-29 WuhanMay-30 YichangMay-31 JingzhouHunanJun-01 YueyangJun-02 ChangshaJun-03 ShaoshanGuangxiJun-04 GuilinJun-05 NanningJun-06 BaiseYunnanJun-07 KunmingJun-08 LijingJun-09 Xamgyi'nyilhaGuizhouJun-10 GuiyangJun-11 KailiJun-12 ZunyiJune 13-14 ChongqingSichuanJun-15 Guang'anJun-15 MianyangJun-16 GuanghanJun-16 LeshanJun-17 ZigongJun-17 YibinJun-18 ChengduTibetJun-19 Shannan DiquJune 20-21 LhasaQinghaiJun-22 GolmudJun-23 Qinghai HuJun-24 XiningXinjiangJun-25 UrumqiJun-26 KashiJun-27 ShiheziJun-27 ChangjiGansuMay-28 DunhuangJun-28 JiangyuguanJun-29 JiuquanJun-30 TianshuiJun-30 LanzhouNingxiaJul-02 ZhongweiJul-03 WuzhongJul-04 YinchuanShannxiJul-05 Yan'anJul-06 YanglingJul-06 XianyangJul-07 Xi'anShanxiJul-08 YunchengJul-08 PingyaoJul-09 TaiyuanJul-10 Datong Inner Mongolia Jul-11 HohhotJul-12 OrdosJul-12 BaotouJul-13 ChifengHeilongjiangJul-14 QiqiharJul-15 DaqingJul-16 HarbinJilinJul-17 SongyuanJul-17 ChangchunJul-18 JilinJul-19 YanjiLiaoningJul-20 ShenyangJul-21 BenxiJul-21 LiaoyangJul-21 AnshanJul-22 DalianShandongJul-23 YantaiJul-23 WeihaiJul-24 QingdaoJul-24 RizhaoJul-25 LinyiJul-25 QufuJul-25 TaianJul-26 JinanHenanJul-28 ShangqiuJul-28 KaifengJul-29 ZhengzhouJul-30 LuoyangJul-31 AnyangHebeiAug-01 ShijiazhuangAug-02 QinhuangdaoAug-03 TangshanAugust 4-5 TianjinAugust 6-8 Beijing