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		<description><![CDATA[Subway cars in Taipei have become swimming pools, basketball courts, baseball fields and track lanes to get residents amped for the upcoming 2017 Summer Universiade, an international multi-sport event for university athletes. While the installations mostly consist of photorealistic photographic murals stuck onto the floors, the illusion comes together pretty nicely, especially in the case <a href="https://weburbanist.com/2017/07/21/swim-on-the-subway-taipei-train-cars-transformed-into-sports-venues/">&#8230;</a>]]></description>
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<p>These &lsquo;moving sporting venues&rsquo; will transport lots of tourists attending the events, and the city hopes to add to their excitement. The Universiade is the second-largest international sporting event after the Olympics, set to begin on August 19th and end on August 30th, and will include competitions in 22 different sports across 70 venues.</p>
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<p>Images by: Taipei City Government Department of Information and Tourism, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BWdwd2bFQry/">@skywu0326</a>, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BWZ_uYUAahd/">@chi._.851229</a>, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/nicoleko1007/?hl=en">@nikoleko1007</a></p>
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