d'Coque

Coordinates: 49°37′25″N 06°09′15″E / 49.62361°N 6.15417°E / 49.62361; 6.15417

The National Sporting and Cultural Centre (French: Centre National Sportif et Culturel), better known as d'Coque, is an indoor arena in Kirchberg, a quarter of Luxembourg City, in southern Luxembourg.

The sports centre begun to be built as an addition to the already built Olympic Swimming pool, at the end of the 1990s.

D'Coque is the largest sports venue in Luxembourg, being capable of holding 8,300 people. It hosts trade shows and indoor sporting events, including basketball, handball, gymnastics and wrestling.

D'Coque indour sports complex has played host to a number of notable figures including the Dalai Lama and Elton John. It also recently hosted the Fencing world cup.

During the 2013 Games of the Small States of Europe (GSSE) in Luxembourg, Basketball, Volleyball, Table tennis, and Swimming (sport) were hosted in the various sports facilities in d'Coque.

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Buildings and structures in Luxembourg City

Alcide de Gasperi Building Am Tunnel ARBED building The Bock Cercle Municipal Hôtel de la Chambre Château de Septfontaines City Hall Conservatoire Den Atelier Fort Thüngen Grand Ducal Palace Grand Théâtre Hilton Luxembourg Judiciary City La Porte Towers Municipal Hospital Neumünster Abbey Palais de Justice Philharmonie René Konen Tunnel Théâtre des Capucins University of Luxembourg Utopolis Kirchberg Villa Louvigny

Churches	Notre-Dame Cathedral St Michael's Church St. Peter and Paul Church Trinity Church

Schools	Lycée Aline Mayrisch Athénée European School Lycée de Garçons International School Lycée Michel Lucius Lycée Michel Rodange Neie Lycée Lycée Robert Schuman St. George's Lycée Vauban

Sports venues	d'Coque Luxembourg-Cents Stade Achille Hammerel Stade Josy Barthel Stade rue Henri Dunant

Railway stations	Cents-Hamm station Dommeldange station Hollerich station Luxembourg station

Bridges	Adolphe Bridge Clausen Viaduct Grand Duchess Charlotte Bridge Passerelle

Monuments	American Cemetery Gëlle Fra Monument of the Millennium National Monument of Solidarity

Museums	City History Museum Mudam Musée Dräi Eechelen Museum of History and Art Museum of Natural History Villa Vauban

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