Good sleep

A completed apartment is seen at the athlete's village in the Olympic Park, in Stratford, east London, March 15, 2012. [Photo/Agencies]

In the village, no more than two athletes will share a bedroom in the 2,800 apartments.

A good night's sleep is vital ahead of competition, and organizers have installed full length black-out curtains to aid sleep.

Rabble rousers will also be told to be quiet while organizers hope the proximity of the West End, with its theatres and nightlife, will help athletes let off steam without disturbing their fellow competitors.

The blocks have courtyards and green spaces where athletes can relax. The village will be the first to provide each apartment with its own lounge, television and high-speed broadband.

Instead of kitchens, athletes will dine in a 5,000-seat main hall where they are expected to munch their way through 25,000 loaves of bread and drink 75,000 litres of milk.

An apartment block is seen at the athlete's village in the Olympic Park in Stratford, east London, March 15, 2012. [Photo/Agencies]

They will also have access to a McDonald's restaurant, several "grab and go" stations and a barbecue.

Kitchens will be installed after the Games when the apartments will be sold and the Olympic Park will be renamed the Queen Elizabeth Park.

About half the village has been sold to Triathlon Homes for affordable housing, and the other half to a Delancey and Qatari Diar joint venture.