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moscoba Says: I lived in Astana for two years as an expat. Not a lot of places to go, but Baiterek and circus. I heard that the big tent for entertainment was opened last year (I left last year too. YOu live there and haven't been around? Well, there's nothing to go anywhere. Go to TGIF,...
Over60 Says: Other posts already identify the city's innovative architecture as its leading attraction, and they are right. Forget the museums with all the signs in Russian--unless you speak the language of course--and head for the streets. More pictures are attached
Pablos_new Says: In 2006 a big aquarium with real sea sharks opened in Astana. Worth to visit this place - this is the most "far from the ocean" aquarium in the world.
Santini738 Says: "Bayterek" has become a popular tourist attaction with visitors and native Kazakhstanis alike, symbolizing the new status of the young capital of Kazakhstan, Astana. The top of the complex structure is a gilt sphere crowning a mythological tree of 97 meters.The philosophy of...
1 Review and 32 Opinions Luxury hotel offers everything to satisfie modern tourist needs. This is really a hotel built...
= do not remember, I'll check later =: Best sushi restaurant I ever visited.
Pablos_new Says: Though it was very expensive (about $50 with alcohol per person), but worth it!Highest level of services and highest level of quality! ... especially when it was -30'C outdoors!!! All was very good - Sushi, Sashimi, Maki, Miso-soup, marble meat etc...
Lalique Says: Great restaurant in the city center. Specialises in the local cuisine. Fantastic food and service. All oil tycoons and international investors coming to Astana go to the restaurant as a must ))))) but seriously food is great and not very expensive.On Friday nights and...
Best Tip on Astana Nightlife....
gitm67 Says: save your sleep and your money for Almaty. There are a number of good clubs there and a youth culture driven vibe about the place. Astana is for business and Government and not a lot else.
Chocolate Disco: Astana nightlife
er94zk Says: Chocolate disco belows Astana's Radisson SAS is probably the hotest place in town on Friday night for Locals. It is night a great place for expats. You can get in, but don't expect the friendly atmosphere of clubs in other areas of the World.There are many Local girls out on...
list of night clubs: list of night clubs
sagi30 Says: list of night clubs, adress and phone number:super club: located in intercontinental hotel, entrance fee 3000 phone number 391000lido club: 194/1, imanova street phone number 376224 - fee 3000 - strip clubv dali ot: 49, moskovskaya street phone 393633 - fee 5000 - exclusive...
Santini738 Says: Especially the russian music is played at the night club.Enterence fee depends on whether if they have a show:without show it is 1000 tenge with the show it is 2000 tenge
Chocolat: Not that much of a change but still...
cbubba Says: I agree that nightlife in Astana is somewhat poor, if you are a foreigner, like I am you have to rely on your friends (foreigners too) who really rock the house indoors at their own places, locals dont know about it but we really have fun when it happens which is basically...
Over60 Says: My July afternoon of wandering about the city taking pictures of the fantasty architecture resulted in some very nice pictures (see tip on things to do) but also a very undesirable side effect--the worst sunburn of my life. Fortunately, I'd had the good sense to wear a hat,...
Do not take CD or DVD media to Kazakhstan
marone Says: By the law of the Kazakhstan state it is impossible to take DVD or CD media out of the state. It is legal to bring both DVD and CD rom but illegal to take out from the state. No cure for this. The only possibility is to go to police at least 3 days before departure from the...
remsteel Says: If God or boss puts u in AStana for a winter, well then come prepared. Thermals and woolen socks from REI/EMS are needed. Buy the thick fur lined jacket in Almaty. A warm beanie - preferably get ear warmers. a nice warm Oldnavy fleece jacket will serve u well inside the...
Pablos_new Says: Calm ponds in the city park... Small swan island is decorated with the wooden figures of the heroes of russian fairy tales.... but they are with kazakh faces ;-)) like this Emelya and a Pike-Fish on the photo.Park is full of summer cafes and restaurants, there are some...
Pablos_new Says: This picture was taken on the way from airport to the city. You can see new mosque (under construction) and some big office buildings. To fill it just imagine that there was -30'C (minus thirty) outdoors. Brrrr...
Pablos_new Says: The building on the foreground is typical "Khruschevka" - urgly buildings that were rapidly built after disasters of WWII across all the SU in 50-s...60-s (in times of Nikita Khruschev). Thousands of them are still alive. The district of such buildings is called Tselinograd...
Santini738 Says: Climatically Astana is one of the coldest capitals in the world, with temperatures of -35 to -40 °C common in the late autumn. The new city is also known to regularly freeze for around six months every year. Overall however, Astana has a continental climate, with...
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AKMOLA -> TSELINOGRAD -> ASTANA
Akmola TselinoGrad Astana Akmola, which could be translated from ancient Turk as "white grave" was a small willage in endless Kazakh steppe. In 1950-s Khruschev made a call: Everyone should...
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Coming 1st time to Astana, the new Kazakh capital, strikes ones sight with miracleous growing and expansion of the city. Just a decade ago it was a small town, lost somewhere in the middle of vast...
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Astana - New Capital of Kazakhstan
Astana (Kazakh: Астана; former names include Akmola, Tselinograd, and Aqmola), estimated population of 577,300 (2007),is the third largest city and the capital of...
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I had only a couple of days to see Astana, and since it was a business trip, I was pretty busy. And still I was very impressed! I had been to other cities of Kazakhstan and was happy to finally visit...
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They are building a lot in the new "Northern" capital of Kasakhstan. American style - glas and metal, rules. One can still find some of the old (Celinograd times) wooden architeture too.
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