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Sights (6)

Khan Shatyr Entertainment Center

It's a giant transparent tent big enough to hold 10,000 people. The 150-m-high tent has a 200-m elliptical base covering an area larger than 10 football stadiums, and contains a park, a shopping and entertainment area with squares and cobbled streets, a boating river, minigolf and an indoor beach resort. It even contains its own monorail with several stops. While Nur-Sultan is one of the world's coldest capitals with temperatures down to -40°C in the cold season, the transparent material lets sunshine in and helps to keep temperatures comfortable all year.

2.8km

51.1322222271.40388889

Baiterek Tower

An example of the futuristic architecture in the newborn city. Nicknamed Chupa Chups by the locals due to its similarity to a giant lollipop, this 97-m-high building offers a great view of the city as well as an art gallery, an aquarium and a restaurant. There is a pleasant bar on one of the upper levels. In the centre of the top sphere, the ever-so-humble President Nazarbayev made a golden palm print where visitors may put their own hands. At busier times the queue for the palm can be very long. Nazarbayev designed the Baiterek himself and the original sketches can be seen in the national museum.

3.1km

51.128371.4305

Nur-Astana Mosque

The second largest mosque in Nur-Sultan and the third largest in Central Asia, completed in 2008. The dome area contains symbols from all over the world like the Statue of Liberty, the fragment of the great Chinese wall, the "Doriphor" statue, Parthenon and others.

3.6km

51.1271.43

Palace of Peace and Reconciliation

The pyramid portion of the building is 62 m high and sits on a 15-m-high earth-covered block. All of this construction is above ground level. The building holds a summit of all religions of the world every 2–3 years. Though the landscaping of the park rises up to cover the lower levels, these are not in fact basements. This building offers a great view of the city, two art galleries, an archaeological and ethnographic museum, opera hall, and a cafe.

6.0km

51.1230555671.46361111

National Museum of the Republic of Kazakhstan

The national museum moved to this location in 2014. The museum is huge and very modern with interactive displays in English, Russian and Kazakh. Popular with tour groups but it's big enough to absorb them. The displays take you through the history of Kazakhstan up to the modern day. It also hosts an art gallery with many temporary exhibitions. The main entrance hall is huge with a golden eagle that flaps its wings to patriotic music at certain times in the day. One of the highlights is on the ground floor where an animated diorama of the planned Nur-Sultan emerges out of the floor on the hour, be sure to get there early as it can get crowded. The golden hall display has a model of the golden man costume along with a range of other beautiful golden objects found around Kazakhstan. Don't miss Nazabayev's rough sketches for the presidential palace and Baiterek.

6.9km

51.11782471.470141

Palace of Independence (Nur-Sultan)

Mosque in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan

6.9km

51.120771.472
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Nur-Sultan

Nur-Sultan, in the north of Kazakhstan, is the second largest city in the country.

Nur-Sultan is almost 1000 km away from the country's largest city and former capital, Almaty. The nearest big cities are Karaganda (200 km) and Omsk in Russia (450 km).

Nur-Sultan's economy is based on trade, industrial production, transport, communication and construction. The city's industrial production is mainly focused on producing building materials, foodstuff and mechanical engineering.

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Climate

Average temperatures

Jan

-9.9°C-18.3
Precipitation: 16 mm

Feb

-9.2°C-18.5
Precipitation: 15 mm

Mar

-2.5°C-11.5
Precipitation: 18 mm

Apr

10.9°C0.2
Precipitation: 21 mm

May

20.2°C7.9
Precipitation: 35 mm

Jun

25.8°C13.2
Precipitation: 37 mm

Jul

26.8°C15
Precipitation: 50 mm

Aug

25.2°C12.8
Precipitation: 29 mm

Sep

18.8°C6.6
Precipitation: 22 mm

Oct

10°C0.2
Precipitation: 27 mm

Nov

-1.4°C-8.9
Precipitation: 28 mm

Dec

-8°C-16.1
Precipitation: 22 mm
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