Choses à faire à Astana

the baiterek tower is very very very fantastic in nur sultan also called Astana in the past , even though the weather is very cold in winter. and Astana international finance center is also a great place with amazing architecture la la la haha bravo

This is known as Khan Shatyr. It is listed as an “Entertainment Centre”. Typically of countries with extreme weather, it is a shopping centre with benefits. Free cloakrooms are widely used since internal temperature is kept between 20-25 degrees C. The basement carpark hosts a few little shops for key-cutting, shoe repairs, flowers, dry cleaning. The basement shopping area has more functional shops like housewares, electrical, stationary, sports and a good-quality supermarket selling foreign food as well as local. There is also a Currency Exchange kiosk. Floors 1 and 2 are crammed with a variety of shops - mainly clothes - often big international brands. Small kiosks are dotted selling tourist bits including traditional Kazak jewellry. There is usually home-grown entertainment - think kareoke/Kazakhstan has talent - often children performing. The centre is designed as a huge traditional tent and is in a line visible from the Presidential Palace. Upper stories have entertainments eg children’s fun fare, cinema and a beach ( though I did not vidit that!!). There are a few restaurants but food here is mainly branded fast food eg BurgerKing, McDonalds - all on the upper fllors - most on floor 3. Always a fun place to go shopping. Starbucks, of course, but do drop in on the little kiosk style cafe near the main entrance - small selection of good quality food - although a little expensive - and delicious cakes!!! They do takeaway too. In the winter, wrap up warm! Minus 35 to 45 degrees C - so places like this essential to get families out of the house - but in winter there is other fun - like this Ice Sculpture Park next to Khan Shatyr

当得知这里也有一座凯旋门 Triumfalnaya arka 时，没去过法国的我当然很感兴趣。不过与巴黎相比，这里没有熙攘的人群，显然不像是个热门景点；也没有星状发散的路口，只是在一条极为宽阔的大街中矗立着一道拱门，庄重而孤寂。我们是此时的唯一游客，甚至是路人。另外，也许这里是唯一游客尚能找到 I love ASTANA字样的打卡地了