Bishkek:
a delightfully green Kyrgyzstan's capital city.
Visit to experience its amazing culinary diversions, arts scene and nightlife, and feel the vibrancy of this gateway to the Silk Road.
ABOUT
Bishkek, formerly Pishpek and Frunze, is the capital and largest city of Kyrgyzstan. Bishkek is also the administrative centre of the Chüy Region. The region surrounds the city, although the city itself is not part of the region but rather a region-level unit of Kyrgyzstan. Bishkek is situated near the Kazakhstan–Kyrgyzstan border. Its population was 1,074,075 in 2021. Bishkek is a city of wide boulevards and marble-faced public buildings combined with numerous Soviet-style apartment blocks surrounding interior courtyards. There are also thousands of smaller, privately built houses, mostly outside the city centre. Streets follow a grid pattern, with most flanked on both sides by narrow irrigation channels, which provide water to trees which provide shade during the hot summers.
SIGHTS
Boulevard Erkindik (formerly named after F. E Dzerzhinskiy, also known as "Dzerzhinka") is one of the most popular places in Bishkek. The long densely forested street loved by citizens. There are many monuments to political and cultural figures on this street.
Osh Bazaar is the place where one can buy fresh food products, almost any common household good, clothes, souvenirs and many other locally produced items relevant to the traditional and modern culture of Kyrgyzstan.
The nature park is named after the river Ala-Archa which flows through it.The park is a destination point for weekend picnickers, hikers, horse trekkers, skiers as well as mountain climbers looking for ice, rock and mixed routes.
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