Astana - Ice City

Ice-city construction in Astana in December has already become a tradition. Sculptures are always united with some general idea so that they make a unique complex of figures.

In the center of this “city” there is a skating rink and, of course an ice-run which is always popular among local children regardless, strong wind, snow, and frost.

Sculptures are made from the ice-bricks and often represent the figures on animals or world-known buildings as Big-Ben, Eiffel Tower as it was in 2005, for example and so on. Artists can also shape such a symbol of Astana as Baiterek Tower , castles, fairy tales heroes and so on.

In the evening all the figures are illuminated from beneath so
that you can contemplate beautiful ice-sculptures of different colors. Millions of tenge (national currency) are spent every year on this work and it is worth to be visited!

Photos are taken from the site www.astana.dan.kz

Astana sights:
- Baiterek
- Duman
- Circus
- Presidential Center of Culture
- The museum of the First President of Kazakhstan Republic

Around Astana:
- Lake Burabay
- Korgalzhyn Nature Reserve