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.

Bishkek, city and capital of Kyrgyzstan. It lies in the Chu River valley near the Kyrgyz Mountains at an elevation of 2,500–3,000 feet (750–900 meters). Bishkek is situated along the Alaarcha and Alamedin rivers and is intersected in the north by the Bolshoy (Great) Chuysky Canal.

Mar 8, 2025 · What are the top things to do in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan's capital city? In this in-depth Bishkek city guide, you’ll find an overview of the most interesting places to visit in Bishkek, where to stay and where to eat in Bishkek, and information about how to get around the city.

Feb 6, 2025 · Any visit to Kyrgyzstan will bring you to Bishkek. Nestled in the north of the country, close to the Kazakh border, Bishkek is the furthest capital city from an ocean. As you land at Manas Airport you may be lucky enough to spot snow-capped peaks on …

Jun 8, 2023 · Bishkek cannot claim to be one of the world’s major cities, like London, Paris, or New York. It is, however, the capital city of Kyrgyzstan and does have several important and interesting buildings, monuments, parks, museums, galleries, theatres, and other places worth seeing or visiting.

Just at the northern edge of the Ala Too mountain range lies Kyrgyzstan's lively northern capital, Bishkek. With numerous green spaces, parks and gardens alongside Soviet-era buildings and monuments, the city retains its former Soviet Asian flavor.

Delightfully green and full of post-Soviet anachronisms, Bishkek (Бишкек) doesn't get anywhere the appreciation it deserves as a cultural hub. Many travelers stick around just long enough to …

Bishkek is the capital of the Kyrgyz Republic. Its political, economic and cultural center. The city located at Chuy region, at the slopes of the Kyrgyz Range, at about 700-900 meters above …

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Dec 15, 2022 · Formerly Pishpek, then Frunze and since 1991 Bishkek (in Kyrgyz a stick to stir the mare’s milk), is the largest city and the capital of Kyrgyz Republic and is located just north from the high snow capped peaks of Ala-Too range that are part of the Tien Shan mountains.