Hello friends,

Central Park in Astana - the central and main park of the city. It is a park of culture and leisure of citizens and guests of the capital. The territory of the park is fully landscaped, it has everything for entertainment for children and adults, as there is an embankment and a pond, where ducks and white swans live.

The park has walking paths throughout, on the grass under the trees you can sit and relax. The territory of the park is 104 hectares.

Central Park in Astana is famous for its size, you can just take a leisurely walk here and spend an active lifestyle running and exercising on the local sports fields. The park in Astana is very picturesque, especially in the summer, when nature is in bloom and full of colors.

Various sports activities are held in the territory of Astana City Park, every Sunday at 10 am there is a city sports workout, someone does dancing or regular exercises. There are tracks for jogging, as there is a bike path, 11 km long, in winter you can go skiing and skating on the ice rink, which also opens in winter.

I remember how we used to ski (walking) in winter during my high school years. It was super challenging. Imagine cold winter, several layers of clothes, and walking on your ski around the water surface. There was a certain length we had to do. We would come back to the base sweating and dying for water. It was hard but fun activity to do with classmates 🤪.

In the past 30 years a lot of buildings were built along the Esil (Ishim) river. When I was little it looked different. Also bridges were completely different. They were decorated with wooden logs and characters made of wood. Also there were some parts made of rocks. I wish some of those decorative designs were still there as a historical part of this beautiful park.

I like the fact how this river goes through the city, and I can come to the river side even on the other side of it. The place where I used to live has different bridges, but I still can recognize the river where we used to swim as kids.

Also it’s interesting to realize how river smells so different from ocean. It’s still refreshing and nice but different. I do remember that the temperature of water is usually pretty cold even in summer.

Well, it was fun to get back my childhood memories and see how our city grew and developed. Even if it changed a lot, I can feel the same air, and the same atmosphere.