Kostanay
Kostanay is a city of 247,000 people (2019) on the Tobol River in Northern Kazakhstan.
Understand
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The city is located in the steppe zone in the north of the Turgay plateau, in the south-eastern part of the West Siberian Plain, on the Tobol River, 571 km north-west of Nur-Sultan city (704 km along the highway). The nearest million-plus city is Russian Chelyabinsk, located 260 km (along the highway over 300 km) to the north-west of Kostanay.
Get in
[edit]By plane
[edit]Kostanay Airport (KSN) is 2 km (1.2 mi) south-west of Kostanay. Regular flights from Almaty, Nur-Sultan, Shymkent, Turkestan.
By train
[edit]connected to Almaty, Arkalyk, Atyrau, Karagandy, Nur-Sultan.
Get around
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- Taxi up to 1000 tenge
- Bus 80 tenge
See
[edit]Do
[edit]- Central Park, Pobedy Park, Tobol Embankment
- Football: FC Tobol play soccer in Premier League, the top tier. Their home ground is Central Stadium (capacity 9500) east side of Victory Park. The playing season is March-Nov.
Buy
[edit]Kostanay Plaza, Mart
Eat
[edit]McDonalds, KFC, Vanil, Mangal
Drink
[edit]Sleep
[edit]Celinnaya Hotel prices start from 6000 tenge.
Connect
[edit]As of September 2024, Kostanay has 4G from Beeline and Kcell, and 5G from Tele2. The signal is patchy on the approach highways.