AttractionsUnder 1 km awayUNESCO World Heritage
Tashkent State Circus
A domed 1970s circus on Khadra square in old Tashkent, often compared to a flying saucer and one of the city's best-known modernist buildings.
Tashkent Planetarium
The city planetarium in Abdulla Qodiriy Park, first opened in 1963 and rebuilt in 2003, with a dome show hall and an exhibition hall.
Museums1963; new building 2003
About the place
Tashkent's first planetarium opened in 1963 in what was then Pushkin Park and in Soviet times bore the name of Ulugh Beg. A new building replaced it in 2003, opening on the twelfth anniversary of independence with projection equipment given by Japan.
There are two halls: a domed show hall with several dozen seats for programmes on the Solar System and space, and an exhibition hall, opened in 2009, about the planets and the Earth. The walls of the foyer are painted with constellations, planets and great scholars of the past.
Why go
- Dome shows on the Solar System
- Good with children
- Inside Abdulla Qodiriy Park
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NatureUnder 1 km away
Abdulla Qodiriy Park
A 20-hectare city park in north-west Tashkent between Eski Juva bazaar and the circus, named after the novelist who was born nearby.
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Tashkent Old City and Zarqaynar Street
The mahallas of Tashkent's old city between Chorsu Bazaar and Hazrati Imam, a quarter that took shape from the 9th century.
Attractions1 km away
Uzbek National Academic Drama Theatre
One of Uzbekistan's oldest theatres, founded as a troupe in 1914, based in Tashkent since 1929 and housed in a building rebuilt in 2001.
