MuseumsUnder 1 km away
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.
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.
AttractionsUNESCO World Heritage1970sAbout 30 minutes to see
About the place
The circus building on Khadra square was built in the 1970s to a design by architect Genrikh Aleksandrovich. Its round domed shape is often likened to a flying saucer, and it is one of the few modernist buildings in the old city. It was added to the national heritage list in 2024 and, as part of Tashkent's modernist architecture, to the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2026.
Tashkent's circus history goes back to 1904, when a wooden big top was put up with private money; a brick circus with a metal dome followed in 1913. The present building continues that tradition as the city's state circus.
Why go
- Domed building likened to a flying saucer
- Part of Tashkent's UNESCO-listed modernism
- On Khadra square in the old city
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AttractionsUnder 1 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.
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.
EnsemblesUnder 1 km away
Khoja Ahrar Vali (Juma) Mosque
Tashkent's old Friday mosque beside Chorsu bazaar, founded in 1451 by the Sufi sheikh Khoja Ahrar and rebuilt several times since.