Almaty

Night bus

“Near the Green Bazaar at 3 a.m., I saw a bus and asked where it was headed. It was transporting street cleaners to neighborhoods across Almaty to clear snow… [...]

Flight over Almaty

A plane appears to be flying over the Hotel Kazakhstan in Almaty. This building, built in 1977 and capable of withstanding an earthquake measuring 9.0 on the Richter… [...]

Solidarity

A man protests on the streets of Almaty for the release of all political prisoners in Kazakhstan. His sign reads: We demand an end to harassment of civil society activists!… [...]

Snow in the president’s Park

TV palace

A palatial building is dedicated to television in Almaty, the former capital of Kazakhstan: The building, built in 1983 with its stained glass panes and stalactite-like ornamentation, still houses the… [...]

On Republic Square

The monument… [...]

Roller coaster in the city centre

Right in… [...]

Stolovaya in Almaty

This “Stolovaya” – a canteen – in Almaty, Kazakhstan,… [...]

At the banks of Esentai

The Esentai… [...]

Metro in Almaty

Almaty has the only metro network in Kazakhstan to date – and next to the Uzbek capital Tashkent the second in Central Asia. The local metro was planned in the… [...]

Light pollution

On an astrophotographic night, even above 2500m, the light pollution of the city of Almaty in Kazakhstan is always apparent. Credit: Andy Howe (United Kingdom) Find all of our… [...]

Charyn Canyon

Not far from Almaty in Kazakhstan, away from the main road, you can see horses grazing to pass the time with an impressive mountain range as a backdrop. Credit: … [...]