Kostanay

Kostanay is a city of 247,000 people (2019) on the Tobol River in Northern Kazakhstan.

Understand
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.

By plane
Kostanay Airport (KSN) is 2 km (1.2 mi) south-west of Kostanay. Regular flights from Almaty, Nur-Sultan, Shymkent, Turkestan.

By train
connected to Almaty, Arkalyk, Atyrau, Karagandy, Nur-Sultan.

Get around

 * Taxi up to 1000 tenge
 * Bus 80 tenge

Do

 * Central Park, Pobedy Park, Tobol Embankment
 * Football: FC Tobol play soccer in the Premier League, Kazakhstan's top tier. Their home ground is Central Stadium (capacity 9500) east side of Victory Park.

Buy
Kostanay Plaza, Mart

Eat
McDonalds, KFC, Vanil, Mangal

Sleep
Celinnaya Hotel prices start from 6000 tenge.