The world’s second coldest capital after Ulaanbaatar, Astana is situated deep in Kazakhstan’s northern steppes, where temperatures drop to -40F in the winter, and howling, icy winds blow through from Siberia. Kazakhstan’s president Nursultan Nazarbayev however plans to combat the temperatures with the project, named Indoor City, which will be about 2km in circumference, twice that of the Millennium Dome. Aytekin Gultekin, president of Turkish construction firm Sembol, said the company had already shown its concept plans to Kazakhstan’s President Nursultan Nazarbayev. “It’s a city, an indoor city. Can you imagine in the winter time, in -30 or -40, you can have such an atmosphere, such a nice climate?” he said. Read More
