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The Atlas Obscura Guide To Ashgabat

7 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan

Updated June 3, 2019

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Unusual Attractions in Ashgabat

The Wedding Palace.

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Wedding Palace

If you want to get married in the White Marble City of Ashgabat, you should do it in this surreal disco ball building.
Turkmenbashi’s Land of Fairy Tales

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Turkmenbashi's Land of Fairy Tales

An eccentric dictator's take on a Turkmen version of Disneyland.
A view of the 22-mile Walk of Health in the Kopet Dag mountains.

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The Walk of Health

This harsh mountain path was built as a strange attempt to improve the health of Turkmen citizens.
Arch of Neutrality.

Ashgabat, Turkmenistan

Arch of Neutrality

A dictator's gold statue once rotated to face the sun on a 75-meter high marble tower.
The dome and its attached tower (Flickr/Fraser Lewry)

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Independence Monument of Turkmenistan

Sumptous memorial to a controversial independence.
Fountain and giant Ruhnama at Independence Park in Ashgabat.

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Giant Ruhnama

A huge monument to a bizarre book written by Turkmenistan’s longstanding dictator.
Türkmenbaşy Ruhy Mosque

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Türkmenbaşy Ruhy Mosque

The controversial final resting place of the equally controversial first president of Turkmenistan.
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