Things to do in Baruun Urt
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Museum
Baruun-Urt's surprisingly good Museum has a fine collection of costumes representing the three ethnic groups that inhabit the region: the majority Khalkh, Dariganga (30,000 live in the south of Sükhbaatar aimag) and Uzemchin (about 2000 live in Dornod aimag and Sükhbaatar aimag). Look out for the brass-studded Uzemchin wrestling jacket. From the square, walk 400m south and turn right. The museum is just past the theatre.
There are also beautiful examples of products from Dariganga's renowned silversmiths and blacksmiths (often these are on loan to museums elsewhere in the world), some stuffed gazelle, a map showing the locations of the 'man' and 'woman' balbal (stone fi…
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Erdenemandal Khiid
According to the monks, this monastery was originally built in 1830, about 20km from the present site. At the height of its splendour, there were seven temples and 1000 monks in residence, but the Stalinist purges of 1938 had the same result as elsewhere. The new monastery, surrounded by 108 distinctive stupas, is about 400m west of the square.
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Kharkhorin Restaurant
If you've already eaten at the Tansag, and for some reason you're still in Baruun-Urt, try this restaurant near the main square. The pictures of Mongolian pop stars, presumably those who stopped by and played here, add a little bit of character to the place.
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