Things to do in Turkmenistan
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Magtymguly Theatre
For Turkmen musical performances, visit the Magtymguly Theatre, which has shows Friday to Sunday at 19:00. It is also usually shut during the summer months.
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Iceberg Bar
This tranquil beer garden, located behind the circus, serves up frothy pints of micro-brewed beer and sizzling sticks of shashlyk.
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Mosque of Khezrety Omar
The modern Mosque of Khezrety Omar is worth visiting for its wonderfully garish painted ceilings.
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Soviet war memorial
The Soviet war memorial is a pleasingly subtle structure with an eternal flame at its centre.
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Ministry of Culture shop
Niyazov books, calendars and lapel pins can be bought at the small Ministry of Culture shop.
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Carpet Shop
For carpets, try the government-run Carpet Shop, east of the Carpet Museum.
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Atlant
Atlant s a modern gym located on the eastern side of the Kopet Dag stadium.
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Mukan Club
Lively local bar that attracts an enthusiastic crowd of regulars.
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Arch of Neutrality
Being all but wiped from the earth in 1948, Ashgabat's sights can be divided neatly into two halves - the politicised, monolithic constructions of the Soviet government and the politicised, monolithic constructions of President Niyazov, with the latter increasing in number almost monthly while he was alive.
At the centre of Niyazov's monolithic Ashgabat is the embarrassingly large Arch of Neutrality, erected to celebrate the Turkmen people's unsurprisingly unanimous endorsement of Turkmenbashi's policy of neutrality in 1998. Above the arch itself is the real gem, a comic 12m-high polished-gold statue of Niyazov, which revolves to follow the sun throughout the day.
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Erzurum
Smart and simple, the Ezurum serves up tasty Turkish fare including pide, a Turkish pizza, and tasty cheese bread. The service is attentive and swift, although it can get very hot in the summer months due to the wood-fired oven.
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