Housed inside a gleaming 100m-tall, 80m-wide sphere resembling Darth Vader’s Death Star, Nur Alem (500T; closed Mondays) is one of Astana’s most recognisable landmarks and Kazakhstan’s most ambitious, visually striking, kid-friendly museum that explores diverse ways of harnessing natural energy sources in multiple languages.
Nur Alem
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