Green Bazaar

07 Food*Market*Haggling ( 1875 ) ← All places

Where the city negotiates the price of everything.

A trading yard with shops and warehouses appeared here in 1875. The 1887 earthquake badly damaged it and it was rebuilt, and in 1927 the Central Collective Farm Market opened, which is where the name Green Bazaar stuck. The covered complex with its pyramid roofs was built in 1973–1975.

People come for kazy and horse meat, dried fruit, spices and kurt. You can taste almost everything. Haggling is expected.

The market is being renovated in stages, with completion planned for 2028. Trading inside continues in the meantime.

Trading yard: 1875
Covered complex: 1973–1975
Now: open, being modernised
Completion: planned for 2028

Meat stalls at the Green Bazaar: horse meat and kazy sausage

Getting there

City centre, with entrances from Makatayev Street and Zhibek Zholy Avenue.

When to go

In the morning, while the freshest produce is still on the stalls.

On the map

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Sources

Checked in November 2026. Access rules change, so confirm them before you go.

Photos: authors and licences.

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