Metroji clue #154

Bishkek in five emoji

Kyrgyzstan

A Soviet grid city with the Tien Shan standing directly behind it. The country is over ninety per cent mountain, which decides most of what happens in it.

What each emoji refers to

Kok-boru is played on horseback with a goat carcass instead of a ball, and it is the national sport.
The Ala-Too range rises straight off the southern edge of the city, and the gorges start half an hour out.
Arslanbob holds the largest natural walnut forest in the world, and the harvest is still gathered by hand.
The yurt's roof wheel, the tunduk, is the symbol at the centre of the national flag.
Kymyz is fermented mare's milk, drunk in quantity in summer, and it is an acquired taste by any standard.

Bishkek at a glance

Country
Kyrgyzstan
Coordinates
42.87Β° N, 74.57Β° E
First played

Nearest cities in the game

Distances are great-circle, the same measure the game reports after a wrong guess. The arrow is the direction you would need to travel from Bishkek.

City Distance Direction
AlmatyKazakhstan 190 km
TashkentUzbekistan 470 km
DushanbeTajikistan 680 km
AstanaKazakhstan 950 km
IslamabadPakistan 1,030 km
KabulAfghanistan 1,030 km

Today's city is a different one

Metroji picks a new city every day at midnight, wherever you are. Everyone gets the same one, so scores are comparable.

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