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It stands in the middle of the largest steppe in the world - Astana, the capital of #Kazakhstan. At the end of the 1990s it replaced the then capital Almaty, and since then it has been bursting with splendor and crazy architecture: a lollipop tower with a golden ball, a giant glass ball, the largest tent in the world and even a pyramid. But why did Kazakhstan actually need a new capital? And what's the story behind all these buildings? In the new episode of #ATLAS we look at perhaps the craziest city in the world. We tell you the story of Nursultan Nazarbayev, the "inventor" of Astana, and how he created a new city from nothing in a very short time. 00:00 Astana: Kazakhstan's capital 02:40 The "inventor" of Astana 05:30 If it doesn't fit, we'll make it fit 07:35 The craziest city in the world 12:14 What's it like there? ????Correction at 02:00: According to the Eurostat database, around 447 million people currently live in the EU. We made a totally stupid, careless mistake here. Our source for the 500 million was an article by the Federal Agency for Civic Education from the time before Brexit: Here is the link: https://www.bpb.de/kurz-knapp/zahlen-... However, we did not check the article for timeliness or compare it with another source, which would definitely have been our job. That shouldn't happen and we want to apologize to you for that! You can find our sources here: https://www.funk.net/channel/atlas-12... Music: HAZИМА - SEN The weekly explainer format ATLAS tells an exciting and current topic from a different part of the world in each episode. The two hosts Tessniem Kadiri and Don Pablo Mulemba explain the current problems and conflicts, provide context. They do not look at the rest of the world from a purely German perspective: They talk to people on the ground who can report first-hand. ATLAS is the first funk format to work with the entire ARD correspondent network. This is made possible by the collaboration with the NDR foreign editorial team. ATLAS is produced by funk. funk is a joint offering of the Association of Broadcasting Corporations of the Federal Republic of Germany (ARD) and the Second German Television (ZDF). funk has no influence on the data protection regulations of this platform or the collection, analysis and use of user data. We handle your data with the greatest sensitivity within the scope of our possibilities. You can find further information on data protection on our website: https://www.funk.net/datenschutz YEAH! We are also part of #funk. Check it out: YouTube: / funkofficial Instagram: / funk TikTok: / funk Website: https://go.funk.net https://go.funk.net/impressum