Where is Norilsk located?
Norilsk is the administrative center of the Norilsk urban district, a city located in the Krasnoyarsk Territory, in the north of the region south of the Taimyr Peninsula.
The approximate distance to the Yenisei is 90 km to the east. Norilsk is the northernmost city in the world and has the status of a city of regional subordination, the territory of which is surrounded on all sides by the Taimyr Dolgano-Nenets region. The approximate population is 179 thousand people. The total area of the territory is 23 square kilometers. The climate in the city is subarctic and harsh: winters are long and cold, summers are short. The annual precipitation rate is 341 mm. Average annual air humidity is 76%. Norilsk is one of the most environmentally polluted cities in the world. The city is the world's largest nickel producer. There are a large number of factories here. The poor ecology in the city is due to the fact that there is a large amount of emissions from local enterprises. The city's wastewater treatment plants are also in poor condition and cannot provide complete water purification. Norilsk is often saturated with smog, which makes it difficult for local residents to see the sun in the sky due to the smoke. The content of pollutants in the atmosphere is 5 times higher than the maximum limit.
The time zone of the city of Norilsk is MSK+4, the offset relative to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) is +7.
“There are no random people here”
There are two ways to get to Norilsk - by plane and by ship. The latter method only works in summer, but you can get there by plane all year round. There is no fixed price for tickets. You can fly from Krasnoyarsk in the low season for about 11 thousand rubles. As Norilsk residents say, almost the entire city flies away in May and returns in August. During these weeks, the cost can reach 30 and 40 thousand per ticket.
The prices for the ship are still vague: a first-class cabin will cost 23 thousand rubles plus 55 rubles per kilogram of luggage. The ship goes from Krasnoyarsk to Dudinka, and from there you need to go another 90 km to Norilsk. Usually, large cargo is transported along the river; the Norilsk people themselves even deliver cars “from the mainland” this way.
There are practically no people who want to move to Norilsk “just like that.” Mostly people come here for work. High salaries at large industrial enterprises are what attracts people here. At the same time, the population in Norilsk is only growing every year, despite the regional downward trend. According to the census in 2000, 140 thousand people lived in Norilsk, and in 2019 the population was 181,656 people.
It's no secret that people go to Norilsk to work. High salaries, long vacations, social guarantees and bonuses attract labor. Norilsk is like the Siberian Eldorado: it seems that you can really get rich here.“There are no random people here. In Norilsk you won’t meet someone “passing through,” so even among the homeless, for example, you can always find some reasons and connections that brought them to Norilsk and decided their fate,” they say here.
People “from the mainland” are surprised at both the earnings and compensation of Norilsk residents, especially those who work in metallurgy. Thus, each employee of the enterprise is entitled to several tens of thousands of rubles in reimbursement of travel expenses throughout Russia. Many are given discounted vouchers to good sanatoriums - to Belokurikha, Sochi and the like. The employee only needs to deposit about 10-15 thousand rubles. And this is only a small part of the bonuses. But you have to pay for them not only with work.
Norilsk Airport
There is an airport of federal significance in Norilsk. Type of airfield: jointly based: military aviation is based here along with civil aircraft. The distance from the city center to the airport is 36 km towards the west. The airport is open every day from 23:00 to 10:00. Norilsk Airport is the only connection between the north of the Krasnoyarsk Territory and other regions of the Russian Federation.
The airport serves aircraft of major Russian airlines: S7 Airlines, KrasAvia, NordStar. Popular destinations of regular flights: Krasnoyarsk, Ufa, St. Petersburg, Moscow, Novosibirsk. The annual passenger traffic is more than 500 thousand people.
Cabbage 300 per kg
A separate expense item in Norilsk is food and supplies. Of course, delivering food to the north is not so easy: the city does not have the regional and federal networks familiar to Krasnoyarsk residents - neither Komandor nor Okey. In general, when you go to stores in the region, you don’t expect much: the assortment is designed for the unpretentious and practical buyer from a small town or village. But in Norilsk everything is different: here people do not feel like a province and do not lag behind the capital cities. Therefore, the choice in ordinary Norilsk supermarkets will please even the pickiest guest.
Food prices are, of course, higher than in Krasnoyarsk, but not four times, as many say, and some things cost the same. For example, a liter of Semenishna milk costs 80-90 rubles, a dozen eggs can be found for 70-80 rubles. Chicken is a little expensive - you need to pay 460 rubles for a kilogram of chilled chicken thigh, but frozen products are much cheaper. Apples, bananas, tomatoes cost 150-200 rubles per kg, but some prices, of course, are amazing: for example, for a kilogram of young cabbage they ask for 300 rubles, for grapes - 450 rubles.
At the same time, lovers of northern delicacies always have something to eat in this city. Hunting and fishing are developed at an industrial level, so you can always buy the freshest fish, venison, game, etc. without any problems.
What is Norilsk famous for?
- On Leninsky Prospekt there is a sculpture “Deer”, made of concrete chips with branched antlers. The monument personifies the grandeur and grace of the north.
- In the city there is an architectural monument “The First House of Norilsk”, which was built in 1921 from thousands of logs. Today, inside the house there is an exhibition of personal belongings, geodetic equipment and photographs that were used by members of the expedition under the leadership of geologist Nikolai Urvantsev.
- Near Mount Schmidt there is the Norilsk Calvary - a monument dedicated to the prisoners of the Norilsk camps. In memory of the soldiers killed in Afghanistan, the Black Tulip memorial was erected in the city. The author of the project is Larisa Shaidullina.
Advantages of living in Norilsk
- By coming here, you get a unique opportunity for an interesting and real job in production , accompanied by decent pay and the privilege of early retirement.
- You will have the opportunity to spend an extended vacation of 54 working days on the ocean or in any part of the world you choose. At the same time, you will be paid for your travel once every 2 years.
- Living here, you will be able to plan your subsequent place of residence and pay a mortgage to build your own home in any other city in Russia.
- You have to test yourself and strengthen your character . Living in harsh conditions, you will become more disciplined and collected, learn a business approach to solving everyday issues and stop whining around doing nothing, realizing how unproductive such an activity is. Or you can’t stand it and return to the mainland.
- You will have the opportunity to see with your own eyes an amazing natural phenomenon - the Northern Lights , visit the Putorana Plateau and Lake Lama, see the icebreakers in Dudinka, ride a snowmobile on the tundra and catch the Yenisei sturgeon with your own hands.
- You will live among the amazing people of the northern latitudes - open and generous, caring and not talkative, and you yourself will become an integral part of their community.
- You can try delicious and healthy delicacies from venison, northern fish and berries. And with nothing else, you will dream of the incomparable taste of yukola, sugudai and smelt in sweet gastronomic dreams.
- The developed infrastructure of the city will be at your service : modern cinemas, the famous Polar Drama Theater named after V.V. Mayakovsky, with a strong cast, shopping, the Arctic Sports Palace, swimming pools and nightclubs. If you are a fan of winter sports, then the Ol-Gul ski base and the Otdelnaya Mountain ski slope are at your service.
- You will safely leave your car running and not insure it against theft; you won’t be able to drive it further than the tundra, and it will be useless in it.
But a beautiful, unhindered life is only possible in fairy tales, and in reality, benefits are always accompanied by costs.
Excursions
Any tourist, being in Norilsk, must attend at least one excursion.
Bus tour “Norilsk is unique”
The organizer of the excursion “Norilsk is unique” is the Norilsk Museum, which offers a sightseeing tour of central Norilsk. The bus starts from Norilsk airport and ends at Oktyabrskaya Square.
The route runs through Leninsky Prospekt, Gvardeyskaya Square, the monument to V.I. Lenin and others. Duration: 1.5 hours.
Excursion tour “The Lost World of the Putorana Plateau”
The Directorate of Taimyr Nature Reserves offers a two-day helicopter excursion to the Putorana Plateau with the extreme name “The Lost World of the Putorana Plateau.” The tour starts from Valek Airport and ends there. Tourists are invited not only to contemplate the beauty of untouched wild nature, but also to visit lakes, mountains, and waterfalls.
Therefore, the excursion is carried out only if there is good weather in the Putorana plateau area.
The duration of the route is 32 hours, travelers must be without disabilities.
Excursion route “Big Norilsk Lakes”
A 6-hour boat tour of the Great Norilsk Lakes is also offered by the Directorate of Taimyr Nature Reserves. The excursion will introduce you to the history of tourist sites and reveal the aesthetic appearance of polar nature. Tourists must be without disabilities.
Excursion route “Excursion to the Ethnographic Museum”
In July-September, any interested tourist can get acquainted with the peculiarities of the life of hunters, objects of reindeer husbandry, and artistic creativity. A tour of the ethnographic museum is also under the jurisdiction of the Directorate of Taimyr Nature Reserves. Duration - 1.5 hours, no restrictions or special preparation required.
Putorana Nature Reserve
Norilsk on the map of Russia is surrounded by a protected area. Thus, located within the Putorana plateau, which became part of the “Taimyr Nature Reserves”, with an area of almost 1,888,000 hectares, is the Putorana Nature Reserve. It intertwines subarctic and arctic ecosystems.
Security provided:
- mountains;
- lakes;
- forest-tundra;
- various types of vegetation;
- rare species of animals.
To visit the attraction, you must obtain permission from the administration of the reserve, located in Norilsk, st. Talnakhskaya, 22, where they can offer an expedition through the protected area as a day off or for a longer time.
It is impossible to get to the place of visit on your own, since there is no road to the reserve. The administration will offer private transport to tourists. Thus, the price of visiting the reserve will depend on the route of the visit and the type of transport chosen.
Detailed map of Norilsk with streets and house numbers
The city of Norilsk is located: Krasnoyarsk Territory, Russian Federation. Norilsk includes forty-four settlements (44) and ninety streets (90). Postal code of Norilsk: six hundred sixty-three thousand three hundred. OKATO code 04429000000.
Satellite map of Norilsk
Pay attention to the interactive map in the upper right corner, there is a layers button, to view the map of Norilsk from a satellite, select the satellite layer, and you can also choose: scheme, hybrid, folk map and folk + satellite, thus viewing the online map of Norilsk in any form . Other buttons: map in full screen and on the left in the middle two buttons + and - for zooming
Populated areas in the city of Norilsk
- rp Alykel
- rp Alykel
- ter Norilsk Airport
- Valkovskoe highway 16 km
- industrial zone Gorbolnitsa-1
- Dudinka-Norilsk Airport highway 29 km
- industrial zone Kayerkan Oil depot
- industrial zone Quarry Vidny
- Industrial zone Copper plant
- industrial zone meat processing plant
- industrial zone Nadezhda Metallurgical Plant
- industrial zone Nickel plant
- Norilsk-Alykel highway 10 km
- Norilsk-Alykel highway 11 km
- Norilsk-Alykel highway 11-15 km
- Norilsk-Alykel highway 12 km
- Norilsk-Alykel highway 13 km
- Norilsk-Alykel highway 14 km
- Norilsk-Alykel highway 15 km
- Norilsk-Alykel highway 20 km
- Norilsk-Alykel highway 21 km
- Norilsk-Alykel highway 22 km
- Norilsk-Alykel highway 23 km
- Norilsk-Alykel highway 25 km
- Norilsk-Alykel highway 38 km
- Norilsk-Alykel highway 4 km
- Norilsk-Alykel highway 5 km
- Norilsk-Alykel highway 8 km
- industrial zone Norilsk concentrating plant
- industrial zone Rudnik Anhydrite
- industrial zone Rudnik Zapolyarny
- industrial zone Mine Kayerkansky
- industrial zone Rudnik Komsomolsky
- industrial zone Rudnik Mayak
- industrial zone Rudnik Oktyabrsky
- industrial zone Rudnik Skalisty
- industrial zone Rudnik Taimyrsky
- RP Snezhnogorsk
- Industrial zone Talnakh Oil depot
- industrial zone Talnakh concentrating plant
- industrial zone CHPP-1
- industrial zone CHPP-2
- Industrial zone Tailings dump-1
- industrial zone Cement Plant
Streets in Norilsk
- 50 Let Oktyabrya Street
- Alykel street
- Alykel street
- Anisimova street
- Baumanskaya street
- Begicheva street
- Bogdan Khmelnitsky Street
- Valkovskaya street
- Valkovskoe highway
- Valkovskoe highway 11 km
- kilometer Valkovskoe highway 10
- kilometer Valkovskoe highway 11
- kilometer Valkovskoe highway 11 km
- kilometer Valkovskoe highway 23
- Veterans Street
- Vokzalnaya street
- Gazovikov Square of the Arctic Circle
- Gvardeyskaya Square
- Golikovo station
- Gornaya street
- ter Ski resort
- Gornyakov street
- ter City Hospital
- Dzerzhinsky Street
- Dixon street
The entire list of streets is on a separate page: all streets of the city of Norilsk
