Discover your Osh
with Open Osh!
Open Osh is more than just a guide — it’s a whole world of unique routes and places designed to show you the city from a fresh, unexpected perspective.
Take advantage of curated tours, get tips on fascinating locations, and customize your itinerary to match your interests and pace of life. Connect with the people and culture of Osh to feel the true soul and atmosphere of the city!
Tours
Locations
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Museum of Fine Arts
The Osh Regional Museum of Fine Arts named after Turgunbai Sadykov is the newest of the local museums. It was opened in 2014 at the initiative of local artists. It is nestled in the historic Artisans’ Quarter, adjoining the 16th century Rabat Abdullah Khan Mosque. The museum is housed in…
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Peaks and Caves of Suleiman Mountain
Suleiman Mountain is a five-headed limestone remnant that measures 1140 meters long by 569 meters wide, located at an altitude of over 1000 meters above sea level in the southeastern part of the Fergana Valley, in the historic center of Osh.
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Mosaics as symbols of the era
Monumental mosaics, still preserved on some buildings in Osh, are an instantly-recognizable hallmark of the Soviet period in the history of the city. The first mosaic panels, imbued with the spirit of that time, appeared in Osh in the 1960s and 1970s, during the general reconstruction of the city. They…
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Artisans Quarter
Artisans Quarter is one of the favorite urban subjects of Osh painters. After Suleiman Mountain, it is the most recognizable location portrayed by local landscape artists.
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Altyn Bazaar
Start your walk around the old bazaar at one of the oldest passageways on Lenin Street, near the historical Sheyit-Tepe neighborhood. It is not visible from the street, as the passageway is hidden by billboards. It is a narrow, somewhat winding passageway between residential houses and commercial premises built along…
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“Zero Milestone”: At the foot of Suleiman Mountain
The square at the foot of Suleiman Mountain’s north face has not always been the open and lively place it is today. Until the 1970s, the site of the modern-day museum, fountain and plaza was a very ordinary “mahalla,” a residential block with mud-brick houses.
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Blacksmiths’ Row
The blacksmiths’ row is situated on the bank of the Ak-Buura, in the most colourful part of the old bazaar, as it has been for over a thousand years. Every morning there is the ringing of hammers on anvils. Aptitude, dexterity and stamina, multiplied by many years of tradition, are…
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Toktogul Park
One of the oldest city parks in Osh, Toktogul Park was founded in 1878 as the city garden of the Governor-General. During the same period, a church, a post office, a treasury, soldiers’ barracks and an infirmary with a pharmacy were built on the left bank of the Ak-Buura river.
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