Dudinka

In summer tourists arrive to Dudinka from Krasnoyarsk by motor vessels. Traditionally Dudinka city tour starts from the city quay, from where visitors can see Vvedenskaya church. An excursion also includes visiting Taimyr Regional Museum, City Center of folk art, Memorial museum of Boris Molchanov. Walking along Dudinka’s terrace-like blocks, Russian and foreign tourists learn a nature of Siberian transpolar town: despite harsh winds, polar night (45 days and nights) and polar day (68 days and nights), 9 months long winter with a temperature  -50°C, life in Dudinka boils very actively. Absence of old buildings and colorful new buildings amaze by their modernity.

Dudinka and its surroundings include Kheta River basin which is a tributary of the Khatanga River and south forest-tundra on both banks of Yenisey river, where the biggest Russian sea and river port is located (Dudinsky port).

Docks there have a depth of 8-12 meters which allows to serve ships with a weight-carrying capacity of 17 thousands tons. Summer navigation period continues from June 15 to October 20, winter navigation is provided by icebreaking ships which convoy transport vessels through the ice. The port has 23 river piers, 9 sea piers and 8 piers of high water with pass-through function of 25 thousand tons per day.

Communication available during the whole year is an aircraft transport (“Alykel” airport is located in 53 km away from Dudinka. There are regular buses run between the airport and the city). In summer it is easy to get from Krasnoyarsk to Dudinka by cargo-and-passenger ships. There is also a highway of federal significance which connects Dudinka with towns of Norilsk industrial district. There are no any roads connecting villages around Dudinka, and it is necessary to use “zimnik” (special winter roads) to get from one to another.

There are Volochanka, Levinskie pesky, Potapovo, Ust-Avam, Khantaiskoe ozero villages near Dudinka. 7% of Dudinka citizens are low-numbered people from the Notrh – dolgans, nganasans, nenets people, evenk people, enets people etc.

Spring fishing for candle fish is a fascinating cropping of local people, because soft-salted, sun-dried or smoke cured candle fish is a best present to friends and relatives who live on the Big Land. In summer fishers usually fish out vendace, nelma, luce, dog-fish, sturgeon. In tundra which surrounds Dudinka only edible mushrooms grow (because of the climate), exotic fen-berry and arctic raspberry.

GMT +8 hours

Town’s official website: www.gorod-dudinka.ru