Webcams of Norilsk online - a city in the north of the Krasnoyarsk Territory

Norilsk webcams, which you can watch online on this site, offer views of the northernmost city of the globe with a harsh climate and a hardened character. Norilsk, among other things, is the most environmentally disadvantaged city in Russia due to the "dirty" technologies of the city-forming enterprise "Norilsk Nickel". It is one of the largest metallurgical plants in the country and the world, unique in the variety and volume of processing of non-ferrous metals. However, the amount of toxic substances released by this industrial giant into the environment is catastrophic.

The water in the local Dudinka River is unsuitable for use even in everyday life, not to mention its drinking qualities.

The acidity of the rains destroys the surrounding forests, and there is practically no vegetation in the city itself. Scientists sounded the alarm about the concentration of harmful substances in the air of Norilsk at the beginning of the two thousandth years. The measures taken to improve the environmental situation in the city did not have the expected effect. A complete technological modernization of both Norilsk Nickel and several other equally harmful enterprises of the city is needed.
Undoubtedly, such a state of the environment has a detrimental effect on the health of citizens. In recent years, there has been a steady decline in the population – people are simply moving to safer areas. By the way, if we talk about the population of Norilsk, it should be noted that most of it are visiting specialists of the metallurgical industry and engineers. People moved here with whole families for the sake of high "northern" salaries and promising work at the largest enterprise in the country. But now, in view of the current environmental situation, a program of resettlement of residents of the north "to the mainland" is actively underway.
The gloomy history of Norilsk is also given by the fact that the "indigenous" inhabitants are the descendants of GULAG prisoners who stood at the origins of the construction of the city. In memory of the mournful "camp" period of the conquest of the tundra and permafrost, which cost many prisoners their lives, a memorial monument has been erected in the city. And at the place of the mass burial of the dead pioneers at the Schmidtikhi Mountain, a whole memorial complex is broken up. Lamps are always lit in the chapel built here.

If you watch Norilsk webcams online, you can note one feature of the city's architecture - all buildings, including multi–storey ones, stand on powerful concrete piles.

This is a necessary measure, because it is very difficult to dig a foundation of the required depth in the permafrost. Especially considering the fact that the average air temperature in Norilsk in winter is about forty degrees below zero. And even in a short summer, the permafrost does not have time to thaw enough.
In the general style of urban buildings, there is a similarity with the architecture of St. Petersburg. This is especially striking if you visit Leninsky Prospekt and Guards Square. This phenomenon is explained by the fact that St. Petersburg architects have been invited to Norilsk more than once to design particularly important buildings taking into account climatic features.
The monumentality and clear division of the city districts by the date of construction allows us to trace the history of the development of engineering thought aimed at gradually increasing the height and number of storeys of buildings. So, now the uninhabited "Old Town" is characterized by rare low-growth houses, more like workers' barracks, and the modern business center is built up with five- and nine-story buildings.

As for the few attractions of the harsh northern city, these are mainly cultural institutions such as the Art Gallery, which represents the largest collection of art objects among the museums of the entire Krasnoyarsk Territory.

The Historical Museum of the Exploration and Development of Norilsk and the entire Arctic Circle keeps the chronology of the city, starting with the discovery of the first ore deposits. Also in the city there is a Drama Theater named after V. V. Mayakovsky and a youth theater of modern productions.
The cultural and entertainment life of Norilsk is quite active, as far as the harsh climate allows. It is quite understandable that the weather in the coldest city in the world often makes its own adjustments to the lives of citizens. For example, in the case of a storm warning, when severe snowstorms begin in the already windy Norilsk, the life of the city seems to freeze for several days. Classes in schools are canceled, workers do not go to production. And those who, on the contrary, cannot get home, work in emergency mode for additional compensation. City road services for cleaning streets from snow work around the clock.

If there is no opportunity to visit this city, Norilsk webcams, which you can watch online even from home, offer a virtual tour.