You can't miss it, it dominates the city even though there are plenty of skyscrapers competing. It's the kind of building that King Kong
would climb. A weird mixture of Stalinist and American architecture, it's worth going up to the viewing platform.
Inside it's pompous socialism, but there's a rather nice cafe on the
ground floor with good cakes and coffee and a passable cup of tea if you are prepared to deal with separate hot water and tea bags. Good toilets in the basement.
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