Portrait of Simferopol
Map of Ukraine marking Simferopol 
Simferopol railway station (Picture: City of Simferopol) 
Simferopol beach promenade at the river Salgir (Picture: Stadt Simferopol) 
Simferopol building of the private bank (Picture: City of Simferopol) 
Simferopol Karl-Marx-Street (Picture: City of Simferopol) 
Ukrainian Music Theatre (Picture: City of Simferopol) 
Simferopol panorama with the mountain Tschatyr-Dag (Picture: City of Simferopol) 
Simferopol Panorama with new residential districts (Picture: Stadt Simferopol)
| Twinned with Heidelberg |
1. | since 1991 |
| Location | 2. | Located on the River Salgir on the Crimean Peninsula, roughly 50 kilometers from the Black Sea |
| Population | 3. | about 340.000 |
| Time difference | 4. | Central European Time plus 1 hour |
| Currency | 5. | Ruble |
| Official language | 6. | Russian |
| University/students | 7. | The Tavrida National Vernadsky University of Simferopol has 16 faculties, more than 60 professorships and 20 academic institutes. Round about 14.000 students are enrolled here. More information here. |
| Key industries | 8. | Industrial sector, particularly machine construction and metalworking, food and manufacturing industries |
| Noteworthy | 9. | The world’s longest trolley bus route starts at the airport of Simferopol and ends after 96 km at the coastal town Yalta. |
| Special feature | 10. | Heidelberg House in Simferopol (since 2000) |
| Sister cities | 11. | In addition to Heidelberg there are ten more sister cities: Bursa und Eskisehir (Türkei); Czernowitzv und Donezk (Ukraine); Irkutsk, Nischni Nowgorod, Nowotscherkassk, Moskau und Ulan-Ude (Russland); Kertsch (Autonome Republik Krim); Kecskemet (Ungarn); Padua (Italien); Russe (Bulgarien; Salem (USA) |
