Eurasia Tunnel

The Eurasia Tunnel is a road tunnel in , , crossing underneath the Bosphorus Strait. The tunnel was officially opened on 20 December 2016 and opened to traffic on 22 December 2016.
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Hagia Sophia and Topkapı Palace.

Mosque
Photo: Myrabella, Public domain.
, officially the Grand Mosque, is a mosque and a major cultural and historical site in , . It was formerly a church and a . is situated 1¼ km northwest of Eurasia Tunnel.

Photo: Uspn, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The or the Seraglio, is a large museum and library in the east of the district of in . From the 1460s to the completion of in 1853, it served as the administrative center of the Ottoman Empire, and was the main residence of its sultans. is situated 1¼ km northwest of Eurasia Tunnel.

Square
Photo: Antoine-François Andréossy, Public domain.
The Hippodrome of Constantinople was a circus that was the sporting and social centre of Constantinople, capital of the Eastern Roman Empire. Today it is a square in , Turkey, known as Sultanahmet Square. is situated 1½ km west of Eurasia Tunnel.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Historical Peninsula and Mollafenari.

Photo: Sinoplu diyojen, Public domain.
The is the oldest part of . It's the location of most of its sights, with several ranked as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It's on the western, European side of the Bosphorus, with the sea to the south and the inlet of the Golden Horn to the north.

Suburb
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is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of , , . Its population is 99. It is on the European side of .

Suburb
Photo: A.Cihan CÖMERTEL, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of , , . Its population is 9,522. It is located on the Asian shore of the , to the south of the historic center of Üsküdar.

Eurasia Tunnel

Latitude
41.00378° or 41° 0′ 14″ north
Longitude
28.99278° or 28° 59′ 34″ east
Open location code
8GHC2X3V+G4
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1011316769
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­tunnel
Wiki­data ID
Q5411040
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Satellite Map

Discover Eurasia Tunnel from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Western Panjabi—“Eurasia Tunnel” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Tuneli i Euroazisë”
  • Arabic: “نفق أوراسيا”
  • Azerbaijani: “Avrasiya tuneli”
  • Bengali: “ইউরেশিয়া সুড়ঙ্গ”
  • Bosnian: “Tunel Euroazija”
  • Bulgarian: “Евразия (тунел)”
  • Bulgarian: “Евразия”
  • Chinese: “歐亞隧道”
  • Danish: “Eurasientunnelen”
  • Dutch: “Eurazietunnel”
  • Dutch: “Euraziëtunnel”
  • Esperanto: “Eŭrazia Tunelo”
  • French: “tunnel Eurasia”
  • French: “Tunnel Eurasia”
  • German: “Eurasien-Tunnel”
  • Greek: “Σήραγγα Ευρασία”
  • Hebrew: “מנהרת אירואסיה”
  • Hungarian: “Eurázsia-alagút”
  • Indonesian: “Terowongan Eurasia”
  • Italian: “Eurasia Tunnel”
  • Japanese: “アブラシャトンネル”
  • Japanese: “ユーラシアトンネル”
  • Korean: “아브라샤 터널”
  • Kurdish: “Kenda Ewrasyayê”
  • Kurdish: “Tûnela Ewrasyayê”
  • Macedonian: “Тунел Евроазија”
  • Malayalam: “യൂറേഷ്യ തുരങ്കം”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Eurasiatunnelen”
  • Norwegian: “Eurasiatunnelen”
  • Polish: “Tunel Eurazja”
  • Portuguese: “Túnel Eurasia”
  • Russian: “Евразия (тоннель)”
  • Russian: “Евразия”
  • Slovenian: “Predor Evrazija”
  • Spanish: “Túnel Eurasia”
  • Turkish: “Avrasya tüneli”
  • Turkish: “Avrasya Tüneli”
  • Uighur: “ياۋروئاسىيا تونېلى”
  • Ukrainian: “Євразія”
  • Ukrainian: “Тунель Євразія”
  • Urdu: “یوریشیا سرنگ”
  • Uzbek: “Yevrosiyo (tunnel)”
  • Uzbek: “Yevrosiyo”
  • Western Panjabi: “یوریشیا سرنگ”

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Highlights include Ahırkapı Lighthouse and Ahırkapı Feneri Çeşmesi.

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