Five Corners (Pyat Uglov) is the heart of downtown Murmansk, an open paved square where five major streets converge: Lenin Prospekt, Kommuny, Vorovskogo, Profsoyuzov, and Komsomolskaya. It is dominated on one side by the slab-like Azimut Hotel — at twenty storeys, one of the tallest buildings north of the Arctic Circle — and lined with shops, cafés, and the city's main post office.
In winter the square is decorated with elaborate ice sculptures and a large Christmas tree that stays lit through the polar night. In summer it is the natural meeting point for evening strolls, when the sun barely sets.