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Discover Shekhunat Ziw
The district Shekhunat Ziw of Haifa in Haifa District is a district in Israel about 71 mi north of Jerusalem, the country's capital city.
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When in this area, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Nazareth, Tyre, Bent Jbail, Karney Shomron and Ash Shunah ash Shamaliyah. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 22°C / 72 °F
Morning Temperature | 16°C / 60 °F |
Evening Temperature | 20°C / 69 °F |
Night Temperature | 16°C / 61 °F |
Chance of rainfall | 0% |
Air Humidity | 48% |
Air Pressure | 1015 hPa |
Wind Speed | Gentle Breeze with 7 km/h (4 mph) from East |
Cloud Conditions | Few clouds, covering 20% of sky |
General Conditions | Light rain |
Monday, 18th of November 2024
19°C (65 °F)
16°C (60 °F)
Moderate rain, moderate breeze, scattered clouds.
Tuesday, 19th of November 2024
18°C (65 °F)
15°C (59 °F)
Moderate rain, gentle breeze, few clouds.
Wednesday, 20th of November 2024
19°C (65 °F)
15°C (60 °F)
Light rain, gentle breeze, clear sky.
Hotels and Places to Stay
DAN CARMEL HAIFA HOTEL
DAN PANORAMA HAIFA
CARMEL FOREST SPA RESORT
ART GALLERY HOTEL
Colony Hotel Haifa
Crowne Plaza HAIFA
Sea Plaza
Maris Hotel
Eden
Yaffo 82 Guesthouse
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Бахайские сады, Хайфа, Израиль. Bahai gardens, Haifa, Israel. 6/5/2011
Сады Бахаи в Хайфе, Израиль, 6 мая 2011 г. Bahai gardens. Haifa. Israel. May,6.2011.
Avi Rosen - Nesher, Israel. evening walk, dog barking & talking to with Haim my brother-in-law .
Avi Rosen - Nesher, Israel. evening walk, dog barking & talking to with Haim my brother-in-law .
Avi Rosen - Nesher, Israel. evening walk, electricity transformator.
Avi Rosen - Nesher, Israel. evening walk, electricity transformator.
Art and Interculturality in the Mediterranean Region
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Arrow (Israeli missile) at the visitor center at the Technion, Haifa
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
The Technion – Israel Institute of Technology is a public research university in Haifa, Israel. Founded in 1912, Technion is the oldest university in Israel. The university offers degrees in science and engineering, and related fields such as architecture, medicine, industrial management and education. It has 18 academic departments and 52 research centers.
Matza restaurant suicide bombing
The Matza restaurant suicide bombing occurred on March 31, 2002, when a Palestinian Hamas suicide bomber detonated his bomb inside the Matza restaurant in Haifa, Israel, near the Grand Canyon shopping mall, killing 16 Israeli civilians and injuring over 40 people.
Hecht Museum
The Reuben and Edith Hecht Museum is a museum located on the grounds of the University of Haifa, Israel.
Vardia
Vardia is a neighborhood in Haifa, Israel. Established in the 1980s, Vardia is located in the upper Carmel, between the Hadar Hacarmel and Romema. The pine forests ringing the neighborhood were once a popular site for family recreation and hiking. Several archeological sites and the ruins of stone houses several hundreds years old were discovered on the hills. The residential towers in this largely upscale neighborhood offer a panoramic view of Haifa Bay.
Romema (Haifa)
Romema is a neighborhood in the city of Haifa, Israel. Romema (also known as "The Romemot" and Ramat Ben-Gurion) is located east of Ahuza, on the northern slope of Mount Carmel. Today the neighborhood has two sections - New Romema and Old Romema - with a joint population of 8,340.
Lev HaMifratz Mall
Lev HaMifratz Mall is a shopping mall located in Haifa, Israel. Lev HaMifratz has 3 floors of stores, a food court, an underground parking garage, and an above ground parking garage. In the past, it included an amusement park, a miniature golf course and an ice skating rink. Lev HaMifratz is also a transportation hub. Behind it is a train station, with trains to Nahariya and Tel Aviv. The entrance to the station is from the above ground parking garage.
Haifa Bay Central Bus Station
Haifa Bay Central Bus Station (Merkazit HaMifratz in Hebrew) is the main bus station of the Haifa Bay (Mifratz Haifa) district. It opened in 2002. All bus routes from the north and the Galilee which formerly terminated at the Bat Galim bus station now terminate at HaMifratz station. The Mifratz Central Bus Station serves local Egged bus lines within the city of Haifa and all suburban and intercity Egged bus routes heading to the north and the Galilee.
Ramat Begin
Ramat Begin is a neighborhood in the city of Haifa, Israel, named after Menachem Begin. This upper-medium class neighbourhood is located south to Ahuza, on the western part of Mount Carmel. Its main streets are Watson St. , Ider St. and Soroka St. Public institutions located there include Nofim Elementary School, the Maimonides Study Center and the Ohel Bracha Synagogue.
Neve Sha'anan, Haifa
Neve Sha'anan is a neighborhood in eastern Haifa, Israel that extends from the lower inclines of Mount Carmel to midway across its slopes.
Patria disaster
The Patria disaster was the sinking on 25 November 1940 by the Haganah of a French-built ocean liner, the 11,885-ton SS Patria, in the port of Haifa, killing 267 people and injuring 172. At the time of the sinking, the Patria was carrying about 1,800 Jewish refugees from Nazi-occupied Europe whom the British authorities were deporting from Mandatory Palestine to Mauritius because they lacked entry permits.
Lev HaMifratz Railway Station
Lev HaMifratz Railway Station is an Israel Railways passenger station in Haifa, Israel, serving Lev HaMifratz Mall, one of Haifa's largest malls, and the surrounding Haifa-Bay industrial zone just north of Haifa.
The William Davidson Faculty of Industrial Engineering & Management at the Technion
The William Davidson Faculty of Industrial Engineering & Management at the Technion is the oldest such department in Israel. The department is currently headed by [Prof. Boaz Golany] http://ie. technion. ac. il/Home/Users/golany0. html and is based in the Cooper and Bloomfield buildings at Technion City. The department employs 54 faculty members, who in 2006 served a total of 600 graduate and 1000 undergraduate students.
Hebrew Reali School
The Hebrew Reali School of Haifa, (known as the Reali School, or Beit Hasefer Hareali) located in Haifa, Israel, is one of the country's oldest private schools.
Carmel Tunnels
The Carmel Tunnels are a set of road tunnels in and around Haifa, Israel.
Ramat Golda
Ramat Golda is a neighbourhood in Haifa, Israel, situated on a west-facing slope of Mount Carmel, between Denia and Ramat Begin. It is named after Golda Meir.
Highway 22 (Israel)
Highway 22, also known as the Bay Highway, is a suburban freeway in the Haifa metropolitan area connecting downtown Haifa with the city's northern exit to the Krayot area. The 17 km long freeway bypasses the Krayot, providing an alternative route to Highway 4. Also the interchanges connecting to the Carmel Tunnels and Highway 75 were improved as part of the project.
Yeshivat Or Vishua
Yeshivat Or Vishua is a hesder yeshiva located in the Neve Sha'anan neighborhood of Haifa. Its head is Rabbi Eliyahu Zini, who is also the rabbi of the nearby Technion university. Its name means "Yeshiva of Light and Redemption". Its population includes many people who are or were associated with the Technion, as well as many French immigrants, and other people who live in Haifa and its suburbs.
Carmel Hai-Bar Nature Reserve
The Carmel Hai-Bar Nature Reserve is a 1,500-acre breeding and reacclimation center administered by the Israel Nature Reserves and National Parks Authority, situated in the Carmel mountains in Northwestern Israel. The Carmel Hai-Bar is the Mediterranean climate counterpart of the Yotvata Hai-Bar Nature Reserve which operates in the desert. Endangered and extinct animals (which formerly lived in Israel) are bred here for possible reintroduction to the Mediterranean forest of Northern Israel.
Grand Canyon (mall)
The Grand Canyon is the largest shopping mall in Israel, located in the northern city of Haifa. It features around 200 stores, including of which approximately 80% are chain stores. Inside the mall there is also a 4000 m² spa, and a children's amusement park. The mall opens half an hour after sun down on Saturday out of respect for the Jewish Sabbath.
University of Haifa
The University of Haifa is a public research university in Haifa, Israel. The University of Haifa was founded in 1963 by Haifa mayor Abba Hushi, to operate under the academic auspices of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Haifa university is located on Mount Carmel. In 1972 University of Haifa declared its independence and became the sixth academic institution in Israel and the fourth university.
Romema Arena
The Romema Arena is a multi-purpose arena in Haifa, Israel. The arena is home to Maccabi Haifa basketball club, a member of the Maccabi Haifa sports club. The arena was and is a home to various entertainment events, conventions, and major events in other sports. The arena is owned by the municipality of Haifa, and managed by Athos Ltd. - a company also fully owned by the municipality, which also manages Kiryat Eliezer Stadium.
Tell Abu Hawam
Tell Abu Hawam was a small city established in the Late Bronze Age (14th Century BCE) on the site of Modern-day Haifa, Israel. The sixth century BCE geographer Scylax described the city as being located "between the bay and the promontory of Zeus". It existed as a port city and a fishing village, and was moved to the site south of what is now the neighborhood of Bat Galim. The city eventually expanded into what is now the city of Haifa.
Mount Carmel forest fire (1989)
The Mount Carmel forest fire was a forest fire that occurred between 19 and 22 September 1989 on Mount Carmel in northern Israel and was one of the largest forest fires in Israel, the largest being the Mount Carmel forest fire of 2010. The fire extended over 6000 dunam (1,500 acres), of which 3200 dunam (790 acres) were natural forest areas of Aleppo pine which were part of the Carmel National Park and Nature Reserve, causing considerable damage to the flora and wild life.
Russell Berrie Nanotechnology Institute
The Russell Berrie Nanotechnology Institute (RBNI) was established in January 2005 as a joint endeavour of the Russell Berrie Foundation, the government of Israel and the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology. It is one of the largest academic programs in Israel and is among the largest nanotechnology centers in Europe and the US. Prof. Yeshayahu ("Ishi") Talmon of the Technion Faculty of Chemical Engineering is the Director of RBNI since 2010, when he took over from Prof. Uri Sivan.
Technion International School of Engineering
The Technion International School of Engineering (ISE) is an undergraduate program at the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, taught entirely in English. The ISE began its first year in 2009, and now offers a full BSc. program in Civil Engineering as well as various study abroad options, all taught in English. The students arrive from all over the globe – Asia, Africa, North and South America, Europe and Israel.