In terms of colour, the modern Gers are based on the traditional model. However, their shell is made of wood. © Dou Yujun Nomen est omen: Chinese architecture firm ...

1.7 million people, around half of Mongolia's population, live in Ulaanbaatar. 03:35 The ger districts stretch out from the city's central skyscrapers. 03:41 Many nomads came to these districts ...

BBC presenter Lucy Hedges leaves the city and home comforts behind as she heads to the vast, open plains of the Mongolian countryside. Lucy gets the full measure of the life of a traditional nomad ...

Not long ago a young Mongolian livestock herder ... aside her worries long enough to make sure their ger was as cozy as it had been in the countryside: linoleum floor, cast-iron stove, and cots ...

Many born-and-raised city dwellers in Mongolia believe that the countryside offers a better ... For instance, ger-dwelling millennials Chimedtseren Uyanga and Battulga Tugsjargal work remotely ...