The Yarqon Park

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The Yarqon Park is Tel Aviv's largest public urban park (3.8 km²) and the most famous park in Israel, with thousands of visitors every week. Stretching along Rokah Boulevard in its northern end, the park includes various sports facilities, botanical gardens, an aviary, a waterpark, an outdoor concert venue and a few artificial lakes.

The last leg of the Yarqon River runs through the park and spills into the Mediterranean Sea at the park's west edge. Though clean up efforts were made in the last few years, the river is still heavily polluted and it is ill advised to swim or fish in it. Nevertheless, the area around the river's estuary, along with Tel Aviv's inactive harbor, is a popular hang-out with restaurants, dance clubs, pubs and shops.