Rasht is the center of the evergreen Gilan province in north of Iran. This city has a rainy but heartwarming and pleasant climate, which attracts every tourist towards itself. The cultural people of this city have always been the first as academic and modernist people. Rasht is the city of rice and rain. Rasht has many impressive and famous historical and natural attractions. The local cuisine of this city is beloved by most of the Iranians and even the foreign tourists. Lately, with the purpose of creating an international brand for Rasht city, it has been proposed as “the city most creative with its cuisine” in UNESCO.  The sister cities of Rasht are as follows: Moscow Kazan, and Astrakhan in Russia, Trabzon in Turkey, Kutaisi in Georgia, Rasht District in Tajikistan , Multan in Pakistan and Schwabisch Hall in Germany.