Nadym town is compact and comfortable.
The town was growing in proportion as the natural gas extraction in Medvezhye field was increasing. Nadym is the economic and cultural centre of a vast region. There are over ten schools, a lyceum, a music school, local TV centre, a sports complex and a swimming pool in the town. It also has a cinema and a Palace of Culture, often visited by the variety-show stars from Central Russia, the Museum of Nature and Native Peoples' Life. Tiumen Industrial Institute and Russian Academy of Arts opened their branches in Nadym.