Guidebook for Moskva
Parks & Nature
Nice small park with oak alley. Local's choice. Small pond with fountain and benches around. Various sport activities. Kids playground. Free entrance.
Nice small park in 5 min walking distance from apartment. Local's choice. Small pond with fountain and chaise lounge. Various sport activities. Kids playground. Free entrance.
Goncharovskiy Park
7 Ulitsa RustaveliNice small park in 5 min walking distance from apartment. Local's choice. Small pond with fountain and chaise lounge. Various sport activities. Kids playground. Free entrance.
This 360-hectare park belonging to the Russian Academy of Sciences can be enjoyed in all seasons since 1945. Free entrance, it's worth the extra rubles to visit the Japanese garden towards the rear of the park. Several Japanese-style pavilions give you a place to view the surrounding tranquility of the garden's rock-bridges and ponds. But if you're looking to escape the Russian winter for a few hours, the garden's glass-covered orangery, which houses many tropical and sub-tropical plants, is open all year round.
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Glavnyy Botanicheskiy Sad Ran Im. N.v. Tsitsina
4 Botanicheskaya UlitsaThis 360-hectare park belonging to the Russian Academy of Sciences can be enjoyed in all seasons since 1945. Free entrance, it's worth the extra rubles to visit the Japanese garden towards the rear of the park. Several Japanese-style pavilions give you a place to view the surrounding tranquility of the garden's rock-bridges and ponds. But if you're looking to escape the Russian winter for a few hours, the garden's glass-covered orangery, which houses many tropical and sub-tropical plants, is open all year round.
Free Entrance. La storia del parco si allontana dall'età contemporanea di alcune centinaia di anni. Nel 1865 sul territorio dell'ex villaggio fu fondata l'Accademia agricola e boschiva di Pietro I di Russia, oggi Università Statale di Agricoltura di Mosca. Si constata che lo zar in persona abbia più volte visitato il parco e abbia piantato personalmente alcune querce.
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Parque Timiryazevsky
Тимирязевская улицаFree Entrance. La storia del parco si allontana dall'età contemporanea di alcune centinaia di anni. Nel 1865 sul territorio dell'ex villaggio fu fondata l'Accademia agricola e boschiva di Pietro I di Russia, oggi Università Statale di Agricoltura di Mosca. Si constata che lo zar in persona abbia più volte visitato il parco e abbia piantato personalmente alcune querce.
Nice small park with oaks alley. Local's choice. Small pond with fountain and benches around. Various sport activities. Kids playground. Free entrance.
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Parque Dubki
6 Ulitsa DubkiNice small park with oaks alley. Local's choice. Small pond with fountain and benches around. Various sport activities. Kids playground. Free entrance.
Sokolniki Park is a unique site. It is no secret that park is the oldest in Moscow and one of the largest in Europe. A few centuries ago, Sokolniki was considered a royal resting place, and later the park became the property of the people.
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Parque Sokolniki
1, стр. 1 Ulitsa Sokol'nicheskiy ValSokolniki Park is a unique site. It is no secret that park is the oldest in Moscow and one of the largest in Europe. A few centuries ago, Sokolniki was considered a royal resting place, and later the park became the property of the people.
Khodynskoye Pole
Sightseeing
VDNH is the largest exposition, museum and recreational complex in the world, one of the most popular public spaces of the capital city since 1939. It's 80th anniversary in 2019. Central Botanical Garden accessible neighbor. Free Entrance both.
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All-Russian Exhibition Center
119 Prospekt MiraVDNH is the largest exposition, museum and recreational complex in the world, one of the most popular public spaces of the capital city since 1939. It's 80th anniversary in 2019. Central Botanical Garden accessible neighbor. Free Entrance both.
Ostankino Palace is ornate, large wooden building (third-largest wooden building in the world) is a former summer residence and private opera theater. The original owner in the Count Sheremetev was the wealthiest man in Russia with 210,000 serfs. He constructed a theater and engaged in special education of serf children. Nice park surrounding the palace.
Ostankinskiy Dvorets-Teatr
5 1-Ya Ostankinskaya UlitsaOstankino Palace is ornate, large wooden building (third-largest wooden building in the world) is a former summer residence and private opera theater. The original owner in the Count Sheremetev was the wealthiest man in Russia with 210,000 serfs. He constructed a theater and engaged in special education of serf children. Nice park surrounding the palace.
This 360-hectare park belonging to the Russian Academy of Sciences can be enjoyed in all seasons since 1945. Free entrance, it's worth the extra rubles to visit the Japanese garden towards the rear of the park. Several Japanese-style pavilions give you a place to view the surrounding tranquility of the garden's rock-bridges and ponds. But if you're looking to escape the Russian winter for a few hours, the garden's glass-covered orangery, which houses many tropical and sub-tropical plants, is open all year round.
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Glavnyy Botanicheskiy Sad Ran Im. N.v. Tsitsina
4 Botanicheskaya UlitsaThis 360-hectare park belonging to the Russian Academy of Sciences can be enjoyed in all seasons since 1945. Free entrance, it's worth the extra rubles to visit the Japanese garden towards the rear of the park. Several Japanese-style pavilions give you a place to view the surrounding tranquility of the garden's rock-bridges and ponds. But if you're looking to escape the Russian winter for a few hours, the garden's glass-covered orangery, which houses many tropical and sub-tropical plants, is open all year round.
Ostankino Tower. Fantastic viewpoint over the city. Glass floor window. Open decks. Open hours 10:00-22:00 / 1000-1700 Rub depends on timing). Rotating floors restaurant (Full turnover per 40 minutes). Use websites bilet.tvtower. Don't forget your ID.
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Ostankino Television Tower
15 ul. Akademika KorolevaOstankino Tower. Fantastic viewpoint over the city. Glass floor window. Open decks. Open hours 10:00-22:00 / 1000-1700 Rub depends on timing). Rotating floors restaurant (Full turnover per 40 minutes). Use websites bilet.tvtower. Don't forget your ID.
Getting Around
Metro station "Fonvisinskaya" is in 0 minutes from house yard.
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Fonvizinskaya station
Metro station "Fonvisinskaya" is in 0 minutes from house yard.
Monorail station "Ulitsa Milashenkova" is in 1 minutes from house yard and subway Metro Fonvisinskaya.
Ulitsa Milashenkova
Monorail station "Ulitsa Milashenkova" is in 1 minutes from house yard and subway Metro Fonvisinskaya.
Arts & Culture
Ostankino Palace is ornate, large wooden building (third-largest wooden building in the world) is a former summer residence and private opera theater. The original owner in the Count Sheremetev was the wealthiest man in Russia with 210,000 serfs. He constructed a theater and engaged in special education of serf children. Nice park surrounding the palace.
Ostankinskiy Dvorets-Teatr
5 1-Ya Ostankinskaya UlitsaOstankino Palace is ornate, large wooden building (third-largest wooden building in the world) is a former summer residence and private opera theater. The original owner in the Count Sheremetev was the wealthiest man in Russia with 210,000 serfs. He constructed a theater and engaged in special education of serf children. Nice park surrounding the palace.
Design factory "Flacon" is the first creative cluster in Moscow aimed to develop a wide circle of projects: modern forms of art, education and civil activities.
"Flacon" unites on it's territory communities of people major activity of which is creativity and design in every form. Design factory became a centre of cultural life of Russia's capital and significantly raised attractiveness.
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Flacon Design Factory
36 Bol'shaya Novodmitrovskaya UlitsaDesign factory "Flacon" is the first creative cluster in Moscow aimed to develop a wide circle of projects: modern forms of art, education and civil activities.
"Flacon" unites on it's territory communities of people major activity of which is creativity and design in every form. Design factory became a centre of cultural life of Russia's capital and significantly raised attractiveness.
«Hlebozavod» — a new place of power for creative community of Moscow. Project unites many spheres of life of a modern city resident. You can open your own showroom, cafe, have a gastronomic or musical festival; rent an office space with access to roof or a loft space for a studio.
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Hlebozavod
1 Novodmitrovskaya Ulitsa«Hlebozavod» — a new place of power for creative community of Moscow. Project unites many spheres of life of a modern city resident. You can open your own showroom, cafe, have a gastronomic or musical festival; rent an office space with access to roof or a loft space for a studio.
The Central Armed Forces Museum also known as the Museum of the Soviet Army, near the Red Army Theater. Museum has managed to accumulate the most prominent and important military relics of the Soviet period, creating a record of its military past. In total more than seven hundred thousand individual exhibits are now stored at the museum. The most valuable are displayed in the 25 halls of the main building.
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Museo Central de las Fuerzas Armadas de la Federación Rusa
2 Ulitsa Sovetskoy ArmiiThe Central Armed Forces Museum also known as the Museum of the Soviet Army, near the Red Army Theater. Museum has managed to accumulate the most prominent and important military relics of the Soviet period, creating a record of its military past. In total more than seven hundred thousand individual exhibits are now stored at the museum. The most valuable are displayed in the 25 halls of the main building.
Entertainment & Activities
It is the Europe’s largest aquarium located far away from the seaside. It opened in 2015 in a specially constructed building on the territory of VDNKh. Over 11 thousand sea, river and lake inhabitants from all over the world live on its 12 thousand square meters. You can swim with dolphins.
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Moskvarium
119 строение 23 Prospekt MiraIt is the Europe’s largest aquarium located far away from the seaside. It opened in 2015 in a specially constructed building on the territory of VDNKh. Over 11 thousand sea, river and lake inhabitants from all over the world live on its 12 thousand square meters. You can swim with dolphins.
The building was erected in 1939 as a hangar with agricultural machinery exhibited. Presently, Cosmonautics and Aviation Centre displays more than 120 samples of aircraft and space machinery.
Pabellón Espacial Moscú
павильон 34 пл. ПромышленностиThe building was erected in 1939 as a hangar with agricultural machinery exhibited. Presently, Cosmonautics and Aviation Centre displays more than 120 samples of aircraft and space machinery.
Lev Yashin Stadium aka VTB Arena or Central Dynamo Stadium was built in 1928. The Central Dynamo Stadium was the central sports facility in Moscow until 1956 and the home ground for FC Dynamo. The stadium was one of the venues of the football tournament of the 1980 Summer Olympics. A new stadium was built on the same spot and is named VTB Arena.
Lev Yashin Stadium
36 строение 1 Ленинградский пр-т.Lev Yashin Stadium aka VTB Arena or Central Dynamo Stadium was built in 1928. The Central Dynamo Stadium was the central sports facility in Moscow until 1956 and the home ground for FC Dynamo. The stadium was one of the venues of the football tournament of the 1980 Summer Olympics. A new stadium was built on the same spot and is named VTB Arena.
Red Army Stadium aka VEB Arena or Arena CSKA due to UEFA regulations, is a multi-use stadium. It is used mostly for football matches and host the home matches of PFC CSKA Moscow and the Russian national team.
The stadium is located near the Khodynka Field in the Park of Birch Grove.
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VEB Arena
2А 3-Ya Peschanaya UlitsaRed Army Stadium aka VEB Arena or Arena CSKA due to UEFA regulations, is a multi-use stadium. It is used mostly for football matches and host the home matches of PFC CSKA Moscow and the Russian national team.
The stadium is located near the Khodynka Field in the Park of Birch Grove.
Megasport Sport Palace, formerly, Khodynka Arena or Ice Sport Palace, is a multi-purpose indoor arena that is situated in the Khodynka Field. The arena has a maximum seating capacity of 14K people. The arena is primarily used to host basketball and ice hockey games.
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Megasport
3 Khodynskiy Bul'varMegasport Sport Palace, formerly, Khodynka Arena or Ice Sport Palace, is a multi-purpose indoor arena that is situated in the Khodynka Field. The arena has a maximum seating capacity of 14K people. The arena is primarily used to host basketball and ice hockey games.
Central Moscow Hippodrome, founded in 1834 in Moscow, is the largest horse racing track in Russia. The site includes a horse breeding research facility.
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Central Moscow Hippodrome, founded in 1834 in Moscow, is the largest horse racing track in Russia. The site includes a horse breeding research facility.
Food Scene
Chaykhana Pavlin Mavlin
28, корпус 1 ul. Akademika KorolevaTwin Pigs
19А ul. Akademika KorolevaRestoran 7 Nebo
15к1 ул. Академика КоролеваYammy
5А c 2 Novodmitrovskaya UlitsaLa Dzhokonda
1/2 Ulitsa RustaveliДостопримечательности
In the 1770s Catherine the Great requested to build a new palace. Catherine visited the palace only once.
Napoleon briefly took shelter at the palace to escape the 1812 Fire of Moscow.
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Putevoy dvorets station
In the 1770s Catherine the Great requested to build a new palace. Catherine visited the palace only once.
Napoleon briefly took shelter at the palace to escape the 1812 Fire of Moscow.
The Central Theater of the Russian Army is the largest theater in Moscow. The huge building, dominating the Suvorov Square and scored to resemble a red Soviet star. The theatre has been supposed to have the largest stage in all of Europe. It was large enough to host real tanks. The auditorium has 1,900 seats.
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Tsentral'nyy Akademicheskiy Teatr Rossiyskoy Armii
2 Suvorovskaya Ploshchad'The Central Theater of the Russian Army is the largest theater in Moscow. The huge building, dominating the Suvorov Square and scored to resemble a red Soviet star. The theatre has been supposed to have the largest stage in all of Europe. It was large enough to host real tanks. The auditorium has 1,900 seats.
The Monument to the Conquerors of Space was erected in 1964 to celebrate achievements of the Soviet in space exploration. It depicts a starting rocket that rises on its exhaust plume. The monument is 107 meters (351 feet) tall, has 77° incline, and is made of titanium. The Memorial Museum of Cosmonautics is located inside the base of the monument.
Space Conquerors Monument
111 Prospekt MiraThe Monument to the Conquerors of Space was erected in 1964 to celebrate achievements of the Soviet in space exploration. It depicts a starting rocket that rises on its exhaust plume. The monument is 107 meters (351 feet) tall, has 77° incline, and is made of titanium. The Memorial Museum of Cosmonautics is located inside the base of the monument.
W&K is a sculpture of two figures of Worker and Kolhoz Woman with a hammer and a sickle raised over their heads. It is 24.5 meters (78 feet) high, made from stainless steel for the 1937 World's Fair in Paris, and subsequently moved to Moscow. The sculpture is an example of the socialist realistic style, as well as Art Deco style.
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Worker and Kolkhoz Woman
123Б Prospekt MiraW&K is a sculpture of two figures of Worker and Kolhoz Woman with a hammer and a sickle raised over their heads. It is 24.5 meters (78 feet) high, made from stainless steel for the 1937 World's Fair in Paris, and subsequently moved to Moscow. The sculpture is an example of the socialist realistic style, as well as Art Deco style.
One of the most stunning discoveries for those who visit Russia is the extraordinary Friendship of Nations Fountain, a display of 16 statutes that represent the former member nations of the of former Soviet Union. Free entrance.
Fountain Druzhba Narodov
119 Prospekt MiraOne of the most stunning discoveries for those who visit Russia is the extraordinary Friendship of Nations Fountain, a display of 16 statutes that represent the former member nations of the of former Soviet Union. Free entrance.