Moscow for Children

MOSCOW FOR CHILDREN

Moscow for children

We will guide you and your children to the most interesting places. We would like your children to love Moscow as much as we love it. To make you feel comfortable in our city, we have collected some useful information for you. We hope you will enjoy it!

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Getting from the airport River cruises

The best way to get to Moscow You can take a boat ride through from Sheremetyevo, Domode- the centre of Moscow at any dovo and Vnukovo airports is time of the year even in winter – high-speed aeroexpress train: navigation on the Moscow River aeroexpress.ru. Alternative ways lasts 365 days a year. Excursion are suburban trains, buses, pub- rides on ice-class yachts with a lic taxi buses or taxi. It’s easier restaurant on board or on river to call a taxi in Moscow using cabriolets of the Radisson Royal the applications of the largest Flotilla (radisson-cruise.ru) will companies: Yandex.Taxi, City- allow you to see the capital from Mobile, Gett or Uber Russia. If a different angle. Boat rides you are arriving at the airport at start every 30 minutes from night, you can take a night bus: 8 wharfs. There are perfor- Sheremetyevo – H1, Domode- mance and gastronomic cruis- dovo – No. 308, Vnukovo – H11. es, animation for children on weekends. Carsharing Sightseeing Bus Carsharing in Moscow is conve nient and not expensive at all. All To see the sights of the city, you it takes is to download an ope can buy a ticket to the famous rator app to your smartphone CitySightseeing double-decker from AppStore or PlayMarket, (city-sightseeing.ru). Through enter registration details and the window or from the roof wait for confirmation. The big- of the double-decker you will gest carsharing companies are see the main and the most Yandex.Drive, YouDrive, Belka- interesting things in the city Car, MatryoshCar and Delimobil. and will certainly listen to the story about Moscow sights Bikesharing in your native language with a multi-language audio guide. You do not have to walk in Mos- The hop on – hop off system cow, you can enjoy sights and allows to get off and on the bus keep in trim renting a bicycle. where you wish, and as often Register in the bicycle rental as you need. system with Velobike applica- tion, at the station terminal or at velobike.ru, pay for the rental by card and you are ready to go! Daily access will cost only 150 roubles. After paying for access, you can ride as many times as you like up to 30 minutes at no extra charge. You can take a bicycle at one parking place and leave it at any other, and it is easy to find such parking places in the city. The Radisson Royal Flotilla

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Cable way on Vorobyovy Gory

Cable way Metro Tours

If you happen to be on Voro The Moscow metro is not only byovy Gory, do not miss memo one of the main objects of trans- rable experience of the cable port infrastructure, but also an way (srkvg.ru) connecting the underground museum, and of observation site with Luzhniki course a destination for various stadium. The cabin is swing- excursions. Here you will walk ing smoothly in the wind, like a through beautiful stations, 44 bird moving its centre of gravity of which are recognized as cul- from one wing to another. With tural heritage sites, and will get the help of media screens and to know rare and hidden chap- an audio guide in 4 languages, ters of history. It is quite easy you can find out a lot of interest- to get such an excursion: visit ing things, including the history the site tour.mosmetro.ru and of the construction of the metro choose the topic, time and date bridge, which is best seen from that suit you. All the most inter- here. Exit to the take-off runway esting excursions in the Metro passes through different ends of can be found at one place. Vorobyovy Gory Metro station.

3 parks THE GORKY PARK m. Oktyabrskaya, m. Park Kultury 9 Krymsky Val St. park-gorkogo.com

The Gorky Park

he Gorky Park is 250 hec- terns, forms and sizes. There is tares of pure recreation a unique Mega swing ground — at a picturesque bank of 29 swings with all possible the Moskva river. In 2014 types of rotation. The ground is Neskuchny Garden, na- adapted for children with vari- ture reserve Vorobyovy ous disabilities. T Gory and green areas of Moscow State University were integrated into the Gorky Park, and it became the favourite destination for recreation and walks with children. The huge Salyut playground complies with the new dimen- sions of the park. It is the biggest play structure in Russia: nine spaces for games with sand, water, colour, sound, The Gorky height and depth, various pat- Park

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From April till September Peo- ples observatory is open. Here you can view at daytime the Sun, the Moon and Venus. On weekdays kindergarten Thinking. Individuality. Develop- ment (MIR) is open in Muzeon. The Gorky In summer MIR operates as Park a children camp (open from 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.). In oth- In winter the Gorky Park er seasons children also have invites not only to the popular enough to stay busy: language city skating rink, but also to courses, programming, pain a real ice hockey rink.

Playground ting, vocal and music classes, pottery. Chess club Belaya La- dya (White Rook) is open daily in Neskuchny Garden. City Cottage Zelenaya The Main entrance Shkola (Green School) is open all year round. It has arch houses the a nursery (0+) – a light and Park History cosy space, where children can Museum, an play all year round supervised by parents and school em- observation deck ployees, — and a school (6+) with a panoramic offering classes in ecology, gardening, art master classes. view of the park The traditional Russian dacha and Moscow, has been reconstructed here: an orchard, a kitchen garden, a lecture hall and a samovar and a round ta- a souvenir shop ble, on which the guests play board games, drink tea and listen to fairy tales. In summer, boating stations Skate park are operating on the Pionersky and Golitsynsky park ponds. The Main entrance arch houses the Park History Muse- um, an observation deck with a panoramic view of the park and Moscow, a lecture hall and a souvenir shop. Leaving the park, do not forget to drop in it. 5 parks VDNH m. VDNKh 119 Mira Ave. vdnh.ru

“Cosmos” playground

resent day children often omy) is the dream town orga ask the question: how did nized in 1939 as the embodi- they live in the USSR? ment of the bright future. Now it This is the best place to is a sort of retro-utopia, a muse- get to know the USSR um of the USSR history. For ex- from its most attractive ample, in pavilion No. 57 Russia P side and show it to child is my history, with the main ex- ren. VDNH (The Exhibition of position dedicated to the histo- Achievements of National Econ- ry of the Russian state system, you will find the Museum of So- viet game machines (6+). Time seems to have stopped there: to play the machines costs 15 cents, and a glass of Soviet soda costs, as in the post-war USSR, three cents. However, time flows on. Extensive reconstruction is underway. VDNH is Peoples Friendship Fountain 6 Moscow for children a beautiful, living, green park, with a few excellent museums and some pavilions of celestial beauty. VDNH does not freeze in the past and is developing simultaneously in several lines that gradually take their spatial form. Educational zone (mainly in the right wing from the main entrance) includes pavilions No. 34 the Astronautics and aviation Centre, No. 36 Cinema Museum, City Farm No. 461 Smart City. Interactive zone, where you can engage in pool, where visitors can touch interesting and useful activi- marine amphibians. You will ties: building No. 174а Caramel hardly have another chance to manufactory, pavilion No. 47 touch an electric ray. House of Crafts, Technograd and others. Landscape park has five natural zones, eco-systems, the Labyrinth. Of special note is VDNH is a the City Farm. In the latter you can not only take a look at cows beautiful, living, and listen to bleating of sheep green park, with and goats, but also have a walk a few excellent with a donkey and caress an al- paca (lama). museums and Sometimes one lacks sea in pavilions of Moscow. The active oceanari- um at VDNH successfully com- celestial beauty pensates for this drawback. Moskvarium is equipped up to the latest advances in ocean Beside the interactive muse- science and technology. Visi- um complex of reusable space tors can see over 8 thousand shuttle Buran there is Cosmos species of fishes and pinniped. playground with game mod- There are seven pools for swim- els of spaceships and rocket-shaped hills. Moskva rium On the right from VDNH Central Alley, near McDonald’s, there is a ground adapted for children with special needs. Lunch at a children’s Ander- son Na Dache Café will not only satisfy your hunger, it will bring you and your children joy and pleasure. ming with dolphins. The building is divided into the area for aquariums and water shows and the centre of swimming with dolphins. In the lower floor there are 80 aquariums with over 600 species of fishes and animals, including killer whales, dolphins, walruses, sharks, electric rays, crocodiles, etc. In the aquarium area there is a contact 7 parks SOKOLNIKI m. Sokolniki 1 Sokolnicheskiy Val St., bldg. 1 park.sokolniki.com

The alley of arches in Sokolniki

he name Sokolniki comes from the Russian word "falcon" and is re- Sokolniki park lated to tsar falconry practiced in this forest from the 15th century. T Even today Sokolniki is the edge of the vast forest in the North-East of Moscow. In 1931 Sokolniki Grove got the status of a city park. However, the forest essence of Sokolniki did not disappear.

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Here you can meet not only squirrels and forest birds. Elks continue to live here in their natural environment. If you are lucky, you can observe them from a short distance. But not only animals ‒ people feel good in Sokolniki too. A cascade of ponds, a resort of wild nature in the heart of the Putyaevskie city is a point of attraction. At ponds Putyaevskie ponds there is an equipped camping zone with Besides, in the park territo- visitor parking, electricity, sani ry there are lots of sports and tary zone, children playground playgrounds, including Emerald and sports area. City – a ground for children Children love Sokolniki. The with disabilities, hills, merry-go- main thing they find here – round and swings, shooting rang- Children’s Creativity Centre es, skate park, trampoline stage with hobby groups like painting, and FunGrad rope park. FunGrad ship modelling, photography, is also a car town, where driving chess, etc. electronic cars is combined with Children and teenagers who learning traffic rules. always loved Sokolniki fell in even stronger love to the park after opening of Pioneer open Here you can meet air summer cinema operating from May to October, movie not only squirrels time only in the evening, the and forest birds. program including latest re- Elks continue to live leases, festival hits, classics and special shows. The project is here in their natural supported by French embassy, environment

Numerous restaurants and cafes of Sokolniki park preserve the atmosphere and the style of 1930’s – 1950’s.

Sokolniki park so it is little wonder that there are many good French movies here. However, summer weather in Moscow … As a classical poet wrote, “Our evanescent northern summer parodies winter in the south”. But this problem is solved with free plaids and pil- lows, and in case of rain – with raincoats. The cinema has mo dern equipment. 9 parks PARK AREAS Izmailovsky park Delegate park m.Partizanskaya m. Novoslobodskaya 7 Bolshogo Kruga Alley 6 2nd Shchemilovskiy Lane izmailovsky-park.ru Red Presnya Park Bauman garden m. Ulitsa 1905 Goda m. Krasnye Vorota 5 Mantulinskaya St. 15a Staraya Basmannaya St., bldg. 4 p-kp.ru sadbaumana.ru

ld Izmailovsky park, American Indians — Cornhall. the former estate of In winter, do not miss the boyars and later – the chance to visit the Silver Ice Romanovs, the Russian rink. It is 11,000 sq. m of ice and tsar dynasty, is divided about the same amount of pure into two unequal parts: enjoyment. O natural and historic part Bauman garden was made and cultural part. The huge for- up of a few manor gardens of est park is a favorite place for 18th – 19th centuries. There is lovers of nature and healthy a big playground for children lifestyle enthusiasts. There with swings and one of the are walks, runs, trainings, best CityKids children centres. It will be comfortable here for people with disabilities. Child ren’s theatre Funny Bell House is open all year round. Delegate park is the territory of the former theological semi nary, and today in its monks’ Izmailovsky park cells you will find children stu- dios and hobby groups. The at- ponds, trails, birds, squirrels. mosphere of the park is created (And if you are lucky, you will by century-old trees, planted by see bunnies in the park, too). seminarians, and a slope with an In summer, you can also sun- extreme descent, which in win- bathe on the banks of the pic- ter turns into an ice hill adored turesque pond or the Serebry- by the children. anka river. The forest park is Delegate especially good in the morning park when it is deserted. The territory of Izmaylovsky Park is tradi- tionally divided in the Northern and Central parts. The Northern part is known for Zabava amuse- ment area and bow and cross- bow shooting range. The main attraction of the Central part Red Presnya Park is a symbol is the Round pond in the form of the garden art of the 18th – of a horseshoe with a boating 19th centuries on the grounds of station (operating in summer in the country estate of the princes good weather). Perhaps, here Gagarins, who founded a sys- you will also be interested in the tem of picturesque Dutch ponds ancient European games on the with islands and arched bridges. multi-platform, for example, the Children and their mothers love Bavarian Eystock or the game of the park for its compact size. 10 Moscow for children CIRCUSES AND The Big Moscow Circus m. Universitet, 7 Vernadskogo Ave. greatcircus.ru Nikulin Circus m. Tsvetnoy Bulvar, 13 Tsvetnoy Blvd. circusnikulin.ru THEATRES Durov’s Corner Theatre m. Prospekt Mira, 2 Durova St., bldg. 1 ugolokdurova.ru The Obraztsov Puppet Theatre Youth Theatre m. Tsvetnoy Bulvar, 3 Sadovaya- m. Pushkinskaya, 10 Mamonovskiy Lane Samotechnaya St. moscowtyz.ru puppet.ru The circus of animal tamers RAMT (Russian Academic Youth Zapashny brothers Theatre) m. Sportivnaya, 24 Luzhnetskaya Emb., m. Teatralnaya, 2 Teatralnaya Sq. bldg. 3 ramt.ru zapashnie.ru

The Big Moscow Circus ome Moscow residents still remember the com- petition of the two Mos- cow circuses – the old and the new ones: which one is better? The Big S Moscow Circus was more modern, the smaller one in Tsvetnoy boulevard was cosier. The Obraztsov Puppet Thea- Today the Circus on Vernadsko- tre is the biggest puppet thea- go avenue, on the contrary, is al- tre in the world founded in 1931. ready old, and Nikulin Circus is It has a unique Museum of The- relatively new. Both are better. atre Puppets, where famous Besides seeing the performance, puppets from the whole world one can make an excursion and are collected. Metal clock on take a look from inside how the the theatre facade is the brand circus mechanism is operating. identity of not only the theatre, The new circus today is the but of the city too. circus of animal tamers Zapa RAMT (Russian Academic shny brothers. It uses modern Youth Theatre) is not just for scenery, costumes, light. The children, it is for all genera- brothers write fantasy scripts. tions. Earlier called the Central But the key point here is cer- Children’s Theatre, it is now tainly staggering animal acts. a young, sincere, popular expe In Durov’s Corner (grandfather rimental theatre. Durov, as Muscovites call him lov- The Youth Theatre was or- ingly), everything is by contrast ganized in 1920 and was called very conservative. However, for the First State Theatre for Chil- each new generation of children, dren. Since late 1980s it is head- performances remain as fresh ed by Henrietta Yanovskaya, and surprising as in the last whose staging of The Heart of century. In the Durov’s theatre a Dog, written by M. A. Bulga- you can see animals among the kov, made the theatre globally artists normally considered to be known. ineducable – foxes, racoons, birds and even common mice. 11 parks MOSCOW ZOO m. Barrikadnaya 1 Bolshaya Gruzinskaya St. moscowzoo.ru

Moscow Zoo

n one of the oldest Euro pean Zoos that extended over a huge territory of 26

ha, animals feel very well, Pink and people do too. The con- flamingo ditions are adapted to the I animals’ natural habitat. It is a place where we can sup- port and preserve rare endan- gered species of animals. As a result, Moscow Zoo is a par- ticipant of the program to preserve and study giant pandas (or cat bears), which is Chinese

12 Moscow for children endemic listed in Red Book. In the legal sense, all giant pandas in the world are property of China. They are sent for tempo- rary housing under the program of preservation, protection and study of giant panda, and their offspring is returned to China at the age of 4 years. Gifting pandas is always a political gesture and is called panda diplomacy. Giraffe on the For instance, the first panda was background of the gifted in the USSR in 1957 within Moscow skyscraper this political initiative. Return of you can watch performances of these animals to the exposition dolphins and Arctic whales. The for an unprecedented term – 15 kings of the new territory of the years – has become the pinna- Zoo are white bears. It is here cle event in the year of the 155th that the Primates House with anniversary of Moscow Zoo. thirty species of apes is located. The Zoo is divided into the Reptile house unfailingly arou old and the new territories. The ses intense interest. Whether old one has elephant enclosure the alligator that looks like dead with a two-storied viewing deck. would open its jaws? In its ground floor there is an The territory is huge, and you interactive Elephant museum, will need a whole day to see all where children will get to know enclosures and pavilions, and the character and habits of the perhaps not a single day. But if your children get tired, there are lots of benches around. You can In the enter Moscow Zoo through the main entrance or through the dolphinarium New territory from Bolshaya you can watch Gruzinskaya street or from the performances Garden Ring. of dolphins and Arctic whales biggest animal and will have a chance to touch its trunk and tusks. You will see plenty of wild cats here, for example fast cheetah. Opposite to cheetah enclosure you will find a big Gi- raffe House, above which in the oldest Zootopia building the Museum of Moscow Zoo His- Polar bears tory is located. There you can touch its history that starts from 1864, get to know how animals survived historical disasters of the 20th century and how people helped them to survive. One more interesting pavilion is Birds world, where friendly penguins meet you at the entrance. In the dolphinarium 13 education

Moscow museums are no more dusty MUSEUMS storages of antiquities. They develop, educate, entertain – children are no longer bored in them

Experimentanium

State Darwin Museum m. Akademichskaya, 57 Vavilova St. darwinmuseum.ru State Darwin Museum attracts children, for they can watch a 3D movie about marine dinosaurs, learn their weight on other planets or assess it in non-standard units — in mice or bears, and touch the fur of a real wolf.

State Darwin Museum

14 Moscow for children Experimentanium m. Sokol, 80 Leningradskiy Ave., bldg.11 experimentanium.ru

Experimentanium is a muse- Cosmos um of entertainment sciences, Pavilion a scientific and entertaining centre. All 200 exhibit items can and should be touched and Cosmonautics handled. They will help your children better understand laws and Aviation of mechanics, optics, acoustics Centre and electromagnetics. m. VDNKh, Pavilion №34 Cosmos cosmos.vdnh.ru

Cosmos Pavilion is probably the most outstanding structure in Moscow planetarium the VDNH by its size, engineering and architecture. It is one of the summits of Stalin’s Empire style and of the Soviet art of the 30s-50s in general. The display area of Cosmos consists of three sections. CB-1. Cosmic boulevard is dedicated to the astro- nautic achievements of the 20th century. Visitors can see model rockets, satellites and giant jet engines. The most interesting exhibits are a 30-ton model of Moscow Mir space station in 1:1 scale, Soyuz landing capsule and planetarium a carrier rocket. Section CB-2. m. Barrikadnaya, 5 Sadovaya- Construction Bureau tells the Kudrinskaya, bldg.1 planetarium-moscow.ru visitors about scientific develop- ments in astronautics, including In Moscow planetarium you will biology. This part of the pavil- feel the sky coming closer. The ion looks like a laboratory from building of the Planetarium has Hollywood movies. CB-3. Cos- three levels. The Big Star Hall modrome of the Future is ded- is located directly under the icated to the future and enter- dome, at the other levels there taining science fiction. You can is Small Star Hall, 4D cinema, play scientific game machines Moonarium interactive muse- or visit Space sphere, a 5D cin- um, and two observatories with ema. One of the best features is real telescopes. The planetari- interactivity of some space sta- um is a unique combination of tion models. Cosmos Pavilion happiness by learning and re- stirs up interest to the subject laxation. and pride for the achievements of the Russian science and of the mankind in general. 15 education Branch of the Polytechnical Museum m. VDNKh, Pavilion №26 polymus.ru

Branch of the Polytechnical Museum at VDNH is a tempo- rary exposition, since Moscow Polytechnical Museum is under KidZania reconstruction till 2020. The exhibition is divided into seven sections, each with its main KidZania exhibit. These are sections ded- m. CSKA, 4 Khodynskiy Blvd. icated to nuclear energy, medi kidzania.ru cine, radio engineering, and electricity. The most extraor- An international project that, dinary thing in this pavilion is with the participation of large not what is displayed, but how corporations, realizes the child- it is displayed — vividly and by hood dream of a small country contrast. Each lamp looks like in which everything is created a work of art. Polytech is inter- for children. A city with real active. Among other interactive houses, streets, cars, social installations there is an elec- services, its own currency and tronic model of the Big Bang so on. Children’s games in adult that can be viewed forward and life have never been more real- back. The highlight of the show istic. However, this is not pure is a life-sized model of the first entertainment but learning nuclear bomb. If you press the games that give practical skills button you will hear a loud siren and knowledge about the world of a nuclear alarm. around us. Your children can try more than 100 different profes- sions. Kidzania is a park with an area of 10 000 sq. meters located in Moscow, on the territory of Aviapark shopping centre. Buy your children tickets to a trip from Moscow to KidZania and let them work and relax in this wonderful country.

Submarine Remote Control

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In Moscow, there is no problem to EATING find a place for tasty and nutri- tious lunch or dinner with chil- OUT WITH dren. However, there are places paying children CHILDREN special attention

Ribambelle the Moskva River. Little guests of ribambelle.ru Shardam are welcome to partic- ipate in various master classes In Ribambelle restaurants (there or play in a specially equipped are three of them in Moscow) children’s area, while their par- the chef uses only the freshest ents are relaxing. seasonal products so that the Chicken food is as healthy as possible. cutlets from It is no secret that children love AnderSon junk food because it is tasty. Here the menu for adults and children is common - in order to cultivate a taste for the right food. Your child will also be im- pressed by the sight of the open confectionery. It is in the main restaurant hall, and visitors can AnderSon freely watch the preparation of cafe-anderson.ru desserts and festive cakes. AnderSon is a chain of family Veranda of Shar- cafes. The brand (for historical dam reasons) triggers in Moscow residents associations with cosy family atmosphere, since fairy tales of the Danish writer An- dersen belong to the main circle of reading of young Muscovites for a few generations. The cafe Shardam is notable for a European design m. Park Kultury, 2 Krymsky Val St. of a family club. There are chil- shardam.ru dren's rooms, toys, books and excellent cuisine. AnderSon sum- In Shardam cafe (Museon Park) mer verandas are very popular, you will find healthy and varied there you can sit for a while in a food for the whole family from company of pleasant and close environmentally friendly pro people. Perhaps a little expen- ducts. It is especially nice there sive, but this is the price for a in the summer. Through the homely atmosphere. transparent walls you can see the picturesque embankment of 17 sports SPORTS AREA

Nebo m. Fili, 5 Bagrationovskiy Pass. nebojump.ru Nevesomost m. Babushkinskaya, 211 Mira Ave., bldg. 2 nevesomost.net Cosmos m. Cherkizovskaya, 2a Okruzhnoy Pass. cosmo-batut.ru Gravitatsia m. Dubrovka, 5 Novoostapovskaya St., bldg. 2 gravitacia-club.ru Sky Town Le Mans City m. VDNKh, 119 Mira Ave. m. Shelepikha, 9a 2nd Magistralnaya St. vdnh.ru/map/7521 lemanskarting.ru Panda Park Monaco RRT Karting Club pandapark.org m. Savelovskaya, 1 Skladochnaya St. rrtkart.ru Izmaylovo Silver Rain m. Partizanskaya, 8 1st Izmaylovskogo Pilot Zverintsa St. m. Medvedkovo, 52 Shokalskogo Pass. s-karting.ru ruskart.ru

High-level rope park SkyTown

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Monaco here are a few trampoline RRT Karting parks in Moscow. Each of Club them has its advantages. Nebo (Sky) trampoline centre is the biggest in the city. A single entrance T ticket allows you to visit not just trampolines, but also a climbing wall, rope park, etc. Nevesomost (Zero Gravity) adds In Moscow, there is an op- a play element: entertainers can portunity to get into the karting dress up as famous characters: circuits, where you can get not Jack the Sparrow or Iron Man. only adrenaline, but also good Cosmos (Space) trampoline service. centre has affordable entry price Izmaylovo Silver Rain is and is known for its pleasant and the longest covered racetrack friendly atmosphere. Gravitatsia in Moscow: it is 870 m long. (Gravity) is a big sports complex Le Mans City karting club with a with a fitness centre, a sauna, a two-level restaurant with a view swimming pool, a climbing wall, to the track and Moscow City. a trampoline centre, a skate park, and a roofed wake park (the biggest swimming pool in In Moscow, there is Moscow – 70 m). GravityKids school covers all these lines of an opportunity to activities. During school holidays get into the karting GravityCamp welcomes children circuits, where you in the centre. Sky Town high-level rope can get not only park is a 16 m high structure in adrenaline, but the VDNH territory. It includes 90 exciting elements and also good service routes, giant swings with the amplitude of 16 meters, as well as children parkour ground. Monaco RRT Karting Club at Savelovskaya Metro station – a karting club with Café de Paris – the cafe where you can immerse yourself in Monaco atmosphere in the centre of Moscow. In Medvedkovo you can find Pilot – a 968 m open air karting cir- cuit, the longest open-air track in Moscow.

Nebo trampoline centre Panda Park rope attractions (3+) are open in all big parks and many districts of the capi tal. While roofed rope attractions are active all year round, the street ones – only in sum- mertime in good weather. Each park has a few routes that you can choose individually or com- bine into a bigger route. 19 shopping STORES FOR

Children's GUM m. Okhotny Ryad, 17 Vetoshnyy Lane gum.ru/shops/detskiy-gum Central Kids Store on Lubyanka m. Lubyanka, 5/1 Teatralny Pass. CHILDREN cdm-moscow.ru

Central Kids Store on Lubyanka The smaller building of GUM is located opposite to the main building across Vetoshny pere- ulok. It is logical that it was cho- sen for Children's GUM, claim- ing to be the main children’s store in Moscow. It offers not so much toys, clothes and bi- cycles, as the very atmosphere of childhood. In a famous Sovi- et cartoon from the 80s there is song “Clouds, white-maned cently parted from their child- horses” with a special spirit that hood. Busy with shopping, do they tried to create here. Blue not miss the main point of inter- heavens, white fluffy clouds est of the present-day Central soaring under the ceiling, col- Kids Store on Lubyanka. There ourful balloons, child cars that is an open-air observation deck you may drive over the whole on the roof of the building with store. Children love it here, and excellent views on the Kremlin, parents regress to childhood for as well as the south and the some time. west of Moscow. In the USSR Children’s World Children love big shopping was just a store. Today the Cen- centres and outlets, for it is al- tral Kids Store on Lubyanka ways nice and interesting there. means something more. First, Within the city there are big it is a unique structure, restored shopping centres, like Atrium, in its original appearance. Take Afimall City and the biggest a note of unique giant clock Aviapark in Europe. Outside the with a pendulum in the central Moscow Ring Road there are hall. It is one of the 5 biggest many outlets offering a variety mechanical clocks in the world. of goods for children, and you Each floor of CDM is a special can always find entertainment world with interactive zones to your liking: Outlet Village for children. And sure, there is Belaya Dacha, Vnukovo Outlet Museum of Childhood in the top Village, MEGA shopping centre floor, with toys and goods sold in chain. the store in 60s-90s of the past century. At the same time, it is a comfortable and stylish shopping center, where you can have the time of your life, especially for young couples who have re- 20

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