Moscow: Walking in Moscow’s winter wonderland

The best way to discover Moscow is on foot. It may seem unrelentingly urban, find the flowering courtyards, icon-filled churches and house-museums, you need to walk through the back streets and pathways.

Release time : 2020-01-07 15:54:47

Moscow is a major political, economic, cultural, and scientific center of Russia and Eastern Europe, as well as the largest city entirely on the European continent. Mention of Moscow will remind people of Pushkin's poetry or Villetta's landscapes. At sunset, the whole city is romantic and solemn, with large forests, the Kremlin, and Stalin-style buildings.

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As the frost rolls into Moscow and temperatures drop far below zero, the thought of emerging from underneath your covers into the bone-chilling cold sends you right back to bed. Strap on your ice skates and zoom through the cold winter air at one of these rinks.

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The best way to discover Moscow is on foot. It may seem unrelentingly urban, dominated by cars and towering skyscrapers, but to find the flowering courtyards, icon-filled churches and house-museums, you need to walk through the back streets and pathways.

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Far from being a deterrent to visitors, Moscow’s legendary cold should be an attraction. The chance to explore the relatively empty streets, full of shining snow crystals, seasonal ice rinks and over-decorated trees, is far more interesting than the sweaty summer crowds around the Kremlin. Gold domes against blue and white or cottages under frosty trees are all part of Moscow’s wintry charm.

The huge areas of parkland encircling the city are perfect for snowy walks. A stroll along the Moskva river at Kolomenskoye to the Unesco-listed Church of the Ascension passes a triple-domed wooden chapel and log cabin cafes serving coffee and pancakes. The old aristocratic landscapes of Kuzminki forest may have lost some of their 18th-century splendour, but there are still griffin-guarded gates near the old church and equestrian statues by the waterside pavilion.