Novosibirsk

The most prominent city in Siberia is Novosibirsk. It has the population more then 1 million citizens and is the biggest and the most densely populated city throughout the whole region. People here are kind and helpful, they can always tell you the right direction. The city is very young, it was founded about 100 years ago. It is enlarging so fast, that some people call it "the Siberian Chicago". Novosibirsk is always growing, a lot of new buildings are under construction. The places of culture and entertainment are not an exception. You can see a lot of new interesting things here.

Sightseeing in Novosibirsk

Novosibirsk has many places to visit. If you arrive there by train, the first thing you will see will be the railway station called "Novosibirsk Glavny" ("Novosibirsk's Main Railway Station"). It's the biggest and the most beautiful stations throughout the Trans-Siberian Railroad. The architect's idea was to make the building look like an old-fashioned train.

The trademark of the city is its Opera and Ballet Theatre. It's the biggest theatre in Russia. It can contain the Bolshoi Theatre under its doom!

The Chapel of Saint Nicolas is also a well-known place. It's also one of the emblems of the city. It used to be a geographical centre of Russian Empire.

If you visit the park "The City's Onset", you will see one of the most interesting memorials of the city - one of the spans of the first bridge across the river Ob. It used to be a part of the Trans-Siberian Railroad.

Many people love to visit the Novosibirsk Zoo. It's the biggest zoo in Russia. It's extremely well-known among the Russian tourist and foreigners. It hosts a lot of exemplars of species under threat of extinction. The location is also very unusual: the zoo was founded in the middle of a piny wood.

Other sights of the city are: 15 museums, theatres, an art gallery, parks and cathedrals.

The Central Siberian Botanical Garden is the greatest botanical garden in this part of Russia.  It also worth to visit the Museum of Sun - the only museum in Russia, that is dedicated to the signs and symbols of this heavenly body.

There are a lot of different things to be mentioned: the great many monuments of Novosibirsk, its molls, which are very extravagant for Siberia, the beautiful streets of this city. But it's better to see it with your own eyes.