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      Moscow City: from Kievsky Station to the 85th floor

      ⏱ 6 h 30 min🚶 5 km + ⛴🍽 4📍 11 stops
      🚶 Moderate — 3–7 km

      A big day at the City: coffee on Ukrainsky Boulevard, an embankment with a view of the towers, lunch at Dorogomilovsky Market, a ride to the towers on the river electric tram, a stroll at the foot of the skyscrapers, sunset on the 89th floor and an evening in the bars.

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      1. 1
        🏛 Eurasia Square (formerly Europe Square)
        The square by Kievsky Station (until July 2024 called Europe Square) with a fountain, The Abduction of Europa, made of steel rods, and a view of the river.
        Start at Kievsky Station
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        Eurasia Square (formerly Europe Square)
        © Retired electrician · CC0
        • Since 24 July 2024 the square has officially been called Eurasia Square.
        • The square was built in 2001–2002 as part of a Russian-Belgian project, designed by architect Yuri Platonov.
        • The fountain sculpture The Abduction of Europa was devised by Belgian sculptor Olivier Strebelle: the composition is 11 m high and the basin is 50 m in diameter.
        • The fountain's lighting is made up of 4,000 LED lamps.
        • The square has 48 columns with flags; the flags of European countries were taken down in March 2023.
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      3. 2
        ☕️ Drinkit coffee shop on Ukrainsky Boulevard
        Украинский б-р, 6
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        Takeaway coffee before the walk: “Drinkit” is 5 minutes from the square, and it’s handy to order ahead in the app
        🍴 A Drinkit chain coffee shop five minutes from the Ukraina Hotel: coffee and a quick snack. Try: a cappuccino or raf, a sandwich, pastries.
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      5. 3
        🚶 Taras Shevchenko Embankment
        The embankment opposite Moscow City, with a wide promenade, piers and a view of the skyscrapers across the river.
        A view of the towers from the river; the Bagration Bridge is closed until the end of 2030, so go back to Kiyevskaya
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        Taras Shevchenko Embankment
        © Gennady Grachev from Moscow, Russia · CC BY 2.0
        Taras Shevchenko Embankment
        © Gennady Grachev from Moscow, Russia · CC BY 2.0
        • The embankment received Taras Shevchenko's name in 1961, for the centenary of his death; it was extended to Kievskaya Street at the same time.
        • In 1964 a monument to Shevchenko was placed in the small park in front of the Hotel Ukraina.
        • The Hotel Ukraina is a Stalinist skyscraper of 1950–1957 by architects Arkady Mordvinov and Vyacheslav Oltarzhevsky.
        • Minister Nikolai Baibakov and actor Valentin Gaft lived in the Oil Workers' House (no. 1/2, 1938–1953).
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        🧺 Dorogomilovsky Market
        ул. Можайский Вал, 10
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        Lunch at the market: the rows have cafés and snack bars — plov, khinkali (Georgian dumplings), shawarma; at the stalls you can try cheeses and fruit
        🍴 A large food market by Kievsky Station with Eastern-style stalls. What to order: plov from the Uzbeks, Korean salads and pickles, fresh Georgian lavash with cheese, burrata at pavilion A58.
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        🏛 Kievskaya metro station (Circle line)
        A lavish hall of 1954 with white pylons, stucco and gilding, one of the most ornate metro stations.
        Look into the circle-line Kiyevskaya: mosaics about the friendship of peoples and chandeliers — one of the most ornate stations. Then up and to the river
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        Kievskaya metro station (Circle line)
        © A.Savin · CC BY-SA 3.0
        • The station opened on 14 March 1954 and closed the Circle line.
        • The design competition drew 40 entries; architects from Kyiv led by E. I. Katonin won.
        • The station lies at a depth of 53 meters.
        • The 18 mosaic panels on the pylons are devoted to the history of Ukraine and the friendship of the Russian and Ukrainian peoples.
        • The partisan in the mosaic "The Struggle for Soviet Power in Ukraine" holds a field telephone, which passengers take for a mobile phone or a laptop.
        • In 2006 the French designed the entrance to the transfer passage in the style of Guimard's Paris metro; in return Moscow gave the Madeleine station a stained-glass window of "Ryaba the Hen".
        • It is the only station on the Circle line outside the Central District.
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        🏛 Kievsky Pier
        Бережковская наб., напротив Киевского вокзала
        A floating pier for river electric trams by Kievsky Station: line 1 runs from here to Fili Park and line 4 to Luzhniki.
        ≈7 minutes from the station to Berezhkovskaya Embankment. The pier has two pontoons: line 1 to the City is the left one. Pay with Troika, a card or biometrics: in winter 100–110 ₽ on weekdays and 155–165 ₽ on weekends, free with the “Edinyi” ticket
      12. ⛴ River tram, line 1 “Kievsky – Park Fili”, from Kievsky pier to City-Tsentralny, ≈25 min, every 20–30 min; or Kiyevskaya metro → Vystavochnaya
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        🏛 City-Tsentralny Pier
        Пресненская наб., у башен Москва-Сити
        A pier of river electric tram line 1 at the foot of the Moscow City skyscrapers — sailings to Kievsky Station and to Fili Park.
        Sit by a window on the starboard side: the towers rise right out of the water. In winter the boat follows an icebreaker — allow 15–20 minutes extra
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        🚶 Presnenskaya Embankment
        Пресненская наб.
        A pedestrian embankment at the foot of the Moscow City towers: glass, reflections in the river and a view of Dorogomilovo.
        2 minutes along the water from the pier: here you see the towers from below, and the best shots are with their reflection in the river
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        Presnenskaya Embankment
        © Grigorius m · CC BY-SA 4.0
        • The embankment is known from plans since the late 19th century; in 1955 it was merged into Krasnopresnenskaya, and the old name was restored in 2007.
        • The Bagration Bridge, opened in 1997 for Moscow's 850th anniversary, was the first structure of the Moscow City complex.
        • The bridge was designed by architect Boris Thor and engineer Vladimir Travush.
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        🌅 Panorama 360 observation deck
        Пресненская наб., 12, башня «Федерация»
        🎟 ticket
        An observation deck at a height of 327 m in the Federation Tower, with views over all of Moscow through glass walls.
        The 89th floor of the Federation Tower; sunset is the best time, so buy evening tickets online
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        Panorama 360 observation deck
        © Dinozaurus · CC BY-SA 4.0
        Panorama 360 observation deck
        © Dinozaurus · CC BY-SA 4.0
        Panorama 360 observation deck
        © Dinozaurus · CC BY-SA 4.0
        • The deck opened in April 2018 on the 89th floor of the Vostok Tower; the venue itself claims to be the highest in Europe.
        • The Vostok Tower, 374 m tall, is the second tallest building in Europe after St Petersburg's Lakhta Center.
        • The Federation complex was designed by Sergey Choban and Peter Schweger.
        • The pouring of the foundation slab in February 2006, 14,000 cubic metres of concrete, entered the Guinness Book of Records.
        • The complex has 67 lifts, some of them twin systems with two cabins in one shaft.
        • The deck has an ice cream museum, and its mascot is a polar bear named Panoramych.
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      19. 10
        🍸 White Hart pub in Moscow City
        1-й Красногвардейский пр-д, 19
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        A pint before dinner: an English pub at the foot of OKO, open until morning on Fridays and Saturdays
        🍴 A two-story English-style pub at the foot of the Moscow City towers, with live music and sports broadcasts. Try: draft beer, shrimp on ice, pork ribs, a burger.
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      21. 11
        🍽 Ruski
        1-й Красногвардейский пр-д, 21, стр. 2 (башня «ОКО»), 85 этаж
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        Russian cuisine and cocktails on the 85th floor, booking required
        🍴 A Russian restaurant with a real oven on the 85th floor of the OKO tower, with a view of all of Moscow. What to order: borscht, ribs, oven-roasted duck, medovik (honey cake).

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