Znayu mestoI know a place
RUENESTR中文عربيفارسی
Русский English Español Türkçe 中文 العربية فارسی

Walking routes in Moscow

    🚶 Routes 📍 Places
    Where do you start
    Start typing an address, metro station or place in the search box above — or tap the map where you will start
    How much walking
    Interests
    Child's age pick one or more
    Food we'll pick places along the way
      ← All routes

      The Rostokino Aqueduct and Losiny Ostrov

      ⏱ 4 h 30 min🚶 7.5 km🍽 1📍 5 stops
      🏃 A lot — over 7 km

      From VDNKh along the Yauza to an 18th-century aqueduct and into the national park.

      🏛 History and architecture🌳 Parks and nature
      🗺 Open in Yandex Maps
      1. 1
        🏛 VDNKh Main Entrance
        A monumental 1950s triumphal arch topped with the Tractor Driver and Collective Farm Girl sculpture, with a wide main avenue behind it.
        Start at the main entrance of VDNKh
        📖 More about the placeCollapse
        VDNKh Main Entrance
        © Don-vip · CC BY-SA 4.0
        • The arch was built in 1954 to a design by Innokenty Melchakov during the post-war reconstruction of the exhibition.
        • The five-span gate was conceived as a triumphal arch in honour of victory in the war.
        • The earlier main entrance of 1939, designed by Leonid Polyakov, is now called the North Entrance.
        • The arch is crowned by Sergey Orlov's Tractor Driver and Collective Farm Girl sculpture, clad in gold smalt.
        • The restoration begun in 2017 was the first in the arch's history.
        • The exhibition itself opened on 1 August 1939 and now covers 240 hectares.
      2. 🚶 on foot
      3. 2
        🏛 Rostokino Aqueduct
        A white-stone aqueduct about 356 m long on 21 arches over the Yauza, part of Moscow's first 18th-century water supply.
        Catherine II's "Million Bridge"
        📖 More about the placeCollapse
        Rostokino Aqueduct
        © Dmitry Ivanov. · CC BY-SA 4.0
        Rostokino Aqueduct
        © MBH · CC BY-SA 4.0
        • It is the only survivor of the five aqueducts of the Mytishchi water supply, started by decree of Catherine II in 1779.
        • The aqueduct was nicknamed the "Million Bridge", although about a million rubles were allotted to the whole water supply, not to the bridge.
        • Catherine II inspected the aqueduct in 1785 and said of it: "It looks light as a feather... and very sturdy".
        • The aqueduct is 356 meters long and up to 15 meters high; it was never rebuilt in the 19th century.
        • Mytishchi water ran through the aqueduct until 1962, and then until 2004 a heating main ran through it.
        • In 2004–2007 the aqueduct was turned into a covered, illuminated pedestrian bridge.
      4. 🚶 on foot
      5. 3
        ☕️ Bukhanka Bakery on Bazhov Street
        ул. Бажова, 8
        ▮▯▯▯▯
        A snack: pastries and coffee at a bakery
        🍴 A bakery with coffee on a quiet street between the Rostokino Aqueduct and the Yauza valley, daily 8:00–22:00. What to order: a croissant with almond cream, cheese balls, chocolate cheesecake, a cappuccino.
      6. 🚶 on foot
      7. 4
        🌳 Yauza Valley in Rostokino
        A broad green floodplain of the Yauza with walking and cycling paths, little bridges and a view of the old aqueduct.
        A landscaped river valley
        📖 More about the placeCollapse
        Yauza Valley in Rostokino
        © Gennady Grachev from Moscow, Russia · CC BY 2.0
        • The Yauza is the largest tributary of the Moskva River within the city: of its 48 km length, 27.6 km runs through Moscow.
        • The river is mentioned in a chronicle under 1156 as "Auza".
        • The Yauza rises in Losiny Ostrov, near the settlement of Zagoryansky.
        • The Rostokino Aqueduct is named after the village of Rostokino, which stood at the confluence of the Yauza and the Goryanka.
      8. 🚶 on foot
      9. 5
        🌳 Losiny Ostrov, Yauza Alley
        A forest alley in the national park: mixed forest, boggy lowlands and a quiet quite unlike the city.
        A forest inside the city
        📖 More about the placeCollapse
        Losiny Ostrov, Yauza Alley
        © Nikiforovvb · CC BY-SA 4.0
        Losiny Ostrov, Yauza Alley
        © NiaPol · CC BY-SA 4.0
        • Losiny Ostrov (Elk Island) became a national park on 24 August 1983, at the same time as the Sochi one.
        • It is Moscow's largest forest tract and the largest among forests within city limits.
        • The tract has been known since 1406; in 1564 Ivan the Terrible hunted bears here.
        • The old name "Pogonny Losiny Ostrov" comes from the hound hunt (gon); a grove amid fields was called an "island".
        • The Yauza and Pekhorka rivers rise here.
        • Most of the forest was cut down during the war; replanting began in 1944.

      Find us on Telegram

      Partnerships and ideas

      ✉️ privet@znayumesto.ru

      Settings

      Data: © OpenStreetMap · DB-IP · weather — Open-Meteo
      The map did not load. You can still browse routes in the list and open them in Yandex Maps.

      We use cookies and Yandex Metrica to understand which routes are useful. Without your consent we keep only our own cookie-free statistics.