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      Bor: the view of Nizhny from the other bank

      ⏱ 5 h🚶 3.5 km + 🚌🍽 1📍 6 stops
      🚶 Moderate — 3–7 km

      While the cable car is closed, people go to Bor by bus over the Bor Bridge: military equipment in the open air, quiet streets with the frog fountain, a local history museum and a view of Nizhny from the Volga's left bank.

      🏛 History and architecture🚆 Out of town
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      Getting there
      🏛 Kanavinsky Bus Station
      Московское ш., 4Е
      Bus No. 245 to Bor — every 10–15 minutes by day. From Moskovskaya metro it's about 15 minutes on foot.
      🚌 by bus to Military Vehicles Museum in Bor
      bus No. 245 from Kanavinsky Bus Station over the Bor Bridge to the terminus at Bor Bus Station, about 40–50 min; every 10–15 min by day
      1. 1
        ✨ Military Vehicles Museum in Bor
        ул. Киселёва, Бор
        An open-air display of military equipment on Kiselyov Street — open at any time.
        From Bor Bus Station about 7 minutes on foot along Kiselyov Street. The equipment stands in the open air — you can see it at any time.
      2. 🚶 on foot
      3. 2
        🏛 Frog Fountain
        ул. Ленина, 146, Бор
        A green frog fountain on Lenin Street — one of the most recognizable symbols of Bor.
        West along Lenin Street — the green frog at No. 146.
      4. 🚶 on foot
      5. 3
        🏛 Dormition Church in Bor
        Интернациональная ул., 18, Бор
        An Empire-style church of 1826 on Internatsionalnaya Street.
        An Empire-style church of 1826 on Internatsionalnaya Street.
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        Dormition Church in Bor
        © Алексей Белобородов · CC BY-SA 3.0
      6. 🚶 on foot
      7. 4
        🖼 Bor Local History Museum
        Интернациональная ул., 1, Бор
        🎟 ticket
        A museum in a merchant mansion on Internatsionalnaya Street: the history of Bor, local crafts and everyday life.
        A merchant mansion with the history of Bor; until 16:00, closed on Monday.
      8. 🚶 on foot
      9. 5
        🌅 Viewpoint over the Volga in Bor
        у Набережной ул., Бор
        The high bank of the Volga across from Nizhny: the kremlin, the Chkalov Stairs and Rozhdestvenskaya across the river, especially beautiful in the evening.
        Go down to the Volga: opposite are the kremlin, the Chkalov Stairs and Rozhdestvenskaya. Even prettier in the evening with the lights on.
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        • Bor received town status on 27 November 1938.
        • In 1934 a mechanized glass factory was launched in Bor — today the AGC Bor Glass Factory.
        • Since 2012 Bor and Nizhny were linked by a cable car across the Volga; since July 2026 it has been closed for repairs.
        • The combined road-and-rail Bor Bridge was built in 1965, and a parallel bridge for leaving the town was opened in 2017.
      10. 🚶 on foot
      11. 6
        🍽 Volgorechye Restaurant
        Набережная ул., 8А, Бор
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        Lunch or dinner by the water: pike-perch, beefsteak with porcini, minestrone.
        🍴 A restaurant on Naberezhnaya Street right by the Volga, from 9 a.m.; kids' menu available. What to order: pike-perch with fried radish, beefsteak with porcini, minestrone.

      ↩️ Getting back: Bus No. 245 from Bor Bus Station to Kanavinsky Bus Station, every 10–15 min by day, the last around 22:45; from the embankment to the bus station about 20 minutes on foot

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