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Novosibirsk Sights and Landmarks Guide, Russia

The best thing about choosing Novosibirsk as your holiday destination is that you can easily make trips of one day inside the region, allowing you to take all your time to relive the past of this beautiful historical place. Before arriving to the actual city, you come across a special and delightful landscape that can be observed as far as only a few kilometers from town. The nature looks deserted and still holds something unique. No matter where you look, you can see either massifs that “guard” the surroundings or mud lakes and salt deposits that have made this area famous. Specialists say about Novosibirsk’s landscape that it is almost “all of West Siberia in miniature”.

If this strange scenery charms your senses, you can also find out more information about Barnaul Sights,one of the nearby cities, with the most to offer.

Novosibirsk, Sights - did you know?

Did you know that Novosibirsk has the largest railway station from the trans-Siberian route?

Did you know that Novosibirsk possess the library with the biggest rooms in Siberia?

Did you know that in Novosibirsk the solar eclipse on the 1st of August 2008 lasted 2 minutes and 20 seconds?

Novosibirsk Sights-Most Visited attractions

After having admired the beautiful landscape and gathered enough information about this charming and historical region, you are now ready to see the actual city. Once you get inside the town, you should first try to find out where Ob river is located, as the city lies on both banks of this important Siberian river. Here you can find a number of inviting attractions, including some beautiful beaches, which come to life once the summer begins. Then you should look for Lenin’s Square, where the leader’s imposing statue stands right in front of the Opera and Ballet House, which is one of the largest such institution in the country.

South of Lenin Square, the Chapel of St. Nicholas gives a particular charm to the site, reminding tourists of the 300 years of Romanov rule. If you are more interested in the cultural life of the city, then you can see some charming works of art in the Novosibirsk Art Museum and Local Studies Museum, or you can always visit Novosibirsk Regional Puppet Theater and Novosibirsk Circus. You might also find it interesting to enter Novosibirsk Museum of Regional Studies, which will tell you the story of the evolution of the Siberian region, while The Museum of the Sun will give you the unique chance to see different pictures of the sun.

To make this experience complete, you cannot leave Russia without visiting Moscow Sights, the country’s capital and the largest city in Europe.

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