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CITY ESCAPE - FAMILY FUN - ANIMALS - NATURE - AFTER CORONA LOCKDOWN ACTIVITY Now that the lockdown in Moscow has been loosened, you can finally do day trips with the whole family again. The big question is just, where to? Recently we visited the deer farm in L'vovo and found that it is a great trip for the whole family! You can escape the hustle and bustle of the city, enjoy the beautiful nature and its lots of fun for the little ones, as they can feed and pet the animals on

DAY TRIP - CITY ESCAPE - ANCIENT CITY - FAMILY ACTIVITY Even though Moscow is beautiful and you never have to be bored here, it is still nice to get away from the hustle & bustle of the city every now and then. Therefore, we love daytrips, because you get a change to enjoy the beautiful scenery near Moscow. Recently we visited the small town Kolomna, which we can highly recommend you to go. The city is located about 114 km southeast of Moscow's center, has about 150.000 inhab

KIDS ACTIVITY - MOSCOW ZOO - PETTING ZOO - WEEKEND ACTIVITY WITH KIDS Moscow Zoo is a perfect kids activity. And the downtown setting of this zoo is amazing as you're surrounded by Moscows skyscrapers. The downside of its location that there is hardly any parking, so come by metro! The first time we went here it was a bit of a shock. The cages were quite small, uninspiring, not very safe and many of the animals were not present. But when you cross the bridge to the new part t

SOROCHANY - SCHUKOLOVO - STEPANOVO/VOLEN - KRYLATSKOE - CHYLKOVO - KANT Moscow is the perfect place for winter sports with all this snow! But what are the best places to ski near Moscow? The nearby options have a limited altitude but there are a few other options on a 1-1,5 hour drive. Sorochany - sorochany.ru This is the most modern and largest ski area and only a 1,5 hour drive from Moscow. It has restaurants, a daycare, ski rental and ski schools. For beginners this area i

Multimedia Art Museum Moscow (MAMM) is a contemporary art museum opened in post Soviet time in the premises of the Moscow House of Photography. We recently visited the museum for the first time and very much enjoyed the current exhibitions of contemporary artists Lucio Fontana and Igor Samolet. The museum’s interior is a special experience in itself: high ceiling, partially open floor plans and lots of white color. A great frame to the contemporary art on display. If you ar

The Experimentanium ( «Экспериментаниум») is one of the best activities in Moscow with kids! This is a fun Museum of Science and is located in the west of Moscow near metro Sokol. From age 2 and up, this interactive museum teaches about science through games and activities in a very fun way. Visitors can and are encouraged to do experiments with laws of mechanics, electricity, acoustics and optics. They can make bubbles, play the drums, paint with a laser, replicate the sola

SKIING - SNOWBOARDING - RENTAL - CLASSES - SKI STORE - RESTAURANT If you're looking for a decent indoor ski slope, "Snejkom" is definitely your best option. The snow is not perfect but this is a pretty good venue in Moscow for year round skiing. It has a beginner rope lift for the little ones, a towing lift and a chair lift. And they even have a small free style area. You can just go for a couple of runs but there are also ski competition teams and a wide variety of instructo

FORMER CHOCOLATE FACTORY - PERMANENT EXHIBITION - GUEST EXHIBITIONS The Museum of Russian Impressionism is a modern Moscow museum which opened 2016 in a beautifully renovated former chocolate factory built 1880. The museum offers a nice permanent exhibition consisting of 70 works of art by well known Russian painters. The building's modern and pure atmosphere is an experience by itself. At our latest visit to the museum, we attended the guest exhibition "Impressionism and

Flacon and Hlebozavod are two former Soviet factories nicely renovated and converted to modern urban centers for design, shopping, exhibitions and events. Situated side by side from each other and not far from the city center, Flacon and Hlebozavod make a perfect destination for a family- or friends time out. We really enjoyed strolling around in a cool environment, shopping clothes and accessories in non-chain stores, buying Asian ingredients for cooking, people watching, st