The city is modern, well planned and not chaotic. Metro system is very convenient. It takes you 50 minutes to get from the North to the South of Moscow by underground, although in summer it will take you hours to drive in a traffic jam. The metro consists of 12 lines with the total length of 305,5 kms., its 185 stations serve almost 10 thousand trains. The rolling stock of 5 thousand cars forms over 500 trains. Average daily number of passengers amounts to 50 thousand people.
There’re 186 stations in Moscow underground and it’s easy and convenient. Moscow transport system is also rather good: there’re buses, trolley-buses and trams. Of course, you should be able to read Cyrillic, but as soon as you’ve learnt a couple of phrases in Russian, people`re friendly and usually willing to help.
One of the greatest advantages of living in Moscow is its friendly people. You’ll find babushkas in showles, young people and just passers-by friendly and helpful. But of course, like any European capital, Moscow’s abundant with pick-pocketing, gypsies and thieves. Just keep an eye on your belongings and that’s it!
The 12-million city is subdivided into five main areas: the centre – with the Kremlin, Tverskaya Street, Lubyanka area and Manezh Square. The main attraction of the South-West is probably the Sparrow Hills and the main building of Moscow State University. This is the place where newlyweds come to celebrate their wedding, as well as schoolchildren on their final ball.
Zamoskovorechye will be interesting for art-lovers, as the famous Tretyakov gallery is situated on the bank the 4 km long canal, which was built in the 18th century.
The Southern part of the city is interesting by its parks – Tsaritsino and Kolomenskoye – both of which used to be tsar`s residences.
And in the Northern direction, along the Yaroslavl highway you’ll find magnificent Trinity Sergius Lavra – the monastery of the 14th-19th centuries.
