The most famous architectural landmark of the city. This grandiose project, built in the difficult 30s-40s, has been functioning since 1945. The largest theater in Russia, with an auditorium hosting up to 1774 spectators, it almost always plays to the full house. A plethora of world-famous ballet and opera stars - Ivan Vasiliev, Natalia Osipova, Sergey Polunin, Anna Netrebko Yusif Eyvazov and many others - often perform here. The theater dome itself is a unique self-supporting construction, having a diameter of 60 meters while being just 8 cm thick.

A huge fascinating museum divided into two parts. Gallery of Time, an exhibition of Russian and Soviet vintage vehicles, displays restored motorcycles, as well as Volga, Chaika, and GAZ cars. The gem of the collection is a pre-revolutionary Russo-Balt car. Museum of the USSR, the second part, has thematic expositions presented as showcase halls as well as stylized rooms so you can visit a Soviet school, a communal apartment, a sewing workshop, and a music store of 1950-70s.

The most central museum of Novosibirsk, occupying the historical building of the City Commerce Building, has been operating since 1920. The main exposition of the museum is dedicated to the history and local lore of Siberia from the Paleolithic age to the ethnographic modernity. Showcased in the museum halls are hundreds of artifacts of original culture and life of indigenous peoples.

An enormous zoo in the middle of a pine forest, it is home to more than 10,000 animals, and many of them are included in the Red Book. The zoo became world famous when first the liger and then the world's first liliger were born here. Open-air cages with polar bears, Pallas's cats and penguins attract a lot of visitors. By the way, you can get to the zoo by a small train on the children's railroad, which runs from Zayeltsovsky Park.

An important historical landmark of Novosibirsk, the city’s first stone building, majestic and monumental, was built in 1898. It is one of the best examples of temples in the Neobyzantine style. The main object of worship is the Our Lady of Iveron icon painted on Mt. Athos in Greece, a sacred place for all Orthodox believers. The temple has undergone a major restoration, but its outer appearance was preserved as close as possible to the original.

An absolutely unique landmark - the first and only death museum in Russia and one of the largest death museums in the world. Despite the fact that the expositions are devoted to the funeral traditions of different peoples, the museum does not scare, but instead fascinates. There are exhibits from the 19th to early 20th centuries: historical mourning gowns, hearses, engravings, paintings, sculptures, photographs, postcards. Cemetery architecture exhibition also has its corner here.

One of the most popular promenades in Novosibirsk. You can enjoy the view of the Ob River and its bridges from the embankment. In one end of the embankment there is a pier with entertainment river buses cruising the Ob all day long. An important historical monument is situated at the other end - a span of the first bridge built across the Ob River, which became the starting point for the city development. There is also a monument to Tsar Alexander III.

This restored Orthodox chapel, a copy of the 1914 chapel destroyed during the Soviet period in the 1930s, was originally located in a symbolic point that was considered to be the center of the Russian Empire. The modern chapel, though, stands a little farther from the place. The chapel contains an icon of St. Nicholas and a part of his relics.

An open-air museum with a lot of electric locomotives, steam locomotives, diesel locomotives and electric trains and carriages Western Siberian railroads had previously in service. The total length of the exposition is about 3 km, at the moment it consists of several dozens of exhibits. The museum is located at the Seyatel railway station on the road from Novosibirsk to Akademgorodok.

Novosibirsk is impossible to imagine without Akademgorodok, one of the most important scientific and educational centers of Russia. The smartest street in the world with 20 research institutes is located here. However, Akademgorodok is also a wonderful place for a simple stroll: you can enjoy a leisurely walk to the beach of the Ob Sea. It is highly recommended to visit the botanical garden of SB RAS. (Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences), the History and Ethnography Museum, and the open-air Historical and Architectural Museum, where the old Spasskaya church of the 17th century was relocated to. Visiting to the Eureka scientific cafe, the Museum of the Sun and the Integral Museum Apartment will surely add a nice touch to the experience.