City of contrasts, easy money and beautiful women, Moscow is growing rapidly: every month higher skyscrapers go up, every day a new restaurant or bar appears. Modern Muscovites are fashionable and cutting-edge. This city offers great business opportunities and thousands of ways to spend.
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Essentials
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Wealthy Russians look down on public transport. To impress, arrive at meetings in a decent car. |
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If you're running late, however, the metro is often the best bet. It's fast, efficient and the best way to escape Moscow traffic. Many stations are stunningly beautiful. |
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Don't try to camouflage yourself. Russians will recognise a foreigner anyway. |
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Eat to your heart's content. Almost all cafés and restaurants open from early morning until late at night. Many are open 24 hours. |
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Shop around the clock. Many stores and boutiques are open late too, till 21.00, 22.00, or even midnight. |
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Top Moscow nightclubs have "face control". Dress smartly, or even better, have a business contact call and put you on the guest list. |
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A good overcoat is obviously a must in winter but be aware that most houses and offices tend to be overheated and stuffy during the cold months, so thermal undergarments are a bad idea. |
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You need never feel guilty for being overdressed. |
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Russians may seem quite gloomy but they're not really; it's just the climate. |
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A taxi drive within the city should not cost more than €10. Don't pay too much just because you're a foreigner. |
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Hotels
One independent and easy
Pokrovka Suite Hotel
40/2 Pokrovka Street
+ 7 495 229 5797
pokrovka-moscow.com
Dependable chain
Ararat Park Hyatt Moscow
4 Neglinnaya Street
+ 7 495 783 1234
moscow.park.hyatt.com
Premium
The Ritz-Carlton
3-5 Tverskaya Street
+ 7 495 225 8888
ritzcarltonmoscow.ru
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Dining
Fast breakfast
5 Stars
5/6 Bolshaya Dmitrovka Street
(entrance from Kamergersky Lane)
+ 7 495 692 1276
Business breakfast
Café Pushkin
26a Tverskoy Boulevard
+ 7 495 229 5590
Mid-morning coffee
Coffeemania
13 Bolshaya Nikitskaya Street
Moscow Conservatory Building
+ 7 495 775 4310
coffeemania.ru
Working lunch with colleagues
Correa's
40/2 Bolshaya Ordynka Street
+ 7 495 725 5878
correas.ru
Need-to-impress-clients lunch
Nedalny Vostok
15/2 Tverskoi Bulvar
+ 7 495 694 0641/0154
novikovgroup.ru/restaurants/east
Lunch on your own
Les Z'amis de Jean-Jacques
24/1 Tsvetnoy Boulevard
+ 7 495 208 5810
Afternoon tea/drink
Hotel Baltschug Kempinski Lobby
1 Balchug Street
+ 7 495 230 5500
kempinskimoscow.com
Dinner with colleagues
Pepperoni
17 Petrovka Street
+ 7 495 980 7350
novikovgroup.ru/restaurants/peperoni
Private dinner
Café Pavillion
7 Patriarshy Lane
+ 7 495 203 5110
Big dinner with partner clients
Turandot
26 Tverskoy Boulevard
+ 7 495 739 0011
Drink after dinner
Bar 30/7
30/7 Petrovka Street
(entrance from Petrovsky Boulevard)
+ 7 495 650 5951
bar30-7.com
Late drinks
Denis Simachev bar
12/2 Stoleshnikov Lane
+ 7 495 629 8085
denissimachev.com
Late bite
Starlite Diner
16a Bolshaya Sadovaya Street
+ 7 495 690 9638
starlite.ru
On the tiles
Rai
9 Bolotnaya Naberezhnaya
raiclub.ru
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Reading
Books
Respublica
10, 1st Tverskaya-Yamskaya Street
+ 7 495 251 6527
respublica.ru
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Thank yous
Brusselskie Shtuchki
7 Pavlovskaya Street
+ 7 495 235 8128
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Shopping
Something you can't get anywhere else
Eliseevsky foodstore
14 Tverskaya Street
+ 7 495 694 3653
Lost luggage - where to buy dress shirts, socks and undies
TsUM department store
2 Petrovka Street
+ 7 495 933 7300
tsum.ru
Something for the kids
Izmailovsky Outdoor Market
Metro Partizanskaya
Something for someone you love
Shop & Bar Denis Simachev
12/2 Stoleshnikov Lane
+ 7 495 629 8085
denissimachev.com
Something for yourself
Le Form
7 Dmitrovsky Lane
+ 7 495 660 0280
leform.ru
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Two hour tour
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Red Square, St Basil and Moscow Kremlin |
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VDNKh (Soviet expo and amusement park)
VDNKh subway station |
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Tretyakov gallery
10 Lavrushinsky Lane
+ 7 495 230 7788 |
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Limousine/car
Komandir taxi
Only Mercedes-Benz E-class
+ 7 495 9 888 888
komandir.ru
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Transport
Airports
Avoid Sheremetyevo - hellish traffic jams. Use Domodedovo and its fast and efficient Aeroexpress train link.
Buy a pass
Metro tickets (one, five or 10 trips).
Rent a bike
Titan Club
11 1st Tverskaya-Yamskaya Street
+ 7 495 251 1861, from €7 for 24hrs
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Fitness
Good Gym
World Class Romanov Dvor
4 Romanov Lane
+ 7 495 772 7545
worldclass.ru
Running route
Around Kremlin and Aleksandrovsky Garden
Alternative diversion
Horse racing at Moscow Hippodrome
22 Begovaya Street
+ 7 495 945 5059
cmh.ru