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ZIL Culture Centre
Moscow

ZIL Culture Centre

May 22, 2014 / by BT Travel

Free: All time In the 1930’s, ZIL Culture Center was originally built for employees of motor car factory ZIL. It is one of the great examples...

Trees of Love on Luzhkov Bridge
Moscow

Trees of Love on Luzhkov Bridge

May 22, 2014 / by BT Travel

Free: All time The story goes that it all started when a newlywed couple revived the tradition of sealing their vows by placing a padlock on...

Stalin’s Seven Sisters
Moscow

Stalin’s Seven Sisters

May 22, 2014 / by BT Travel

Free: All time Moscow’s skyline is largely defined by seven skyscrapers known as Stalin’s Seven Sisters. They’re still today amongst some of the tallest buildings in...

Winzavod Center for Contemporary Art
Moscow

Winzavod Center for Contemporary Art

May 21, 2014 / by BT Travel

Free: All time Housed in a former wine-bottling factory, the Winzavod Center for Contemporary Art is now Moscow’s modern art nexus housing the city’s most prestigious...

Danilov Monastery
Moscow

Danilov Monastery

May 21, 2014 / by BT Travel

Free: All time This classical monastery is named after its founder Daniil, son of the great Novogorod ruler Aleksander Nevsky. Founded in 1282, the Danilov monastery...

Gogol House
Moscow

Gogol House

May 20, 2014 / by BT Travel

Free: All time Nikolai Gogol, the 19th-century Ukrainian-born writer, wrote in Russian and spent his final years in Moscow. The Gogol House was where he resided...

Moscow Free Tour
Moscow

Moscow Free Tour

May 20, 2014 / by BT Travel

Free: All time The 2.5-hour free Moscow tour covers almost all the main attractions in Moscow from the Red Square to the St. Basil’s Cathedral to...

Museum of Russian Icon
Moscow

Museum of Russian Icon

May 20, 2014 / by BT Travel

Free: All time Founded by Russian art patron Mikhail Abramov, the Museum of Russian Icon put on display a collection of more than 4,000 pieces of...

Hongfang Creative Industrial Zone
Shanghai

Hongfang Creative Industrial Zone

May 19, 2014 / by Elys Muda

Free: All time Like the Moganshan Art District, the Hongfang (Red Town) Creative Industrial Zone are housed in a cluster of renovated factory buildings. Created in...

Mao Zedong’s Former Residence
Shanghai

Mao Zedong’s Former Residence

May 16, 2014 / by Elys Muda

Free: All time A small residence, tucked in between small shops, was once home to the great Chairman Mao Zedong during his time as a communist activist...