Introducing Novosibirsk
If you want nightlife, restaurants with Las Vegas-style glitz or a choice of countless Irish pubs, Novosibirsk might be your Siberian dream come true. For anything else, consider skipping the place or departing the same evening on an overnight train. Novosibirsk hotels, already overpriced, have a weird rule preventing most from accepting foreigners unless prebooked through a tour agency.
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Despite its size, Novosibirsk has relatively little to see. It grew up in the 1890s around the Ob River bridge built for the trans- Siberian. Named Novo-Nikolaevsk until 1925 for the last tsar, it grew rapidly into Siberia's biggest metropolis, a key industrial and transport centre exploiting coalfields to the east and mineral deposits in the Urals.
Last updated: Feb 17, 2009
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RE: From the USA to Kamchatka
by Chicagobest 11 September 2011
Yblanter is of course correct. I was told by Bering Air 4 years ago that that had to fly to Provideniya and (rarer) Anadyr, with a load…
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Re: Trans siberian in october, or summer? Communist russia
by muddy99 06 September 2011
For reference the Novosibirsk hostel is [Hostel Dostoevsky|www.hosteldostoevsky.com] - you must ring first as you'll never find it, it's…
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RE: Trans siberian in october, or summer? Communist russia
by olgatkachenko 06 September 2011
+Is it harder to meet english speaking people in plaskartnyj??+ You can never know where you can meet English-speaking people. Last year…
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