Things to do in Chelyabinsk
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Wild Cherry Funky Foods
This place offers exactly what the name promises – a funky menu including options for vegetarians, funky tunes and ‘positive-minded staff ’ (to quote the job advert posted on the door).
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St Simeon Cathedral
The 1883 St Simeon Cathedral has a curious exterior featuring lion and dragon ceramics and a lovely interior. It’s north of the river beside the north bus station; take tram 6 to ul Kalinina then walk a block east, then south.
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Vremya Est
A trendy café with modern, industrial décor and a spacious dance floor. The menu features a vast smorgasbord (in Russian Shvedsky stol, literally 'Swedish table'), as well as other Russian standards. Live music plays nightly.
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The main attraction of this pricey restaurant with an inventive menu and slow service is the summer terrace on the upper floor – the best vantage point to watch hustle and bustle on ul Kirova below.
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Local Studies Museum
At the northern end of ul Kirova, the excellent new Local Studies Museum strives to visualise the life of many ethnic and social groups of the Urals in different ages.
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White Sun
This pseudo-desert 'outpost' serves Central Asian cuisine - spicy soups, shashlyk and plov. Servers and staff are appropriately costumed, adding to the exotic ambience.
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Glinka Opera & Ballet Theatre
Adorned with statues, the classical-styled building of Glinka Opera & Ballet Theatre firmly sticks to the musical classics.
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Fine Arts Gallery
The Fine Arts Gallery has a solid collection of European and Russian paintings and china.
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Las Knigas
Las Knigas is a large bookstore with an internet facility on its top floor.
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Mosque
The 1899 mosque's lighthouse of a minaret is topped with a golden spire.
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Synagogue
Active religious buildings here include an early-20th-century synagogue
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Gus Lapchaty
A small cafeteria with young cheerful personnel and standard Russian home-style fare.
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Geology Museum
The Geology Museum is housed in an attractive brick building nearby.
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Uralskiye Pelmeni
This two-storey restaurant-cum-disco is all about pelmeni (dumplings). The place heaves at weekends with a rock band singing golden oldies and people dancing and drinking wildly. Come here to see Russians in their own element.
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Fox & Goose
Another town, another amiable Irish pub. This one features a dark wood bar and forest green complements, creating an appropriately cosy atmosphere. It's an ideal place to meet travellers, business people and other friendly folk.
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