Big cities attract residents of the provinces, including the fact that there are incomparably more opportunities to have a good evening or weekend. This is especially true of the Russian capital, because today everyone can find interesting entertainment in Moscow for themselves, regardless of age and preferences. Moreover, in order to spend your free time pleasantly and usefully, it is not necessary to spend a lot of money, as there are many free options.
Fun in Moscow for the weekend
After a long week of work, entertainment is a must. Therefore, information about where to go on Saturday or Sunday is of interest to many. Of course, the choice primarily depends on age, since what is suitable for young people may cause bewilderment among the older generation, and a young man or girl will agree to go to events “for pensioners” only for the sake of their belovedmothers or grandmothers.
Below are several categories in which there is entertainment in Moscow for everyone to taste.
Where you can relax for free
In the 70s of the last century in New York, Paris, London and other European capitals, representatives of the golden youth liked to play the game, the winner of which was the one who had the best evening without spending a cent. Young Muscovites can also try to organize such a competition, especially since free entertainment in Moscow is not as difficult to find as it might seem at first glance. For example, in Gorky Park every day professional choreographers give free lessons of modern and Latin American dances (on weekdays from 20:00, on weekends from 17:00). And you can listen to classical music performed by famous musicians and students of the conservatory in the museum houses of Bulgakov and Chaliapin. You can also visit one of the capital's museums, as the third Sunday of each month, as a rule, is declared an Open Doors Day. Among these institutions, the Museum of Moscow Archeology, Cosmonautics, I. V. Turgenev, the Lefortovo and Kolomenskoye estates and many others are of particular interest.
Extreme entertainment in Moscow
A dose of adrenaline is sometimes necessary for those who spend all their days in a boring office doing routine work. Fortunately, extreme entertainment in Moscow is diverse, and everyone can easily find something that suits their tastes. For example, you can:
- fly in a wind tunnel, which is located at: Picturesque street, 21 (in building 5);
- take a flight in a hot air balloon on any day of the week, visiting the club "Aeronaut", located on Dmitrovskoye Highway (d. 167, p. 29);
- try yourself as a fearless climber at the new climbing wall on Paveletskaya, where you can either make a one-time ascent or sign up for a course consisting of 12-25 visits;
- learn to dive at Aquanaut Center, Olimpiyskiy Sports Complex.
Where to go with children
Everyone knows how hard it is to please little picky ones and keep them busy on weekends or holidays. After all, entertainment should not only correspond to the age of the child, but also be truly interesting to him. Otherwise, parents will face whims and tears, or, having paid a lot of money, they will see the bored face of their son or daughter. Based on these considerations, the most universal children's entertainment in Moscow, which invariably delights both preschoolers and schoolchildren, is the circus. Several similar institutions operate in the capital today, including the famous BMGTS on Vernadsky Avenue and the Nikulin Circus located on Tsvetnoy Boulevard.
Besides, most kids love various attractions, so in the summer they should be taken to one of the many parks in the capital (attraparks at VDNKh, Izmailovo or Sokolniki). Among the boys, such children's entertainment in Moscow as karting is also popular, which you can do,for example, in Kart Racing Club or in “Pilot”. And schoolchildren who are interested in science will be interested in the Lunarium of the Moscow Planetarium (near the Barrikadnaya metro station).
Where to go for teenagers
The age when boys and girls turn into boys and girls is the most difficult. Therefore, parents often do not know what entertainment for teenagers in Moscow will be of interest to their children. Among the most popular options are:
- Visit to the "Confrontation" complex, during which tourists are taken down by elevator to Stalin's underground bunker, located at a depth of 65 m, and guided through complex tunnel systems;
- attraction "Laser Maze" with ten levels of difficulty for children and adolescents of different ages, which is located in the shopping center XL;
- one of the bowling alleys where you can go with a group of friends;
- experimentarium museum, where you can watch scientific and educational shows or an interesting film about the universe in a spherical cinema;
- quests, for example, “Chinatown”, “Detective's Diary”, “Forgotten Station” (Klimashkina St., 26), “Big Jackpot” (Profsoyuznaya St., 24, apt. 3).
Summer fun
Unfortunately, not everyone can travel during the holiday season. Therefore, those who are forced to work when most friends and neighbors are enjoying their vacation want to know what entertainment in Moscow in the summer will help relieve stress and cheer up on the weekends. Among the places where you can go with the whole family,worth noting:
- rope "Panda-parks", which are located in Sokolniki, Izmailovo, Gorky Park and Lianozovo;
- open-air cinemas, where sometimes you can watch pictures without age restrictions, for example, in the Hermitage Garden, in the Muzeon Park, etc.;
- polygons for paintball or airsoft;
- Pokrovskoye-Streshnevo and Mitino parks, where, among other things, you can ride a cart pulled by real sled dogs.
There is another popular summer entertainment in Moscow - you can spend the day at VDNKh. There, walking along the alleys planted with unique varieties of roses is a pleasure to combine with visiting exhibitions and museums for every taste and relaxing in numerous cafes. In addition, children can be taken to the attraction complex at the dolphinarium, and teenagers can rent segways, roller skates, bikes and bicycles.
Winter activities
Winter Moscow is especially attractive for its New Year and Christmas fairs, which begin on December 12 and run until January 11. During them, in beautifully decorated shopping chalets, visitors are not only offered to buy a variety of food and souvenirs, but also arrange master classes for them. In addition, in winter, the capital offers everyone to feel like participants in an ice show at numerous skating rinks, the main of which is located right on Red Square. And on Mondays, as well as on weekdays in the morningthe entrance to the skating rink is free. You can also show your skills by writing complex monograms on ice in Gorky Park and Sokolniki.
Water activities
There is no shortage of beaches, swimming pools and water parks, including indoor ones, in the capital, so you can find interesting water entertainment at any time of the year. In Moscow, including in winter, the water parks of the capital are very popular, such as “Kva-Kva Park” with a magnificent SPA center on Yaroslavl Highway, “Fantasy” in Maryino, “Moreon”, focused mainly on adults, which is located on address st. Golubinskaya, 16, and others. As for summer holidays, Muscovites and tourists can use city beaches on the Pirogovsky reservoir, Shkolnoe and Chernoe lakes, on the Elk pond and on the banks of other water bodies of the city.
As you can see, finding interesting entertainment in Moscow for the weekend, and for any other day of the week, is not a problem, so only those who are too lazy to tear themselves away from the sofa or computer monitor can get bored in the capital. Remember, there is only one life, and it is foolish to waste it on virtual adventures or staring at the ceiling!
