Arbat Street – Moscow, Russia

Nestled in the heart of Moscow is Arbat Street. Known as the center of Moscow's art scene we just couldn’t miss the opportunity to experience this beautiful urban street. On one of our last days in Moscow we took the metro to Arbat and spent hours slowly walking down this street. It was a beautiful June day in Moscow and the sky was blue and the sun was shining. There are hundreds of artist displaying and selling their art on the street. This is mixed with restaurants, art galleries and countless souvenir shops. We wandered in and out of shops and were loving the surrounding architecture and the overall “artsy” feeling of the neighborhood. I also loved that there was a huge “Stalin skyscraper” overlooking the street (these are huge and intimidating Gothic skyscrapers built by Stalin). We visited one particular souvenir shop and purchase a Russian “nesting doll” and I purchase an old propaganda magnet with a glorified drawing of Lenin. Our afternoon stroll through beautiful Rabat street in Moscow is one of our many fond memories of this fascinating city.


Marc at the entrance to Arbat Street with one of "Stalins Skyscrapers" in the background.