How to orientate yourself in Moscow

One can easily get lost in an unknown city. To avoid your straying in Moscow at night as well as at daytime, we present here a brief instruction how to orientate yourself in Russian capital.

In the street

You can use the bilingual signposts that are available in the center of the city as well as in a lot of Moscow outskirts. All transport stops in the central part of Moscow as well as some of them at the outskirts are equipped with multilingual maps of surrounding territory with the routes of mass transport marked there. Moreover, a network of information stands (infomats) is being extended in Moscow. You can get free Internet here, use e-mail, get free access to the socially significant information including the activity of administration, use the map of stores in the trading center and get information about the range of products and services being offered.

In metro

Metro is the most convenient kind of Moscow transport. It can help you to get to virtually any location within the city. Within the metro you can orientate yourself using the bilingual schemes of Moscow metro, that can be seen in every carriage. Near metro exit there usually is a map of the quarter in which the station is located. Moreover, on every station there are informational consoles "Security and information" (Info or SOS). You can press an appropriate button and tell your problem to the operator of monitoring center.

Information on mobile phone

A multilingual information service via mobile phone is available by a paid informational service for cell and fixed phone communication subscribers phone number 0633

Useful websites
mos.ru - official website of Moscow Government
www.moscow-city.ru - Moscow. Tourist Information Centre
www.euroaddress.ru - Address and telephone guide "Address Moscow"
www.yell.ru/msk - a database of Moscow organisations
www.museum.ru - all the museums of Russia
www.moscowout.ru - all the entertainments of Moscow
menu.ru - Moscow restaurant life
www.mosakademtur.ru - Moscow Academy of Tourist, Hotel and Restaurant Business
www.moskva.ru - Informational website about Moscow

NB! Never forget to have a city map with you!