The Lutheran Kirche is the oldest church in Vladivostok whose gorgeous Gothic building is a recognized valuable architectural monument and is one of the most beautiful ones in town. Built in unusual for the Russian Far east style, it invariably arrests attention and causes admiration of Vladivostok's locals and guests.
The Lutheran community formed in Vladivostok just five years after city's found
The Monument to the Fighters for Soviet Power standing on the city's central square is one of Vladivostok's most recognizable symbols. Many tourists who visit the Primorsky Krai's capital for the first time associate it primarily with this majestic and the biggest in the Far East monument. And there is no wonder in that, for the Monument to the Fighters for Soviet Power has become city's main trad
The picturesque Admiral Fokin Street, nicknamed Vladivostok's Arbat by local residents, is the favourite recreation place of city's locals and guests and one of its main attractions. It is always pleasant to stroll along the block pavement admiring well-groomed houses built in the 19th - early 20th century, to stop by at numerous shops and to drink a cup of coffee in one of the many cozy coffee ho
The Vladivostok sea terminal that is reckoned among the largest ones on Russia's Pacific coast is not only city's main sea gates, but one of its key attractions. Its fanciful building, designed in form of snow-white sea liner, became seaside capital's romantic symbol and its bright trademark long ago. In addition, the Vladivostok sea terminal is one of those places where it is easy to feel unusual
The architecture of the Vladivostok's downtown amazes with variety of forms and styles that reflect the unique peculiarities of its early inhabitants' national culture. One of the most adorable - and unusual for Vladivostok - constructions is rightly considered to be the Catholic Church's building standing on the knoll near the Zolotoy Rog Bay. It bears the status of the Primorsky Krai capital's m
The funicular, which celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2012, is not only very convenient and indispensable mode of transport for a city with such complicated relief as in Vladivostok, but one of Primorsky Krai's capital's most vivid trademarks. Vladivostok funicular's uniqueness ensured its status of significant sight: it is the only such electric kind of transportation in the Russian Far East an
Despite its youth, Vladivostok has many ancient buildings that have historic value and attract each guest's attention without exceptions. Vladivostok GUM's luxurious fantasy building is rightly considered one of the most beautiful ones. This oldest trade facility (GUM is Russian abbreviation for main department store) in the Far East is located at city's historical center. It is very valuable arch
The Nicholas Triumphal Gates are called one of the most beautiful and magnificent buildings in Vladivostok. They were built in 1891 to commemorate the heir’s to the Tsar’s throne Nicholas Alexandrovich’s – later he became Russian Imperator Nicholas II – visit to Vladivostok. He visited the Primorsky Krai’s capital within the framework of his round-the-world trip, which - according to his father Im
No matter by what kind of transportation you reach Vladivostok, you should visit its train station without fail. Located at the downtown, its gorgeous building is one of the oldest and most beautiful ones in Primorsky Krai's capital. Being recognized the unique engineering creation, train station's building has the status of historical and architectural monument of federal importance and is one of
