No matter what anyone says, there is still stability in our lives - the New Year is coming again. And we are all waiting for this unique time with hopes and dreams. And there is a sea of positive emotions. And I want to know: “Do you like to decorate the Christmas tree?” And then be sure to remember something from the past and talk about the future. And on a wave of inspiration from the brightness of pure snow, the atmosphere of a universal holiday - make your own decorations for the forest beauty, even if she has never seen the forest, because it is handmade). Make it for yourself or as a gift. And not because hand made is fashionable. But because the New Year, and the Christmas tree, and gifts, and a miracle are on the verge of happening, and people are ready to accept it...
In Zaryadye Park, in the Media Center, you can see “Levitating Christmas Trees” from 6 Moscow fashion houses - Yudashkin Kids fashion house, Chapurin - Igor Chapurin Fashion House, Alena Akhmadullina Fashion House, TEGIN, Yulia Dalakyan Fashion House, Enteley Fashion House 
It’s a pity the presentation did not take place((due to city traffic jams, a miracle did not happen here((. 
But in the Media Center of Zaryadye Park there is a lot of interesting things and we were not allowed to get upset or bored. A very interesting journey on the “Time Machine” - the history of the country, city and place where the park is located is told in a very interesting format. (Photos, however, are from telephone))) 
And the flight over Moscow is unforgettable!) Start from the Park and over the Kremlin, almost touching the bell tower of Ivan the Great, over the wide ribbon of the Moscow River, look into the bowls of the huge stadiums - Luzhniki and Arena, feel the splashes of the VDNKh fountains on your face, yes, yes - we really almost flew into the fountain)). And even the City looks very beautiful in the path of night lights. I advise everyone to go on these attractions in Zaryadye Park - you won’t regret it.)
Text and photo: Elena Rutskaya-Younes
The opening of Zaryadye Park in Moscow took place on City Day - September 9, 2017, entrance was by invitation only. Since September 11, the park has been open daily, anyone can visit it - admission is free.
The park area is located next to the Moscow Kremlin in the historical district of the same name (named after the location: behind the Lower Trading Rows), where the famous Rossiya Hotel was located until 2006.
Construction of Zaryadye Park has been underway since 2014. Creators: architect bureau Diller Scofidio + Renfro and landscape studio Hargreaves Associates (both companies from New York), urbanists Citymakers from Moscow.
The cost of construction of Zaryadye is 14 billion rubles.
New attractions: concert hall and amphitheater, Ice Cave, Media Center, Floating Bridge, Underground Museum, hotel with an area of 65 thousand square meters. m, restaurant, cafe. Not all new facilities are available; construction is still underway.
Historical objects have been preserved on the territory: these are the Romanov Chambers, the Old English Court, the Kitai-Gorod Wall, the complex of apartment buildings of Z. M. Persits and nine monument churches of federal significance, including the Church of the Conception of Anna - one of the oldest churches in the capital.
Entrance to Zaryadye Park
You can enter the park from all streets around the park. On regular days (outside of events) there are no entry restrictions.
Main entrances:
- From Vasilyevsky Spusk (to the Dome);
- From Varvarka Street (opposite Gostiny Dvor);
- From Kitaygorodsky Proezd (on both sides - towards the Concert Hall);
- From Moskvoretskaya embankment (two entrances next to the Underground Museum).
Landscape and plants
The park was created according to the principle of “natural urbanism”, laid out on an artificial foundation (above the underground facilities of Zaryadye).
Features of Zaryadye Park in numbers:
- The area of Zaryadye Park is 10.2 hectares, the total area of all objects on the territory is about 78 thousand square meters. m;
- Height difference - 27 meters;
- More than 1 million plants were planted: 760 trees, 7,000 shrubs, 27,700 sq. m of perennial herbs - more than 860,000 individual plants;
- 7 natural zones with typical flora have been created: Northern landscapes, Coniferous forest, Coastal forest, Steppe, Birch grove, Meadow, Mixed forest.
Dome
The information pavilion Dome is located at the entrance to the park. This is a kind of “repository” of QR codes, which hide a detailed guide to the park, interesting historical facts about Zaryadye and other information.
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Floating bridge in Zaryadye
The airy V-shaped structure “Floating Bridge” is the upper level of the park embankment, designed for a load of up to 240 tons - about 3000-4000 people at a time.
The length of the part protruding above the shore and the Moscow River is 70 meters, and there are no supports under it, which served as the basis for the “Floating Bridge” metaphor.
The total length of the bridge is 249.89 meters.
The supporting structure is concrete, the decorative elements are mainly made of metal, and the walking part has wooden flooring and high transparent fences.
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Concert Hall in Zaryadye
The innovative Philharmonic Concert Hall and Amphitheater is the most ambitious new facility in the park.
The indoor Great Hall is designed for 1,500 spectators, the Small Hall - 400 seats.
Great amphitheater
Outdoor amphitheater with 4000 seats. Located on the roof of the concert hall, under the “Glass Bark”. Connected to the concert hall by underground passages. Outside of events, there is a public recreation area with panoramic views of the Kremlin and the Stalinist high-rise building on Kotelnicheskaya Embankment.
"Glass Bark"
The main feature of the complex is a unique glass structure with solar panels covering the hill of the concert hall and the amphitheater. It has no external walls and maintains a special microclimate all year round: freshness in summer, warmth in winter. Under the “bark” there is also a garden with subtropical plants.
The planned opening is spring 2018.
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Underground Museum
The interactive archaeological museum is located in an underground space adjacent to Moskvoretskaya embankment.
Museum exposition: the main pride is the preserved fragment of the white stone Kitai-Gorod wall of the 16th century, archaeological finds (artifacts from the excavations of Old Moscow - household items, coins, etc.), the figure of a local squeaker, touch monitors with tactile exhibits (exhibition for the visually impaired), interactive monitors for children (games on the history of Zaryadye).
Price:
- Full - 200 rubles;
- Full-time students of non-core universities - 100 rubles;
- Discount ticket (pensioners, large families, Muscovite social card holders) - 100 rubles.
Free entry:
- Under 18 years old - free;
- Full-time students of specialized universities;
- Veterans of the Great Patriotic War, disabled people of groups I and II, disabled children;
- On Tuesday and Thursday from 10:00 to 11:00 - all preferential categories.
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Media center
This is the first pavilion in the park from the Red Square side. The media center has a tourist information center, an exhibition hall, interactive kiosks “Moscow Now” and two media complexes - “Flight” and “Time Machine”, about which more below, as well as an ENTRY cafe and shops.
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Multimedia attraction "Time Machine"
360° video panorama on a 5-meter high screen, a film about the history of Moscow.
The film involved: 300 actors, 500 historical costumes, 300 props.
Operating mode:
Mon: 15:00-19:00, Tue-Fri: 11:00-19:00, Sat-Sun: 11:00-19:20.
Session schedule: every hour on weekdays, every 40 minutes on weekends.
Prices:
- Adults - 790 rubles;
- Children 12-14 years old - 150 rubles;
- Preferential cat. — 480 rubles.
Free for WWII veterans, disabled people of grades I and II, and disabled children.
Media complex "Flight"
4D cinema hall with a hemispherical screen 13 meters high. The film-attraction “Flight over Moscow” is an imitation of a flight over the main attractions of Moscow and the Crimean Bridge.
Operating mode:
Mon: 14:30—19:30, W.-Fri: 11:00—19:30, Sat-Sun: 10:40—19:40.
On weekdays, “Flight over Moscow” is scheduled every 30-60 minutes, on weekends - every 15-20 minutes.
Prices:
- Adults - 790 rubles;
- Children 14-18 years old and students - 400 rubles;
- Children 6-14 years old (up to 120 cm tall) - 150 rubles;
- Discount ticket - 640 rubles.
Free for WWII veterans, disabled people of groups I and II, and disabled children.
Ice cave
A new attraction in Zaryadye is a high-tech zone of sub-zero temperatures with an art installation and an interactive program dedicated to the Far North - its flora and fauna, and the life of indigenous peoples.
Air temperature in the cave: -5 °C.
The complex is open daily from 10:30 to 20:30.
Prices for visitors:
- From 18 years old - 200 rubles;
- From 7 to 18 years old - 100 rubles;
- Up to 7 years - free;
- Preferential categories - 20% discount.
Reserve Embassy
A scientific and educational center with a florarium and a greenhouse of tropical plants, a site with real laboratories, where conferences, seminars and lectures, and master classes are also held. Topics: biotechnology and microbiology, genetics, geography, ecology. The BOTANIST cafe also operates in the building of the Reserve Embassy.
Schedule of excursions to the florarium:
- Tue - Fri: 11:00, 12:00, 14:00, 16:00, 18:00, 19:00;
- Sat - Sun: 11:00, 12:00; from 14:00 to 19:00 every hour;
- Mon - san. day.
The duration of each excursion is half an hour.
Tickets to the florarium:
- Adults - 190/250 rubles;
- Children - 152/200 rubles.
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Restaurant "Voskhod"
Located between the Floodplain Forest zone and the gastrocenter, it opened at the end of November 2017.
Restaurant concept: menu of national cuisines of the former Soviet republics, space theme in the interior (in the style of the 60s), panoramic views of the river.
Metro to Zaryadye Park
The metro station closest to Zaryadye Park is Kitay-Gorod, exits 13 and 14, lines Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya (orange), Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya (purple).
Not far on foot (less than a kilometer) from other central stations: from Revolution Square (Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya line - blue), from Okhotny Ryad and Lubyanka (Sokolnicheskaya line - red), Teatralnaya (Zamoskvoretskaya line - green ).
The metro is the optimal transport to the park from any of the Moscow stations.
Ground transport to Zaryadye
Buses to the park: No. 158, M5 (metro stops “Kitay-Gorod”, “Red Square”), No. 255 (stop “Kitaygorodsky Proezd”).
How to get there by car
You can get to the new park in Moscow by car, but you need to take into account the situation on the roads: during traffic jams, it’s faster and more convenient (even in crowded conditions) to take the metro.
To get to the park comfortably, you can use taxi apps (Uber, Gett, Yandex. Taxi, Maxim) or car sharing (Delimobil, Anytime, Belkacar, Lifcar).
Parking in Zaryadye
Parking in Zaryadye is designed for 430 cars. There are 33 seats available for people with limited mobility.
Parking is paid and open 24 hours a day.
Prices:
- Weekdays - 250 rubles/hour;
- Weekends - 250 rubles/hour.
Free - for WWII veterans, disabled people of grades I and II, parents and legal representatives of disabled children.
Natural landscape park "Zaryadye": video
Open daily
Media Center At the park's box office, tickets to the Polet media complex are sold only for the current day. Tickets can be purchased for the current and next day at payment and navigation terminals, on the website and in the mobile application. Next day sales open at 10:00.Tickets for some sessions can only be purchased at the box office of the Media Center and the Reserve Embassy.
A free children's ticket can be obtained at the Media Center (box office for groups) no later than 45 minutes before the start of the show, upon presentation of the child's birth certificate or other document confirming age. Children's tickets must be pre-booked by writing to [email protected] and attaching a scan of an adult ticket for the same session.
The platform of the “flying cinema” carries spectators over the Great Patriotic War memorial, Victory Park, and the Arc de Triomphe - a symbol of Russia’s victory in 1812; over the Crimean Bridge - the first long-span suspension bridge in Russia, the Cathedral of Christ the Savior - the main cathedral of the Russian Orthodox Church and other key places in the capital.
Schedule:
Mon: 17:30–19:30
Tue-Fri: 13:00–14:30 and 18:00–19:30
Sat-Sun: 12:45–14:45 and 17:45–19:30
(Sessions every 15–30 minutes)
A detailed schedule of the “Flight” media complex with technical breaks can be downloaded
Ticket price for spectators over 18 years old (weekdays/weekends):
690/850 rubles
Ticket prices for preferential categories of citizens on weekdays/weekends
Children from 7 years to 18 years with a height of 120 cm, full-time students – 345/425 rubles
Pensioners, large families, holders of a Muscovite social card and other preferential categories of citizens, labor veterans, disabled people of groups I, II, III, etc. - 550/680 rubles
Children under 7 years old (height from 120 cm), orphans, disabled children, WWII veterans, etc. - free
Discount tickets can only be purchased at the park's ticket office upon presentation of a document confirming the discount. To receive a free ticket (for certain categories of citizens), you must contact the ticket office. To purchase basic, discounted and free tickets for the same session, please contact the park ticket office.
The preferential hour does not apply to the multimedia complexes of the park.
Viewing restrictions
Visitors with a height of 120 to 195 cm and a weight of no more than 136 kg are allowed to attend the session. Children under 12 years of age are allowed to attend a session only if accompanied by an adult responsible for them, sitting in the next chair (at least one adult for every two children). Viewing is not recommended for children under 6 years old.
Pregnant women, people under the influence of alcohol or drugs, as well as visitors suffering from heart disease, high blood pressure, back or neck pain, seasickness, dizziness or epilepsy, hypersensitivity to smells and flashes of light, claustrophobia are not allowed to attend the session. .
The modern way of presenting information is significantly different from what we knew before. The attraction in “Flight over Moscow” delights even those who have seemingly seen everything. Many people have previously seen interactive stands at exhibitions and museums, watched sightseeing tours about Moscow, but what the Zaryadye Media Center offers goes, even flies, far beyond the boundaries of imagination. It is difficult to count how many Muscovites and guests of the capital have completed the “Flight over Moscow”, but even now, two years after its opening, the attraction does not lose its popularity.“Flying over Moscow” is a kind of excursion where viewers can see the city from an unexpected angle. This is roughly how birds see it, and Zaryadye Park invites its guests to “fly over Moscow.”
How much does it cost to “fly over Moscow”
The Zaryadye Media Center is an informational, tourist and entertainment complex of the park. It contains the “Moscow Now” exposition, showcases, the Ice Cave, the Underground Museum, interactive stands, the “Flight” media complex, and much more. Here you won't see dusty photographs and moldy stuffed animals. Zaryadye is a state-of-the-art center that uses the latest advances in the IT industry, which takes educational excursions to a new level.We usually see Moscow from the bus window, in photographs, and what Zaryadye offers is new and fresh. “Flight over Moscow” takes place in one of the halls of the media center. The capacity of the hall is 39 people, there are certain requirements for the size of the viewer.
Such restrictions are related to the special design of the seats and the safety of spectators. When planning an excursion with children to this particular attraction, make sure that their height corresponds to the specified parameters.
- Children under 12 years of age are not admitted unaccompanied by an adult;
- Children under 120 cm are not allowed on the tour;
- Adults heavier than 136 kg and taller than 195 cm are not allowed.
The chairs are fixed on a special platform, equipped with a mechanism to fix the viewer in the chair, and it is the design of the chairs that forces the organizers to introduce restrictions on height and weight.
After the spectators sit down and fasten their seat belts, the platform with chairs rises above the floor and the 13-meter hemispherical screen lights up. The tour begins.
It should be noted that viewers will see an unusual video. A parametric screen with 4K resolution is complemented by a multi-channel sound reinforcement system, climate control units and steam generators.
The video itself was shot by Channel One, using the same technologies as similar films for Disneyland in other theme parks around the world.
In 8 minutes of “Flight over Moscow”, viewers will see the building of Moscow State University on, and other attractions that are considered the hallmark of Moscow.
Flying over the fountains, spectators will feel the splashes of water on their faces, soaring high above the Sparrow Hills, and will see clouds floating nearby. The wind in your ears, the smell of leaves, hot asphalt, all this creates a complete feeling of flight.
In the finale, viewers find themselves at the very epicenter of the fireworks over the night capital, and return to earth.
The cost of the “Flight over Moscow” attraction is as high as for an 8-minute flight, but after visiting, no one regrets the money spent.
Free visits are provided for a certain category of citizens upon presentation of the relevant documents.
- Adult full ticket – 690 ₽ on a weekday, and 850 ₽ on a weekend;
- Children from 14 to 18 years old (and students) – 345 ₽ weekdays, and 425 ₽ weekends;
- Children under 14 years old - 130 ₽ weekdays, and 160 ₽ weekends.
The feeling of flight is so real that pregnant women, people with epilepsy, a sensitive vestibular system and high blood pressure should count on their strength. People under the influence of alcohol/drugs are not allowed on the attraction. Filming inside the hall is strictly prohibited, and all foreign objects should be left in the storage room of the Media Complex.
To be sure to get into Zaryadye Park for the “Flight Over Moscow” attraction, you should go on a weekday to avoid huge queues. The attraction is very popular, and the cost of tickets does not deter anyone. The start time of the attraction is “floating”, since a similar attraction “Flight over Russia” was launched in the same hall. If “Flight over Moscow” isn’t enough for you, you can fly over Russia, from East to West, and all in the same 7-8 minutes.
If you believe the reviews about the excursion “Flying over Moscow”, there are no disappointed people, except that they complain about too short a time. An eight-minute flight is not enough to see all of Moscow, but you don’t have to choose. Let's hope that soon the Zaryadye Media Center will shoot new videos and create more similar excursions, taking into account the wishes of citizens.
