• Get in
• Get around
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• Do
• Buy
• Eat
• Drink
• Sleep
• Get out

Kemerovo is a city in Kemerovo Oblast, Western Siberia. Kemerovo is the capital of Kemerovo region or Kuzbass. It is a city with over half a million of population - big enough for Siberia. Rivers Tomm and Iskitimka run through the city.

[edit] Get in

By air through Moscow or by train through Moscow as well.

[edit] Get around

By bus, trams, trolleybus, taxi. Prices are fair enough: 6 rubles for public transport and around 100-200 rubles for a taxi, depending on how far you want to go.

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There are many museums and art galleries in Kemerovo, most of which are located in the city center. The grand Lenin's Square with the Lenin`s monument is a symbol of past Soviet times. Also you can find here a monument dedicated to miners, who gave their lives working the region's mines.

Also the city is surrounded by beautiful forest - taiga, where you can almost feel the wildness and greatness of lands untouched by civilization.

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Skiing, snowboarding, bowling, pool, hiking, hunting, fishing. Also Disco and night clubs.

Take a tour of the massive strip mine just outside Kemerovo, which fuelled Russia's industrial revolution under Stalin's 5-year plan.

[edit] Buy

Most common Russian souvenirs. Matryoshka, lapti, beresta. Diferrent types of woodcarved hand-made souvenirs.

[edit] Eat

There are great number of restaurants. Russian, sushi, European and others. Fast-food meal for 2 person will be around 300 rub (10 euro). A restaurant meal for 2 person with beer or wine will be as much as 1000 rub (30 euro).

[edit] Drink

Vodka! Nearby town of Mariinsk is considered the best manufacturer of vodka in whole Russia.

[edit] Sleep

Plenty of hotels. Centrally located hotels include: Hotel Kuzbass, Hotel Tomm, Hotel Khrustall. Outside of city in the taiga you can stay at hotel Grail and hotel Tsarskie palaty.

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