Novosibirsk

The largest city in Siberia, on the Ob River, where theaters, museums and a science city make for an urban cultural trip.

Novosibirsk is the capital of Novosibirsk Oblast, on the Ob River, and is the largest city in Siberia and a transport hub on the Trans-Siberian Railway. The Novosibirsk State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre in the city center is one of the largest theater buildings in Russia, the Railway Museum displays many locomotives, and the science city of Akademgorodok in the southern suburbs is a famous research center, with the Ob Reservoir nearby. Summer is good for sightseeing, while winter is cold and long. Tolmachevo Airport and Novosibirsk-Glavny railway station are the main gateways.

Destinations

• Novosibirsk

Itineraries

• Novosibirsk to Krasnoyarsk Railway – Connect Siberia's two major cities by rail, visiting Akademgorodok, the Opera House, and the granite peaks of Stolby.
• Trans-Siberian Railway: Moscow to Beijing – Cross Russia by train in stages, traveling through Lake Baikal and the Mongolian steppes to Beijing.