Akademgorodok
Академгородок
A Soviet-era science town built in the pine forest in the 1950s, home to dozens of research institutes and Novosibirsk State University. Squirrels are common on the tree-lined paths.
Akademgorodok lies about 25 km south of the city center. Established in 1957 by the Siberian Branch of the Soviet Academy of Sciences amid pine forest, it brought together dozens of research institutes and Novosibirsk State University, and it is often called the Soviet Silicon Valley. Roads are sheltered among birch and pine trees, and on forest paths you may meet squirrels begging for food. Sights include the Geology Museum, the Museum of Siberian Peoples' History, the Computer Museum and the Laboratory Mice Monument. The Ob Sea beach is within walking distance. From the city center, it takes about 40 to 60 minutes by bus or suburban elektrichka train.
Opening hours
All day
Nearby sights
- Monument to the Laboratory Mouse
- Central Siberian Botanical Garden
- Museum of Railway Technology
- Ob Sea (Novosibirsk Reservoir)
- Big Novosibirsk Planetarium
- Novosibirsk Metro Bridge
- Mikhailovskaya Embankment
- Alexander Nevsky Cathedral