Moscow 24/7
By Marina Kamenev
Issue 35 Spring Guide
Moscow has never had a shortage of places to go at night, if casinos or clubs were what you had in mind. More recently, however, the city has witnessed the quiet blossoming of a new kind of nighttime Moscow, a nocturnal world catering for those seeking practicality and comfort, rather than a boogie on the dance floor or a spin of the roulette wheel.
“I work about nine hours a day, and when I get home, my evenings are taken up by my family,” said Catherine Reulland, a 36-year-old native of Quebec, Canada, who works for an international accounting firm. “Once a week, I like to stay up late and dedicate some time to myself.”
One of Reulland’s favorite midnight haunts is the recently opened Respublika bookstore on Tverskaya-Yamskaya Ul. Besides a reasonably large selection of English-language fiction, Respublika also offers a motley assortment of high-end notebooks, designer underwear, iPods, designer greeting cards, CDs that you can listen to on-site, and a cafe that stays open till 11 p.m. Best of all, there are chairs and couches where you can read till the wee hours of the morn, although management might take issue if you decide to fall asleep on one.
Nighttime can be the right time for getting that long-awaited beauty treatment, too.
“March 1 will mark four years since we’ve opened, and our doors have not closed since,” said Olga Goryachova, the operating manager of Moi Parizh, a “round-the-clock’” beauty salon on Nikitsky Bulvar.
Besides providing the usual array of services such as hairdressing, massage and facials, the salon also offers customers a choice of drinks – everything from coffee to cognac – to keep their spirits up during the witching hour.
A more exotic option is 7 Krasok, where a staff of professional Thai masseuses provide a wide variety of Eastern beauty and relaxation treatments, ranging from the 30-minute “Foot Break,” described on the salon’s website as a “foot massage for the very busy,” to the 2-hour “Tropicana,” which combines a body scrub with Thai oil massage.
If you’re in the mood for nocturnal exploration, the Bulgakov Museum at Mayakovskaya should keep you occupied. The museum is housed in the apartment where author Mikhail Bulgakov lived in the 1920s, and it contains memorabilia from his life and novels, as well as a resident black cat called “Behemoth,” named after the satanic feline in Bulgakov’s most famous novel “The Master and Margarita.”
The doors to the Bulgakov Museum remain open throughout the night in the summer months.
“On weekends we get the same amount of people coming at night as during the day,” said Svetlana Kostina, the museum director. “It gets quite busy.”
The museum runs night tours of “Bulgakov Moscow” that start at midnight and finish at 2 a.m. Private four-hour tours that start at 1 a.m. can also be arranged.
Too busy in the day to do that much needed housecleaning? Gold Clean, a Moscow-based company that does everything from straightening up apartments to hauling construction debris will dry clean your furniture, wash your windows, clean your carpet and bring about general domestic order, and they’ll drive as far as 400 kilometers outside of Moscow to do it.
If a toothache is keeping you awake, the Makdent clinic carries out emergency procedures as well as regular check ups – their website boasts that they haven’t closed for seven years. If it’s your pet that has the toothache, the Zoovet animal clinic can aid the poor critter whose owners are too busy to take it to the vet in the daytime.
What about the proverbial midnight snack? As you may have guessed, there is no shortage of restaurants catering to night owls. Moroccan eatery Ketama on Bolshaya Dmitrovka keeps the couscous coming 24-7, and although you might have visited the famous Cafe Pushkin on more than one occassion, you will find that it definitely has a special charm around 4 a.m. Mexican restaurant Che is a perfect choice for sleepless revolutionaries, and you can kick back at dawn with a mojito and a hand-rolled Cuban cigar at Old Havana. Galereya keeps its doors open throughout the night for hungry “Zolotoy Molodyozh,” and neither last nor least is that old post-party favorite, Courvoiser.
After all that eating, an hour or two at the gym might be just the thing you need. Two gyms from the Planeta Fitness chain are open 24 hours – one is on Malaya Dmitrovka, the other on Bolshoi Kislovski. Personal training can be arranged if you book before ten, but classes do not run that late.
“During the night it is less busy, but there is still enough demand for services from those who have commitments during the day,” said Maria Leshova, a Planeta Fitness representative.
“Besides,” she added, “when else could you have the Olympic-sized swimming pool all to yourself?”
This article portrays all of the wonderful things that you can do at ngiht time in moscow. throughout the article, Kamenev describes that theres more to the moscow ngiht life than just casinos and clubbing. a new kind of night life is becoming popular within their culture where as one goes to a quiet, relaxing place and relaxes. this strongly connects to russian social and cultural development. they are developing socialy by creating a new style of "ngiht life". this article proclaims that citizens work 9 hours per day and they just want to relax when they get home. places have been created for adults to go and read or socialive at a coffee bar and relax in comfy chairs. also, museums and hair stylests are opening as well as stores that sell a wide variety of things. these places are open for those who do not have the time, due to their tough, every day schedules. russia's capital, Moscow, is evolving into a more relaxing, laid back atmosphere.
By Marina Kamenev
Issue 35 Spring Guide
Moscow has never had a shortage of places to go at night, if casinos or clubs were what you had in mind. More recently, however, the city has witnessed the quiet blossoming of a new kind of nighttime Moscow, a nocturnal world catering for those seeking practicality and comfort, rather than a boogie on the dance floor or a spin of the roulette wheel.
“I work about nine hours a day, and when I get home, my evenings are taken up by my family,” said Catherine Reulland, a 36-year-old native of Quebec, Canada, who works for an international accounting firm. “Once a week, I like to stay up late and dedicate some time to myself.”
One of Reulland’s favorite midnight haunts is the recently opened Respublika bookstore on Tverskaya-Yamskaya Ul. Besides a reasonably large selection of English-language fiction, Respublika also offers a motley assortment of high-end notebooks, designer underwear, iPods, designer greeting cards, CDs that you can listen to on-site, and a cafe that stays open till 11 p.m. Best of all, there are chairs and couches where you can read till the wee hours of the morn, although management might take issue if you decide to fall asleep on one.
Nighttime can be the right time for getting that long-awaited beauty treatment, too.
“March 1 will mark four years since we’ve opened, and our doors have not closed since,” said Olga Goryachova, the operating manager of Moi Parizh, a “round-the-clock’” beauty salon on Nikitsky Bulvar.
Besides providing the usual array of services such as hairdressing, massage and facials, the salon also offers customers a choice of drinks – everything from coffee to cognac – to keep their spirits up during the witching hour.
A more exotic option is 7 Krasok, where a staff of professional Thai masseuses provide a wide variety of Eastern beauty and relaxation treatments, ranging from the 30-minute “Foot Break,” described on the salon’s website as a “foot massage for the very busy,” to the 2-hour “Tropicana,” which combines a body scrub with Thai oil massage.
If you’re in the mood for nocturnal exploration, the Bulgakov Museum at Mayakovskaya should keep you occupied. The museum is housed in the apartment where author Mikhail Bulgakov lived in the 1920s, and it contains memorabilia from his life and novels, as well as a resident black cat called “Behemoth,” named after the satanic feline in Bulgakov’s most famous novel “The Master and Margarita.”
The doors to the Bulgakov Museum remain open throughout the night in the summer months.
“On weekends we get the same amount of people coming at night as during the day,” said Svetlana Kostina, the museum director. “It gets quite busy.”
The museum runs night tours of “Bulgakov Moscow” that start at midnight and finish at 2 a.m. Private four-hour tours that start at 1 a.m. can also be arranged.
Too busy in the day to do that much needed housecleaning? Gold Clean, a Moscow-based company that does everything from straightening up apartments to hauling construction debris will dry clean your furniture, wash your windows, clean your carpet and bring about general domestic order, and they’ll drive as far as 400 kilometers outside of Moscow to do it.
If a toothache is keeping you awake, the Makdent clinic carries out emergency procedures as well as regular check ups – their website boasts that they haven’t closed for seven years. If it’s your pet that has the toothache, the Zoovet animal clinic can aid the poor critter whose owners are too busy to take it to the vet in the daytime.
What about the proverbial midnight snack? As you may have guessed, there is no shortage of restaurants catering to night owls. Moroccan eatery Ketama on Bolshaya Dmitrovka keeps the couscous coming 24-7, and although you might have visited the famous Cafe Pushkin on more than one occassion, you will find that it definitely has a special charm around 4 a.m. Mexican restaurant Che is a perfect choice for sleepless revolutionaries, and you can kick back at dawn with a mojito and a hand-rolled Cuban cigar at Old Havana. Galereya keeps its doors open throughout the night for hungry “Zolotoy Molodyozh,” and neither last nor least is that old post-party favorite, Courvoiser.
After all that eating, an hour or two at the gym might be just the thing you need. Two gyms from the Planeta Fitness chain are open 24 hours – one is on Malaya Dmitrovka, the other on Bolshoi Kislovski. Personal training can be arranged if you book before ten, but classes do not run that late.
“During the night it is less busy, but there is still enough demand for services from those who have commitments during the day,” said Maria Leshova, a Planeta Fitness representative.
“Besides,” she added, “when else could you have the Olympic-sized swimming pool all to yourself?”
This article portrays all of the wonderful things that you can do at ngiht time in moscow. throughout the article, Kamenev describes that theres more to the moscow ngiht life than just casinos and clubbing. a new kind of night life is becoming popular within their culture where as one goes to a quiet, relaxing place and relaxes. this strongly connects to russian social and cultural development. they are developing socialy by creating a new style of "ngiht life". this article proclaims that citizens work 9 hours per day and they just want to relax when they get home. places have been created for adults to go and read or socialive at a coffee bar and relax in comfy chairs. also, museums and hair stylests are opening as well as stores that sell a wide variety of things. these places are open for those who do not have the time, due to their tough, every day schedules. russia's capital, Moscow, is evolving into a more relaxing, laid back atmosphere.
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