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Things to do in Moscow’s artist’s block
Arbat Street is a 1.25km pedestrian mall and is one of Moscow’s most famous streets. It’s an art market, with instant portrait painters, craftsmen, jugglers, buskers and little cafés offering nice treats.
Arbat Street, with poet Pushkin’s house
Arbat St and little picture exhibits
There were a number of performers who were handing out discount coupons for circuses and music shows and other gigs.
Wall of peace
This wall at the east end of the street consists of individually painted tiles on the theme of international friendship. A section of it is covered in spent chewing gum, forming an interesting but sticky mosaic.
Café. I can’t quite read cursive Cyrillic alphabet
шоколадный торт и кофе с молоком
Sports Bar (near Arbatskaya)
At night, I went to a sports bar to have some local beer and watch a football (called soccer in USA) game between Moscow and St. Petersburg (I think). I was meeting someone I found on couchsurfing, and she told me it was important to get out of the place before the match ended. The place was getting louder as the match was drawing to an end. I did encounter drunk football fans in the subway later on. 
So as you can see, I had fun on Arbat street and it definitely deserves more attention that I gave it!
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I find it interesting that every city has these shopping strips, I don’t understand why they take the form of a long street. In Kobe they had the Sannomiya Sanbangai, in Copenhagen they had Stroget, in Vienna they had Maria Hilfer Strasse.
By the way, that tiramisu (?) looks very yummy.
Hi LIW, It is very interesting to observe how the culture advances along a street. I’m living on Queen St. West and in the past 2 years, I have seen the Queen west culture slowly but surely advancing westward. By Queen West culture, I mean artsy galleries, boutiques and a range of bars and clubs. Move one block north or south and you won’t feel anything.
Well we only have Fashion Street and many Khau Gallis.
Could not think about artists corner or street in good ol Mumbai.
Very interesting…..
Hi Mavin, indeed and I miss those a lot!!
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On the window it says Быстро Вкусно Не дорого, “Fast Tasty Not expensive”. I know because I am Russian. I came across your blog and got hooked on your wacky adventures! People always seem so surprised that Russians are not so cold and evil.
Ah, got it! Thanks Kira, and welcome to my blog.