Electric car and party

About a trip to Nizhny Novgorod at the end of July 2023.

In the summer, I decided to set a new easternmost point on my map, and my beloved Nizhny Novgorod turned out to be the first major city on the way East.

It's not my first time in Nizhny Novgorod, but the previous trip was in the early spring. In summer, the impressions are somewhat different.

Since the memories of the first trip were fresh, I decided to do without photos of the main attractions, so the narration does not go with full visual accompaniment.

The love of Nizhny Novgorod is not difficult to describe: the Kremlin, the metro, streets with lanterns, the monument to Minin and Pozharsky, large tiles on pedestrian streets and a branch of the HSE. In short, life here is familiar to Muscovites in many ways.

Seriously speaking, it's completely different: the incredible confluence of rivers, beautiful architecture and a cosmic view from a hill in the center of the city.

If it were not for the geographical features, Nizhny Novgorod could be safely called "little Moscow".

But Nizhny Novgorod is too unique for such a simple nickname (although the presence of reduced copies of Moscow attractions directly persuades tourists from the central part to call the city on the Volga that way).

On my second visit to Nizhny Novgorod, I learned that a new embankment had been landscaped for the 800th anniversary of the city.

Of course, it is difficult to call it an embankment, the river is about 20 minutes on foot. But even the confusing naming does not prevent you from reveling in the view of the Volga and the lower part of Nizhny Novgorod.

I went downstairs and saw how Rozhdestvenskaya Street was renovated, which, along with the new embankment, turned into the center of the city's nightlife.

On the day of my trip, there was a night race and a summer city festival. Crowds of people danced and sang at a Christmas party I couldn't recognize.

I have only seen such order and beauty of the street from bloggers who showed foreign travel experience. Now the Russian level of urban economy in some aspects does not lag behind world standards.

The next morning I looked at the embankment again and went towards the metro, passing by the Nizhny Novgorod Kremlin.

I run through the Kremlin, Bolshaya Pokrovskaya and approach the Gorkovskaya metro station.

I found an electric car charging station right next to the station. There are a lot of them in Nizhny Novgorod, because the regional government decided to transfer all taxi drivers to electric cars. The city has purchased about 180 electric taxis in partnership with Yandex and plans to develop the network.

Gorkovskaya station turned out to be small, but interesting.

I had to wait for the train for 10 minutes. I arrive at Moskovskaya station in a half-empty carriage and transfer to another line.

Moskovskaya station really resembles a Moscow metro station, but the smell is still different here.

My final destination is Strelka station. Ironically, it's about a 30-minute walk to the arrow from the metro.

There is a new stadium on Strelka, around which a large sports complex has begun to be built.

There are also two charging stations for electric vehicles with a large selection of adapters near the stadium.

According to some estimates, Nizhny Novgorod is one of the most "electric-mobile" cities in Russia. I've seen a lot of chargers, but I've only shown you a few. It is definitely convenient to live with an electric car here.

In spring, strelka impressed with the snow-covered view of the city, in summer she was surprised by the width of the river and the variety of colors.

Here I take 20 thousand steps and take a break until the evening.

Later, I went to pack up on the way further. Deserted streets with abandoned houses, replaced by new complexes are dotted with pillars with such buttons.

To be honest, the number of marginals on the streets quickly explained the purpose of these orange boxes. Be careful if you turn off tourist spots into alleys.

The last photo from Nizhny Novgorod was a chuck-chuck from Spar, which was not taken in Kazan.

To correct this misunderstanding, I decided to go further East.

The lower one is beautiful. If you have a fuse in your heart, you can't drive it out.