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Prepare for everyday situations in Moscow with practical guides to local etiquette, personal safety and visitor responsibilities. This section helps travellers understand common customs, recognise potential problems and find information about essential services during their stay. Read How to tip in Moscow, How to avoid common tourist scams in Moscow or How to find a pharmacy and get medical help in Moscow. Foreign visitors can also explore How to register your stay in Moscow as a foreign visitor. Use these guides to identify questions worth preparing for, and confirm legal, medical or administrative requirements with the appropriate official sources.
Reported tourist scams in Moscow include fake police checks, unlicensed taxis, padded restaurant bills, pickpockets and street offers; use official services, keep…
Tipping in Moscow is optional: about 5 to 15 percent in restaurants, usually in cash, rounding up in cafes and for taxis,…
In an emergency call 103 or 112, which is free for foreigners; look for an apteka for medicines, and use a private…
Foreign visitors must be registered within 7 working days of arrival. Hotels do it for guests; in a private apartment the host…
Bags can be stored in station cloakrooms and lockers, at airport desks, in app-based lockers or with a door-to-door service; prices in…
A stolovaya is a self-service canteen: take a tray, point at the dishes, pay at the cashier at the end and sit…
Cruises on the Moskva River run from piers at Kievsky Station and Gorky Park, on river trams of about an hour or…
Explore Moscow's Arbat district on a walking tour connecting neoclassical architecture, Russian music, Asian art, theatre, experimental design and Pushkin's former home.
A literary walk from the Bulgakov Museum and Patriarch's Ponds past the church where Pushkin married to the Maly Theatre and Theatre…
A riverside walk from the pedestrian Patriarshy Bridge past the Muzeon sculpture park and Krymsky Bridge to Gorky Park and the quiet…
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