Bolshaya Pokrovskaya pedestrian street in Nizhny Novgorod

What to Expect and Is It Worth Visiting

Bolshaya Pokrovskaya Street, "Pokrovka", "Nizhny Novgorod Arbat" or "Broadway" - the main pedestrian zone of Nizhny Novgorod and the center of attraction of tourists. It connects four squares at once - Minin and Pozharsky, Teatralnaya, Gorky and Lyadov and runs from the Gorkovskaya metro station to the Kremlin. In general, Bolshaya Pokrovskaya Street is not pedestrian throughout its entire length, but for most of its length 1 kilometer 300 meters, traffic is prohibited. Only in a couple of places in this zone it is crossed by road transport, but drivers delicately pass all idly walking pedestrians, without creating any inconvenience.

Historically, this street was considered noble, and ordinary people could not walk along it. Now it is available to all comers and especially interesting to tourists, because there is a large number of historical monuments of architecture, theaters, an art salon, several museums, shops, boutiques, cafes and restaurants. This street forms the historical appearance of the city, and if there is anywhere to walk in Nizhny in the evenings, so here. On Pokrovka Street performers arrange performances, and artists exhibit their works for sale. While walking here you can visit and see:

• Technical Museum
• Museum of the history of Arts and crafts
• Exotarium
• Russian Museum of photography
• Kladovka Art Gallery
• Pokrovka 8 Exhibition Hall
• Living paper Museum
• Nizhny Novgorod State exhibition complex
• Academic Puppet Theatre
• Orlyonok Cinema
• Gorky State Drama Theatre
• State Bank building 1911-1913
• Attractions glass Maze, Prison Break, illusion Museum, giant's House.

And there are many souvenir shops, the largest of which is arts and crafts. It can generally be visited as an exhibition, even if there are no plans to buy something. There are other souvenir shops, prices are about the same everywhere and differ quite a bit for individual goods. Even for the sake of interest, we advise you to visit the new flea market "your shelf" on Bolshaya Pokrovskaya 35A in the basement of the building, where handmade Masters and people who want to sell unusual things exhibit their works.

If you want to eat during the walk, then on Pokrovka there are many restaurants and cafes with Russian, European and Asian cuisine, the bill will be from 400 rubles/person. Well, if you need a quick and inexpensive snack, you can go to one of the two chain stores on the street: magnet city or Spar. They can buy ready meals, drinks or pastries, warm them up and use them on the tables allocated for this.

And to make it more interesting to get acquainted with the city and region, we advise you to see interesting options for individual and group excursions around Nizhny Novgorod on these proven sites:

• 📷 search for excursions in Nizhny Novgorod on Tripster.ru
• 📷 search for excursions in Nizhny Novgorod on Sputnik8.com
• 📷 excursions in Nizhny Novgorod from the tour operator TEZ Tour