Entertainment and attractions for children in Nizhny Novgorod

In Nizhny Novgorod a huge number of all kinds of entertainment and attractions for children that will not let either children or their parents get bored during a tourist trip to Nizhny Novgorod. The main problem is only what to visit, because for a standard tourist trip of several days to see everything will not work. We have prepared a list of the most interesting entertainment and attractions for children in Nizhny Novgorod, so that you can determine and outline what to visit first. For a quick search, you can use the Pivot Table, which shows the time of work, cost and a brief description.

In general, the best way to get acquainted with local attractions and entertainment will be ready-made group or individual excursions, which can be bought at travel agencies on the streets of the city or online on these sites with reviews.:

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Nizhny Novgorod entertainment for children on the map

• Museum of entertaining Sciences "quarks"

  

  This is a wonderful place for a hike with the whole family, where every child will like it, even if he is not interested in science or is still too young for this. After all, the exhibits of this informative museum in an entertaining and playful way acquaint visitors with the most interesting physical phenomena, unique inventions, optical illusions, etc. Everything can and should be touched, turn knobs, press buttons, and then observe the result of their actions. The visit takes the form of an excursion with a demonstration of exhibits in action or interactive shows.

  Practical Information

  🌐 Website: http://kvarky.ru/

  🕐 Working hours: Monday to Thursday 10:00-19:00. Friday, weekends and holidays 10:00-20:00. Ticket sales stop one hour before closing time.

  💵 Entrance fee / tickets price: weekdays-350 rubles / weekends – 450. Family ticket (2 adults+2 children) weekdays 1300 rubles / weekends-1700.

  🚶 How to get there: "Quarks" is located in the building of the shopping center "Hansa" at 165 Rodionov Street, Bldg. 13, Shopping Center Hansa ("Quarks" on the map). It is quite far from the center, you have to go here by taxi, buses №№ 2, 16, 40, 54, 90, 204, 225 or minibuses №№ 14, 24, 45, 46, 57, 74, 78, 82, 83, 90, 97, 98, 302, 304, 317.

• Technical Museum

  

  The collection of this museum was personally collected by one person-collector and philanthropist Vyacheslav Khurtin, who for 20 years collected and restored more than 2000 exhibits. However, before visiting, you should know that this is not a museum of modern technical achievements, but rather, on the contrary, an excursion into the history of technical products, because among the exhibits here you can find tools, machines and devices that are more than 100 years old. Despite the fact that the museum is not designed specifically for children, children enjoy spending time here. After all, in addition to the fact that the exhibits can be inspected, many of them can be touched and tried in the work. Learn more about Technical Museum and photos here.

  Practical Information

  🕐 Working hours: 10:00-18:00, Monday-closed.

  💵 Entrance fee / tickets price: adult-350 rubles / children-200 rubles / preschoolers-free of charge / audio guide – 100 rubles / excursion service – 500 rubles. The last Wednesday of the month is free for persons under 18 years of age; Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday from 10:00 to 12:00 (except holidays) – free for persons under 16 years of age.

  🚶 How to get there: the museum is located in the most tourist center of the city on the pedestrian street Bolshaya Pokrovskaya, 43, third floor (Museum on the map). You can get there by bus №№ 26, 43, 80, 64, 68, route taxis No. 3,4 (stop "M. Gorky Square").

• Museum "Locomotives Of Russia"

  

  In this open-air museum you can see 15 steam locomotives produced in pre-revolutionary Russia, the USSR and abroad, and operated on Soviet railways in the early and mid-20th century. In some locomotives you can climb and take a picture on the driver's seat.

  It can not be said that this place will appeal to every tourist, but men and boys visit the museum with interest. Visiting the museum will take 20-30 minutes. Learn more about the museum and photos here.

  Practical Information

  🕐 Working hours: 09:00-18:00, Saturday and Sunday-closed.

  💵 Entrance fee / tickets price: admission is free. Excursion service is also free, but only by appointment by phone 248-55-02, 248-72-54.

  🚶 How to get there: the museum is quite far from the center, Gorokhovetskaya STR., 12 (Steam locomotives of Russia on the map. You can get here by trolleybus number 47 (from the center) and 48, bus number 48. You can also take the train from Moskovsky railway station to Sortirovochnaya station.

• Museum of urban electric transport

  

  This is another open-air museum dedicated to trams and trolleybuses. On the open area there are 9 old trams and two trolleybuses, all of them worked in Nizhny Novgorod. You can climb into the exhibits and touch everything except the control knobs. The depot also houses a small exhibition of documents, photographs and awards. In general, there is not much to see here, a place for an amateur, but men and boys may like it. The visit will take 20-30 minutes.

  Practical Information

  🌐 Website: http://ttu-nn.ru

  🕐 Working hours: 08:00-16:00, Lunch 11:00-12:00. Saturday and Sunday are days off.

  💵 Entrance fee / tickets price: 70 rubles, includes accompanying guide.

  🚶 How to get there: the museum is located on the territory of tram depot No. 1, General Ivliev Street (Museum of electric transport on the map). You can get there by bus №№ 16, 61, 72, 85, minibus taxis №№ 10, 18, 34, 41, 55 to the Stop "Boris Kornilov Street", then 5 minutes on foot. Directly to the depot you can get by tram number 27, trolleybus number 16, minibus number 46.

• Planetarium

  

  As the information on the website of the planetarium loudly says - this is one of the best planetariums in Europe and the first digital one in Russia. But, unfortunately, the program of visiting and equipping the planetarium will seem very meager to you, especially if you were in the Moscow Planetarium. The entire visit consists only of watching films about space and near-space topics in the dome cinema. There is no interactivity, experiments, cognitive experiences, an exhibition hall or a museum here. Uncomfortable chairs add negativity (it is inconvenient to look up from them), and a cold Hall.

  You can and should visit this place for educational purposes, to acquaint children with the basics of the structure of our world and astronomy, but not for entertainment purposes. Viewing sessions are offered for children (in the daytime) and for adults (in the afternoon). And yet, be prepared for possible rudeness and rudeness on the part of the staff.

  Practical Information

  🌐 Website: planetarium-nn.ru

  🕐 Working hours: 9:00-19: 30, the session schedule is here - http://planetarium-nn.ru/repertory/

  💵 Entrance fee / tickets price: the cost of the screening-150-250 rubles, depending on the film.

  🚶 How to get there: located at Revolutsionnaya STR., 20 (Planetarium on the map). You can get there by bus №№ 7, 95, 17, 66, 48, 19, 80, 43, 26, 38, 61 (T40, T2, T48, T42, T3, T66, T5, t113, t117, T21, T56, T34, T37, T67 (Ploshchad Revolutsii (Moskovsky railway station) stop); trams 1, 3, 27, 417 (Prokofiev street stop); Metro to Moskovskaya station.

• Museum of technology and defense industry in Victory Park

  

  Although during the Great Patriotic War there were no battles on the territory of the then City of Gorky, 56 military units and formations, 72 detachments of the people's militia were formed here. In honor of the 40th anniversary of the victory, the Victory Park and the Open-Air Museum of technology and defense industry were laid. More than 40 samples of modern and old Kurp military equipment from the war are exhibited here. Learn more about the Museum of technology and defense industry in Victory Park here.

  Practical Information

  🌐 Website: park-pobeda-nnov.ru/

  🕐 Working hours: 8:00 - 22:00.

  💵 Entrance fee / tickets price: free of charge, it is possible to order paid group excursions.

  🚶 How to get there: Victory Park is located on the embankment of the rowing canal, Ulyanov STR., 36-B (Victory Park on the map). This is not the most convenient place to get to by public transport, but on foot it is not so far. Directly to the main entrance to the park there is a bus number A5 (goes very rarely), or you can get to the Sennoy Square and from there 15-20 minutes on foot. From the Kremlin to the park on foot 30 minutes.

• Cable car

  

  The cable car was originally created as a modern mode of transport in order to quickly get from the embankment of Nizhny Novgorod to the center of the city of Bor, located on the other bank of the Volga river, but it has simultaneously become an attraction and entertainment for tourists. Thanks to the views of the embankment and the Nizhny Novgorod Kremlin from above, adults like it, and for children riding in small booths at a bird's - eye height across the river is a real attraction. Learn more about the cable car here.

  Practical Information

  🌐 Website: http://nnkd.ru/

  🕐 Working hours: 06:45-21:00, technical break on Monday and Thursday 10:45-13:00.

  💵 Entrance fee / tickets price: the cost of a one-way trip is 100 rubles.

  🚶 How to get there: the station in Nizhny Novgorod is located on the embankment, Kazanskaya embankment 8A (station on the map. From the Kremlin here 30-40 minutes on foot. You can get to the stops "cable car" or "Sennaya Bus Station" by tram number 2 (passes through Bolshaya Pokrovskaya Street); trolleybus number 26; buses №№ 2, 28, 4, 40, 45, 52, 58, 62, 90; T17, T2, T24, T40, T45, T46, T57, T60, T62, T78, T83, T85, T90, t97, T98.

• Gorky children's railway

  The children's railway in Nizhny Novgorod is not just entertainment or attraction, but a whole educational and developing complex. There are circles of young railway workers, where children from 10 years old are accepted. But guests of the city can bring their children to ride on a real children's railway. After such a trip, they remain in great delight.

  The length of the railway is more than three kilometers, there are two stations and even a railway station. Children (pupils of circles) also command and manage everything here, but everything looks like it's real. You can ride not only children, but also adults.

  Practical Information

  🕐 Working hours: operates only in summer from June 1 to August 27, trains depart in 10:00, 11:00, 14:00, 15:00. Sunday, Monday-day off.

  💵 Entrance fee / tickets price: adult-155 rubles / children from 5 to 10 years – 105 / up to 5 years – free of charge. Museum of children's railway adult-80 rubles / children-60.

  🚶 How to get there: located on the other side of the Oka River from the tourist district, 23A Oktyabrskaya Revolutsii STR. (children's Railway on the map. It is most convenient to get by Metro to the station "Chkalovskaya" , or by trams number 1, 3, 27, minibus number T37 to the station "DC named after Lenin"

• Caribbean Water Park

  

  This is an open-air water park in Sormovsky Park, and it is more often called a mini-water park, since it is very small, it has only five slides, three of which are children's. The height of the slides is small, a maximum of three floors. The price is also not small. But, unfortunately, this is the only water park in the city (another water park "Atoll" is located far outside the city), and there is not much to choose from. Although the water in the pool is heated, with children it is best to visit it in hot weather.

  Practical Information

  🌐 Website: http://sormovopark.ru/aquapark

  🕐 Working hours: open only in summer from 10:00 to 22:00.

  💵 Entrance fee / tickets price: payment is hourly, 300 rubles / hour. Rental of inflatable equipment – 70 rubles / hour.

  🚶 How to get there: the water park is located in Sormovsky Park (water park on the map. You can get here by trams No. 6, 7, trolleybuses No. 3, 8, 15, buses №№ 3, 12, 21, 45, 57, 65, T20, T21, T33, T45, T65, T76, T78 to the Stop "Park Sormovsky".

• Atoll Water Park

  

  This water park is not in the city, but far beyond its borders in the city of Kstovo. But unlike the mini-water park "Caribbean" this water park can be called full-fledged. It is Indoor, Open all year round. There are 8 slides, swimming pools (but no swimming pool), climbing wall. The main part of the slides will be interesting and accessible only to middle-aged children (from 10 years and height from 140 cm), and adults can spend time in one of the three baths (Russian, Turkish, sauna), bar, cafe, spa, jacuzzi. There is a slide for the youngest children.

  In the low season, profitable promotions are held, which can be tracked on the official website. Before the trip, it is better to call the water park by Phone 8 (83145) 3-50-20 or 8-953-415-31-13 and clarify whether the water park is closed for special maintenance.

  Practical Information

  🌐 Website: http://aqvaparkatoll.ru/, 3D water park tour http://aqvaparkatoll.ru/3dtour/

  🕐 Working hours: Monday-Friday from 10:00 to 22:00; Saturday-Sunday, holidays from 9:00 to 23:00.

  💵 Entrance fee / tickets price: 2 hours for adults-330 rubles / children-200 rubles; 3 hours for adults-400 rubles / children-300 rubles; excluding time for adults-550 rubles / children-450 rubles. Children under 4 years free of charge. On weekends, prices are higher (see on the official website)

  🚶 How to get there: located 30 kilometers from the center of Nizhny Novgorod in Kstovo, Lenin Square, 5 (Museum on the map). There is free parking for private transport. By public transport you can get there in the following ways:

  • From the bus station "Sennoy"every 20-30 minutes there is a bus 230E, 225 to the bus station in Kstovo, from there 10 minutes on foot. Buses run from 05:50 to 22:45
  • From the bus station "Shcherbinki"every 20-30 minutes there are buses No. 215, 216, 217, 217 and 225 to the bus station in Kstovo, from there 10 minutes on foot. Buses run from 05:55 to 20:10
  • Free bus on weekends when buying a ticket on the website of the water park (check the information on the website)
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• Limpopo Zoo

  

  It is the biggest and Best Zoo in the city and it is a private zoo. If you have to take a child somewhere, then to this zoo, though the price is high here: 600 rubles against 150 in others. On the territory of almost 6 hectares there are more than 220 species of animals and birds, playgrounds for children, a mother and Child room (paid), everything is clean and well-groomed. Of the minuses, perhaps, only the high price, remoteness from the center, and not a very large area and number of animals, when compared with the Moscow Zoo. On the zoo's website, you can take a 3D tour, as well as get all the necessary information before visiting.

  Practical Information

  🌐 Website: www.nnzoo.ru/

  🕐 Working hours: 09:00-18:00, ticket sales stop one hour before closing.

  💵 Entrance fee / tickets price: adult-600 rubles on weekdays / children (5-14 years), pensioners, students, disabled III-350 rubles / children under 5 years, Inv. I and II GR., children under 14 years of age from large families, disabled children, conscripts, veterans of the Second World War, birthday children on their birthday – free of charge.

  🚶 How to get there: the zoo is located on the outskirts of the city, Yaroshenko STR., 7 "B" (Limpopo Zoo on the map. The entrance is from Yaroshenko Street and there is an additional entrance from Sormovsky Park through the bridge. It is not difficult to get here by public transport, but it will take quite a long time to go from the tourist center. By bus No. 12, minibus No. 21 to the Stop "Zoo"; by trams No. 6 and 7 to the stop "Chernyakhovsky Street"; by bus №№3, 45, 57, 65, minibus taxis №№20, 33, 65, 76, 78, trolleybuses No. 3, 15 to the stop "Sormovsky park of culture" and then 5 minutes on foot. In front of the entrance there is parking for private cars.

• Madagascar Zoo

  

  This zoo is much smaller than the nearby Limpopo, but the entrance fee will cost only 200 rubles (50 Club card + 150 entrance). There are few large animals here, only Tigers, a lion and a camel. The rest of the animals are small, but there is a "contact zoo" where children can pet and cuddle animals. The environment is clean, cages and animals are well-groomed. Two variants of excursion programs are offered when recruiting a group of at least 10 people with a duration of 40 minutes. In general, we can say that this is a zoo for the youngest children, and with those that are older, it is still better to go to the Limpopo.

  Practical Information

  🌐 Website: sormovopark.ru/animals

  🕐 Working hours: 10:00-18:00, seven days a week.

  💵 Entrance fee / tickets price: on weekdays 150 rubles, on weekends-200 rubles / children under 7 years-free of charge.

  🚶 How to get there: "Madagascar" is located on the territory of Sormovsky Park, Engels STR., 3 (Madagascar Zoo on the map).

• Exotarium

  

  This is not exactly a zoo, but rather an exhibition of exotic animals. Although pets huddle in small basements of the House of culture, the impressions of the visit will remain for a long time, especially if you have never been to such places. Among the exhibits are amphibians and reptiles, beautiful exotic birds and creepy insects. Children are always delighted with visiting the exhibition, although some are a little afraid at first.

  Practical Information

  🌐 Website: www.terraria-nn.ru

  🕐 Working hours: 10:00 - 19:00.

  💵 Entrance fee / tickets price: adult-250 rubles / pensioners and children-200 rubles / up to 4 years - free of charge.

  🚶 How to get there: located centrally in the basement of the Sverdlov Recreation Center, Bolshaya Pokrovskaya STR., 18 (exotarium on the map. You can get there by trams No. 2, 11, 27. from the Kremlin on foot 10 minutes.

• Dolphinarium "Atlantis"

  

  Despite the fact that Nizhny Novgorod is a thousand kilometers from the nearest sea, there is a dolphinarium, and the quality of the show is at a height. Along with the performances, additional services are offered: dolphin therapy, a photo session and swimming with dolphins. If you and your children have never been to the Dolphinarium at sea, then you should definitely take advantage of this opportunity in Nizhny Novgorod.

  Practical Information

  🌐 Website: delfinariy-nn.ru/

  🕐 Working hours: the dolphin show is held on schedule almost every day, the schedule is presented on the official website or by Phone 8 (831) 246 00 24, 8 (831) 230 33 30.

  💵 Entrance fee / tickets price: 500-700 rubles (depending on the day of the week); children under 4 years old and birthday children on the day of the performance – free of charge.

  🚶 How to get there: the Dolphinarium is located in the park named after May 1, 31 Oktyabrskaya Revolutsii STR., Building 4 (Dolphinarium on the map. You can get there by minibus number 37, trams №№1, 3, 9, 10, 27, metro to the station "Chkalovskaya".

• Live corners in Tsum

  

  In the shopping center Tsum you can watch several species of animals, including exotic ones, for free. There are fish, Python, skids, turtle, iguana, and even black-finned shark. All you need to do is come to the mall and walk around it.

  Practical Information

  🕐 Working hours: 09:00 – 21:00.

  💵 Entrance fee / tickets price: free.

  🚶 How to get there: Tsum is located near the railway station and Metro Station Moskovskaya, hero Filchenkov STR., 10 (Shopping center on the map. You can get there by metro, trams No. 3, 417, and all buses to the railway station and Revolution Square.

• Petting zoo "Planet Of The Little Prince" in the shopping center "Crimea"

  

  Another petting zoo is located in the shopping center "Crimea". According to the authors, this is an educational center with a contact zoo, focused on teaching a child to love, understand and care from the earliest childhood. Here, too, you can touch, stroke, feed animals. There are rabbits, chinchillas, guinea pigs, hedgehogs, goats, chickens, geese, hedgehogs, ferrets, etc.

  Practical Information

  🕐 Working hours: 10:00 – 21:00.

  💵 Entrance fee / tickets price: 200 rubles / children under 3 years-free of charge. Food is included in the ticket price.

  🚶 How to get there: the zoo is located on the 3rd floor of the Krym shopping center, Avtozavodsky district, Yuzhnoye Shosse, 2G (Krym shopping center on the map). You can get by Metro to the Station "Park Kultury"; buses №№ 11, 20, 31, 69; trolleybuses No. 12, 14; route taxis No. T10, T14, T29, T60, T81, t97.

• Petting zoo "touch, stroke, feed!"

  

  Another petting zoo, and conveniently, is located almost in the very tourist center, on Bolshaya Pokrovskaya Street, although not in its pedestrian part, but a little further from the center. More than 120 animals that can be touched, stroked, picked up, fed. There are raccoons, Fox, monkey, meerkats.

  Practical Information

  🕐 Working hours: 10:00 – 21:00.

  💵 Entrance fee / tickets price: adult-250 rubles / children (up to 7 years) - 200 rubles / up to 3 years free / photo shoot-2000 rubles.

  🚶 How to get there: located on the 3rd floor of the Nebo shopping center, 82 Bolshaya Pokrovskaya STR. (Krym shopping center on the map. You can get from the Kremlin on foot, take trams No. 2, 18, 27; buses №№ 1, 2, 26, 27, 28, 30, 43, 68; T17, T18, T19, T33, T4, T44, T47, T5, T68, t97; trolleybus No. 31.

• Living Paper Museum

  This is a small private museum in Nizhny Novgorod, created by artists Elena Sashina and Natalia Golubeva. In the basement in the very center of Nizhny there is a workshop and an exhibition of unusual paper products in the papier-mache technique known to many since childhood. The exhibits are works made by the authors of the museum in this technique. Many of the works are very funny and familiar to visitors from children's cartoons and literary works. Visitors spend a short sightseeing tour of the exhibits, talk about the technology of their creation, show the workshop. Master classes are held for children. And don't forget to ask to see a special exhibition for adults only.

  Practical Information

  🌐 Website: https://muzeybumagi.art/

  🕐 Working hours: 11:00-20:00, seven days a week.

  💵 Entrance fee / tickets price: adults-300 rubles / pensioners and students-150 rubles / up to 7 years – free of charge. The price includes a tour.

  🚶 How to get there: located in the center of Nizhny Novgorod on Minin and Pozharsky PL. 2/2 (Museum on the map). This is the building of the Nizhny Novgorod State exhibition complex, but the entrance to the museum is not through the main entrance, but through a small staircase to the basement, there is a sign and a signboard.