Tver

Worth seeing in and around Tver

6 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   Tver State University

   Tver State University is university in the city of Tver, the oldest and one of the largest universities in the Tver region. Tver State University was founded in 1870 by public figure and teacher P.P. Maksimovich as the Tver Women's Teachers' School, which in June 1917 was transformed by order of the Minister of Public Education into the Tver Teachers' Institute.

   1.2 km · university in Russia · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Transfiguration of the Lord Church, Tver

   The Transfiguration of the Lord Church It is a Catholic church in Tver, belonging to the Archdiocese of the Mother of God in Moscow in the Russian Federation, built between 1994 and 2002.

   600 m · church in Russia · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Church of Alexandr Nevsky, Tver

   The Alexander Nevsky Cathedral is a Russian Orthodox cathedral in the Diocese of Tver, located on Station Square in the intersection of Tchaikovsky Prospekt and Komintern Prospekt in Tver, Russia. Built between 2010 and 2015, it stands on the site of the former Church of Alexander Nevsky, built between 1891 and 1893, closed in 1929, and demolished in 1982.

   3.4 km · cathedral in Tver, Russia · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Botanical Garden of Tver State University

   Botanical Garden of Tver State University — the northernmost botanical garden with an exhibition of steppe plants, only one of its kind in the Upper Volga. Located in Zavolzhsky Tver region in Russia, near the confluence of the Volga with Tvertsa.

   900 m · botanical garden in Russia · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Tver River Terminal

   Tver River Terminal or Tverskoy rechnoy vokzal was a passenger terminal of river transport in Tver. It was situated at the confluence of the Volga and Tvertsa rivers, on the left bank of the Volga, just near the river mouth of Tvertsa.

   400 m · building in Tver, Russia · Wikipedia
6. 06
   2nd Central Research Institute of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation

   The Second Central Research Institute of the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation is a Russian Ministry of Defence research institute in Tver, the administrative center of Tver Oblast, Russia. It enagages in aerospace research, including air defense systems.

   1.1 km · military research institute in Tver, Russia · Wikipedia

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What Wikivoyage says to see

1. 01
   Resurrection Cathedral

   Built in 1913-1916, it is a fine example of Russian Revival style.

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Things to do

Tver is an old Russian city, but most of its architecture didn't survive the war and economic crisis of the 1990s. The city center is completely rebuilt, first by Catherine the Great in the 18th century, then after WWII in 1945. The remnants of old Tver begins from the northern end of Tryokhsvyatskaya street. Tryokhsvyatskaya street is a local version of Moscow's Arbat.

From Wikivoyage: Tver, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Where to eat

There are several international fast food chains in the city: Vkusno i Tochka (formerly McDonalds), Burger King, Rostic's (formerly KFC) and Subway. Most of them in the main shopping malls' food courts. There is also Russian fast food chain called Chicken House (near the bus and railway stations) and a lot of other local cafes, canteens (called stolovaya in Russian) and restaurants.

1. 01
   La Piazza Sport

   European-style eatery with pizza, burgers, beer, and billiard tables.

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Getting to Tver

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Sheremetyevo (SVO), 134 km · Vnukovo (VKO), 164 km · Zhukovsky (ZIA), 200 km

• Moscow → Tver

  162 km · quickest by road, 3h 8m · ₽680–900
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• Tunoshna → Tver

  266 km · quickest by road, 6h 35m · ₽1,280–1,700
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