--- title: "Nizhny Novgorod – what to see, and every way to get there | Mixroutes" description: "How to get to Nizhny Novgorod from Moscow, Saransk and Tunoshna: every way compared, with today's quickest and its fare. Nizhny Novgorod, colloquially…" url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/places/nizhny-novgorod" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/places/nizhny-novgorod.md" image: "https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Nizhny_Novgorod_2025-04-29_Minin_and_Pozharsky_square_01.jpg/3840px-Nizhny_Novgorod_2025-04-29_Minin_and_Pozharsky_square_01.jpg" --- ![Nizhny Novgorod](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Nizhny_Novgorod_2025-04-29_Minin_and_Pozharsky_square_01.jpg/3840px-Nizhny_Novgorod_2025-04-29_Minin_and_Pozharsky_square_01.jpg) # Nizhny Novgorod Nizhny Novgorod, colloquially shortened to Nizhny and from 1932 to 1990 known as Gorky, is the administrative centre and largest city of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, and the administrative centre of the Volga Federal District, in Russia. [Plan a trip to Nizhny Novgorod](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=Nizhny%20Novgorod) [From Moscow](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Moscow&to=Nizhny+Novgorod) ## Every way there - Moscow → Nizhny Novgorod 402 km · quickest by road, 6h 55m · ₽1,590–2,120 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/moscow-to-nizhny-novgorod) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Moscow&to=Nizhny+Novgorod) - Saransk → Nizhny Novgorod 249 km · quickest by road, 4h 38m · ₽1,040–1,390 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/saransk-to-nizhny-novgorod) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Saransk&to=Nizhny+Novgorod) - Tunoshna → Nizhny Novgorod 272 km · quickest by road, 6h 15m · ₽1,390–1,860 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/tunoshna-to-nizhny-novgorod) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Tunoshna&to=Nizhny+Novgorod) Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds. The field note What is in and around Nizhny Novgorod, ranked by how widely it is written about, how you reach it, and the nearest places where we have researched how people move. [Read the note on Nizhny Novgorod](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/nizhny-novgorod) What Nizhny Novgorod has - Y Scheduled flights Nizhny Novgorod (GOJ), 18 km - N Trains and coaches no timetable feed known for this country - Y Ferries Причал №15, 1 km; sailings estimated - Y Driving and taxi OpenStreetMap roads; cab fare from the country band - N Bike and scooter share no share feed known - N Cruises no open itinerary source anywhere Y routable now · F found, not yet implemented · N no source known. Nearest place with more: Bor, 5 km. 56.327°, 44.008° The city is located at the confluence of the Oka and the Volga rivers in Central Russia, with a population of over 1.2 million residents, and roughly 1.7 million residents in the wider urban area. Nizhny Novgorod is the sixth-largest city in Russia, and the second-most populous city on the Volga and in the Volga Federal District. The city is located 420 kilometers (260 mi) east of Moscow. It is an important economic, architectural, educational and cultural centre in Russia and the Volga-Vyatka Economic Region, and provides the majority of Russia's river tourism. Get in ## Getting to Nizhny Novgorod The train station in Nizhny Novgorod is in the northern part of the city centre, near the Metromost Bridge. It is reachable via the metro. The main hall of the train station is beautiful and includes a chandelier as well as soviet-style mosaics symbolizing the life of Russian people. All Trans-Siberian trains from Moscow except for train 99/100 (which goes via Yaroslavl instead) stop at Nizhny Novgorod. 1. Nizhny Novgorod 2. Nizhny Novgorod See ## Worth seeing 1. The Kremlin It's worth a wander around and contains a church, war monument with eternal flame, a reasonable art museum and impressive views along the Volga River. 2. Minin and Pozharsky Square The main square of city, at the south-east side of the Kremlin. 3. Bolshaya Pokrovskaya Street A pedestrian street, the main street of the city. 4. Rozhdestvenskaya Parallel to Oka river under the hill, this street contains a lot of 19th century buildings in rather good condition. 5. Ilyinskaya Merchant buildings of 19th century (and a few even older), some in good condition, some in rather worse one. 6. Varvarskaya Late 19th-century houses intermixed with early-21st century ones. Do ## Things to do Jet fighter flight on Sokol Airbase in MiG Jets, Nizhny Novgorod, MiGFlug & Adventure GmbH, Badenerstrasse 286, 8004 Zurich, info@migflug.com. Very nice but expensive experience. The customer can fly the plane under close watch of the pilot. Supersonic flights and stratospheric Edge of Space flights are possible €12,500 for a MiG-29 Fulcrum flight including transfer from Moscow and all preparations. 1. Nizhny Novgorod Cableway 2. Nizhny Novgorod 3. Nizhny Novgorod 4. Limpopo 5. Trud 6. Dinamo Eat ## Where to eat = = In the city stalls with shawarma are very popular. They can be found everywhere, even on the outskirts of the city. How locals move ## Getting around Nizhny Novgorod the local way Share-taxi routes mapped nearby - 371 Маршрутное такси 371: улица Касьянова => Мега - 371 Маршрутное такси 371: Мега => улица Касьянова OpenStreetMap contributors. - Get around There is a network of s-trains, trams, trolleybuses, buses, marshrutkas and a 2-line metro system. - Get around On surface public transport (trams, trolleybuses, buses and marshrutkas) you are expected to pay within one stop after you enter, the fare is fixed for one ride. - Get around As of 2019, you can pay by Apple Pay/Google Pay/Visa PayWave/Mastercard Contactless on board on any public transport including marshrutkas. - Get around To indicate your intention to exit a marshrutka, press a button and to indicate your intention to enter a marshrutka en-route, you need to wave your hand. From [Wikivoyage: Nizhny Novgorod](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Nizhny_Novgorod), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09. 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