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Sparrow Hills
A wooded ridge with the best view over Moscow, below the great spire of the university.
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- Always
- Price
- Free
- Time Needed
- 1 hour
- Address
- Kosygina Street, Moscow (viewing platform)Directions
- Getting There
- Vorobyovy Gory metro station, then a walk up through the woods.
Why Go
The viewing platform looks across the Moskva River to the Luzhniki Stadium and the city center. Behind it rises the main building of Moscow State University, the tallest of the seven Stalin-era skyscrapers known as the Seven Sisters.
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