“Sunset Capital” is one of the city's main brands. The route starts on Gorky Square, and most of it runs along Fedorovsky Embankment, with a wonderful view of the confluence of the Oka and the Volga. See a ten-meter (33-foot) mosaic, visit an exquisite early-20th-century mansion and Russia's only monument to Jules Verne, and many more amazing places.
Gorky Square
⛲ Square · 📜 Historic site
Monument to the Nizhny Novgorod Marxists
🗿 Monument
Wedding Palace
🏟️ Architectural landmark · 📜 Historic site
Internationalists Square
🌿 Public garden or park
“Victory” Mosaic
🔷 Mosaic
Friendship Alley
🗿 Monument · 🌿 Public garden or park
Pokhvalinsky Elevator
📜 Historic site
Jules Verne
🗿 Monument
Fedorovsky Embankment
🚶♂️ Waterfront · 📜 Historic site · 🔭 Viewpoint
Church of the Nativity
🕍 Place of worship · 🕵️ Urban legend · 🏟️ Architectural landmark
River Station
🚂 Railway station · 📜 Historic site
Point 8
🗿 Monument
In 2015, the Year of Literature, a monument to the famous French writer Jules Verne was unveiled in Nizhny Novgorod. The renowned classic of adventure literature never visited the city, but he mentioned it in his works. The Nizhny Novgorod monument to Jules Verne is the first in Russia and the seventh in the world.
According to Nizhny Novgorod's chief architect Viktor Bykov, the location of the monument was no accident. In his novel “Michael Strogoff,” Jules Verne described Russia, and Nizhny Novgorod in particular. The hero of the book gets to know Rozhdestvenskaya Street and crosses the pontoon bridge to the Nizhny Novgorod Fair. And Fedorovsky Embankment offers a wonderful panoramic view of the very sights described in the novel.
Jules Verne is shown flying in a hot-air balloon, holding a spyglass at the ready. The figure of the writer is life-size. The sculpture is made of plastic imitating bronze. The total height of the composition is about 10 meters (33 feet).
Point on route “Chasing the Sunset”
Point 8
🗿 Monument
In 2015, the Year of Literature, a monument to the famous French writer Jules Verne was unveiled in Nizhny Novgorod. The renowned classic of adventure literature never visited the city, but he mentioned it in his works. The Nizhny Novgorod monument to Jules Verne is the first in Russia and the seventh in the world.
According to Nizhny Novgorod's chief architect Viktor Bykov, the location of the monument was no accident. In his novel “Michael Strogoff,” Jules Verne described Russia, and Nizhny Novgorod in particular. The hero of the book gets to know Rozhdestvenskaya Street and crosses the pontoon bridge to the Nizhny Novgorod Fair. And Fedorovsky Embankment offers a wonderful panoramic view of the very sights described in the novel.
Jules Verne is shown flying in a hot-air balloon, holding a spyglass at the ready. The figure of the writer is life-size. The sculpture is made of plastic imitating bronze. The total height of the composition is about 10 meters (33 feet).
11 points
3 km
3 hours
