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Tour der Woche

Sorgschrofen, 1635 m (bergwanderung bis bergtour).

Der Anstieg von Jungholz auf den Gipfel des Sorgschrofen ist kurzweilig und verlangt zum Schluss Trittsicherheit. Die Variante hinüber zum Zinken ist nochmals eine Spur anspruchsvoller. Besonders schön ist der Blick ins Allgäuer Alpenvorland und in die Berge südlich des Tannheimer Tals.

Tour vom 21.06.2019 Text & Fotos: Markus Meier

• Lage & Anfahrt
• Tourensteckbrief
• Routenbeschreibung

Tourenziel Sorgschrofen, 1635 m ( Ansicht bei Austrianmap )

Gebirgsgruppe Allgäuer Alpen

Talort Jungholz, 1058 m

Karte AV-Karte BY 3 "Allgäuer Alpen Ost – Grünten, Wertacher Hörnle" 1:25.000

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Ausgangspunkt der Tour Parkplatz am Skilift in Jungholz, 1058 m

Mit Bahn & Bus – empfehlenswert Bahn bis Sonthofen, weiter mit der Buslinie 48 bis "Jungholz Verkehrsamt" und zu Fuß in weniger als fünf Minuten zum Parkplatz

Mit Auto ab München ca. 2 Std. ( Anfahrtsroute )

Schwierigkeit Bergtour

Kondition gering

Dauer ↑ 2 Std. ↓ 1,5 Std. (Gesamtgehzeit ohne Pausen)

Höhendifferenz ↑↓ 580 Hm

Einkehr unterwegs keine

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Die Angaben bei der "Tour der Woche" sind redaktionell geprüft, für ihre Richtigkeit und Aktualität kann jedoch keine Gewähr übernommen werden.

Die Veröffentlichung einer Tour erfolgt entsprechend der Jahreszeit, beinhaltet jedoch nicht die Garantie, dass die örtlichen Tourenverhältnisse in den Tagen nach der Veröffentlichung tatsächlich geeignet sind.

Bitte informieren Sie sich selbstständig über das Wetter und ggf. die Schnee- und Lawinenlage . Weitere Hilfsmittel zur Tourenplanung finden Sie bei den "alpinen Links" .

Wegbeschreibung: Vom Parkplatz am Skilift in Jungholz wandert man auf dem schmalen Teersträßchen zwischen den beiden Liften steil bergauf. Das Sträßchen geht in einen Schotterweg über und wird kurzzeitig etwas flacher.

Nach einer Kehre biegt man links ab und steigt entlang der Skipiste auf Spuren bergauf. An der Bergstation des rechten, kürzeren Liftes folgt man dem Wegweiser "Sorgschrofen" nach rechts. Der Weg führt flach durch ein Waldstück. Hiernach gelangt man auf eine Wiese direkt unterhalb des Gipfelkreuzes des Sorgschrofen.

Der Weg zieht nun in einigen Serpentinen bergan zum Älpele, einer kleinen Almhütte, die sich für eine erste Rast anbietet. Anschließend wandert man auf dem vom Älpele nach Nordosten ziehenden Weg bergauf zur Bergstation des längsten Skiliftes. Hier windet sich der Weg nach rechts in einigen Kehren bergauf.

Am Kamm angekommen, wendet man sich nach rechts und geht nun auf schmalem Steig in Richtung Sorgschrofen. Man kommt an eine Rinne, durch die man sehr steil nach oben kraxelt. Da herabfallende Steine nachfolgende Wanderer treffen könnten, sollte man in der Rinne sehr aufmerksam gehen und keine Steine lostreten.

Am besten folgt man der Rinne bis zu ihrem Ende. An einer kleinen Scharte beginnt ein Drahtseil, das nach rechts über eine etwas ausgesetzte Wand führt. Noch ein paar Meter bergauf, und man steht am Vorgipfel des Sorgschrofens.

Um zum Hauptgipfel mit seinem großen Gipfelkreuz zu gelangen, steigt man in die davor eingelagerte Scharte ab, von der man über leichte Felsen zum Gipfelkreuz klettert. Im Frühjahr kann der Übergang auf der Nordseite noch mit Schnee gefüllt sein, deshalb ist Vorsicht geboten.

Besonders schön von hier oben ist der Blick nach Jungholz, ins Allgäuer Alpenvorland und nach Süden in die Berge südlich des Tannheimer Tals. Nach aussichtsreicher Rast am luftigen Gipfel erfolgt der Abstieg über den Anstiegsweg zurück nach Jungholz.

Variante "Überschreitung zum Zinken": Auch wenn in den letzten Jahren einige Stellen mit Drahtseilen versichert wurden, ist der Übergang zum Zinken schwieriger als der Einzelanstieg beider Gipfel. Für die Überschreitung sollte man also trittsicher und schwindelfrei sein.

Man steigt vom Gipfel des Sorgschrofen einigen Drahtseilen folgend in wenigen kurzen Kehren steil bergab. Anschließend wendet sich der Weg nach links. Man folgt dem Drahtseil durch eine kurze Rinne bergauf. Nun werden die Felsen weniger, und man wandert auf schmalem Steig weiter in Richtung Zinken.

Zwischen beiden Gipfeln erreicht man eine kleine Kuppe am Verbindungsgrat, von der sich nochmals ein schöner Blick auf den Sorgschrofengipfel bietet. Der Weiterweg führt unter einigen Türmen hindurch und zuletzt ziemlich steil in eine kleine Einschartung vor dem Zinken.

Hier hat man nun zwei Möglichkeiten. Entweder folgt man dem direkten Weg durch ein enges Felsentor oder man umgeht das Tor auf der linken Seite. Auf beiden Varianten gelangt man zum Normalanstieg.

Hier wendet man sich nach rechts, um durch ein weiteres Felsentor den Zinkengipfel (1613 m) zu erreichen. Der Abstieg erfolgt bis zur Wegteilung auf dem Anstiegsweg und nun auf dem Normalweg zum Zinken bis zu den Zehrerhöfen.

Dort hält man sich rechts und wandert über Steinebach nach Unterjoch (1014 m). Von dort geht es über ein schmales Sträßchen nach Norden zur Hauptstraße. Dieser folgt man, bis rechts ein Weg in Richtung Hintere Sorgalpe (1017 m) abzweigt. Dieser Weg führt weiter nach Jungholz.

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High up in the Alps: Standing between four borders on Mt. Sorgschrofen

I’d spent the entire day chasing castles, churches and lakes in the Bavarian Alps when I made my way back to Austria to spend the night. I entered the second of Austria’s three pene-exclaves, Jungholz. All three pene-exclaves can only be reached via Germany as the high Alps separate them from the rest of Austria, but Jungholz is actually only connected to the rest of Austria at one point – the summit of Mt. Sorgschrofen at 1.635 m. above sea level. As far as I’m aware, it’s the only pene-exclave of this kind in the world, so that in itself is pretty special!

Upon entering Jungholz, the first place I saw was the campsite. Lucky for me, they had just one tent pitch left which I grabbed for the night. It was nice to get a break from sleeping in the car, and to finally use the tent that I’d been dragging around with me for weeks!

After I’d set up my tent, I drove into the village of Jungholz to find some food for dinner. But I never got that far as the village was having a party! A local band was playing Tirol folk music and a guy was selling beer and sodas to all the locals and tourists watching the show. I bought some kind of soda I’d never tried before and sat down on a rock to enjoy the special atmosphere of this warm summer evening in Jungholz.

I never managed to find any food, so I only had a few snacks before getting cozy in my little green tent.

The next morning, I woke up at the crack of dawn to do something a little crazy. I was going to attempt to climb Mt. Sorgschrofen – in sneakers! I never even considered climbing the mountain before arriving in Jungholz since I hadn’t brought my hiking boots. But I had a chat with the owner of the campsite who told me about the climb, and ensured me that only the last part to the summit was technical and challenging. I wasn’t sure if it would be possible for me to do wearing sneakers, but I decided to give it a try.

As I wrote earlier, Sorgschrofen is a pretty special mountain as it’s the only land link Jungholz has with the motherland, but it doesn’t end there. A rare occurrence is found on the summit where four borders meet in a quadripoint – two of them Austrian (Jungholz and Schattwald) and two of them German (Pfronten and Bad Hindelang). The four borders meet at border marker 110, which is carved into a rock on the summit. For a geography nerd like me, Sorgschrofen is the ultimate mountain to climb!

I drove into town again and parked my car at a big parking lot by a ski lift which is only a few minutes from the trailhead. At 7.15 AM, I was ready to go. I followed the trail on maps.me the entire way, although there were also plenty of signposts so staying on the trail wasn’t going to be an issue!

I was tired after a night of just six hours, so I was rather slow in the beginning. The path went steeply uphill almost the entire way, but I pushed myself and as I got higher up towards the mountain, I saw the village disappear beneath me.

The weather was perfect for hiking. It was overcast and drizzling slightly most of the time, which was wonderfully refreshing in the summer heat.

I hiked up through a forest and soon came to the Älpele mountain hut near the end of the ski lift. I was met by a herd of cows that were quietly grazing, but with every move I’d hear a loud *ding* from the cruel cowbells that they wear around their necks. I do wish this “tradition” would come to an end.

The next short section was quite a pleasure actually. For a short while, there was no ascending and I could just stroll through the forest along the footpath. But the sweet relief soon ended. The trees disappeared behind me and I looked up and saw the summit that consists of massive bare rocks which, from below, look inaccessible for anyone to climb. But an arrow was pointing towards a small path which was accompanied by a steel wire to hold onto. I pulled myself up the steep rocks, clinging onto the wire.

Suddenly, the heavens opened and it started pouring down, making the rocks slippery and difficult to hold onto. Had it not been for the steel wire, I wouldn’t have gone any further.

I was clinging to the steel wire and watching every step. I’m always incredibly scared of falling when I’m on the edge of a mountain (duh), so I take it really slow because I’m so careful with every movement. The steel wire didn’t follow the path all the way to the summit; in some places there were wooden steps instead, and in some places there was nothing but bare rock. But the wire did help in the most difficult sections.

As I neared the summit, I stopped to take some pictures while singing loudly, thinking I was alone. But then I looked up and saw a German couple just a few meters away from me on the summit. Laughing to myself, I was praying that they hadn’t heard me!

The last stretch was the most technically challenging as the path was really narrow with steep edges on both sides. But I clung onto the solid rocks and in the end, I made it. I reached the summit of one very special mountain and stood between four borders while looking down on two different countries at the same time!

I reached the summit at 9 AM; 1 hour and 45 minutes after I’d started. A lot slower than it should’ve been, but I was just glad I’d made it up there safely (and with lots of dramatic pictures!). I was so happy with my achievement, it felt amazing to have conquered a mountain in the Alps – and in sneakers, too!

The German couple and I took some photos of each other so we could all get proof of our achievements before I decided to head back down as mist and more rain showers were approaching. There is a second summit on the mountain, Zinken at 1.613 m., but the ridge between them is treacherous and not recommended for inexperienced hikers. I wouldn’t call myself inexperienced, but my lack of hiking boots certainly made me look the part!

The way down is always more nervewracking than the way up, but it actually went quite well although my legs were really shaky. I was relieved when the trickiest part was over, when I was below the rocky summit and could finally relax.

But little did I know, there would be another unforeseen danger on the mountain. Or should I say, funny encounter? Because the cows of the Alps aren’t really dangerous unless you walk directly behind them or startle them, but they do like to block the way for hikers! One cow was standing in front of a gate that I needed to get through to continue along the path, and with barbed wire around the fence, there was no way around it. I approached the cow slowly and spoke softly to him, and eventually he moved a little so I could squeeze out through the gate.

But alas, just a few meters further along, I met the rest of the herd. They took up the path, but this time, there was enough room for me to go past without disturbing them. None of them bothered to move or even look up at me. I was insignificant compared to the delicious grass they’d encountered.

The rest of the way down was easy peasy. An hour and a half after I’d left the summit behind, I was back at the car. It was only 11 AM and I still had the whole day ahead of me even though I’d just climbed a mountain! What a great feeling that was.

I went back to the campsite to pack up my tent and have a shower, and then I left Jungholz to travel to the third and last of the Austrian pene-exclaves. Stay tuned!

How to climb Mt. Sorgschrofen from Jungholz

There are two ways to climb Mt. Sorgschrofen. You can either go from Unterjoch, a small village in Germany, or from Jungholz like I did. If you’re not dependent on a car or bike, you could also hike up one way and down the other. The climb from Unterjoch is very difficult as it requires crossing the ridge from Zinken, so it’s only recommended for experienced hikers. The climb from Jungholz can be done by most, but do take care during the last part of the ascent. Below is an explanation of how to climb the mountain from Jungholz:

The climb begins and ends to the left of the ski lift in front of the tourism information centre in the village of Jungholz. Follow the path up to the Älpele mountain hut, and from there begins the steep and rocky ascent up to the summit. There is a path most of the way, as well as signposts and arrows ensuring that you stay on the right trail. Do use the steel wire when climbing up the steepest parts to the summit, which is marked by a large cross. Remember to take in the views and enjoy the fact that you’re standing between four borders, two of them international!

If you are an experienced hiker, you can continue along the ridge to the other summit, Zinken, which you’ll see to your right. It’s also marked by a summit cross. Climb back down the same way as you came up.

The climb is 6 km, takes 3-4 hours and is moderate to difficult with an elevation gain of 1.635 m.

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Is it possible to go from the summit down the south side into Austria? (With mountain climbing equipment) Has anyone ever crossed from north Austria to south Austria without entering Germany? (Except for a few steps around the cross at the summit)

I believe so! I met a couple on the summit that came up from the Austrian side and they didn’t have any special equipment. For a winter climb, that would absolutely be necessary, but in the summer, it’s probably fine without 😀

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Tannheimer Tal

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Tour-Details

Short description: A wonderful mountain bike tour in the border area between Germany and Austria.

Technique: ****

Quality of experience: ******

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Properties:

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• Geological highlights
• Botanical highlights
• Faunistic highlights

Description:

For demanding bikers there are 15 bike routes with a total of 150 kilometres, which have been approved and uniformly signposted by the province of Tyrol. Furthermore, the Tannheimer Tal is the starting point for the newly designed route "Bike Trail Tyrol". The big round tour with over 800 kilometres and the many connecting stages with another 500 kilometres are designed in such a way that the bikers can put together their own personal route.

Cycle paths away from the roads

You can get to know the surroundings on the "Radwanderweg Tannheimer Tal" (cycle path Tannheimer Tal), which passes the most beautiful corners of the Tyrolean high valley on 40 kilometres. The cycle paths are off the main road and uniformly signposted. Via Schattwald in the direction of Rehbach you will reach Ober- and Unterjoch in the Allgäu - stop for a moment at the moor pond "Floschen". Or cycle through Tannheim and Grän on the new lakeside promenade at Haldensee to Nesselwängle. A side trip to the nature reserve Vilsalpsee will certainly please you.

The mountain bike guide

The mountain bike guide Tannheimer Tal contains tour descriptions, altitude profiles, tips and maps. All tours can be combined and are clearly signposted. The blue marked routes are for the connoisseurs. Red signposted are the medium-difficulty tours and the black signage is a sporting challenge.

The MTB-guide costs € 3.00 and can be purchased at the Tourist Office Tannheimer Tal.

Always following the color...

The right mixture makes the difference - this also applies to the mountain bike offer in the Tyrolean Tannheimer Tal. Whoever gets on the pedals here has the choice between 15 tours and more than 300 mountain bike kilometres for every level of ability and fitness. All routes can be combined and are clearly signposted.

Blue route - easy

Mountain bike beginners or safe cyclists as well as e-bikers follow the blue signs in the Tannheimer Tal. The paths, which are easy to ride on throughout, have only minimal gradients and are therefore ideal for family outings in the saddle, where monotony is certainly not an issue: the Kneipp circular path, for example, offers a refreshing descent depending on your mood. After all, the almost six kilometres and 198 metres of altitude difference are all the easier to cycle with well-circulated legs.

Red route - medium difficulty

Whoever sees red in the Tannheimer Tal is happy. And this over medium-difficult and scenic mountain bike routes, which require sporty cycling skills and particularly defensive riding behaviour. Tip: On the approximately 11-kilometre-long "Haldenrunde" bikers cover almost 500 metres in altitude and are rewarded with a wide view of the Tannheimer Tal and the mountains Rote Flüh and Gimpel, the landmarks of the Tyrolean high valley, when they arrive at the Berghotel Zugspitzblick. With good visibility, the view even reaches up to Germany's highest mountain.

Black track - heavy

A total of 3 tours are - not least because of their length - classified as difficult and require strength and mountain biking experience. Like the route to the Raaz Alpe, where 47 kilometres and 1,512 metres in altitude await the mountain bikers. The diversity of the Tyrolean high valley is shown on the "valley tour": On 67 kilometres and 1,280 metres of altitude difference the route offers the whole range of mountain bike sports. By the way, bikers can enter or leave the "Tour de Tannheimer Tal" at any point.

---> Tip: The Tannheimer Tal is the starting point for the Bike-Trail-Tyrol, the longest continuous circuit for mountain bikers in the Alpine region with 1,000 kilometres.

It should be noted that mountain biking may involve an increased risk of accidents and injuries. Despite careful route planning, a basic risk always remains. Tour preparation through endurance sports, appropriate technical training and further education as well as personal prudence reduces the danger of accidents and risks. But please never forget that the weather in the mountains can change very quickly. Stay on the marked paths.

Drive on the "safe side" in Tannheimertal

In Austria, mountain biking is generally prohibited by law on all forest and hiking trails, with the exception of mountain bike trails expressly approved for this purpose. The entrances on forest roads are sometimes marked with signs prohibiting driving and additional information such as "Cycling prohibited". Hiking trails do not have these prohibition signs, but nevertheless it is forbidden to use the trails.

Tour and route information

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Getting there On the motorway A7 at the exit "Oy-Mittelberg" on the B310 towards Wertach and further to Jungholz. From the Tyrolean side via Reutte on the B198 towards Lechtal to Weißenbach, over the Gaichtpass along the B199 to Oberjoch then on to Jungholz. Public Transit By train to Sonthofen or Oy/Mittelberg, then by bus to Jungholz Parking Lift parking place in Jungholz

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In Transit: Notes from the Underground

Jun 06 2018.

Spend some time in one of Moscow’s finest museums.

Subterranean commuting might not be anyone’s idea of a good time, but even in a city packing the war-games treasures and priceless bejeweled eggs of the Kremlin Armoury and the colossal Soviet pavilions of the VDNKh , the Metro holds up as one of Moscow’s finest museums. Just avoid rush hour.

The Metro is stunning and provides an unrivaled insight into the city’s psyche, past and present, but it also happens to be the best way to get around. Moscow has Uber, and the Russian version called Yandex Taxi , but also some nasty traffic. Metro trains come around every 90 seconds or so, at a more than 99 percent on-time rate. It’s also reasonably priced, with a single ride at 55 cents (and cheaper in bulk). From history to tickets to rules — official and not — here’s what you need to know to get started.

A Brief Introduction Buying Tickets Know Before You Go (Down) Rules An Easy Tour

A Brief Introduction

Moscow’s Metro was a long time coming. Plans for rapid transit to relieve the city’s beleaguered tram system date back to the Imperial era, but a couple of wars and a revolution held up its development. Stalin revived it as part of his grand plan to modernize the Soviet Union in the 1920s and 30s. The first lines and tunnels were constructed with help from engineers from the London Underground, although Stalin’s secret police decided that they had learned too much about Moscow’s layout and had them arrested on espionage charges and deported.

The beauty of its stations (if not its trains) is well-documented, and certainly no accident. In its illustrious first phases and particularly after the Second World War, the greatest architects of Soviet era were recruited to create gleaming temples celebrating the Revolution, the USSR, and the war triumph. No two stations are exactly alike, and each of the classic showpieces has a theme. There are world-famous shrines to Futurist architecture, a celebration of electricity, tributes to individuals and regions of the former Soviet Union. Each marble slab, mosaic tile, or light fixture was placed with intent, all in service to a station’s aesthetic; each element, f rom the smallest brass ear of corn to a large blood-spattered sword on a World War II mural, is an essential part of the whole.

The Metro is a monument to the Soviet propaganda project it was intended to be when it opened in 1935 with the slogan “Building a Palace for the People”. It brought the grand interiors of Imperial Russia to ordinary Muscovites, celebrated the Soviet Union’s past achievements while promising its citizens a bright Soviet future, and of course, it was a show-piece for the world to witness the might and sophistication of life in the Soviet Union.

It may be a museum, but it’s no relic. U p to nine million people use it daily, more than the London Underground and New York Subway combined. (Along with, at one time, about 20 stray dogs that learned to commute on the Metro.)

In its 80+ year history, the Metro has expanded in phases and fits and starts, in step with the fortunes of Moscow and Russia. Now, partly in preparation for the World Cup 2018, it’s also modernizing. New trains allow passengers to walk the entire length of the train without having to change carriages. The system is becoming more visitor-friendly. (There are helpful stickers on the floor marking out the best selfie spots .) But there’s a price to modernity: it’s phasing out one of its beloved institutions, the escalator attendants. Often they are middle-aged or elderly women—“ escalator grandmas ” in news accounts—who have held the post for decades, sitting in their tiny kiosks, scolding commuters for bad escalator etiquette or even bad posture, or telling jokes . They are slated to be replaced, when at all, by members of the escalator maintenance staff.

For all its achievements, the Metro lags behind Moscow’s above-ground growth, as Russia’s capital sprawls ever outwards, generating some of the world’s worst traffic jams . But since 2011, the Metro has been in the middle of an ambitious and long-overdue enlargement; 60 new stations are opening by 2020. If all goes to plan, the 2011-2020 period will have brought 125 miles of new tracks and over 100 new stations — a 40 percent increase — the fastest and largest expansion phase in any period in the Metro’s history.

Facts: 14 lines Opening hours: 5 a.m-1 a.m. Rush hour(s): 8-10 a.m, 4-8 p.m. Single ride: 55₽ (about 85 cents) Wi-Fi network-wide

Buying Tickets

• Ticket machines have a button to switch to English.
• You can buy specific numbers of rides: 1, 2, 5, 11, 20, or 60. Hold up fingers to show how many rides you want to buy.
• There is also a 90-minute ticket , which gets you 1 trip on the metro plus an unlimited number of transfers on other transport (bus, tram, etc) within 90 minutes.
• Or, you can buy day tickets with unlimited rides: one day (218₽/ US$4), three days (415₽/US$7) or seven days (830₽/US$15). Check the rates here to stay up-to-date.
• If you’re going to be using the Metro regularly over a few days, it’s worth getting a Troika card , a contactless, refillable card you can use on all public transport. Using the Metro is cheaper with one of these: a single ride is 36₽, not 55₽. Buy them and refill them in the Metro stations, and they’re valid for 5 years, so you can keep it for next time. Or, if you have a lot of cash left on it when you leave, you can get it refunded at the Metro Service Centers at Ulitsa 1905 Goda, 25 or at Staraya Basmannaya 20, Building 1.
• You can also buy silicone bracelets and keychains with built-in transport chips that you can use as a Troika card. (A Moscow Metro Fitbit!) So far, you can only get these at the Pushkinskaya metro station Live Helpdesk and souvenir shops in the Mayakovskaya and Trubnaya metro stations. The fare is the same as for the Troika card.
• You can also use Apple Pay and Samsung Pay.

Rules, spoken and unspoken

No smoking, no drinking, no filming, no littering. Photography is allowed, although it used to be banned.

Stand to the right on the escalator. Break this rule and you risk the wrath of the legendary escalator attendants. (No shenanigans on the escalators in general.)

Get out of the way. Find an empty corner to hide in when you get off a train and need to stare at your phone. Watch out getting out of the train in general; when your train doors open, people tend to appear from nowhere or from behind ornate marble columns, walking full-speed.

Always offer your seat to elderly ladies (what are you, a monster?).

An Easy Tour

This is no Metro Marathon ( 199 stations in 20 hours ). It’s an easy tour, taking in most—though not all—of the notable stations, the bulk of it going clockwise along the Circle line, with a couple of short detours. These stations are within minutes of one another, and the whole tour should take about 1-2 hours.

Start at Mayakovskaya Metro station , at the corner of Tverskaya and Garden Ring,  Triumfalnaya Square, Moskva, Russia, 125047.

1. Mayakovskaya.  Named for Russian Futurist Movement poet Vladimir Mayakovsky and an attempt to bring to life the future he imagined in his poems. (The Futurist Movement, natch, was all about a rejecting the past and celebrating all things speed, industry, modern machines, youth, modernity.) The result: an Art Deco masterpiece that won the National Grand Prix for architecture at the New York World’s Fair in 1939. It’s all smooth, rounded shine and light, and gentle arches supported by columns of dark pink marble and stainless aircraft steel. Each of its 34 ceiling niches has a mosaic. During World War II, the station was used as an air-raid shelter and, at one point, a bunker for Stalin. He gave a subdued but rousing speech here in Nov. 6, 1941 as the Nazis bombed the city above.

Take the 3/Green line one station to:

2. Belorusskaya. Opened in 1952, named after the connected Belarussky Rail Terminal, which runs trains between Moscow and Belarus. This is a light marble affair with a white, cake-like ceiling, lined with Belorussian patterns and 12 Florentine ceiling mosaics depicting life in Belarussia when it was built.

Transfer onto the 1/Brown line. Then, one stop (clockwise) t o:

3. Novoslobodskaya.  This station was designed around the stained-glass panels, which were made in Latvia, because Alexey Dushkin, the Soviet starchitect who dreamed it up (and also designed Mayakovskaya station) couldn’t find the glass and craft locally. The stained glass is the same used for Riga’s Cathedral, and the panels feature plants, flowers, members of the Soviet intelligentsia (musician, artist, architect) and geometric shapes.

Go two stops east on the 1/Circle line to:

4. Komsomolskaya. Named after the Komsomol, or the Young Communist League, this might just be peak Stalin Metro style. Underneath the hub for three regional railways, it was intended to be a grand gateway to Moscow and is today its busiest station. It has chandeliers; a yellow ceiling with Baroque embellishments; and in the main hall, a colossal red star overlaid on golden, shimmering tiles. Designer Alexey Shchusev designed it as an homage to the speech Stalin gave at Red Square on Nov. 7, 1941, in which he invoked Russia’s illustrious military leaders as a pep talk to Soviet soldiers through the first catastrophic year of the war.   The station’s eight large mosaics are of the leaders referenced in the speech, such as Alexander Nevsky, a 13th-century prince and military commander who bested German and Swedish invading armies.

One more stop clockwise to Kurskaya station,  and change onto the 3/Blue  line, and go one stop to:

5. Baumanskaya.   Opened in 1944. Named for the Bolshevik Revolutionary Nikolai Bauman , whose monument and namesake district are aboveground here. Though he seemed like a nasty piece of work (he apparently once publicly mocked a woman he had impregnated, who later hung herself), he became a Revolutionary martyr when he was killed in 1905 in a skirmish with a monarchist, who hit him on the head with part of a steel pipe. The station is in Art Deco style with atmospherically dim lighting, and a series of bronze sculptures of soldiers and homefront heroes during the War. At one end, there is a large mosaic portrait of Lenin.

Stay on that train direction one more east to:

6. Elektrozavodskaya. As you may have guessed from the name, this station is the Metro’s tribute to all thing electrical, built in 1944 and named after a nearby lightbulb factory. It has marble bas-relief sculptures of important figures in electrical engineering, and others illustrating the Soviet Union’s war-time struggles at home. The ceiling’s recurring rows of circular lamps give the station’s main tunnel a comforting glow, and a pleasing visual effect.

Double back two stops to Kurskaya station , and change back to the 1/Circle line. Sit tight for six stations to:

7. Kiyevskaya. This was the last station on the Circle line to be built, in 1954, completed under Nikita Khrushchev’ s guidance, as a tribute to his homeland, Ukraine. Its three large station halls feature images celebrating Ukraine’s contributions to the Soviet Union and Russo-Ukrainian unity, depicting musicians, textile-working, soldiers, farmers. (One hall has frescoes, one mosaics, and the third murals.) Shortly after it was completed, Khrushchev condemned the architectural excesses and unnecessary luxury of the Stalin era, which ushered in an epoch of more austere Metro stations. According to the legend at least, he timed the policy in part to ensure no Metro station built after could outshine Kiyevskaya.

Change to the 3/Blue line and go one stop west.

8. Park Pobedy. This is the deepest station on the Metro, with one of the world’s longest escalators, at 413 feet. If you stand still, the escalator ride to the surface takes about three minutes .) Opened in 2003 at Victory Park, the station celebrates two of Russia’s great military victories. Each end has a mural by Georgian artist Zurab Tsereteli, who also designed the “ Good Defeats Evil ” statue at the UN headquarters in New York. One mural depicts the Russian generals’ victory over the French in 1812 and the other, the German surrender of 1945. The latter is particularly striking; equal parts dramatic, triumphant, and gruesome. To the side, Red Army soldiers trample Nazi flags, and if you look closely there’s some blood spatter among the detail. Still, the biggest impressions here are the marble shine of the chessboard floor pattern and the pleasingly geometric effect if you view from one end to the other.

Keep going one more stop west to:

9. Slavyansky Bulvar.  One of the Metro’s youngest stations, it opened in 2008. With far higher ceilings than many other stations—which tend to have covered central tunnels on the platforms—it has an “open-air” feel (or as close to it as you can get, one hundred feet under). It’s an homage to French architect Hector Guimard, he of the Art Nouveau entrances for the Paris M é tro, and that’s precisely what this looks like: A Moscow homage to the Paris M é tro, with an additional forest theme. A Cyrillic twist on Guimard’s Metro-style lettering over the benches, furnished with t rees and branch motifs, including creeping vines as towering lamp-posts.

Stay on the 3/Blue line and double back four stations to:

10. Arbatskaya. Its first iteration, Arbatskaya-Smolenskaya station, was damaged by German bombs in 1941. It was rebuilt in 1953, and designed to double as a bomb shelter in the event of nuclear war, although unusually for stations built in the post-war phase, this one doesn’t have a war theme. It may also be one of the system’s most elegant: Baroque, but toned down a little, with red marble floors and white ceilings with gilded bronze c handeliers.

Jump back on the 3/Blue line  in the same direction and take it one more stop:

11. Ploshchad Revolyutsii (Revolution Square). Opened in 1938, and serving Red Square and the Kremlin . Its renowned central hall has marble columns flanked by 76 bronze statues of Soviet heroes: soldiers, students, farmers, athletes, writers, parents. Some of these statues’ appendages have a yellow sheen from decades of Moscow’s commuters rubbing them for good luck. Among the most popular for a superstitious walk-by rub: the snout of a frontier guard’s dog, a soldier’s gun (where the touch of millions of human hands have tapered the gun barrel into a fine, pointy blade), a baby’s foot, and a woman’s knee. (A brass rooster also sports the telltale gold sheen, though I am told that rubbing the rooster is thought to bring bad luck. )

Now take the escalator up, and get some fresh air.

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The Comprehensive Guide to Moscow Nightlife

• Posted on April 14, 2018 July 26, 2018
• by Kings of Russia
• 8 minute read

Moscow’s nightlife scene is thriving, and arguably one of the best the world has to offer – top-notch Russian women, coupled with a never-ending list of venues, Moscow has a little bit of something for everyone’s taste. Moscow nightlife is not for the faint of heart – and if you’re coming, you better be ready to go Friday and Saturday night into the early morning.

This comprehensive guide to Moscow nightlife will run you through the nuts and bolts of all you need to know about Moscow’s nightclubs and give you a solid blueprint to operate with during your time in Moscow.

What you need to know before hitting Moscow nightclubs

Prices in moscow nightlife.

Before you head out and start gaming all the sexy Moscow girls , we have to talk money first. Bring plenty because in Moscow you can never bring a big enough bankroll. Remember, you’re the man so making a fuzz of not paying a drink here or there will not go down well.

Luckily most Moscow clubs don’t do cover fees. Some electro clubs will charge 15-20$, depending on their lineup. There’s the odd club with a minimum spend of 20-30$, which you’ll drop on drinks easily. By and large, you can scope out the venues for free, which is a big plus.

Bottle service is a great deal in Moscow. At top-tier clubs, it starts at 1,000$. That’ll go a long way with premium vodka at 250$, especially if you have three or four guys chipping in. Not to mention that it’s a massive status boost for getting girls, especially at high-end clubs.

Without bottle service, you should estimate a budget of 100-150$ per night. That is if you drink a lot and hit the top clubs with the hottest girls. Scale down for less alcohol and more basic places.

Dress code & Face control

Door policy in Moscow is called “face control” and it’s always the guy behind the two gorillas that gives the green light if you’re in or out.

In Moscow nightlife there’s only one rule when it comes to dress codes:

You can never be underdressed.

People dress A LOT sharper than, say, in the US and that goes for both sexes. For high-end clubs, you definitely want to roll with a sharp blazer and a pocket square, not to mention dress shoes in tip-top condition. Those are the minimum requirements to level the playing field vis a vis with other sharply dressed guys that have a lot more money than you do. Unless you plan to hit explicit electro or underground clubs, which have their own dress code, you are always on the money with that style.

Getting in a Moscow club isn’t as hard as it seems: dress sharp, speak English at the door and look like you’re in the mood to spend all that money that you supposedly have (even if you don’t). That will open almost any door in Moscow’s nightlife for you.

Types of Moscow Nightclubs

In Moscow there are four types of clubs with the accompanying female clientele:

High-end clubs:

These are often crossovers between restaurants and clubs with lots of tables and very little space to dance. Heavy accent on bottle service most of the time but you can work the room from the bar as well. The hottest and most expensive girls in Moscow go there. Bring deep pockets and lots of self-confidence and you have a shot at swooping them.

Regular Mid-level clubs:

They probably resemble more what you’re used to in a nightclub: big dancefloors, stages and more space to roam around. Bottle service will make you stand out more but you can also do well without. You can find all types of girls but most will be in the 6-8 range. Your targets should always be the girls drinking and ideally in pairs. It’s impossible not to swoop if your game is at least half-decent.

Basic clubs/dive bars:

Usually spots with very cheap booze and lax face control. If you’re dressed too sharp and speak no Russian, you might attract the wrong type of attention so be vigilant. If you know the local scene you can swoop 6s and 7s almost at will. Usually students and girls from the suburbs.

Electro/underground clubs:

Home of the hipsters and creatives. Parties there don’t mean meeting girls and getting drunk but doing pills and spacing out to the music. Lots of attractive hipster girls if that is your niche. That is its own scene with a different dress code as well.

What time to go out in Moscow

Moscow nightlife starts late. Don’t show up at bars and preparty spots before 11pm because you’ll feel fairly alone. Peak time is between 1am and 3am. That is also the time of Moscow nightlife’s biggest nuisance: concerts by artists you won’t know and who only distract your girls from drinking and being gamed. From 4am to 6am the regular clubs are emptying out but plenty of people, women included, still hit up one of the many afterparty clubs. Those last till well past 10am.

As far as days go: Fridays and Saturdays are peak days. Thursday is an OK day, all other days are fairly weak and you have to know the right venues.

The Ultimate Moscow Nightclub List

Short disclaimer: I didn’t add basic and electro clubs since you’re coming for the girls, not for the music. This list will give you more options than you’ll be able to handle on a weekend.

Preparty – start here at 11PM

Classic restaurant club with lots of tables and a smallish bar and dancefloor. Come here between 11pm and 12am when the concert is over and they start with the actual party. Even early in the night tons of sexy women here, who lean slightly older (25 and up).

The second floor of the Ugolek restaurant is an extra bar with dim lights and house music tunes. Very small and cozy with a slight hipster vibe but generally draws plenty of attractive women too. A bit slower vibe than Valenok.

Very cool, spread-out venue that has a modern library theme. Not always full with people but when it is, it’s brimming with top-tier women. Slow vibe here and better for grabbing contacts and moving on.

High-end: err on the side of being too early rather than too late because of face control.

Secret Room

Probably the top venue at the moment in Moscow . Very small but wildly popular club, which is crammed with tables but always packed. They do parties on Thursdays and Sundays as well. This club has a hip-hop/high-end theme, meaning most girls are gold diggers, IG models, and tattooed hip hop chicks. Very unfavorable logistics because there is almost no room no move inside the club but the party vibe makes it worth it. Strict face control.

Close to Secret Room and with a much more favorable and spacious three-part layout. This place attracts very hot women but also lots of ball busters and fakes that will leave you blue-balled. Come early because after 4am it starts getting empty fast. Electronic music.

A slightly kitsch restaurant club that plays Russian pop and is full of gold diggers, semi-pros, and men from the Caucasus republics. Thursday is the strongest night but that dynamic might be changing since Secret Room opened its doors. You can swoop here but it will be a struggle.

Mid-level: your sweet spot in terms of ease and attractiveness of girls for an average budget.

Started going downwards in 2018 due to lax face control and this might get even worse with the World Cup. In terms of layout one of the best Moscow nightclubs because it’s very big and bottle service gives you a good edge here. Still attracts lots of cute girls with loose morals but plenty of provincial girls (and guys) as well. Swooping is fairly easy here.

I haven’t been at this place in over a year, ever since it started becoming ground zero for drunken teenagers. Similar clientele to Icon but less chic, younger and drunker. Decent mainstream music that attracts plenty of tourists. Girls are easy here as well.

Sort of a Coyote Ugly (the real one in Moscow sucks) with party music and lots of drunken people licking each others’ faces. Very entertaining with the right amount of alcohol and very easy to pull in there. Don’t think about staying sober in here, you’ll hate it.

Artel Bessonitsa/Shakti Terrace

Electronic music club that is sort of a high-end place with an underground clientele and located between the teenager clubs Icon and Gipsy. Very good music but a bit all over the place with their vibe and their branding. You can swoop almost any type of girl here from high-heeled beauty to coked-up hipsters, provided they’re not too sober.

Afterparty: if by 5AM  you haven’t pulled, it’s time to move here.

Best afterparty spot in terms of trying to get girls. Pretty much no one is sober in there and savage gorilla game goes a long way. Lots of very hot and slutty-looking girls but it can be hard to tell apart who is looking for dick and who is just on drugs but not interested. If by 9-10am you haven’t pulled, it is probably better to surrender.

The hipster alternative for afterparties, where even more drugs are in play. Plenty of attractive girls there but you have to know how to work this type of club. A nicer atmosphere and better music but if you’re desperate to pull, you’ll probably go to Miks.

Weekday jokers: if you’re on the hunt for some sexy Russian girls during the week, here are two tips to make your life easier.

Chesterfield

Ladies night on Wednesdays means this place gets pretty packed with smashed teenagers and 6s and 7s. Don’t pull out the three-piece suit in here because it’s a “simpler” crowd. Definitely your best shot on Wednesdays.

If you haven’t pulled at Chesterfield, you can throw a Hail Mary and hit up Garage’s Black Music Wednesdays. Fills up really late but there are some cute Black Music groupies in here. Very small club. Thursday through Saturday they do afterparties and you have an excellent shot and swooping girls that are probably high.

Shishas Sferum

This is pretty much your only shot on Mondays and Tuesdays because they offer free or almost free drinks for women. A fairly low-class club where you should watch your drinks. As always the case in Moscow, there will be cute girls here on any day of the week but it’s nowhere near as good as on the weekend.

In a nutshell, that is all you need to know about where to meet Moscow girls in nightlife. There are tons of options, and it all depends on what best fits your style, based on the type of girls that you’re looking for.

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