Murmansk is located in northwestern Russia and has many popular tourist destinations. You will also enjoy shopping in local markets here along with delicious local food items served here. So many fascinating tourist destinations in Murmansk make it such a popular Russian city. Most popular Northern Lights can also been seen and enjoyed while you are in Murmansk. To enjoy this city, at least the most popular places to visit in Murmansk – you will need a few days for sure. Let’s get started with the list of 10 Best Places to Visit in Murmansk
10 Best Places to Visit in Murmansk:
#1 Alyosha
Alyosha is the monument to the Defenders of the Arctic during World War II and was built by 1975. This monument is dedicated to the soldiers who were martyred while defending the Soviet Union as well as Murmansk from German invaders. While you are visiting Murmansk, you must visit this place to enjoy panoramic views of the city. The height of this monument is about 35.5 meters. You can also enjoy Kola Bay and nearby beautiful scenes spread across it.
#2 The Oceanarium
The Oceanarium is said to be the most northern ocenarium in Europe where you can enjoy 7 arctic seals performing live. Each program runs for about 45 minutes and you can enjoy it by yourself or with your friends. To reach the place, you can use local taxi services from the app – Yandex Taxi. Tickets here costs about 600 RUB per person. Timing for the visitation are from 10:30 AM to 6 PM.
#3 Active Recreating Park
The park offers so many activities, especially during winters. You can enjoy snowmobiles, dog sledding, reindeer sledding when it’s freezing cold during lovely winters. You will also find various perfect spots for fishing, if you are into that. Along with that, if you love to have themed photo shoots, this park is the best thing for you. You can organize a photo shoot with husky, deer or any other winter centered theme. Active recreating park offers some of the best locations for creating beautiful memories. It is also one of the popular spots to enjoy those beautiful Northern Lights.
#4 Aurora Borealis Gallery
All travelers must know about Northern Lights a.k.a. Aurora Borealis. The Aurora Borealis Gallery is for those who, due to some weather disturbances, cannot enjoy the actual northern lights in the beautiful sky here. Tourists who visit Murmansk choose this place to visit, before anything else to enjoy such unique nature through their own eyes.
At this gallery, you will be able to enjoy far north atmosphere created by the employees to give you an actual experience of enjoying the Aurora Borealis. They also offer exciting video containing mesmerizing northern lights combined with music.
#5 Abram Cape
In Murmansk, the Abram Cape is a symbolic territory consisting a memorial complex along with a park area. It is dedicated to air defense which happened during Great Patriotic War. There is a Military aircraft, air defense systems along with anti-aircraft guns installed in the area. While visiting this memorial, you can enjoy vast spread panoramic view of the Kola Bay. Also entire city can be viewed from here along with atomic icebreaker “Lenin”.
#6 Murmansk Museum of Local Lore
The Murmansk Museum of Local Lore happens to be the largest museum in this region and was built by 1926. The museum lets you enjoy and learn everything from history to the present of the city. You can enjoy various things and facts from ancient times. Along with that, this museum also focuses on nature, geography and geology of the region. It shows how indigenous people of the Sami and Pomors lived and some of their cultural highlights are also shown here
#7 “Lenin” Nuclear Icebreaker
The “Lenin” Nuclear Icebreaker is the world’s first surface ship utilizing nuclear power. At present, it serves as a museum which also preserves the history of the pioneering craft. It consists more than 1000 rooms, compartments and cabins inside it. At first, it was launched by 1957 to clear shipping routes in Russia’s northern parts. You can also get to know more about how the crew spent their time and lived in it. The museum also offers guided tour in English from museum staff for all the visitors.
#8 Kola Bay
Kola Bay connects Kola Bay in Murmansk and it also happens to be the world’s longest automobile bridge north of the Polar Circle. The length of this bridge is about 1.6 KMs and 2.5 KMs if we also count the high-way connecting it. Passing through such destinations in Russia is such a privilege. If you plan to stay a couple days here in Murmansk, be sure to pass through this amazing location of the city.
#9 Private Murmansk City Tour
If you do not want to organize everything by yourself, you can choose to have guided private Murmansk city tour. For this tour, you can choose to explore the city in car/ minibus/ touring car as per your choice. The tour offers so many of the popular tourist destinations covered for you. Being home for many mesmerizing hills and beautiful lakes, you are going to love this tour of the entire city and its surroundings. You can also enjoy popular tundra and forest tundra with little trees spread in its surrounding area.
#10 Murmansk Ostrich Farm
Since more than 10 years, Ostrich are raised here at Murmansk Ostrich Farm. Along with ostrich, you will also find peacocks, ducks, pigeons, rams, goats, deer, Indian runners, raccoons, pheasants and many others. You can spend a day here and enjoy picnic in rented gazebo. There are other amenities such as fry barbeque and more to enjoy. They also offer various natural farm products which tourists can buy for themselves.