The 10 Best Free Things to do in Yekaterinburg, Urals District

December 10, 2021 Leida Jutras

Yekaterinburg is the thinking tourist's city, jam-packed with libraries, theaters and museums, plus seemingly out of place monuments that pay homage to entities like Michael Jackson and a keyboard. The beautiful Yekaterinburg Circus building is an intricate lace dome that arches over seating for 2600 spectators.
Restaurants in Yekaterinburg

1. New Tikhvin Nunnery

Zelyonaya Roshha St., 1, Yekaterinburg 620144 Russia +7 343 257-06-42 http://www.sestry.ru/church
Excellent
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5.0 based on 51 reviews

New Tikhvin Nunnery

2. Chertovo Gorodische

Iset Village, Yekaterinburg Russia http://akuaku.ru/dostoprimechatelnosti/chertovo-gorodishche
Excellent
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5.0 based on 107 reviews

Chertovo Gorodische

Reviewed By saronic - Zurich, Switzerland

After having been to the Europe-Asia border marker and the holy site of Ganina Yama I came to the spectacular rock formation called 'Devil's Town' in Russian. From Ganina Yama it took me 50 minutes by taxi on a dirt road with plenty of water filled potholes to get here, something most taxi drivers in other countries wouldn't have accepted to drive. Once at the parking it is a quite steep hike of about 10 minutes - with no signposts - through a forest full of granite boulders to the 347m asl high ridge with the unusual rocky outcrop. Since in August the area was full of mushrooms I saw quite a few people collecting them. The about 100m long and 20m high rock wall is impressive. It is a phenomenon, which can be found also in other places such as at the 'Greifensteine' in Saxony's Ore Mountains. Geologically it is explained as liquid magma that penetrated into a crack of already existing rocks and solidified to granite, forming a dike. Erosion weathered away the surrounding rocks, leaving the hard volcanic center. Later chemical alterations along intersecting joints formed the 'woolsack' or spheroidal weathering of the granite, which we can very well see here. The place is popular with rock climbers, of which one might encounter some, when visiting. A negative point are the many graffitis and signatures on this very special rock formation.

3. Alexander Nevskiy Cathedral

Zelyonaya Roshha, 1, Yekaterinburg 620144 Russia +7 343 257-06-42 http://www.sestry.ru
Excellent
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5.0 based on 33 reviews

Alexander Nevskiy Cathedral

4. Embankment of Working Youth

Yekaterinburg Russia
Excellent
84%
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5.0 based on 91 reviews

Embankment of Working Youth

5. Memorial to the Unknown Victims of Prisons and War Camps GULAG

Moskovskiy Tract, 12 km, Yekaterinburg Russia
Excellent
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5.0 based on 12 reviews

Memorial to the Unknown Victims of Prisons and War Camps GULAG

6. Yekaterinburg War Memorial

Sovetskoy Armii Square, Yekaterinburg Russia
Excellent
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4.5 based on 276 reviews

Yekaterinburg War Memorial

This monument honors soldiers who died in Russia's Afghan War.

Reviewed By olegl28

This memorial is very significant place in Ekaterinburg, specially for people who was born in 60th last century. So many young men was killed in Afghanistan.

7. Rastorguyev-Kharitonov's House

Voznesensky Hill, Yekaterinburg 620075 Russia http://nashural.ru/Ekaterinburg/usadba-rastorg-haritonova.htm
Excellent
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4.5 based on 93 reviews

Rastorguyev-Kharitonov's House

Reviewed By norgeva - St. Petersburg, Russia

This is worth seeing. Great architecture and a nearby park for walking. We had a good time taking photos here.

8. The Church of Ascension

Voznesenskaya Sq., 1, Yekaterinburg Russia +7 343 371-67-29 http://voznesenka.cerkov.ru
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4.5 based on 199 reviews

The Church of Ascension

Founded in 1792

Reviewed By geelongexpat - Chatan-cho, Japan

It’s a beautiful church just behind church on the blood. Definitely worth stopping for a photo on a nice day

9. Church on the Blood

Ulitsa Tsarskaya, 10, Yekaterinburg 620075 Russia +7 343 371-61-68 [email protected] https://xram-na-krovi.ru/
Excellent
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4.5 based on 1,134 reviews

Church on the Blood

Reviewed By Jenny_Warwick_Qld - Warwick, Australia

If you have a passion for Russian history & the Romanov family, cannot recommend a visit to Church on the Blood. Spectacular interior, beautiful paint work filled with gold religious ornaments, fascinating detail. A brief visit is all that is needed to take in the splendour and the story of this Church. Visited via a private Romanov Family tour November 2018.

10. Weir on river Iset

prosp. Lenina Metro Pervomajskaja, Yekaterinburg Russia http://www.guiamoscow.com
Excellent
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4.5 based on 873 reviews

Weir on river Iset

Reviewed By olegl28

This is very romantic and historical place in Ekaterinburg. Iset River between Glavnuy prospect (ulitsa Lenina) and Malisheva street. This is place where start first Ekaterinburg’s factory. Nice museums beautiful Art Gallery and nice romantic place for lovers

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