Novosibirsk
Let’s start with the overall impression. There are buildings with fancy signage. “House of Culture of the October Revolution”:
![](https://ilyabirman.net/meanwhile/pictures/novosibirsk-IMG_2556e.jpg)
Dimensional signage:
![](https://ilyabirman.net/meanwhile/pictures/novosibirsk-IMG_2435.jpg)
You might assume this is a view of the same building from the other side, but no, this is a different building:
![](https://ilyabirman.net/meanwhile/pictures/novosibirsk-IMG_2560.jpg)
Love the old Aeroflot logo very much:
![](https://ilyabirman.net/meanwhile/pictures/novosibirsk-IMG_2533.jpg)
Oblpotrebsoyuz:
![](https://ilyabirman.net/meanwhile/pictures/novosibirsk-IMG_2453.jpg)
Kukol (apparently, from “Teatr kukol”, meaning “Puppet Theater”):
![](https://ilyabirman.net/meanwhile/pictures/novosibirsk-IMG_2436.jpg)
Kassy (box office):
![](https://ilyabirman.net/meanwhile/pictures/novosibirsk-IMG_2437.jpg)
A nice arrangement of ул. (street) and им. (named after) on the sign:
![](https://ilyabirman.net/meanwhile/pictures/novosibirsk-IMG_2566.jpg)
Sometimes buildings from different eras make good neighbors:
![](https://ilyabirman.net/meanwhile/pictures/novosibirsk-IMG_2572.jpg)
A house with a huge canopy or whatever it is:
![](https://ilyabirman.net/meanwhile/pictures/novosibirsk-IMG_2439.jpg)
Another nice house, but with a terrible fence:
![](https://ilyabirman.net/meanwhile/pictures/novosibirsk-IMG_2515.jpg)
The coolest house:
![](https://ilyabirman.net/meanwhile/pictures/novosibirsk-IMG_2578.jpg)
The coziest house:
![](https://ilyabirman.net/meanwhile/pictures/novosibirsk-IMG_2480.jpg)
The bluest house:
![](https://ilyabirman.net/meanwhile/pictures/novosibirsk-IMG_2475.jpg)
Courtyard as if you were in London:
![](https://ilyabirman.net/meanwhile/pictures/novosibirsk-IMG_2574.jpg)
Underpass:
![](https://ilyabirman.net/meanwhile/pictures/novosibirsk-IMG_2555.jpg)
Looks bad, but on the other hand, it’s about Mayakovsky, so there is something to it:
![](https://ilyabirman.net/meanwhile/pictures/novosibirsk-IMG_2567.jpg)
A more typical view of Novosibirsk is like this:
![](https://ilyabirman.net/meanwhile/pictures/novosibirsk-IMG_2442.jpg)
The pictures are from the trip in April 2021.