Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Shops
Most are open daily, often from 10am to 8pm. Department stores and food shops are
usually open from 8am to 8pm or 10pm daily. These days, some larger food shops stay open
kruglosutochno
(around the clock).
Restaurants
Typically open from noon to midnight, although - again - it is not unusual for
them to stay open for 24 hours a day. Bars may stay open until 2am, while some restaurants,
bars and clubs are open until 5am or 6am on weekends.
Museums
Opening hours change often, as do their weekly days off. Recently, many mu-
seums have instituted evening hours one day a week, usually until 8pm or 9pm. Most mu-
seums shut their entrance doors one hour before closing time. Many also close for a 'sanit-
ary day' during the last week of every month.
Post
Although the service has improved dramatically in recent years, the usual warnings about
delays and disappearances of incoming and outgoing mail apply to Moscow. Airmail letters
take at least two weeks from Moscow to Europe, and longer to the USA or Australasia. DHL,
UPS and FedEx are all active in Moscow.
Should you decide to send mail to Moscow, or try to receive it, note that addresses should
be written in reverse order: Russia, postal code, city, street address and then name.
POST OFFICE
POST OFFICE
Main Post Office
Public Holidays
New Year's Day
1 January
Russian Orthodox Christmas
7 January
International Women's Day
8 March
International Labour Day/Spring Festival
1 and 2 May
Victory (1945) Day
9 May
Russian Independence
12 June
