Four new parks perfect for autumn strolls
Moscow recently opened four new parks — three are completely new, built on unused or underused land, and one is vast improvement on a park and some abandoned ponds. Stroll around while the weather is still autumnal.
Tyufeleva roshcha
Tyufeleva roshcha is a new park next to the sprawling (простирающийся на большие расстояния) ZIL Art complex. After a fifteen minute walk from Metro station Avtozavodskaya through industrial wasteland you come upon this oasis of a park, surrounded by half constructed or abandoned (заброшенный) buildings with gaping windows and a huge banner saying “Krasota Spasyot” (Beauty Will Save [You]).
Levoberezhny Recreation Zone
Levoberezhny (“Left Bank”) Recreation Zone is another park on the very outskirts of northern Moscow that’s recently been completely (полностью) renovated. It’s centered around the eponymous sandy beach in a little bay on the Moscow Canal. The park is about ten-fifteen minute walk through Khimki forest from Khovrino, the last metro stop on the green line.
