In Yekaterinburg, I turned out to be purely on business, made visas at the Consulate of Germany. But it happened that I had a lot of free time to train, and I went to wander around the city. I did not think he was so modern. Multi-storey business centers did not give way to their views of Moscow. Potted streets, steep cars, serious people, hurrying to work ... The city center more and more reminded me of Moscow.
True, only the center. The remaining areas are quite ordinary, not so clean and modern.
Familiar who lived in Yekaterinburg for some time, advised me to go to the zoo. I will not say that there is something special. The zoo as a zoo, big, quite clean ... I am generally skeptical about the places yourself.
But I liked it, so these are monuments. Was on the embankment near the dam, there saw several interesting tricks. First, the monument to Vladimir Vysotsky and Marina Vlad. I like it when the monument does not just depict a person, but transfers some moment from his life. This one. It feels history. Secondly, this is a monument to the invisible person. Original, just tracks in asphalt. In my opinion, economically and creatively. Of the same series, the monument of the keyboard, not very economically, but unusually. And there are many such fun monuments in the city.
From the trip, I realized that the inhabitants of Yekaterinburg are business, but those who know how to joke people. What is very cool.