Observation platform in the children's world on Lubyanka. Observation deck at the Central Children's Store on Lubyanka: how to get there and photos. How to get to the central “Children’s World” on Lubyanka from the “Lubyanka” metro station

Good day!

In this review I will tell you about observation deck, which is located in the very center of Moscow. It will be interesting to visit not only Muscovites, but also guests of the capital. It is located in the largest children's store Moscow - Central Children's World.

To get to the observation deck, you need to go up to the top floor, right under the roof.

Walk through the cafe area following the signs to the entrance to the observation deck and the Museum of Childhood.

Works observation deck from 10-22 hours. The entrance is free.

It is located on the very roof of the Central Children's House.

The observation deck consists of two parts.

There is a corridor between them.

In this corridor there are stands with information about the sights of Moscow, which can be seen from the observation deck.

View from two observation platforms approximately the same, only the viewing angle changes. Therefore, from one site the Kremlin is better visible, and from the other - Lubyanka Square.

To see everything better, you can use telescopes. They are free.

Now I propose to admire the views of the center of Moscow.

Lubyanka Square has been completely dug up. Moscow in recent years has looked like a large construction site. It is difficult to find a place where construction work is not ongoing.

Building Polytechnic Museum has been closed for several years.

Let's look into the distance. Our eyes open to a view of Kremlin.

You can see the domes in the distance Cathedral of Christ the Savior.

If we look down, we will see monument to the first printer Ivan Fedorov. Next to it is the foundation of the Trinity Church in the Fields. It was demolished in 1934.

And if you look higher, we see the building Manege.

Nikolskaya street- one of the oldest streets in Moscow. It will lead you to Red Square. I really like to walk along it.

Visible in the distance high-rise on Kotelnicheskaya embankment.

I told you a little about what you can see from this site. But an attentive visitor will see much more.

The observation deck in the building of the Central Children's World is not the only one in Moscow, but it is here that offers a view of the historical center of the city. I advise you to visit it and see everything with your own eyes.

I wish you all interesting travels and new discoveries!

In the recently opened Central Children's Store on Lubyanka, you can get to the observation deck, which offers wonderful views of the historical center of Moscow. And you can do this absolutely free.

As soon as the Central Children's Store on Lubyanka opened, we, of course, went to see what happened after such a long reconstruction. We prepared thoroughly for the visit - we printed out the guidebook and highlighted what exactly we wanted to visit. One of the attractions of the Children's Store is the observation deck on the 7th floor. We headed there at the beginning.

How to find the observation deck in the Central Children's Store on Lubyanka:

m. Kuznetsky Bridge/Lubyanka. address Teatralny proezd, building 5 (Central children's store on Lubyanka). 7th floor.

You need to take the elevator to the 6th floor, then we go around all the catering points (almost all the cafes are located on the 6th level). Next, we head to the large atrium and go around it. Next to the atrium there will be a small door and a staircase that leads to the Museum of Childhood (review of the museum) and the observation deck. We go through the door, climb a little more, and behold, Moscow is in front of us, clearly in full view.

Door to the Observation Deck.

In fact, there are two observation platforms at the top, and they are connected by a long passage: on one side we have a view of the Lubyanka building and the Polytechnic Museum, and on the other you can see the Kremlin.

If you go all the way to the right, you can see a huge logo mounted on the roof. For safety reasons, keep it closed.

View of the Kremlin.

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Those who are afraid of heights have nothing to fear - there is a fairly high glass side around the entire perimeter. It is worth noting that it is made correctly, as it does not interfere with photography.

There were quite a lot of people on the day we visited the observation point: there were a lot of photographers with tripods, trying to capture Moscow.

This passage connects two observation platforms.

For the curious, telescopic pipes have been installed at the observation deck so that you can get a good look at the old buildings.

View of Lubyanka Square and Polytechnic.

Moscow at night is beautiful!

Overall this is beautiful place, I think in the summer there will be no crowd here. A visit to the observation deck on the roof is a great reason to stop by the Central Children's Store.

Central Children's World on Lubyanka on the map

(The observation deck is located on the 7th level. The elevator only goes up to the 6th floor, then take the stairs on foot).

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It would never have occurred to me to write an article about how to get to the Central Children's World on Lubyanka, if not for chance.
I saw a confused woman at the “Revolution Square” metro station. She carefully studied the exit sign to the city. And she couldn’t decide where it was best to go.
Following my guide habit, I myself offered to help. I heard an indecisive answer:
- Yes, I need to go to Detsky Mir. I haven’t been to the center for so long, I forgot everything. I think which way is more convenient to go out?
I showed the lady the right escalator, went up with her, indicated the further direction of movement and realized that I needed to help others.

Without wasting any more words, I present a map where different routes from different metro stations are marked. I drew how to go to Detsky Mir (indicated by a yellow rectangle, at the top, in the northeast) from the Ploshchad Revolyutsii metro station. The Metropol Hotel (landmark) is also marked with a yellow rectangle.

Below are the routes to Detsky Mir from the Kuznetsky Most and Teatralnaya metro stations.

(I will attach diagrams on a larger scale below)
I am also enclosing a detailed guide, because subway stations do not always have the coveted sign “to the Children’s World”. You still have to guess which way to go!

1.How to get to the central “Children’s World” on Lubyanka from the “Lubyanka” metro station

This is the most convenient and closest station to Detsky Mir. There is no need to go up to the street; at Lubyanka they have opened an exit to the zero level of a children's store.

At the Lubyanka metro station we are looking for a sign for the exit to the city, on Lubyanskaya Square, Novaya Square. The last point on the board lights up the inscription: to “ Central Children's Store."

Goes up the escalator. There the road diverges into two branches. On the left there are signs:

You already guessed that you DO NOT need to go here! Turn RIGHT and go into the right arm of the tunnel. It opened recently, so there is nothing written on it!

The sign will tell you where to go.

Here is the entrance to Children's World. By the way, the left door is also open. 🙂

2. How to get to the central “Children’s World” on Lubyanka from the “Kuznetsky Most” metro station

It takes two minutes to walk from Kuznetsky Most to Detsky Mir. Be careful! Don't look for the sign in the usual place, at the top. At the Kuznetsky Most station, the exit sign hangs on the wall!

But here it is clearly indicated that to the “Children's Store” - to the right.
We go up the escalator. We go out into the street and immediately turn LEFT. You need to go through the arch under the house. It can be seen from afar.

As soon as you exit the arch onto Pushechnaya Street, you will immediately see the “Children’s World” building. In the photo on the left is the corner of “Children’s World”.

Go straight, just be careful, there are a lot of cars! The entrance to “Children’s World” is from Rozhdestvenka Street, it can be seen in the next photo.

Once again I am attaching the route map. It also marks the route from the Teatralnaya metro station.

3. How to get to the central “Children’s World” on Lubyanka from the “Teatralnaya” metro station

It’s easy to walk from the Teatralnaya metro station to Detsky Mir. This path will take about 7 minutes. (If you find yourself at Okhotny Ryad, I don’t recommend getting out; it’s better to take the red line to Lubyanka).

At Teatralnaya station, follow the signs to Teatralnaya Square, streets Okhotny Ryad and B. Dmitrovka, to the Bolshoi and Maly theaters, etc. This is where you need to go.

Let's go up the escalator, then up the stairs.

At the end there are two exits to the city, you need to turn right, to Teatralnaya Square and the Bolshoi Theater.

Another staircase.

And you are at the top, out onto Teatralnaya Square. On the left is the Bolshoi Theater building. You need to go straight.

Feel free to cross the road at the underpass; there is no traffic in the square.

We cross Petrovka Street along the ground crossing, waiting for the green traffic light.

We crossed Petrovka, in the distance you will notice the building of “Children’s World” - in the photo - second from the left.

4. How to get to the central “Children’s World” on Lubyanka from the metro station “Ploshchad Revolyutsii”

From “Revolution Square” the distance to “Children’s World” is the same as from “Teatralnaya”. You need to go towards Revolution Square, Red Square, Manezhnaya Square, and the Metropol Hotel.

Go up the escalator and immediately turn RIGHT. There is another sign before exiting the glass doors.

At the top you will see the square, in the distance on the left - the Bolshoi Theater building. Directly in front of you is the hotel building.

That's where we're going.

At the corner we turn left and follow the front of the hotel.

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The world's largest children's shopping complex finally opened after a long restoration. "Children's World", built in 1957 according to the design of Soviet architect Alexei Dushkin, was the most famous children's store in the USSR. The products of all plants and factories in the field of children's clothing, shoes and toys were presented here. In 2008, the building was closed to the public due to the poor condition of the load-bearing structures, and only in December 2014 the renovation was completed.

The famous building on Lubyanka not only changed its name to the “Central Children's Store”, but was also transformed inside: new architectural solutions, one of the best observation decks over the center of Moscow, flagship stores, interactive areas with educational programs on each floor of the department store and much, much more. .

Landmark, Landmark, Shopping and Entertainment Center

During the restoration, first of all, they tried to preserve the uniqueness of the main trading floor. It was recreated according to the original architectural plan of the architect Alexei Dushkin, even the marble for decoration was brought from the Koelginskoye deposit - this is the type of stone that was used during construction in 1957.

The central atrium was preserved in its historical place, 8 unique bronze floor lamps were restored and installed, and more than 100 balusters from 1957 were recreated in the fences. As for the changes, the space of the central atrium has increased by raising the dome from the 3rd to the 7th floor.

Now a stage has been installed here, where children's events, parades of life-size puppets, performances take place every day, and every evening a three-dimensional light show is organized for children, transforming the atrium into a “magical music box" During the program, an entire wall is illuminated with the brightest colors of various subjects, the first of which are “History of Russia” and “Nature of Russia”.

Where: 1st floor

When: from 10:00 to 22:00. Light shows for children every day at 17:00, 18:00, 19:00, 20:00

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Central children's store

Teatralny proezd, 5/1, Moscow

Sight

The total area of stained glass windows in the Central House of Art on Lubyanka is more than 1,500 square meters. On the dome of the atrium you can see paintings based on the fairy tales about “The Frog Princess”, “The Feather of Finist-Yasna Falcon”, “Vasilisa the Beautiful”, “Sister Alyonushka and Brother Ivanushka”. This series was created based on the works of Russian illustrator Ivan Bilibin.

The glass ceiling of the atrium of the restaurant courtyard was decorated with colored glass with reproductions of paintings by the Russian painter Aristarkh Vasilyevich Lentulov from his series “Moscow Subjects”: “Moscow”, “Tverskoy Boulevard”, “St. Basil in Moscow”, “Ringing. Bell tower of Ivan the Great" and others.

On the second floor in the “Magic” hall there is a voluminous stained glass window “Map of Russia and the Coat of Arms of Russia” weighing more than a ton. The composition was created manually from natural stones and glass, and gems the orb and crowns imitate Swarovski crystals.

Where: 1st and 2nd floors, food court

1st and 2nd floors, food court

Sight

A watch weighing more than 5 tons was made especially for the Central House of Art by the oldest Russian enterprise- Petrodvorets watch factory “Raketa”. The mechanism, measuring 6 by 7 meters, consists of 21 gears, a 13-meter pendulum with a diameter of 3 meters and about 5,000 parts made of steel, aluminum, titanium and gold-plated.

“Rocket” will be one of the five most accurate and famous mechanical watches in the world, along with the clock on the Prague Tower, Big Ben, the Kremlin Chimes, as well as the clock in one of the ancient capitals of China, Guangzhou. They are also recognized as the largest: there are no other working mechanisms in the world that have gears of such sizes.

Where: The “Rocket” dial is best seen from the main atrium, and if you go up to the 5th floor, you can see all the mechanisms through the transparent glass and watch the gears in action

Main Atrium

Sight

The rocket, made up of 1.9 million designer parts, occupies 5 floors. The model was assembled by more than 150 people over 8,650 hours. Its height is 18 and a half meters, and its weight is more than 4 tons.

You can view the rocket on different floors; it is also very interesting to study the figures of heroes: Vikings and Egyptians, Roman legionnaires, the scientist Pythagoras, the inventor Guttenberg and the famous Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe.

The world's largest LEGO model

1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th floors

Panoramic view

One of best views to the center of Moscow - on the roof of the Central Children's Store. From here you can see the Kremlin, the Cathedral of Christ the Savior, and in the distance the building of Moscow State University on Sparrow Hills. Specially installed telescopic pipes make it possible to examine in detail the architecture of buildings: a high-rise building on Kotelnicheskaya Embankment or the domes of St. Basil's Cathedral.

When: 10:00 to 21:30 daily

Where: 7th floor, entrance through the “Museum of Childhood”

Museum

The kindest museum in the capital has more than 1000 exhibits.

At the entrance to the museum, guests are greeted by a huge plush elephant, which was made for Detsky Mir on a special order in the mid-80s. For several decades he was part of the store's decorations, moving his ears and standing on his hind legs. After it was closed for reconstruction, the baby elephant was given to a large family as a gift, and only after a collection of commemorative toys for the museum was announced did it return here.

Other exhibits include Cheburashka and the crocodile Gena, dolls of all kinds, teddy bears, tumblers, tabletop Railway, games “Battleship” and “Behind the Wheel”, soldiers, tanks, projectors for filmstrips and much more. Near each exhibit there is a plaque indicating the name, years and place of issue. To the delight of visitors, some toys can be picked up.

Every hour the museum hosts a fascinating interactive show that tells the history of the store and children's products.

Where: 7th floor

When: from 10:00 to 22:00. Interactive show- every hour, from 11:30 to 20:30

Playground

Most interactive areas in the Central Children's House on Lubyanka work only through a special application. The aquarium is no exception. After downloading the application, you can select a fish and place it on one of three screens. You can feed the fish, look at the seascapes, and collect bonuses in all three aquariums. Since the screens are quite large, you will have to run between them.

Where: 4th floor

When: from 10:00 to 22:00

Large virtual aquarium

Playground

Famous characters from Carroll's tale have been turned into interactive coloring pages. There are three multimedia tables where you can color Alice, the March Hare, the Cheshire Cat or the White Rabbit.

It will be interesting for both toddlers and older children to draw on the tables - for the latter, more complex figures have been prepared that need to be painted using special brushes. After the character is painted, he comes to life - Alice falls into the rabbit hole, and at the Mad Hatter's table they finally start drinking tea.

Where: 3rd floor

When: from 10:00 to 22:00

Cultural Center

About 50 books are collected in the “library”. Each one has a QR code; by scanning it through a special application, you can download the book to your phone.

The library's collection contains detective stories, encyclopedias and fairy tales: “Winnie the Pooh” by Alan Milne, “The Tale of Lost Time” by Evgeniy Schwartz, “Seven Underground Kings” by Alexander Volkov, “The Leader of the Redskins” by O. Henry. They promise that the library will gradually be replenished.

Where: on the 4th floor

When: from 10:00 to 22:00

Playground

On three large, wall-sized screens, spaceships fly, which you can control using your own movements.

Having chosen the Mars rover, you need to stand opposite it at a special point. You can adjust the progress of the ship by stepping from foot to foot and easily leaning to the side. Along the way you will need to collect crystals and avoid stones. Interesting scientific facts appear on the screen from time to time.

Where: 5th floor

When: from 10:00 to 22:00

Playground

One of the most interesting interactive areas. On a virtual spaceship you can fly around our planet, the Solar System, the Galaxy and star clusters, look at the Earth from space, trace its rotation and see from two sides at once - solar and shadow.

The ship can be controlled using a trackball, a special joystick, and small text explanations appear on the screen all the time.

Where: 6th floor

When: from 10:00 to 22:00

Playground

You can take a photo on the embankment in St. Petersburg, climb to the top of the mountain, or become the hero of a fairy tale about Alice or the Little Mermaid in the photo booth of the Central Children's Museum. The background is selected on the screen, after which you need to freeze, and after 10 seconds the photo is ready.

You can send the resulting photo to yourself email or download using QR code. It is possible to print an image measuring 10 by 15 centimeters at the inhumane price of 300 rubles in the Souvenir Shop.

Where: 1st floor

When: from 10:00 to 22:00

On March 31, 2015, the Central Children's Store opened on Lubyanka after a large-scale reconstruction (from 1957 to 2008 it was called "Children's World"), the reconstruction of the building lasted seven whole years. This is the largest children's store both in Moscow and in the country, and one of the largest in the world. The area of the restored department store is 73 thousand square meters (for comparison: the area of a children's toy store in London is only 5 thousand square meters).

The symbol of the Central Children's Store on Lubyanka is the bear cub Rosya. The prototype of the hero was a teddy bear from 1964, bought in a children's store.
Teddy bear Rosya greets visitors at the entrance to the store

The southern lobby of the Lubyanka metro station has reopened. It was closed due to the reconstruction of the Children's World building. Now, as before, you can immediately get to the store from the Lubyanka metro station.

At the entrance to the Central Children's House there is an information desk, and there is a rush around it. Everyone asks “how, where, what”? The store map is selling like hot cakes

During the construction of the Central Children's House, original materials were used. For example, marble columns and railings were restored and reinstalled. At the same time, the inside of the building has become more comfortable and modern.

I remember from childhood that every trip to Children’s World was accompanied by the obligatory purchase of ice cream.

Now ice cream costs: ice cream - 70 rubles, pistachio and chocolate - 70 rubles, popsicle - 100 rubles

The most popular in the Soviet Union was an ordinary ice cream in an ordinary waffle cup (it was considered special luck when the waffle cup crunched). Until the 80s, it cost 19 kopecks, and the change of one kopeck, naturally, went to the saleswoman. Then the authorities realized that this was wrong and the ice cream began to cost exactly 20 kopecks. The most delicious ice cream in waffle cups Soviet Union Probably sold in Moscow's TSUM, GUM and Detsky Mir.

The ice cream also sells out with a bang.

The main atrium, like a fairy-tale palace, is decorated with paintings by the artist Ivan Bilibin.
The legendary illustrations of this master are familiar to everyone since childhood. These are pictures from favorite Russian fairy tales about “The Frog Princess”, “Vasilisa the Beautiful”, “Sister Alyonushka and Brother Ivanushka”, about “The Feather of Finist-Yasna Falcon”, “The Tale of Tsar Saltan” and others. Area of unique stained glass windows self made above the main atrium is even difficult to imagine: it is more than 1000 square meters!

During the work, the historical façade was completely restored and an atrium was created, the dome of which is decorated with stained glass windows. They are fulfilled acrylic paints with scenes from Russian fairy tales. The authors of the stained glass paintings with an area of 1.5 thousand square meters were the artists Pavel Andreev and Elena Markovskaya, who used paintings by Ivan Bilibin and Aristarkh Lentulov.

On the ground floor there is a white Pobeda car

There is also a stage on the ground floor where artists perform, and in the center of the main atrium children play with inflatable balloons

On a weekday there are quite a lot of people who come to see the updated Children’s World

I am sure that the Central Children's Store will be sold out this weekend.

Personally, I didn’t like the design of the central atrium. After all, it’s a children’s store and they could lay out the floor for a children’s theme, but it looks like an ordinary shopping center

The place where the Central Children's World was built in 1957 was historically formed as shopping district. To line up main store All the children of the country, it was necessary to completely demolish 4 buildings in which there were workshops, confectionery shops and shops. In return, the country received the largest retail space exclusively for the sale of children's goods, which later, when exploited, turned into the territory of a happy childhood in the country of the Soviets.

On each floor there are interactive areas with educational and entertainment programs for children.

Interactive photo studio "Landscapes of Russia"

You choose a background for the photo, then the camera takes a photo of you and you can send the resulting frame to your email.

I decided to look into the first store I came across. The tent-shop is designed to resemble the Smurfs' house

The departments in the store are decorated in the style of the products sold. House of "Masha and the Bear" from the cartoon. Not only children take pictures with Mishka:))

The designers at the LEGO store did a great job; there are figures from the construction set everywhere

Modern city made from Lego. You can press buttons and various actions will occur, such as lowering the car

Ivan the Great Bell Tower and Spasskaya Tower of the Moscow Kremlin

The Bolshoi Theater building is also made entirely from Lego.

The world's tallest LEGO model is installed in the Central House of Art. The giant rocket made from LEGO bricks, 18.5 meters high and weighing more than 4 tons, consists of a record number of parts - 1.9 million pieces. It took 154 people and 8,650 hours to assemble this figure.

The store has a carousel on the ground floor. Of course, it’s a pity that they didn’t preserve the good old carousel here, which delighted the children

You can ride the carousel absolutely free, but to do this, the children need to tell a poem or song to the good Baba Yaga, for this she will give a “ticket” to the attraction

In general, the stores have a lot of interesting things for children and they are all absolutely free.

You can sculpt a figure from clay

can you build a castle out of sand?

In the central atrium of the store there are mechanical watches, which weigh 4.5 tons and consist of 5 thousand parts made of steel, aluminum, titanium and gold-plated. Previously, Children's World had a clock with a cuckoo clock, which many considered to be a symbol of Children's World; the new clock is unlikely to become a symbol...

The world's largest watch was made by craftsmen from the Raketa factory.

The operating clock mechanism measures 6 x 7 m and consists of 21 gears, a 4-meter balance escape wheel and a 13-meter pendulum with a diameter of 3 m.

Children's hairdressing salon "Imaginary" is originally designed and thought out.

Here the child sits on a car chair and watches TV with cartoons :) prices from 800 rubles for a haircut

Interactive attraction "Alice in Wonderland"

Choose a character and start coloring different colors heroes

Children's stores operate on the first and second floors, all the rest are fenced off and have a sign: "Opening soon"

Attraction "Interactive Aquarium"

Interactive library. Here you can download the book to your gadget.

You need to download our application to your gadget, go up to the 4th floor of the Central Children's House, find the interactive portal, turn on the camera on your device and select the book you like. One magical movement of the hand - and it is already downloaded to your gadget! For the youngest visitors in the library, the characters from the fairy tales “Kolobok”, “Teremok” and “Turnip” will come to life on the screen, and while reading a fairy tale, the child will be able to participate in the plot - knead the dough, build a tower, find a mouse.

Dinosaur Show. The show takes place every half hour from 10:00 to 21:00. Ticket prices on weekdays (weekends): adults 550 rubles (600 rubles), children 450 rubles (500 rubles)

Interactive game “Journey to Mars”. You can play alone or with a friend.

KidBurg is located on the fifth floor of the Central Children's House. KidBurg provides an opportunity for a child to realize his or her inclinations to future profession and believe in your strengths and abilities. The format of the game makes acquiring new knowledge and skills fun and exciting for the child, because during the game you can trace the connection between the acquisition of knowledge, its application and the achieved result.
While the child is “working” in KidBurg, parents can relax! Adults (from 14 years old) are given bracelets that provide the right to free entry and exit from the city. You can watch the game from the side, take photos, and visit the KidBurg cafe.
The ticket price includes access to all gaming areas without time restrictions. Children can master any profession, of which there are more than 50 in KidBurg.
Price from 250 rubles

On the seventh floor there is a “food court” where the whole family can have a meal

On the seventh floor there is the Museum of Childhood (free admission)

The museum displays toys, books, records, films, radio programs that connect more than one generation of people, thanks to which adults go to happy childhood years, and children learn what the childhood of their parents and grandparents was like.

Near the shop windows you can only hear conversations: “I had this one when I was a child” :))

The museum collection includes about a thousand exhibits. If desired, visitors can participate in expanding the collection by adding toys purchased at Children's World.

You can make a collection of coins to remember your visit to the museum yourself, using a special coin machine.

One of the main attractions of the new Children's World is the Observation Deck.

The site offers views of a good half of the center of Moscow

I am glad that the Observation Deck is open to the public

There are the most powerful telescopes, the magnification in them is impressive :)

The observation deck is divided into two platforms. The areas are located between the inscription "Central Children's Store" on the facade of the building