{"id":4968,"date":"2016-09-27T21:52:05","date_gmt":"2016-09-28T04:52:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/?p=4968"},"modified":"2019-08-26T08:10:44","modified_gmt":"2019-08-26T15:10:44","slug":"10-reasons-you-know-youre-a-real-muscovite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/10-reasons-you-know-youre-a-real-muscovite","title":{"rendered":"10 Reasons You Know You\u2019re a Real Muscovite"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>When can you officially call yourself a local in Moscow? <\/strong>What makes you an insider in Russian capital? If you do at least half of these things, you\u2019re well on your way to being a \u201cReal Muscovite\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Our <a href=\"https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/moscow\/guides\/angelina\">Moscow guide Angelina<\/a>\u00a0came up with a list of what a real Muscovite does and doesn&#8217;t do.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  id=\"_ytid_62489\"  width=\"1070\" height=\"602\"  data-origwidth=\"1070\" data-origheight=\"602\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8TZ5gv80iyc?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;disablekb=0&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2>10 things that define you as a Muscovite<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>You are dynamic just like the city itself.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>The facade and content of <a href=\"https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/soviet-places-and-things-to-do-in-moscow\">Moscow life<\/a> is constantly changing. New cafes open and old ones close every month. New buildings appear as quickly as you have never thought it\u2019s possible. The city never sleeps, and its lifestyle can\u2019t leave you indifferent.<\/p>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li>You are really fond of history and you do visit museums and galleries.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>You do read a lot and we visit a lot of lectures and exhibitions. Modern or classical ones \u2013 you do love both. You are genuinely interested in what\u2019s happening in the city. Along with libraries museums are few places where one can concentrate on your work or studies, or just reflect on your thoughts. Located in the city centre, the libraries are easily reachable and all you need is your passport to get a library card.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4975\" style=\"width: 688px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4975\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4975\" src=\"https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/muscovites.jpg\" alt=\"VNKHs park, or All-Russian Exhibition Center\" width=\"678\" height=\"908\" srcset=\"https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/muscovites.jpg 678w, https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/muscovites-112x150.jpg 112w, https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/muscovites-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/muscovites-600x804.jpg 600w, https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/muscovites-573x768.jpg 573w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 678px) 100vw, 678px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-4975\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">VNKHs park, or All-Russian Exhibition Center<\/p><\/div>\n<ol start=\"3\">\n<li>You love long walks and prefer them to going by metro in a rush-hour (from 8-10am and 6-8 pm).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Sometimes it\u2019s better to stay for two more hours in the city-center go for a walk. But the downtown\u00a0is quite safe. So you can stay here until it\u2019s dark and go home without your shoes getting ruined in the metro. Checking out new <a href=\"https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/best-moscow-restaurants\">Moscow restaurants<\/a> is always a good idea to kill time.<\/p>\n<ol start=\"4\">\n<li>You avoid the circle metro-line.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>The brown circle line in <a href=\"https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/7-myths-about-moscow-metro\">Moscow metro<\/a> is very convenient. It makes it possible not to cross the city-center to get to some particular point on the map. There is\u00a0one little catch though! The line has 7 railway stations and the chance to get stuck in a carriage because of somebody\u2019s huge bags and miss the station you need is more than real. That\u2019s why a true Muscovite prefers to avoid using the brown line at all costs.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4974\" style=\"width: 785px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4974\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4974\" src=\"https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/moscow-and-muscovites.jpg\" alt=\"touristy areas in Moscow\" width=\"775\" height=\"517\" srcset=\"https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/moscow-and-muscovites.jpg 775w, https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/moscow-and-muscovites-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/moscow-and-muscovites-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/moscow-and-muscovites-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/moscow-and-muscovites-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 775px) 100vw, 775px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-4974\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alexander Garden near the Kremlin<\/p><\/div>\n<ol start=\"5\">\n<li>You visit St Petersburg more often than your grandparents\u2019 house.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/moscow-vs-st-petersburg\">St Petersburg vs Moscow<\/a> \u2013 you can find quite a few articles on this topic. Here we won\u2019t dig deep into the main differences, but will speak about similarities. Both cities used to be capitals of the country. Muscovites often move to St Petersburg hoping to have a rest from busy life, as the city is 6 times smaller and its population is 5 mln people (comparing to Moscow\u2019s 13 mln). Every Moscow school kid had at least one trip in life to St Petersburg with his or her classmates at the end of May-beginning of June. You love St Pete and call it our Northern capital; you pay respect to its European-like narrow streets described in novels by Russian writers of the 18<sup>th<\/sup> \u2013 19<sup>th<\/sup> centuries.<\/p>\n<ol start=\"6\">\n<li>Have never been to the Mausoleum.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>The mausoleum used to be considered a temple of the Soviet times, a monument to the only leader of the Russian revolution Vladimir Lenin, whose embalmed body is still there inside. It\u2019s an example of the Soviet style architecture, which can\u2019t leave anyone who visited Red Square indifferent. A number of mysterious facts are related to that page of the Russian history. Tourists visit the place as it\u2019s a feature of Moscow, but Muscovites got used to it that much, that most people have never been inside and never seen Lenin\u2019s body.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4972\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4972\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-4972\" src=\"https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/moscow-through-the-eyes-of-locals-1024x652.jpg\" alt=\"most beautiful places in Moscow\" width=\"1024\" height=\"652\" srcset=\"https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/moscow-through-the-eyes-of-locals-1024x652.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/moscow-through-the-eyes-of-locals-150x95.jpg 150w, https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/moscow-through-the-eyes-of-locals-300x191.jpg 300w, https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/moscow-through-the-eyes-of-locals-768x489.jpg 768w, https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/moscow-through-the-eyes-of-locals-600x382.jpg 600w, https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/moscow-through-the-eyes-of-locals-1290x821.jpg 1290w, https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/moscow-through-the-eyes-of-locals.jpg 1593w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-4972\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nikolskaya street in Moscow, Kitay Gorod<\/p><\/div>\n<ol start=\"7\">\n<li>You go by metro although you have your personal car.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Traffic is a problem here. Those Muscovites that are lucky to have dacha and live there whole year round use their own cars to get to work. But those who live within the city boundaries prefer using metro or other means of public transport, because in the rush hour it is possible to lose about 4-5 hours in the traffic. Who likes it?<\/p>\n<ol start=\"8\">\n<li>You suffer from insomnia.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Just like more than 50% of Muscovites. People of all ages have to get up early, when it\u2019s still dark outside, plus \u2013 especially in winter \u2013 we suffer from lack of sunlight. That has taught us to feel happy because of little things: first warm day after long winter, first bike ride in spring, first smell of June.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4969\" style=\"width: 970px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4969\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4969\" src=\"https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/locals-in-moscow.jpg\" alt=\"moscow through the eyes of locals\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/locals-in-moscow.jpg 960w, https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/locals-in-moscow-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/locals-in-moscow-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/locals-in-moscow-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/locals-in-moscow-600x450.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-4969\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Moscow coffee shop<\/p><\/div>\n<ol start=\"9\">\n<li>You always, always touch the dog\u2019s nose at Revolution Square metro station.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>You do it automatically and without thinking or making a wish, just as a sign of luck, you never skip this nose<\/p>\n<ol start=\"10\">\n<li>You are tired of Moscow but can\u2019t think of leaving it.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Sometimes busy life-style gets boring or even exhausting. Most of the people living in Moscow have somewhere to escape for a weekend \u2013 either a country house or relatives\u2019 place in a smaller town. Very few people though think about moving abroad because that would mean losing so many educational and career opportunities and start all over again.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4971\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4971\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-4971\" src=\"https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/moscow-locals-1024x672.jpg\" alt=\"Russian girl\" width=\"1024\" height=\"672\" srcset=\"https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/moscow-locals-1024x672.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/moscow-locals-150x98.jpg 150w, https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/moscow-locals-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/moscow-locals-768x504.jpg 768w, https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/moscow-locals-600x394.jpg 600w, https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/moscow-locals-1290x846.jpg 1290w, https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/moscow-locals.jpg 1811w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-4971\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Moscow guide<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When can you officially call yourself a local in Moscow? What makes you an insider in Russian capital? 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