Route: Ozyornaya (metro station) → Olympic Village (microdistrict)
A walk around the Ozyornaya area: the station, the square, the streets, and the history of Nikulino
Stories along the route
Озёрная (станция метро) · 0.0 km
You are standing underground, but around you there's not the usual rumble of a tunnel — instead, silence and light.
Озёрная площадь · 0.5 km
Pause for a moment and look around. You're standing on Ozyornaya Square — one of those Moscow crossroads people usually pass by without noticing. And yet this place has character.
Большой Очаковский пруд (Москва) · 1.5 km
Before you is not just water — it's a man-made marvel hidden in the very heart of Moscow's west. Bolshoy Ochakovsky Pond is an artificial reservoir, as if created on purpose so that you can forget the city noise.
Олимпийская деревня (микрорайон) · 2.5 km
You are standing in the very heart of a place that was once a closed city for the chosen few. Imagine: the late 1970s, Moscow is getting ready for the planet's main sporting celebration, and right here, among quiet alley…
Никулино (бывшее село, Москва) · 3.8 km
Вот так, прямо под ногами у современного мегаполиса, скрывается целая жизнь, которая когда-то называлась просто — Никулино. Вы стоите там, где ещё каких-то сто лет назад пахло сеном и мычали коровы, а не гудели машины.