Moscow Sports and Recreation

 

Moscow sports & recreation boasts a wide range of alternatives for both spectators and for those who want to participate and keep fit.

 

 

Professional Moscow Sports / Spectator Sports

 

Moscow has 5 premier division teams that field not only professional football clubs, but professional hockey and basket ball teams as well.

 

Spartak Moscow – Lokomotiv Stadium
Dinamo Moscow – Dinamo Stadium
FC Torpedo Moscow Club – Torpedo Stadium
Lokomotiv Moscow Club – Lokomotiv Stadium
CSKA (Central Sport Club of the Army) – Peschanoe Stadium

 

 

Professional Tennis has become a popular spectator sport in present day Russia. Frowned upon in Soviet times as a bourgeois sport, Russia has recently found international respect in professional tennis thanks to stars such as Anna Kournikova, Marat Safin, and Maria Sharapova.

 

Moscow is host to an annual grand slam tournament, the Kremlin Cup, held at the Olympisky Sports Complex on Prospekt Mira.

 

 

Moscow Fitness and Tennis Clubs

 

As tennis gains greater and greater popularity in Russia, so grows the number of fitness and tennis facilities in the city of Moscow. Listed below are a few popular clubs. For a thorough list of Fitness Clubs follow the link.

 

Atlantis
Metro: Ulitsa 1905 Goda
Phone: (905) 967-0373

Chaika Sports Complex & Tennis Courts
Metro: Park Kultury
Phone: (095) 246-1344

Corpus Art
Metro: Sokol
Phone: (095) 157-1345

Druzhba Universal Gym
Metro: Sportivnaya
Phone: (095) 201-1780

Multisport
Metro Sportivnaya
Phone: (095) 788-1698

Petrovsky Park Tennis Club
Metro: Dinamo
Phone: (095) 212-7392

 

 

Golf

 

Like tennis, golf was considered a sport of the bourgeoisie in Soviet times. Although the rest of Russia hasn’t really embraced the game of golf, it is now a popular form of Moscow Sports & Recreation, particularly with wealthy Muscovites. Several golf clubs include.

 

Moscow City Golf Club (9 holes)
Dovzhenko ulitsa 1
Phone: (095) 147-1826

 

Le Meridien Moscow Country Club
Nakhadino
Phone: (095) 926-5911

 

 

Russian Banya

 

Russian Banya is a great way to complete a day of Moscow Sports & Recreation. Plus you can experience Russian culture at the same time. Russian Banya is a steamy version of the Finnish sauna that also involves gentle whipping with birch branches. Don’t let this scare you. After an hour or two of banya you will feel rejuvenated. As Russian’s say, “Slokeem Param” (With light steam). Listed below are several popular locations.

 

Seleznovskye Banyi
Address: Selezovskaya ulitsa
Phone: (095) 978-7521

 

Banyi na Prezhne
Address: Stolyarniy pereulok
Phone: (095) 253-8690