The Belgrade Hotel is located across the street from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Building. Completed in 1953, this 172-meter tower is one of the "Seven Sisters", the monumental neo-gothic skyscrapers built after the Second World War. Another of the sisters, the Hotel Ukraina, is also within walking distance of the hotel across the Moskva River.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs stands rather incongruously at the end of Ulitsa Arbat, a historic street lined with low-rise 18th and 19th century buildings. Now a pedestrian zone, Arbat has long been at the centre of bohemian and artistic life in Moscow. As well as the huge number of bars and cafes lining the street, the lively souvenir market and the scores of street performers, the street's attractions include the Pushkin Apartment Museum, where the great Russian poet lived after his wedding, and the colourful Peace Wall, originally painted by Soviet school children.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs stands rather incongruously at the end of Ulitsa Arbat, a historic street lined with low-rise 18th and 19th century buildings. Now a pedestrian zone, Arbat has long been at the centre of bohemian and artistic life in Moscow. As well as the huge number of bars and cafes lining the street, the lively souvenir market and the scores of street performers, the street's attractions include the Pushkin Apartment Museum, where the great Russian poet lived after his wedding, and the colourful Peace Wall, originally painted by Soviet school children.
