Must-see attractions in Chişinău

  • Army Museum

    Chişinău

    Occupying one end of the Centre of Culture and Military History, this once-musty museum now hosts a moving exhibit on Soviet-era repression. Stories of…

  • Pushkin Museum

    Chişinău

    This is where Russia's national poet Alexander Pushkin (1799–1837) spent three years exiled between 1820 and 1823. You can view his tiny cottage, filled…

  • National Archaeology & History Museum

    Chişinău

    This impressive museum contains artefacts from the region of Orheiul Vechi, including Golden Horde coins and 14th-century ceramics; a rare, 2000-year-old…

  • Parcul Catedralei

    Chişinău

    Dab in the middle of Chişinău, this park is popular with families and canoodling teenagers on benches, and makes for great strolling. The highlight is the…

  • National Art Museum

    Chişinău

    A massive facelift was half-finished at the end of 2018, with the gorgeously restored main wing open to visitors. The focus is on contemporary Moldovan…

  • National Library

    Chişinău

    A landmark, the neoclassical National Library is worth popping into both to check out the beautiful interior with its spiral staircases, and for the free…

  • Arc de Triomphe

    Chişinău

    Chişinău's own Arc de Triomphe dates from 1841 and marks the centre of the city. It was built to commemorate the victory of the Russian army over the…

  • Statue of Ştefan cel Mare

    Chişinău

    Ştefan was Moldavia's greatest medieval prince and ubiquitous symbol of Moldova's brave past. His 1928 statue lords over the entrances to Parcul…

  • Government House

    Chişinău

    Government House, where cabinet meets, is the gargantuan building opposite the Arc de Triomphe. It's notable mainly for its heft and Soviet-style…

  • Parliament House

    Chişinău

    Facing Grădina Publică Ştefan cel Mare şi Sfînt is Parliament House, where Parliament convenes.

  • Repression Memorial

    Chişinău

    Near the train station is this unique monument to the victims of mass deportation under Stalin.

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