Last week, I was for a conference in Novosibirsk. Having arrived a day early, I went for a walk along the river Ob:
Novosibirsk was founded only 120 years ago, as a small settlement around the bridge where the Transsiberian Railway passes over the river. The original bridge has recently been replaced by a new one, which you can see in this video:
In anticipation of the winter, a big poster was advertising tires with spikes:
Lenin and his friends had also put on defiant faces, braving the cold wind that was already blowing along the square:
The conference was a bit different from the more western-style conferences I usually go to. People had rather encompassing ideas, and tried to solve many big problems at once. Especially this lady talked for a long time:
Some officials from the regional government also gave talks. This guy had found out an efficient way of communicating a lot of information to the public, all at once:
In the evening, there was a nice social dinner, with many a toast being pronounced.
Finally, there was an excursion by bus through Novosibirsk, with a proud guide explaining in detail the many landmarks of the city.
(what you see here in the background is the famous Novosibirsk Opera House)
Novosibirsk was founded only 120 years ago, as a small settlement around the bridge where the Transsiberian Railway passes over the river. The original bridge has recently been replaced by a new one, which you can see in this video:
In anticipation of the winter, a big poster was advertising tires with spikes:
Lenin and his friends had also put on defiant faces, braving the cold wind that was already blowing along the square:
The conference was a bit different from the more western-style conferences I usually go to. People had rather encompassing ideas, and tried to solve many big problems at once. Especially this lady talked for a long time:
Some officials from the regional government also gave talks. This guy had found out an efficient way of communicating a lot of information to the public, all at once:
In the evening, there was a nice social dinner, with many a toast being pronounced.
The next day, Galina Pavlovna, the very kind lady who had organized the conference, invited us to her office for tea.
Behind her desk, she had a wall full of pictures with famous economists:
