Old Arbat is the number one destination, where you come to see and to be seen. The Arbat is almost always buzzing. Locals are hurrying to work. Visitors are sightseing dozens of aspiring artists painting portraits and selling their paintings.

The debate about the traditional funeral of Lenin has been going on since his death and continues. Many activists consider it inhuman to show off the deceased. Some ask for burial due to political convictions and the end of the Communism era.