1    Perm City Centre walking tour

History, art and architecture in the city centre.  Walk in small groups of about five or six people, following sections of the city’s heritage red and green lines, making brief visits to museums (including the modern art museum) and stopping to have a coffee and returning to the Ural Hotel at 1 pm.  Each group led by a volunteer from the City Projects Bureau, the planning department or the university.

2    Metropolitan planning tour of the city and hinterland

Bus tour to places of interest and to see some of the challenging issues for the planners: suburbs, industrial areas, the garages areas, and the expansion area across the river, the hydro power station, a university, and the Motovilikha armaments museum. Return to the Ural Hotel or the Congress venue at 1:30 pm.

3    Historic and traditional wooden architecture

Visit the extensive and impressive open air architecture museum near the village of Khokhlovka.  Walk freely around the museum, or join small groups with volunteer guides.