Two ice cream sellers prepare for business at their stand during the 2018 soccer World Cup in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. Source: AP Photo/Petr David Josek

AP PHOTOS: Summer in Host City Means Ice Cream at Every Turn

Natacha Pisarenko and Peter Josek READ TIME: 1 MIN.

Summer in the World Cup host city of Nizhny Novgorod has brought a small army of ice cream vendors stationing themselves seemingly everywhere. Standing side-by-side on street corners and tucked into leafy parks. Outside the soccer stadium and a museum showcasing Soviet-era tanks. By the entrance to the gondola on the bank of the Volga River. By the gondola exit in the city of Bor on the other side.

The short Russian summer and the monthlong tournament will soon come to an end. In the meantime, the stands will still offer their classic flavors alongside varieties as brightly colored as the nearby flowerbeds.


by Natacha Pisarenko and Peter Josek

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