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Basic information

Interesting facts

Main cultural attractions

White Nights

Transport

The second largest city in Russia, St. Petersburg is the country’s cultural heart.

Population of more than 5 million.

The city was formerly known as Petrograd, and later Leningrad.

This is a magical city, with a long list of major attractions.

Interesting facts

Saint Petersburg is inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage list as an area with 36 historical architectural complexes and around 4000 outstanding individual monuments of architecture, history and culture.

The city has 221 museums, 2000 libraries, more than 80 theaters, 100 concert organizations, 45 galleries.

There are 342 bridges in Saint Petersburg.

There are 33 islands in Saint Petersburg.

Main cultural attractions:For all types of tourists

Mostly all of them located in the city center

Some of them are free to enter

Environs such as Tsarskoe Selo and Peterhof

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAxf-05NTRY

The Hermitage

Kazansky Cathedral

Church on the Spilled Blood

St. Isaac’s Cathedral

Tsarskoe Selo

Peterhof

Allocentric tourists

Some of them are located in the city center

Some of them are free to enter

Unusual way to see and explore

Russian Vodka Museum

The museum gives a fascinating insight into the Russian history, culture and drinking traditions.

Russian Vodka Museum is the first museum in Russia and in the world dedicated exclusively to Vodka.

Its exhibition tells about the drink which has been an integral part and essential attribute of Russian life for centuries.

Kunstkammer Museum of Anthropology and

Ethnography

The eccentricities of Peter the Great are revealed at this museum he established in 1714 where his bizarre collection of vital organs, deformed skeletons, a two-faced calf and more are displayed in the Round Room.

First museum which was opened in Russia

Erarta

ERARTA is the biggest museum of the contemporary art in Russia.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qOkqE8vO50

John Lennon Love, Peace and Music Temple at 10, Pushkinskaya

street squat

Made by one of the biggest Beatles fan in Russia

Not an official street of John Lennon

Monument of Tshisik Pyshik

During the existence of the monument he was abducted seven times, but each time the sculptures were putting it back in place or was restored again.

Place where wishes come true

Its height - 11 cm, weight - about 5 kg.

White Nights

White Nights (roughly, 11 June–2 July), when the sun sets only for a brief period of twilight, and the streets stay alive around the clock. The last ten days of June, during the White Nights Festival of all-day performances, concerts, festivals, and parties.

Transport

You can travel by:

Subway

Tram

Bus

Taxi

Local train

And…

Downtown and western parts of the city are safest.

Suburbs like Kupchino, Veteranov Ligovo and Sennaya in the centre should be avoided at night time.

As a general rule, the farther you are from the city center, the more dangerous it is.

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