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Sankt-Peterburg or Saint Petersburg is one of the most beautiful cities in the world. There are magnificent palaces, cathedrals and monuments, excellent museums, vivid art life, great opportunities for business and friendly people.

Saint Petersburg is often called the northern capital of Russia or the Venice of the north. It was founded in 1703. The city's other names were Petrograd 1914–1924 and Leningrad 1924–1991. It is often called just Petersburg or Piter. More about the history of the city.

It has a population of almost 5 million. Facts about the city. Information about the city government.

The most influential religious organization is the Russian orthodox church. There are also other faiths. List of city churches and places or worship.

The language is Russian. Free dictionary. One more. Public holidays.
Saint Petersburg has warm, humid and short summers and long, cold winters. Weather forecast. Seasonal weather averages.

Map of Nevsky Prospect.
Map of the center of Saint Petersburg.
Metro map.
One more map of metro.
Map of Saint Petersburg and surrounding areas.
Old maps of the city.

Saint Petersburg pictures.
More photos.
Life in the city.
Saint Petersburg at night.
Panorama pictures of city sights.

City webcam.
River Moika ebankment webcam.
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Pulkovo International airport is located about 15 km south of the city. It has two terminals, domestic Pulkovo-1, and international Pulkovo-2.

If you are not a Russian citizen, you need a visa to travel to Russia. Your travel agent can handle this.
Information about the customs formalities.

There is a connection to the city centre with bus, with shuttle bus, and with taxi. You can also preorder here, or here.

Saint Petersburg has also ports.

There are 6 main railway stations in the city. You can check timetables and reserve train tickets online.

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Hotels Saint Petersburg St.Petersburg Санкт-Петербург Hotels

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Saint Petersburg has many excellent hotels. There is a choise in every category. It is also possible to rent an apartment.

Here are two historical hotels. Hotel Astoria, and Grand Hotel Europe.

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Many of the world´s leading car rental companies are present in Saint Petersburg. More information can be obtained at the airport or in your hotel.

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Attractions Saint Petersburg St.Petersburg Санкт-Петербург

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Peter the Great founded the Peter & Paul Fortress in 1703. It is the oldest building in Saint Petersburg. Old pictures of the fortress. Location on Google map here.

Directly across the Neva from the Peter and Paul Fortress is one of the oldest buildings in Saint Petersburg, the Admiralty Old picture of the building.
Location on Google map here.

To the west of Admiralty is Senate Square, formerly Decembrists Square. The statue of riding Peter the Great is situated in the Senate Square. Old pictures of the bronze horseman. Location on Google map here.

The first house built in the new Saint Petersburg was the cabin of Peter the Great. He wanted a stone house but he did not have enough money. Instead he painted the walls as if the house would be made of bricks. Location on Google map here.

On the other side of the river from the wooden cabin of Peter the Great there is the historical summer garden. Summer in the park. Autumn in the park. Winter in the park. Location on Google map here.

The Winter Palace was built for the daughter of Peter the Great. It was the main residence of the Russian Tsars. Old pictures. Today it is part of the Hermitage public museums. Pictures of Hermitage. Location on Google map here.

The cape of Vasilievsky Island, the largest island in the Neva, is called Strelka or Spit. It is situated across the Neva from the Winter Palace. The stock exchange building, the Kunstkamera and two rostral columns with prows of enemy ships are located here. Bourse in the old days. 360 degrees view of Strelka. Location on Google map here.

On the southern side of the Winter Palace is the main square of the city, Palace Square. In the middle of the square stands the Alexander Column, a monument to victory over Napoleon. Pictures of Palace Square. Location on Google map here.

A few steps from the Palace Square through the Triumphal Arch is Nevsky Prospect, the main avenue of Saint Petersburg. Walking 3 blocks by Bolshaja Morskaya ulitsa starting from the other side of Nevsky Prospect, you are on the St. Isaac Square. St. Isaac's Cathedral is located on it. Location on Google map here.

On Nevsky you will see Kazan Cathedral or The Cathedral of Our Lady of Kazan. Old picture of the Kazan Cathedral. Location on Google map here.

Church on Spilled Blood can be viewed from the bridge over the Kanal Griboyedova on Nevsky Prospekt. Old picture of the Church on Spilled Blood. Location on Google map here.

A few steps further on Nevsky and on the left hand side there is seen the arts square. On the arts square stands a statue of Alexander Pushkin. The square is surrounded by the Russian Museum, the Ethnographic Museum, The Mikhailovsky Theatre and Grand Hall of St.Petersburg Academic Philharmonia. Location on Google map here.

There are many beautiful palaces close to Nevsky Prospect. Images of palaces of Saint Petersburg.

Northeast of Nevsky Prospect is the Smolny Institute, Bolshevik headquarters during the October revolution. Old picture of Smolny Institute. Smolny Convent is located nearby. Location on Google map here.

The Alexander Nevsky Lavra is situated at the end of Nevsky Prospect. Old picture of the monastery. Location on Google map here.

Cruiser Aurora gave the signal to storm the Winter Palace during the Bolshevik revolution. It is now a museum, located a short distance upstream from the cabin of Peter the Great, close to the nearby Nakhimov navy school. Images of the cruiser. Location on Google map here.

Saint Petersburg is the city of White Nights. Unfortunately they only last a short time, usually from June to beginning of July. Already starting from May the nights are bright. But the brightest period starts in June. Beliye Nochi is caused by northerly geographical location of the city.

It is truly romantic to walk along the banks of the city's rivers and canals in almost broad daylight any time of the day. International arts festival, the white nights, is organized during this season. Saint Petersburg is especially fascinating by night at this time of the year.

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Museums Saint Petersburg St.Petersburg Санкт-Петербург

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There are several excellent museums in St. Petersburg. When you go there, you should visit at least one of them.

The State Hermitage Museum is huge. It is almost mandatory to visit there at least during your first visit to St. Petersburg. There are more than three million artifacts from different eras starting from the prehistoric art of ending at the current times. Location on Google map here.

The Russian Museum has the world's largest collection of Russian art. The collections includes icon art, the world's best seascape painter Ivan Aivazovsky's works, landscapes by Isaac Levitan and works of Ilya Repin, Wassily Kandinsky and Kazimir Malevich. Works of Albert Benois have their own wing. Location on Google map here.

Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and ethnography, Kunstkamera, started as Peter the Great's collection of "fish, reptiles and insects in bottles." Today the museum focuses on the culture and traditions of the peoples of the world. Location on Google map here.

The Alexander Nevsky monastery or Lavra. Wikipedia pages. Location on Google map here.

The Pavlovsk Palace and park. Location on Google map here.

The summer residence of Russian tsars, Yelaginin palace, was designed by Carlo Rossi. Location on Google map here.

The Pushkin Apartment Museum. Location on Google map here.

Mikhaylovsky Castle is part of the Russian Museum and has been recently renovated. Location on Google map here.

The Menshikov Palace is dedicated to life and culture of Peter the Great's time. There are artifacts of the Hermitage collections. Also the original Dutch tiles are there. Location on Google map here.

The Central Naval Museum. Location on Google map here.

The Russian Museum of Ethnography. Location on Google map here.

The State Historical Museum of Religion.The museum's site in Russian. Location on Google map here.

Russian State Museum of Arctic and Antarctic. Own pages in Russian. Location on Google map here.

The State Museum of History of St.Peterburg. The museum's pages in Russian. Location on Google map here.

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The State Hermitage museum has an exceptional collection of Italian renaissance and French impressionist paintings, as well as an excellent collections of works by Rembrandt, Picasso, and Matisse. There is also an outstanding collection of Siberian and Central Asian art.

The State Russian museum has one of the best collections of Russian art in the world organized in a chronological order. Especially interesting is the Benois wing.
Biographies of the Russian artists. You can order a hand painted copy of the works of the Russian museum.

Imperial Academy of Arts.
A list of a few galleries.
Saint Petersburg in old paintings
Page about the Russian art and architecture.
Visual arts online gallery.
Contemporary art gallery D137.
Webmuseum Paris on Malevich.
Modern city photos.
The Pro Arte Institute promotes contemporary culture in the fields of visual art, music and dance. It supports educational programs and projects.

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Excursions Saint Petersburg St.Petersburg Санкт-Петербург

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You can explore the city walking by yourself. or take part in organized walks.

Travel agencies organize bus tours in the city and to the close by sights. Second example of the offerings.

You can book a boat tour for your group or take a scheduled Neva tour or cruise the canals by boat.

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Transport Saint Petersburg St.Petersburg Санкт-Петербург

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Metro is a popular and cheap form of transport in Saint Petersburg. It is open from about 05.30 to 01.00. Info about metro and other means of transportation.

There are also trams, buses, minibuses and trolleys. You should find out their routes in advance. You can buy tickets from the driver or conductor. Trams, regular buses and trolleys have conductors. There are also T(axi) Buses and E(xpress) buses. They take only cash and are more expensive than regular buses.

Taxis are freely available. All taxis should have meters. Charges are made according to the distance. Some companies take orders also online. Some offer fixed prices. Here online ordering only in Russian. A list of taxi companies.

Many private drivers will also take you to the desired destination for a fee. You can just lift your hand and when a car stops ask the driver how much it would cost to take you to your address. If there is already more than one person in the car, you might feel more secure taking the next vehicle.

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Dictionaries Saint Petersburg St.Petersburg Санкт-Петербург

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You can find several online translators and dictionaries from English to Russian and the other way around.
Freedict.com.
Reverso.
Sinyagin dictionary.
Demidoff.biz.
Ectaco.
Abbyyonline.

Google translation can be done for a whole web page. Babelfish does this also.

Basic words and expressions for tourists.
Russian for everyday situations.

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Money Saint Petersburg St.Petersburg Санкт-Петербург

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Official Russian currency is the Ruble (Rbl). There are banknotes from 5 to 5.000 rubles. They can be seen on the Bank of Russia website.

It is easy to exchange Euros or US dollars into rubles. You have to show your passport to make the transaction in the exchange points. It is not recommended to change money on the street. You might get Serbian or some other exotic old notes, not accepted anywhere in the world.

Exchange rates may vary slightly between points. Central Bank publishes currency exchange rates daily. More exchange info.

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