St. Petersburg - Pietari

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Coordinates	59 ° 57 ′ N, 30 ° 19 ′ E
Population	5 351 935
Altitude above sea level	3 m

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The Church on Blood, or the Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ

Peter (Saint Petersburg St. Petersburg) is Russian the second largest city with about five million inhabitants. St. Petersburg is located at the bottom of the Gulf of Finland, at the mouth of the Neva River. The city was formerly also known by the names Petrograd (Petrograd) and Leningrad (Ленинград). St. Petersburg is the northernmost city in the world with more than a million inhabitants.

Come

By road

You can get to Russia from several border crossing points in Finland. Due to the varying condition of Russian roads, it may make sense to travel closer on the Finnish side, and use southern border stations. With the sharp increase in private motoring in recent years, the need has arisen in St. Petersburg to build new main and motorways. In St. Petersburg it is good to prepare for congestion, you can watch nakarte.rambler.ru Read about the country-specific preparations for Russia from here.

By plane

Pulkovo Airport, located about 8 kilometers south of the city center, serves air passengers. The majority of foreign flights operate to the Pulkovo-2 terminal. Pulkovo-1 serves domestic traffic in Russia.

By boat

From Helsinki can be reached from St. Petersburg by St. Peter Line [1] on board and both Finnish and foreign ship tourists are allowed to stay in St. Petersburg without a visa for 72 hours. The ship travels three times a week. St Peter Line transports from the port of St. Petersburg by minibus to the center to Isaac's Square and back, it is worth checking the timetables and places online [2] or ship information. A shuttle bus ticket is also required to get to the city from the port (info provided), no ticket is required for minibuses on the way back. The boarding card should also be kept. Alcoholic beverages purchased in St. Petersburg are left on board the so-called for a bottle-rich voyage and given back when the ship arrives in Helsinki.

By train

The easiest way to get to St. Petersburg from Finland is by train [3] or by bus. Allegro trains on the Helsinki-St. Petersburg route operate four times a day. In addition, once a day there is a bus to Moscow via St. Petersburg.

By bus

The cheapest way to get to St. Petersburg from Helsinki is a car of a Russian bus company. Departures daily at 11:00 and 20:00. In the vicinity of the tennis palace for about 10 - 30 euros per direction per person. Tickets are purchased from the driver, seats can be reserved in advance if you speak Russian and know the bus company's phone number.

Finnish bus companies (Savonlinja, Saimaa traffic) also operate to St. Petersburg. Tickets are normally reasonably priced, and in addition you can get discounts in accordance with Finnish practice (student, pensioner, etc.) with appropriate discount cards. Learn more about Matkahuolto [4] pages.

Estonian Lux Express [5] has started operating between Helsinki and St. Petersburg from the beginning of June 2014. The trip costs about 25 - 32 euros one way. They often have about 50% offers. Buses run three times a day in both directions. The buses have a small video screen in each seat where you can watch movies or surf the internet on a limited basis. The bus has a toilet and a free coffee / cocoa machine.

The student way

Imatran from the city center is Svetogorskin less than five kilometers to the bus station. The locality is therefore quite popular with exchange students and terrace tourists crossing the border by bicycle. Buses To Vyborg goes a day at just over half past two, noon and between four most cars. Don't leave too late! From Vyborg there are plenty of connecting rides by train, bus and "taxi", which will attract you to the bus platform before the car leaves. Train station open 24h. For a small fee, the bike can be left in the hotel’s guarded car park or tied up in thick birch with great tension. In winter, it is quite common to walk to the Finnish border station and ask for a ride from passing cars. You can get a ride quite quickly.

It is also relatively easy to hike from Helsinki to St. Petersburg.

Move

59 ° 56′27 ″ N 30 ° 20′51 ″ E

Peter

By underground

St. Petersburg metro map (2009)

St. Petersburg is home to Russia's second largest metro network [6] and it is the most comfortable and easiest way to move around St. Petersburg. However, it should be noted that compared to many other major cities, the distance between the two adjacent stations is also long in the city center, and there are places in the city center that are within a half-hour walk from the nearest metro stop. During the afternoon rush hour (17-19), some metro stations (e.g. Vasileostrovskaya) are really congested, and queuing at the metro station itself can take half an hour. In the late evenings the subways are pleasantly spacious.

Metro operates with a token system and tokens (zheton) can be purchased from metro stations for 55 rubles. There is no time or travel limit for one token. It is worth buying a slightly larger number of tokens at a time, as they are guaranteed to run out when there are queues of one hundred meters at the checkouts. Many stations have vending machines where you can buy tokens. You can even do business when a busy Russian wants to buy one of the tokens you just bought for a little more expensive to avoid queues.

The St. Petersburg subway is said to be the deepest subway in the world due to the swampy quality of the soil and the resulting technical problems in subway construction. The red line metro stations from Ploshad Vosstanya to Avtovo in particular are well worth a visit. These stations are the oldest metro stations in the St. Petersburg metro. Although the red line metro stations are descriptive, photography in the metro is restricted by the metro user rule (Правила пользования пункт 9.17.), Which means that shooting is fully allowed if you do not use the flash, ie the use of the flash is prohibited (whereas before 2010 it was completely prohibited). representation). When traveling by metro, it should be noted that different lines often have stations with different names at the same point. So if you change the line on the green line at Gostinyj Dvor station, you are on the blue line at Nevsky Prospekt station. Two intersections with the same name on both intersecting lines are Tehnologitsheskij Institut and Ploshad Aleksandra Nevskogo. As of January 2009, St. Petersburg also has one intersection of three lines: Sennaja Plostshad (line 3) -Spasskaya (line 4) -Sadovaya (line 5). Metro map: [7]. After the opening of the fifth line, there will also be small changes in the routes of the other lines; therefore, old metro route maps cannot be fully relied upon. (The attached map is up to date.) Subway stations display valid maps.

By bus and trolley

Bus, tram and trolley tickets

The city also has a comprehensive bus and trolley network. [8] Route maps can be found in bookstores and kiosks. The ticket is paid either to the driver or, in most cases, to the ticket seller who travels on the buses. The price is visible on the buses and varies according to the line, but most often 18 or 32 rubles. The intervals can vary widely. During peak times, buses can be very crowded, and there is nothing worth breaking when trying to join. It can also be difficult for a larger party to fit on the same bus. When traveling by bus, tram, and trolley, keep the ticket until you leave, as tickets may be checked during the trip. Traveling without a ticket will be fined.

By route taxi

In route taxis, or marshrutk, the trip is paid to the driver. If the taxi is full and you are far from the driver, the charge for the trip can be given to the person in front and say (or show with your fingers) how many passengers the charge is. Line taxis stop only at terminals or when passengers embark or disembark. You can get on board from almost anywhere along the route by lifting your hand in front. If you want the line taxi to stop to exit, the word "Stop" at the latest will cause the taxi to stop.

By tram

Trams have recently been effectively evicted from the center of St. Petersburg. On the other hand, they could not proceed in congestion, as there were quite a few separate tram lanes. When demand was at its peak during peak hours, wagons could not move forward, so they were almost always empty. In the suburbs, however, trams still run and have even a few low-floor wagons piped into the streets from the city’s own tram factory.

St. Petersburg still had the largest tram system in the world at the end of the Soviet era, but of the 64 lines then celebrated, there are only 38 left today. [9]

With electric stove

Elektritska is the Russian equivalent of a commuter train. St. Petersburg can be reached by commuter trains, e.g. To Vyborg, Terijoelle, Veliky Novgorod and To Moscow. In addition, electric lifts are the cheapest option when traveling to visit nearby palaces. Keep the ticket as it is needed at some stations to get out of the station. St. Petersburg's main stations and metro interchanges have gates to which the reader's ticket is entered or shown to the gatekeeper to get out.

There are five operating railway stations in St. Petersburg:

• Moscow station, metro Plostshad Vosstania. Commuter trains along the Moscow line, Kirishin and Volkhov directions
• The status of Ladoga, metro Ladozhskaya. Part of commuter trains to Volkhov and Kirish
• Vitebsk station, the metro Pushkinskaya. Commuter trains directly south (e.g. Pushkin, Pavlovsk, Oredezh)
• Baltic position, metro Baltijskaja. Commuter trains to the south Hatsinaan, Lugaan and Pskov, to the west To St. Petersburg, Oranienbaum (Lomonosov) and Ivangorodine To the Estonian border
• Finland's position, metro Plostshad Lenina. Commuter trains Terijoelle, To Vyborg, To Siestarjoki (Sestroretsk), upstream of the Neva River to the shores of Lake Ladoga (Ladozhskie Ozero, Petrokrepost and Nevskaya Dubrovka) and Käkisalmi in the direction of.

In addition, there is one old station that still appears in some travel guides:

• Warsaw station has been decommissioned almost 10 years ago and no more trains leave. The building serves as a shopping center and there is also a railway museum.

Schedules [10] can be viewed from the internet or from station walls. Schedules change at the turn of May-June and at the end of October, when small schedule booklets may be found at the stations for a while.

See

St. Petersburg Palace Square in the morning before the arrival of tourists. On the right is the Winter Palace, in the background the dome of the Church of St. Isaac and the Admiralty.

St. Petersburg itself is already an attraction and the historic center of St. Petersburg is on the UNESCO World Heritage List. As such, the suburbs of St. Petersburg, built during the Soviet era, are also worth seeing.

Key attractions

• Winter Palace, Hermitage, Dvorzovaya nabereznaya 34, ☎2194551, 3113465. Open 11-18, closed Mon.. [metro Nevsky Prospect] The former Tsar's Palace now houses the world-famous Russian State Hermitage Museum. Free admission with a student card!

The Hermitage is one of the most important art museums in the world. It is the largest art museum in Russia and contains more than three million exhibits. The Hermitage is considered to have been founded in 1764. However, the Hermitage was not opened to the public until 1863.

Currently, the Hermitage comprises five buildings. Winter Palace, Small Hermitage, Old Hermitage, New Hermitage and Hermitage Theater. There are also exhibitions at Menshikov Palace. The size of the Hermitage is well illustrated by the following: To view all the exhibits in one minute, you would have to walk 22 miles and spend time in the Hermitage 14 years 8 hours a day and 5 days a week. 

Churches

Almost without exception, Russian churches are Orthodox churches. In Russian Orthodox churches, which are still in use, women have to cover their heads with a scarf or other headdress. Some churches charge an entrance fee, and especially in the churches museumed in St. Petersburg (St. Isaac’s Church and the “Church on Blood”), the entrance fee is quite high.

• Church of Saints Peter and Paul (In the fortress of Peter and Paul). Several tsars are buried here. [Metro Gorkovskaya] 
• 59.93394830.3061561 Isac's Church, 1 Isaakievskaya Ploshchad, ☎3159732. 11-19, closed Wed.. With a separate ticket you can admire St. Petersburg from above. Perhaps the finest panoramic view of the city [metro Nevsky Prospekt, Sadovaya] 
• 59.92247430.3000612 St. Nicholas Cathedral. 
• Church on blood, 2a Nab. Griboedova Channel, ☎3151636. Open 11-19, closed Wed. [metro Nevsky Prospekt] 
• 59.93422530.3246143 Church of Our Lady of Kazan. The city's main church in operation [metro Nevsky Prospekt] 
• 59.92099430.3882974 Alexander Nevsky Lavra. Monastery [metro Ploshid Alexander Nevskogo] 
• Holy Trinity Cathedral. Izmailov Regiment Home Church [metro Technologitsesky Institut] 
• Smolny Cathedral. [metro Tshernysevskaya] 

Forts and Palaces

Winter Palace.

• 59.94998030.3166325 Peter and Paul Fortress, ☎2384540, 2384511. Open 10-18, closed Wed. Also marvel at the spring sun worshipers at the foot of the fortress on the beach in April-May or try it for yourself. The spring sun and the warm stone wall give a warm promise for the coming summer. [Metro Gorkovskaya] 
• 59.92939630.2987436 Yusupov Palace. 
• 59.93949330.2955707 Menshikov Palace, Universitetskaya Naberezhnaya 15, ☎3231112. Open 10-17, closed Mon.. [metro Vasileostrovskaya] 
• St. Petersburg 1st house, Petrovskaya Naberezhnaya 6, ☎2324576. Open 10-17, closed Mon and Tue. [metro Gorkovskaya] 
• Yelagin Palace, Yelagin Ostrov 1, ☎4301131. Open 10-18, closed Mon and Tue. [metro Petrogradskaya and Chornaya rechka] 
• The City of Engineering, the City of Michael, Sadovaya ulitsa 2, ☎2104173. Open 10-17, closed Tue. [metro Nevsky Prospect and Gostiny Dvor] 
• Marble Palace, Millionnaya ulitsa 5/1, ☎2104173. Open 10-17, closed Tue. [metro Nevsky Prospect and Gostiny Dvor] 
• Peter the Great's Summer Palace, Letny sad, Summer Park, ☎3140374, 3140456. Open 11-19, closed Tue. [metro Nevsky Prospect and Gostiny Dvor] 
• Stroganov's Palace, 17 Nevsky Prospekt, ☎2191608. Open 10-17, closed Tue. [metro Nevsky Prospekt] 

Museums

• Kunstkamera, St. Petersburg Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography, Universitetskaya naberezhnaja 3, Open 11-17, Closed on Mondays and the last Tuesday of each month. Tel. 3281412, 3280118 The nearest metro station is Vasileostrovskaya.
• Museum of Russian Vodka, [11]
• Museum of Russian Art, [12], 4 Inzenernaja ulitsa. Open 10-17 closed on Tuesdays. Tel. 3143448 Nearest metro station Nevsky Prospekt. Russian art icons from the Soviet era.
• Dostoevsky Home Museum[13]
• Lomonosov Museum, Universitetskaya naberezhnaja 3, Open 11-17 Closed on Mondays. Tel. 3281011 Nearest metro station Vasileostrovskaya
• Mendeleev Museum, Mendeleevskaya line 2, Open 11-16 Closed on Saturdays and Sundays. Tel. 3289744 Nearest metro station Vasileostrovskaya
• Zoological Museum, Universitetskaya naberezhnaja 1, Open 11-18 closed on Fridays. Tel. 3280112 Nearest metro station Vasileostrovskaya
• Naval History Museum
• Narodovolets D-2 Submarine Museum
• Artillery Museum, Alexandrovsky Park 7. Open 11-17 closed Mondays and Tuesdays. Tel. 2384704, 2320296 The nearest metro station is Gorkovskaya.
• Museum of Russian Political History, Kuibysheva ulitsa 2/4. Open 10-18 closed Thursdays. Tel. 2337052 Nearest metro station Gorkovskaya.
• Kirov Museum, Kamennoostrovsky Prospekt 26/28, Open 11-17 closed on Wednesdays. Tel. 3460289, 3460217. The nearest metro stations are Petrogradskaya and Gorkovskaya.
• Pushkin Home Museum, Nabereshnaja Reki Moiki 12. Open 11-17 closed on Tuesdays. Tel. 3113531, 3113801. The nearest metro station is Nevsky Prospekt.
• Ethnographic Museum, 4/1 Inzhenernaja ulitsa. Open 10-17 closed Mondays. Tel. 2104421. The nearest metro station is Nevsky Prospekt.
• Yelizarov Home Museum, Ulitsa Lenina 52/9 as 24. Open 10-18 closed on Wednesdays and Sundays. Tel. 2353778. The nearest metro stations are Tshkalovskaya and Petrogradskaya.
• Komarov Botanical Museum and Botanical Garden, Ulitsa Professora Popova 2. Open 11-17 on Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays. Tel. 3463639. The nearest metro station is Petrogradskaya.
• Popov Museum, Ulitsa Professora Popova 5. Open 11-17 closed on Saturdays and Sundays. Tel. 2345900. The nearest metro station is Petrogradskaya.
• Chaliapin Home Museum and Museum of Russian Opera, Ulitsa Graftio 2b. Open 11-18 closed Mondays and Tuesdays. Tel. 2341056. The nearest metro station is Petrogradskaya.
• St. Petersburg Museum of the History of Newspaper Printing, 2/2 Nab. Reki Moiki. Open 11-18 closed on Wednesdays. Tel. 3120977, Nearest metro station Nevsky Prospekt.
• Zoshenko Home Museum, 4/2 Malaya Konjushennaja Ul. Open 11-18 closed Mondays. Tel. 3117819. The nearest metro station is Nevsky Prospekt.
• Museum of the Siege of St. Petersburg.9 Soljanoj Pereulok. Open 10-16 closed on Wednesdays. Tel. 2757115. The nearest metro station is Tshernyshevskaya.
• Stiegliz Kasi and Museum of Art and Design, 13 Soljanoj Pereulok. Open 11-17 closed Mondays and Sundays. Tel. 2733258. The nearest metro station is Tshernyshevskaya.
• Museum of Hygiene, 25 Italjanskaja ulitsa, ☎2108508. Open 10-18, closed on weekends. [metro Gostinij dvor] 
• Sheremetev Palace, is part of the Theater and Museum of Musical Arts, 34 naberezhnaja reki Fontanki, ☎2724441. Open 12-18, closed Mondays and Tuesdays. [metro Gostinij dvor] 
• Anna Akhmatova Home Museum, 34 naberezhnaka reki Fontanki, ☎2722211. Open 10.30-17.30, closed Mon.. [metro Gostiny dvor] 
• Nekrasov Home Museum, 36 Liteiny Prospectus, ☎2720165. Open 11-17, closed Tue. [metro Tshernyshevskaya, Mayakovskaya] 
• Oktyabrskaya Railway Museum, 62 Liteiny Prospectus, ☎2724477. Open 11-17, closed on weekends. [metro Mayakovskaya] 
• Museum of the History of the Political Police, 6/2 Admiralteisky Prospekt, ☎3122742. Open 11-17.30, closed Sat and Sun. [metro Nevsky Prospekt] 
• Museum of the History of Religion, 14/5 ulitsa Potshtamtskaya, ☎3145838. Open 11-18, closed Wed. [metro Nevsky Prospekt] 
• Erarta Museum of Contemporary Art. 
• Museum of Soviet Slots, Konyushennaya sq., 2b ("Church on Blood" on the left side of the canal when coming from Nevsky). Open 11-20, Mon-Sun.[14] The entrance fee gives you a bunch of Soviet-era kopecks. There is also a café and free ping pong tables. 

Other

River Neva (Ven. Neva).

• Summer garden, Letny sad. Open 10-21. The nearest metro stations are Nevsky Prospect and Gostiny Dvor. (note! will not open until summer 2012, renovations in progress)
• Piskarev Cemetery
• Mariinsky Theater
• Marsh Field In the middle of the eternal memorial fire.
• Admiralty
• Cruiser Aurora[15], Petrovskaya naberezhnaja. Open 10-16 closed Mondays and Fridays. Tel. 2308440, 2326370.The nearest metro station is Gorkovskaya.
• Copper rider During the summer, a couple dressed in tsarist clothes arrives near the statue, who gladly comes into the same (paid) picture as the tourist. So taking pictures of them is chargeable if they happen to notice. The wedding couple will also photograph themselves in front of the Brass Rider.
• Neva bridges, During the summer, the bridges open overnight to allow shipping to continue past the city along the Neva to Ladoga. The bridges are open around 01-05. With the bridges open, a new ring road is the only way to get to the other side of the river. This is something to consider when choosing a restaurant or nightclub.
• St. Petersburg Zoo, Alexandrovsky Park 1, Open daily 10-19. Tel. 2324828, 2328260. The nearest metro station is Gorkovskaya.

Tea

• Pushkinskaya 10, Ligovski Prospekt 53, courtyard. A center of contemporary art comparable to a cable factory, or at least something like that. The house has many galleries.
• Sauna aka Banja There are dozens of public saunas in St. Petersburg that can be found in every district. There are elite saunas and ordinary folk saunas. Some saunas can be rented with a group of friends for a few hours, but real contact with Russian sauna culture can be found in the public sauna. The traditional folk sauna can be found near Lomonosovskaya metro station, address Novoselov ulitsa 52, (ул. Новоселов 52). A red brick building with баня on the wall. Price 120 r. Bring your own plastic flaps!

Proceedings

• Victory Day 9.5. to commemorate the end of World War II, Victory Day, when Nevsky Prospekt will be closed to traffic for the parade.
• Celebration of the founding day of St. Petersburg The official day is 27.5, but the celebration itself takes place on the Saturday following the date. The best hustle and bustle can be found on Nevsky Prospekt, which is closed to cars for a day and shows and concerts are held on the street.
• New Year 31.12. it is worth reserving a place in the restaurant well in advance, as all Russians are celebrating the turn of the year. With good luck, you might get an invitation to a home party of Russian friends where the table is swaying.
• Stereoleto music festival 12,13.7 (2014) Annual music event on the island of Jelag. Tickets can be purchased at theater kiosks or directly at the gates. Imports of own beverages and food are strictly prohibited. The nearby terrain offers plenty of opportunities to hide liquids. Only a two-day ticket may leave the area.

Buy

• Lenta, A large retail chain with a good selection of groceries as well as specialty goods varying according to the store 's selection. The shops are located in the suburbs so your own car (already due to the amount of shopping) is recommended. The Lenta chain loyalty card can be purchased at the checkout, discount 0-5% of the price depending on the products.
• On the carousel, another large retail chain with the same features as Lent. The closest Karusel to Finland is located in Vyborg.
• Gostinnyj dvor, Nevsky Prospekt (Palace of Merchants). Kilometers of shopping corridors. Due to the location, the price level is high.
• Apraksin dvor, Sadovaja Ulitsa. Apraksin should be wary of pickpockets, especially locals warn against this.
• Sennaja Ploshad Sennaja Plostshad, or Heinätori, has two rather modern shopping centers, Pik and Sennaja. Sadovaya, Spasskaya and Sennaja Plostshad metro stations. One of the malls is well visible from the square, the entrance to the other is a bit hidden.
• Vladimirsky Passazh New shopping center next to Vladimirskaya / Dostoevskaya metro stations. Open from 11 a.m. A varied grocery store on the ground floor.
• Dom Knigi Bookstore. [16] Nevsky Prospekt has two Dom Knigi bookstores. The older one is opposite Kazan Cathedral and its second floor cafe has stunning views of Kazan Cathedral. Newer and bigger is south of Sadovaja Street. The nearest metro station is Gostinyj Dvor / Nevskij Prospekt. Here you will find all the books you need in Russian and a large selection of books and maps in English.
• Knizhnaja Jarmarka Book market. [17] The nearest metro is Yelizarovskaya. The book market has a huge selection of Russian books, CDs and DVDs, as well as other gifts. Prices are often cheaper than downtown. Prospekt Obuhovskoi Oborony 105.
• Lomonosov porcelain factory store Metro Lomonosovskaya. Cheaper prices in the factory store than in the shops in the city center.
• Kuznetshnyj Rynok, conveniently located in the market hall in the Vladimirskaya / Dostoevskaya coupe of metro stations.
• Naked. A good record store for lovers of both Russian and Western Rock music. Pushkinskaya Ulitsa 10. Metro Mayakovskaya / Ploshad Vosstania.

Eat

St. Petersburg is full of a variety of restaurants ranging from inexpensive grills to expensive restaurants. In the city you can find e.g. Japanese, Korean, Italian and Indian restaurants, and of course Russian.

Stolovajat

Stolovaja (canteen) is a Russian restaurant where you can eat in the middle of the working day. Most stolovajs are found in the connection between universities and workplaces, but there are still places to be found that all people can access. Quite tasty traditional home-cooked food can be found, for example, in the small stolovaya on the corner of Vasileostrovskaya metro station. Cold borsh and various pies are available from time to time during the summer. Another stolovaja can be found on Ligovski Prospekt a few blocks from Ligovski Prospekt metro station Plotshad Vosstannia next to the Finland Institute, on the second floor of the house. At its cheapest, you can survive on food for 50 rubles.

Russian

• Khorchma, Nab. Kanal Griboedova 69. Open 24h.

Georgian

Of the numerous former Soviets, Georgian cuisine has generally garnered the most praise. There are several Georgian restaurants in the city.

• Ket, Stremjannaja over
• Lagidzhe, Ul. Pestelja
• Quartz, Ulitsa Lizhy Tshaikinoj
• Tbilisi, Ul. Sytninskaya

International

St. Petersburg has been conquered by a sushi boom in recent years, and sushi is currently available almost from any restaurant.

• Lapsha Ul. Pestelja and Ul. Rubinstein. From the plate you will find anything from strange seafood to frogs. Mostly Asian.
• Blowup кан.Грибоедова, д.22 Google maps[18] European, Russian and Japanese cuisine. The windows offer great views of Kazan Cathedral.
• Nevsky 106 106 Nevsky Prospekt. European and Japanese cuisine. Good atmosphere. Great decor. On weekends, live gigs in the evenings from 19:30 to 22:30. Tuesdays for women’s evening giving possible performances to women’s tastes and free champagne (as much as you can drink) from 20-06 or at the latest when you start to hear the champagne cork popping.
• Sphinx 118 Nevsky Prospekt. [19] Hotel on the ground floor of Oktyabrskaya. The location is the best because night buses to Helsinki leave from around the corner. European and Japanese cuisine. It looks expensive on the outside, but the prices are still much lower than in Finland. In summer terrace.
• Terrace Kazanskaya.[20] Upstairs in the shopping center behind Kazanski Cathedral. In summer, the lovely roof terrace offers spectacular views of Kazanski Cathedral. The cakes are worth the price.
• 48 Chairs Ulitsa Rubinshteyna. [21] Very atmospheric restaurant with live Jazz music and original cuisine near Nevsky Prospekt.

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Cafes and tea rooms

• Work bars (Пышки). You can find a national café next to the national café culture, where you can serve small icing sugar-coated donuts with milk coffee. One of the most central and easiest to find is located on Bolshaya Konjushennaja ulitssa. Tea and milk coffee are also available, but don’t even dream of black coffee. Several grandmothers have been working at the place since Soviet times, and much of the furniture is also from the same period.
• Tea rooms Various tea rooms are also quite common in St. Petersburg. The places serve all kinds of teas, as well as hookahs usually flavored with different spices. For example, Ulitsa Rubinstein, Nebereshnaja Reki Fontanki and Ulitsa Dumskaja are comfortable.

Bars & pubs

• JagerHaus ul.Gorohovaja 34. Open 24h. As the name implies, a cozy bar dedicated to Jägermeister, where this delicacy is served with all side dishes. For a spice of beer or the above, you can order from a small snack upwards at quite tolerable prices. Marvel at the bar counter made from Jägermeister bottles and listen to accordion music live while sipping tea flavored with Jäger.
• Tinkoff Kazanskaya 7, near Kazan Cathedral. Food and the house's own beers in a factory-like setting.
• Dzhaz-bar Dom 7 Griboyedov Canal Embankment, 7. (On the left side of the Blood Church coming from Nevsky) .Jazz bar with daily gigs and excellent cuisine.

Nightclubs

In the summer, St. Petersburg's bar life is marked by problems caused by bridges regarding the schedule for returning from the bar. On the other hand, the festivities also often continue in the morning, when people are late and thus get stuck on the wrong side of the Neva. Several concerts start before nine.

• Fidel, Ulitsa Dumskaja 9, Open 18-06. A good alternative to Datsha.
• Fish Fabrique, [22] Ligovsky prospect 53, courtyard. Open 15-06. Admission to concerts 100-150 r. Small in surface area and dim in lighting. Bands from side to side. In summer, the terrace brings more space. The game of football in the doorway is in heavy use.
• Griboedov, Ulitsa Voronezhkaja 2. Open 21-06. Entrance 150-700 r. Psychedelic décor and a congested bar create an atmosphere where people can easily explore. Wednesday has traditionally been from neukudos. Today the terrace is covered and prices have risen further.
• Manhattan Арт-Клуб "Манхэттен" [23] Nabereznaja reki Fontanki 90 (Набережная Реки Фонтанки, 90). Open every day 14-05. Manhattan was more popular some years ago. The kitchen is ok. Everything that can be called rock is on the agenda.
• Fireball[24] Alpijskii Pereulok 30 (Альпийскии пер. 30) A large nightclub far away in the suburbs. Between the metro stations Lomonosovskaya and Moskovskaya, quite close to Lenta. Local live bands also on weekday evenings. There is an investment in the interior and in the adjacent halls you will find a neuro disco and a small restaurant where you can start the evening with a meal (you can also eat on the main hall side). The nightclub also has a hookah and karaoke room. In addition to the billiard table, you can find e.g. shooting range for air rifles. Eye food is provided by the strippers who perform a couple of times in the evening. Entrance Fri-Sat 300 r. and week 200 r.
• Jimi Hendrix Blues Club Litejnij Prospekt 30 (Литейный просп., 33) Cozy small basement blues / jazz club in the center. Open 11-00. Bands start playing 21-22 and the entrance fee is 150-300 r. depending on the performer. Excellent affordable cuisine and great performers. It is a good idea to book a table in advance (easy to stop by due to the central location) or to arrive well in advance of the show.
• Metro club Ligovskij Prospekt 30 (Лиговский пр. 174) This three-storey nightclub complex is definitely one of the "must visit at least once". The nightclub is about a 10-minute walk from Ligovski Metro Station, which is ideal for bottoms. Keep in mind, however, that the place has strict “Face control” that does not allow drunken behavior, chewing gum / candy, your own drinks, or under the age of 18. Upon check-in, you can show a copy of your passport or your driving license / ID card when you ask for it. If the body check reveals anything, the goods will be confiscated in the safe, where they can be inquired about when going out. The downstairs bar is somewhat famous for its familiar female customers. Floor music styles at Metro Club: 1st floor: Russian modern and Eurodance, 2nd floor: Tekno & House and 3rd floor: Dj mixes.
• XXXX Bar 3-Sovetskaya 34. The absolute bow of the 7-bar chain is located on 3 Soviet streets. Tickets on weekends are 1000 rubles for men and 500 rubles for women, in addition to which guests must pass a strict face control. This place leaves no one cold, and due to its popularity, it is also popular with many foreigners. Spend a memorable evening on the top stage or at the bar counter dancing! The bar often offers a special program and the bar girls pull their own shows from one evening to the next. From the drink list, you can especially recommend 1 liter of Tsarskoe vodka, which you can get for cheap 2000 rubles. The place is especially popular with the upper middle class elite, but the customers are generally very friendly. Finnish tourists are warmly welcomed here with open arms. Huhujen mukaan baarin rauhallista ilmapiiriä kuitenkin terrorisoi toistuvasti viiden suomalaisen alkoholistin seurue.

Sleep

Hostels

• Friends Hostels, 4 locations: Griboedov channel, Nevsky prospect, Bankovsky pereulok and Vosstania street, ☎ 7 812 331 77 99, e-mail: " [email protected]". Nimetty kuuluisan tv-show, hostelli ketjun "Friends" tarkasteli käyttäjä Lonely Planet kaupunkiopas ja katsotaan tahraton asuntoloista, hyvä sijainti ja erittäin avulias henkilökunta. Alkaen 400 ruplaa per henkilö 
• Soul Kitchen hostel, 1st Sovietskaya 12, 2 kerros" email="[email protected]. Valittu Venäjän parhaaksi hostelliksi vuonna 2010. Moskovan aseman vieressä. Ilmainen aamiainen ja internet. Hinta 450-600rub. 
• Cuba Hostel, 5 Kazanskaja ulitsa, 4 kerros, ☎ 7(812) 921 7115. 
• Hostel Zimmer, Liteinij prospekt 46 as 23, ☎ 7(812) 973 3757. 
• Puppet Hostel, Nekrasova ulitsa 12, ☎ 7(812) 272 5401, e-mail: [email protected]. 
• mini-hotel Krupskiy, ul. Marata, 33, ☎ 7 (812) 928-08-12, e-mail: " [email protected]". Sijaitsee ydinkeskustassa. 
• Nevsky Hostels, Bolshaya Konushennaya, 11, ☎ 7(812)6111183, e-mail: " [email protected]". Sijaitsee ydinkeskustassa. Ilmainen internet, Buffet aamiainen (300RUB) 

Hotels

• swissSTAR B&B, Fontanka 93-26, ☎ 7 (911) 929-27-93, e-mail: " [email protected]". Check-in: 14:00, check-out: 11:00. 40 - 109 Euro. 
• Kamerdiner Hotel, 6 Ozerny Pereulok, ☎ 7 (812) 273-0113, e-mail: " [email protected]". Check-in: 14:00, check-out: 12:00. .Seitsemän putipuhdas huonetta tuhlaillen palauttaa entinen kartano, erittäin ystävällinen palvelu, huomaavainen henkilökunta. Continental breakfast, Wifi-, satelliitti-TV, ilmastointi, 24-tunnin turvallisuus-, viisumi-tukea, teatteri varaus, opastukset. Hinta: 5200 ruplaa, kausivaatetus alennukset 
• Moscow Alexander Nevsky Ploschad 2. Suomalaisten suosima hotelli joka sijaitsee Nevski Prospektin päädyssä. Kahden hengen huone 30-50€/hlö.
• Oktjabrskaja Ligovski prospekt 10. Tasokas hotelli Moskovan aseman vieressä. Hinnat alkaen 115€/ 2hh.
• Peterburg Nabereznaja Pirogovskaja 5. Sijaitsee Nevan väärällä puolella, niinpä öisin avautuvien siltojen vuoksi juhlijalle hankala tavoitettava. Hinnat alkaen 66€ / 2hh.

Stay safe

Gorohovaja-katu

Keskimäärin Pietari on jo yhtä turvallinen kaupunki kuin vaikkapa Tallinn. Yöaikaan on kuitenkin parempi liikkua valtakaduilla ja yksin kulkemista on syytä välttää. Usein yöaikaan ainoa mahdollisuus liikkua on käyttää laillisia tai laittomia takseja (ts. kaikki autot ovat potentiaalisia takseja). Älä nouse autoon, jossa on ennestään muita kuin kuljettaja. On myös hyvä olla tietoinen, missä auto menee. Kannattaa antaa osoitteeksi mieluummin lähimpiä metroasemia kuin kalliita hotelleja. Hinnasta on aina sovittava etukäteen.

Tavalliselle tallaajalle suurimman riskitekijän aiheuttaa suomalaisella mittapuulla kaoottinen liikenne. Vaikka se ei vedäkään vertoja Moskovan vastaavalle, on jalankulkijan syytä olla tarkkana tietä ylittäessään. Autoilijat saattavat antaa joskus tietä suojatietä pitkin ylittävälle jalankulkijalle. Sen varaan ei kannata kuitenkaan laskea. Mutta kuten aina kaikessa (metro, kaupan jono, jne.) Venäjällä: jos jäät odottamaan, jäät jalkoihin! Seuraa siis hetki miten paikallinen väestö miten ja missä ylittää kadun niin opit pian miten Venäjällä jalankulkijaa kohdellaan. Paikalliset saattavat odottaa tyyninä keskellä katua tilaisuutta ylittää toinen kaista.

Rikollisten lisäksi kannattaa välttää Venäjän Poliisia, vaikka miliisi on jo lakkautettu vuonna 2011. Vältä poliisipartion kuullen vieraan kielen puhumista. Kanna mukanasi vain passin kuvasivun kopiota, äläkä anna passiasi missään tilanteessa poliisille, vaan kopio. Ongelmatilanteissa kannattaa soittaa Suomen Pietarin pääkonsulaattiin, usein pelkkä uhkaus soitosta riittää. Jos tarvitset kadulla neuvoa tai apua, käänny jonkun muun kuin poliisin puoleen.

Kuten aina, terve maalaisjärki kannattaa pitää mukana. Usein itse venäläisetkään tai pietarilaisetkaan eivät kulje tiettyjä reittejä tai käytä ns. pimeitä takseja ilta- ja yöaikaan.

Stay healthy

Pietarissa kannattaa käyttää ainoastaan pullotettua vettä. Paikalliseen bakteerikantaan tottumattoman on syytä välttää myös jääpaloja.

Apteekkeja löytyy melkein joka kadunkulmasta ja kaikista löytyy kattava valikoima vaivaan kuin vaivaan. Esimerkiksi perusantibiootteihin ei tarvitse reseptiä. Ehdottomasti suosituin merkki on biceptol (бисептол).

Take contact

Kaupungin sisäiset lankapuhelut ovat Pietarissa ilmaisia. Puhelut Suomeen maksavat 2 euroa/per minuutti.Suomen konsulaatti osoitteessa 4 Preobrazenskaya Pl. Tel. 7 812 331 76 00

Venäläisen GSM-liittymän hankkiminen kannattaa, puheluiden hinnat ovat yleensä < 0.05 $USD/min. Mainoksia kadunvarsilla on runsaasti. Liittymät ovat Pre-Paid -liittymiä, maksu onnistuu lähes jokaisen kauppakeskuksen ja lähikaupankin ovenpielessä olevalla automaatilla. Automaatti (kauppa/kauppias) ottaa n. 5% komission suoritetusta maksusta.

Esim. kaveriporukalla liikkuessa kannattaa hankkia kaikille saman operaattorin GSM-liittymät. Operaattorin sisäiset soitot ja tekstiviestit ovat todella halpoja esim. verrattaessa Suomen vastaaviin hintoihin.

GSM-liittymän avaamista varten tarvitaan (Venäjän sisämaan) passi ja vakituinen osoite. Operaattorista riippuen voi olla mahdollista avata liittymä myös ulkomaalaisen nimiin. Operaattoreita ovat mm. MTS, Megafon, Tele2 ja Beeline.

Continue your journey

Päiväretket Pietarin lähiympäristöön ovat tavattoman suosittuja. Pietarin ympäristössä sijaitseekin lukemattomia upeita päiväretkikohteita.

• Hatsina — Puisto ja museo. Junat Baltian asemalta, metro Baltijskaja. Kaikki Lugan suuntaan menevät junat pysähtyvät Hatsina-Varshavskin asemalla. Kannattaa jäädä pois jo Tatjaninossa, jos juna pysähtyy. Hatsinaan pääsee myös toista reittiä, jolloin junien pääteasema on Hatsina-Baltijskij. Tämä asema on aivan palatsin vieressä. Palatsissa on vielä paljon kunnostettavaa.
• Lomonosov — Puisto ja museo. Lähellä Pietarhovia. Junat Baltian asemalta Oranienbaum 1-asemalle, metro Baltijskaja.
• Kronstadt — Aikaisemmin suljettu, nykyisin avoin, vihreä sotilassaari Pietarin edustalla. Bussi 101 Staraja Derevnjan metroasemalta, reittitaksi 405 Tshornaja Retshkan metroasemalta.
• Repino — Ilja Repinin taiteilijakoti. Vierailuun voi yhdistää Komarovon hienot hiekkarannat ja jatkaa matkaa vaikkapa Terijoelle. Junat Suomen asemalta Repinoon tai Komarovoon, bussi 211 Tshornaja Retshkan metroasemalta.
• Velikij Novgorod — Suomenkin historiaan voimakkaasti vaikuttanut ikivanha kaupunki jossa sijaitsee paljon erilaisia museoita. Hitaat junat Vitebskin asemalta. Aamukahdeksan tienoilla hiukan nopeampi yhteys Moskovan asemalta. Illalla noin viideltä pikajuna Moskovan asemalta. Bussilla 948 nopeammin linja-autoasema 2:lta Obvodnij Kanalin varresta (lähin metroasema Ligovsky Prospekt)
• Pavlovsk — Valtava puistoalue ja palatsi. Tänne liikennöi elektritska, joka lähtee Vitebskin rautatieasemalta, metro Pushkinskaja.
• Pietarhovi — Venäjän Versailles. Pietari Suuren palatsi valtavine suihkulähteineen. Elektritskat Baltian asemalta Novyi Petergofin asemalle. Bussit 200 ja 210 Avtovon metroasemalta. Kesällä Pietarhoviin pääsee myös kantosiipialuksella.
• Pushkin eli Tsarskoje Selo aka. Detskoje Selo — Pieni kaupunki noin 25 kilometriä Pietarista etelään. Hallinnollisesti se on tosin osa Pietarin kaupunkia. Suuri, kaunis puistoalue ja Katariinan palatsi. Katariinan palatsissa on muun muassa maailmankuulu meripihkahuone, joka on tosin kopio alkuperäisestä. Elektritskat Vitebskin asemalta, metro Pushkinskaja.
• The nut castle — Saarilinnoitus Neva-joen yläpäässä Laatokan rannalla. Kesällä yhteys veneillä Shlisselburgista, jonne pääsee bussilla 575 Ulitsa Dybenkon metroasemalta ja bussilla 440 Proletarskajan metroasemalta. [25]
• Vyborg, Elektritskat ja pikajunat Suomen-asemalta. Bussit Parnasin ja Devjatkinon metroasemilta.
• Pskov, yksi vaihdoton ja kaksi hidasta junayhteyttä (vaihto Lugassa) Baltian asemalta ja suora iltajuna Vitebskin asemalta. Bussi 944 linja-autoasemalta Obvodnyi Kanalin tienoilta (lähin metro Obvodnyi Kanal)

Kesäviikonloppuisin kannattaa huomioida, että kaikki venäläisetkin haluavat kaupungista ulos. Perjantai-iltapäivän junat ovat aivan turvoksissa ja kaupungin ulosmenotiet ruuhkaisia. Ruuhkaa on myös lauantaiaamuisin. Kesälauantai on hyvä päivä tutustua Pietariin omalla autolla, sillä liikenne keskustassa on hyvin hiljaista verrattuna arkipäiviin.