Saint Petersburg, Russia
Санкт-Петербург
Saint Petersburg is a regional capital of 5,351,935 people in St. Petersburg, Russia, founded in May 27, 1703.
Why visit Saint Petersburg
Townapedia lists 149 museums and landmarks, 13 parks and trails, 237 places to eat, 94 places to stay and 65 attractions in and around town.
Highlights include Hermitage Theatre, Old Saint Petersburg Stock Exchange, Hermitage Museum and Zoological Museum of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
Weather in Saint Petersburg
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About Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg, formerly known as Petrograd (Петроград), and later Leningrad (Ленинград), is the second-largest city in Russia, after Moscow, the nation's capital. Situated on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea, its area of 1,439 square kilometers (556 sq mi) makes it the smallest administrative division of Russia by area. The city had a population of 5,601,911 residents as of 2021, with more than 6.4 million people living in the metropolitan area. Saint Petersburg is the fourth-most populous city in Europe, the most populous city on the Baltic Sea, and the world's northernmost city of more than 1 million residents.
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Things to do65
Old Saint Petersburg Stock Exchange
Monument and historic site · 0.8 km
Commercial building in Vasileostrovsky District, Russia
4 Биржевая площадь, Санкт-Петербург
Saint Isaac's Square
Monument and historic site · 0.7 km
Square in Saint Petersburg, Russia
Spit of the Vasilievsky Island
Monument and historic site · 0.8 km
Russian Stock Exchange Building in Petersburg
Admiralty building in Saint Petersburg
Monument and historic site
Building in Saint Petersburg, Russia
Avtovo
Monument and historic site · 8.5 km
Metro station in Saint Petersburg, Russia
Baltiyskaya
Monument and historic site · 3.6 km
Metro station in Saint Petersburg, Russia
Baltiysky railway station
Monument and historic site · 3.7 km
Railway station in Russia
Betancourt Bridge
Bridge · 3.3 km
Bridge in Saint Petersburg, Russia crossing Little Neva
Blagoveshchensky Bridge
Bridge · 1.4 km
Bridge in St Petersburg, Russia
53 more on the map.
Museums and landmarks149
Hermitage Museum
Museum
Russia's premier and world famous museum of art and culture, includes many Impressionist and similar era painting.
38 литА Дворцовая набережная
Tu-Su 12:00-21:00
Zoological Museum of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Museum · 0.7 km
Коллекция различных типов животных, представленная в Зоологическом музее РАН, насчитывает примерно 30 000 экспонатов и является одной из...
Mo,We-Su 11:00-19:00; Tu,We[2] off
Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography
Museum · 0.6 km
3 литБ Университетская набережная, Санкт-Петербург
Tu-Su 10:00-18:00;Mo off;Tu[-1] off
Lobanov-Rostovsky Residence
Monument and historic site
1 Вознесенский проспект, Санкт-Петербург
M. Zoshchenko Apartment Museum
Museum · 0.7 km
4/2 Малая Конюшенная улица, Санкт-Петербург
Tu,Th-Su 10:30-18:30; We 12:00-20:00; Fr[-1] off
Old Saint Petersburg Stock Exchange - Southern Warehouse
Monument and historic site · 0.7 km
1-3 Университетская набережная, Санкт-Петербург
ROSPHOTO
Museum · 0.6 km
РОСФОТО осуществляет деятельность по всем направлениям актуальной проблематики, связанной с фотографией и изображением: выставочные,...
We, Sa-Mo 11:00-19:00; Tu, Th-Fr 12:00-21:00
137 more on the map.
Parks, trails and playgrounds13
Maritime Victory Park
Park · 5.5 km
Park, tourist attraction in Saint Petersburg, Russia
Moskovsky Victory Park
Park · 7.9 km
Park in Saint Petersburg, Russia
1 more on the map.
Restaurants and cafes237
British Bakery
Cafe · Cake, Breakfast, Coffee Shop, Tea · 0.7 km
Mo-Fr 08:00-22:00; Sa-Su 09:00-22:00
Goose Goose
Restaurant · Italian
27 Большая Конюшенная улица, Санкт-Петербург
Fr-Sa 10:00-24:00; Mo-Th,Su 10:00-23:00
Kazan-Mangal
Restaurant · Georgian, Uzbek
13 Малая Морская улица
Mo-Th,Su 11:00-01:00; Fr-Sa 11:00-02:00
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225 more on the map.
Where to stay94
Churches and places of worship12
Lutheran Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul
Church · Lutheran · 0.6 km
22-24 литБ Невский проспект, Санкт-Петербург
Church of St. Catherine
Church · Lutheran · 0.6 km
1-3 литБ Малая Конюшенная улица, Санкт-Петербург
Часовня Святого Иоанна Крестителя
Church · Lutheran · 0.6 km
4-6-8 Большая Конюшенная улица, Санкт-Петербург
Shopping42
Schools, colleges and libraries19
Фундаментальная библиотека им. императрицы Марии Фёдоровны РГПУ им. А. И. Герцена
Library
48 к5 набережная реки Мойки, Санкт-Петербург
Санкт-Петербургский научный центр Российской академии наук
School · 0.7 km
5 Университетская набережная, Санкт-Петербург
Healthcare10
Map of Saint Petersburg
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Getting there and nearby towns
Pulkovo Airport (LED) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 16 km away.
- Kudrovo 12 km east, about 12 min by car
- Zanevka 11 km east, about 11 min by car
- Yanino-1 14 km east, about 14 min by car
- Shushary 15 km south, about 15 min by car
- Murino 14 km northeast, about 14 min by car
- Pargolovo 16 km north, about 16 min by car
- Bugry 15 km north, about 15 min by car
- Novoye Devyatkino 17 km northeast, about 17 min by car
- Strel'na 18 km southwest, about 18 min by car
- Staraya 18 km east, about 18 min by car
Drive times are estimates from straight-line distance, not routes.
Local news
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Sources and licences
- GeoNames (CC BY 4.0): population, coordinates, regions and time zone
- OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0): places, airports, map data
- Openverse (see each image): photos
- Wikidata (CC0 1.0): elevation, founding date, time zone, website, landmarks and historic places
- Wikimedia Commons (see each image): photos
- Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0): overview and history text
Photo credits
- Peter & Paul fortress in SPB 03, Florstein ( Telegram: WikiPhoto.Space ), CC BY-SA 4.0
- Spb 06-2012 Palace Embankment various 12, A.Savin, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Palace Bridge SPB (img2), Florstein ( Telegram: WikiPhoto.Space ), CC BY-SA 4.0
- Spb Views from Isaac Cathedral May2012 09, A.Savin, CC BY-SA 3.0
- 00 5073 Sankt Petersburg, Wassiljewski-Insel - Marinemuseum, W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Metro SPB Line1 Avtovo, Florstein ( Telegram: WikiPhoto.Space ), CC BY-SA 4.0
- Metro SPB Line1 Baltyskaya Central Hall, Florstein ( Telegram: WikiPhoto.Space ), CC BY-SA 4.0
- Spb 06-2012 Baltic Railway Terminal, A.Savin, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Санкт-Петербург, мост Бетанкура сверху, Nikolai Bulykin, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Blagoveschensky Bridge SPB, Florstein ( Telegram: WikiPhoto.Space ), CC BY-SA 4.0
- Winter Palace Panorama 4, Florstein ( Telegram: WikiPhoto.Space ), CC BY-SA 4.0
- Большой зал Зоологического музея. - panoramio, Natalia Semenova, CC BY 3.0
- Парк Екатерингоф, JDrew, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Приморский парк Победы. Второй северный пруд, O-fly, Public domain
- Propylaea in Moskovsky Park Pobedy, user:One_half_3544, Public domain
- Владимирский собор (Санкт-Петербург), Steven Pavlov, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Streets Sankt-Peterburg sent2011 3924, Peterburg23, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia, main building at winter evening, Лейтенант Коломбо, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Saint Isaac's Cathedral in SPB, Florstein ( Telegram: WikiPhoto.Space ), CC BY-SA 4.0
- Winter Palace Panorama 3, Florstein ( Telegram: WikiPhoto.Space ), CC BY-SA 4.0
- Spb 06-2012 Nevsky various 02, A.Savin, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Glinka Capella 2004, Пётр Трубинов , 16 December 2008 (original upload date), Public domain
- Kunstkamera SPB, Florstein ( Telegram: WikiPhoto.Space ), CC BY-SA 4.0
- Строгановский дворец (2), George Shuklin ( talk ), CC BY-SA 1.0
- Angleter, Ctac, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Petrikirche SPb, Foxy9760, CC0
- Peterschule, Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
- L'ermitage - Edifici Estat Major des de plaça interior, Josep Renalias, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Astoria Hotel SPB, Florstein ( Telegram: WikiPhoto.Space ), CC BY-SA 4.0
- Saint Mary's Church in SPB, Florstein ( Telegram: WikiPhoto.Space ), CC BY-SA 4.0
- Den goroda SPb 29May2010 70, Peterburg23, CC BY 3.0
- Висячий сад в апреле, Tura8, CC BY-SA 3.0
- The building of the Ministry of War 1817-1820 - panoramio, angelius1979, CC BY-SA 3.0
- DLT Department Store 01, Florstein ( Telegram: WikiPhoto.Space ), CC BY-SA 4.0
- Pushkin Apartment Museum SPB 05, Florstein ( Telegram: WikiPhoto.Space ), CC BY-SA 4.0
- Sankt Petersburg - Akademie der Wissenschaften (Aufriss 1741), Unknown author, Public domain
- SPbSUITD, Светлана Дательбаум, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Новый корпус СПбГУТ на пр. Большевиков, Spbgut, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Sankt-Petěrburg 203, Dezidor, CC BY 3.0
- Aeroflot building 01, sailko, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Schild Literaturkaffee Sankt Petersburg, Olaf Meister, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Дом Лобанова-Ростовского01, Екатерина Борисова, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Sankt-Petěrburg 012, Dezidor, CC BY 3.0
- Rosphoto museum, Pr rosphoto, CC BY-SA 4.0
- New Holland Island - panoramio, Alexey Komarov, CC BY 3.0
- Old Saint Petersburg Stock Exchange and Rostral Columns, carefulweb, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Admiralty Building saint Petersburg, wirralwater, CC BY 2.0
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