This modern museum of contemporary Russian art has a huge collection crammed into 4 or 5 doubled floors (including staircases) with something for everyone. I ha...
on Nevskii Prospekt. Personally I think that the chain is a bit cheap and cheerful but is great for a cup of tea or coffee and a slice of fruit tart or a cake m...
There are three or four floors of icons large and small from across 8 or 9 centuries. Called in quite late and was practically alone in the museum which is free...
Typically spartan beer bar where customer space is limited. At least half of the draught beers are English, Belgian or German, and of the rest, half are 5.5-10...
and the only "craft" beer bar I've ever wanted to spend more than an hour. Friendly staff keen to discuss the beers available, either keg or bottle/can and mak...
and have some knowledge of Bulgakov, you will probably enjoy this museum. If you have some Russian, too, that will also help. I just popped in, being nearby, an...
There is a lot going on here but what impresses the most is the sheer size of the place, the endless tour groups rushing from one end of the building to the oth...
Quick health warning - if you are looking for Russian painting, you won't find it here - you need the Russian museum near the Church on Spilled Blood. Otherwi...
Bar which is part of the Bakunin group with super beers and friendly staff, from a hello when you arrive to a quick chat about thje beer when you pay your tab. ...
This small, plain, low-ceilinged bar at the southern end of the Chistie Prudy pond opposite the tram stop has a large selection of Pivzavod beer dispensed by fr...
the Museum of the Great Patriotic War principally chronicles the Russian experience - politically, home front, economically and principally militarily of WW2. T...
Go to Park Pobedy (Victory Park) metro and the entrance to the Park is nearby. Like many such memorials, the site is large (a velobike docking station is adjace...
to travel on the metro as well as buses and trams (although probably not taxi-buses) in the greater St Petersburg area. Go to a metro ticket office and ask for ...
About 12 minutes walk from train, tram (both Finlandskii Stn) and Ploshchad Lenina metro. Dead opposite (over the Bolshaya Nevka River) the cruiser Aurora is th...
after a longish bike ride. This small chain has the closest thing I saw to a Czech pub, principally because of the Kozel tank beer (light and dark only - all ot...
Went here a few times. Entrance is in a side street and it will help you to have the full address. Music in large bars on three floors from say 8 pm to the earl...
Called in for one of their Belgian-style own brew beers one evening. I just asked the doorman if I could just come in for a beer and was shown up to the first f...
Close to Avtozavodskaya metro. Don't go expecting to be in a pub in Prague - it is an international style, home brew beer restaurant that could be anywhere, re...
Ticket prices about the same as a low-cost flight (I paid about £45 in economy which included a cold snack and cup of tea). There's a bistro on board. Book in a...
St Basil's cathedral is the obvious highlight but the Kazan church is worth a visit, the Kremlin down one side and GUM for a look the fancy shops etc on the oth...