Музей на Неве, a.k.a. The Museum on the Neva

Europe » Russia
July 4th 2011

Published: October 10th 2011

That would be Санкт-Петербург, Россия - Saint Petersburg, Russia. There was an exercise in my Russian class that referred to the city as the Museum on the Neva River and I can certainly attest after spending a few days there. $1 ≈ 29 Russian rubles or р. Travel related detailsAccommodation and Food Stayed in a very nice hostel called Hostel Life at 47 Nevskiy Prospekt whi... Read Full Entry

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Львиный мост

Lviniy Most - Lions Bridge, also over the Griboedov Canal.

Львиный мост

Lviniy Most - Lions Bridge, also over the Griboedov Canal.

Исаакиевский Cобор

Isaakievskiy Sobor - St. Isaac's Cathedral

Исаакиевский Cобор

Isaakievskiy Sobor - St. Isaac's Cathedral

St. Isaac's Cathedral

Taken along the Moyka River.

Statue of Nicholas I

Facing St. Isaac's Cathedral

Петропавловская Kрепость

Petropavlovskaya Krepost - Peter and Paul Fortress, the original settlement of St. Petersburg founded by Peter the Great in 1703.

Cathedral

At Peter and Paul fortress

Peter and Paul Fortress

Taken around 3 am after the boat tour. It never really gets dark in summer in St. Petersburg, hence the expression Белые Ночи - Beliye Nochi or White Nights.

Кофе Хауз

Kofe Khauz - Coffee House, the ubiquitous coffee chain floating near the Hermitage.

Advertising at Coffee House

Nothing like a мохито (Mojito) on a river cruise.

Центральный Bоенно-Mорской Mузей

Tsentralniy Voenno-Morskoi Muzey - Central Naval Museum. Formerly the stock exchange.

Central Naval Museum

Night view

Central Naval Museum

Again at night

Aдмиралтейство

Admiralteystvo - Admiralty

Admiralty

City is totally different at night.

Дворцовый мост

Dvortsoviy Most - Palace Bridge, close to the Hermitage. All bridges over the Neva River open for a couple of hours around 2 or 3 am to allow large cargo ships to pass through. You're totally screwed if you are on the wrong side of the city when the bridges are open.

Троицкий мост

Troitskiy Most - Trinity Bridge

Дворцовый мост

Palace Bridge

Kazan, Church of Spilled Blood, and Griboyedov Canal

Taken from Bank Bridge.

Казанский Мост

Kazansky Most - Kazan Bridge, next to the Kazan and fronting the Church of Spilled Blood.

10th October 2011

Mimi
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Hermitage
The real hermitage is blue, ahah!! Thanks for the images. I've always wanted to see St Petersburg. You are still traveling up a storm. Good good! But where was the wodka??

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