St. Petersburg Things to Do

This exhibition hall on Isaakievskaia Ploshchad' (St Isaac's Square) is a good place to drop in for an hour or so if you are beginning to feel a little overwhelmed by the beautiful architecture of St Petersburg. Built in 1807 i... more

This pleasant art gallery in the middle of Nevskii Prospect was one of the first private art joints to open in the city, an event which in part heralded the end of the artistic strictures of Soviet years. There are three halls... more

The first burial at this cemetery took place in 1905. At that time this area lay in the countryside, and the original occupants of the graves were local peasants and village-dwellers. In 1907, the wooden church in the name of t... more

Brightly lit-up and therefore easy to spot from the street - something which isn't always the case in St Petersburg, with all its basement cafes, Kafe 01 is a pretty busy little place. Customers are divided between those interr... more

SKA is not among the best known Russian hockey clubs, certainly its reputation pales to that of the old Spartak, Dynamo or Red Army teams,  but Russia's most European city sends enthusiastic fans to the sparkling new Ice Palace... more

This cemetery is situated in the north part of the city. It is a very important place for the people of the city, being the burial place (in mass graves) of those who died during World War II. The cemetery is a harrowing remind... more

The theatre in its present form has existed since the 17th of September 1929, following the union of the Leningrad and Kharkov troupes. It gained loyalty amongst St Peterburgers during and after the Blockade of World War Two be... more

A trade exhibition attracting interested parties from all over Russian and abroad. The majority of visitors are highly qualified specialists, whose goals may range from the simple gathering of information and monitoring of tech... more

St Petersburg isn't short of slightly off-the-wall places to eat, drink and play and Pit-Stop ranks pretty highly among them. Based for the most part on a Formula One theme, Pit-Stop is a bizarre but fun combination of bar, caf... more

Divided by the railway into a western and an eastern sections, this cemetery developed over time into two entirely separate burial sites. On one side 'The Cemetery of the Victims of the 9th of January' and on the other a Jewish... more