St. Petersburg, the European door to Russia

Dubbed as the Venice from the lands in the north for its palace-lined waterways, St. Petersburg has escaped to the arquitectural incursions of Stalinism and its grandiose relics of tsarist days are still intact. Sculpted by islands and the sinuous Нева (Nieva) river, the city is a vista of geometrical glance. With a population of 5 million, the city that as much of all the European cities have to offer holding some soviet spirit as you go further on. The cities northern latitude means long days in summer – known as the white nights – and long nights, of which someone coming from Helsinki and Tallinn is already used to.

St. Petersburg is the countries second city and thus an important centre for commercial activities. Though, its heart remains as the cultural capital of the country, regarding its astonishing palaces, museums and temples spread all around the city. Mentioned a thousand times in several classics of the cinema, scene for the works of the great Dostoyevsky, this is a city that deserves your visit. Although there’s no snow yet, the iced Neva river covered with the lights of the city, walked through bridges, welcomes the foreigner coming from the lands in the south.