Excursion on a BOAT
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Frankly saying I don't know if locals actually adore it or not, it's just that majority of locals have to 'participate' in a boat excursion AT LEAST a couple times each year when they get a visit from a friend from another place, because it's the best, easiest and quickest way to introduce the city to a person and vice versa! :)
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Pushkinskaya10
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If you want to feel the spirit of the open-minded people, meet young artists and singers you’ll have such opportunity here. Plus, you will get to see the unofficial street of John Lennon, decorated with bas-reliefs of Beatle’s members, colorful graffiti and poetry on the walls that compliments the atmosphere.
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Grand Maket Rossiya
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Outstanding attention to details makes this project interesting and amusing both for kids and adults. Looks like all the characters live here their own lives. Admission is pricey (10€), but it is totally worth it.
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Yusupov Garden
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Apart from being a perfect place for a picnic in the middle of the city, it's also interesting as one of cultural heritage objects of Russia. By the way, at its lake the first world championship on figure skating took place in 1896.
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Ziferblat
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It is the best place to chat with friends while playing board games, indulging in limitless cookies and coffee/tea or munching on some cereal. Great view looking onto Nevsky prospect, movie nights and different lectures at the weekends.
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Maritime Victory park on Krestovsky island
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It is a good way to relax like a local and feel the breeze from the Gulf of Finland. Family with kids can go to the mini zoo and for a company of friends I suggest to visit an amusement park located nearby. There is a good restaurant "Russian Fishing" where you can catch a fish and then eat it grilled.
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Angleterre cinema lounge
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The cinema is situated in the hotel "Angleter" (on the ground floor) famous with its splendid furnishings and has about 200 seats. So you'll fell yourself like in the begining of the 20th centure with the exception of great sound and quality of the picture.
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Peter and Paul fortress
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Have a look at the most controversial statue of Peter the Great, peek at the all-season sun lovers (the strongest ones come for a sunbath even in February), try to hit the hare by Ioannovsky bridge with a coin for good luck and hear traditional cannon shot at midday (on summer Saturdays you can also observe change of guards right after that).
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Yusupov Palace
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Yusupov palace is worth visiting not just because notorious Rasputin was murdered there (though of course there is a small exposition dedicated to those events), but also because its interiors, that used to belong to the richest family of Russia, are nowadays the best preserved evidence of the 18th century living.
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Dom Kino/Rodina
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Some bars might show movies in English occasionally, but Rodina and Dom Kino are the oldest cinema, where on a regular basis you can enjoy quite a choice of films in original languages with subtitles (normally they're dubbed). Tickets cost 2,50-6 euros
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Museum of Soviet Arcade Machines (Музей советских игровых автоматов)
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The place for those who will never forget their childhood dreams. If you're interested in "back to the USSR" theme 350 roubles gets you about 15 games, enough to have such experience. Extra points will add a soda water machine (taste familiar to every Soviet schoolchild) and some snack to recharge if you get tired playing.
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The Botanical Garden
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During summer period many lections are held here as well as open-air tours and different themed evenings. Every year you can see the blooming of the rare Queen of the Night flowers - for one night only. Because of this, the Botanical Garden remains open until midnight during this special night.
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Nevsky Prospect
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You can find here all you need: wonderful palasts, famous churches and more. Here is no problem with transport, there are metro stations, a railway station and shipwrecks too. expensive restaurants or cheap fast food, museums or shopping, theater or street musicians...all!
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Udelka
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It is actually a great place for treasure hunting if you're in the mood for this kind of things, though it might be a bit difficult to find: from metro Udelnaya go to the right, cross the railways, then turn to the right and keep going as long as you can (there will be some crappy shoe/clothes kiosks, just ignore them)
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The Monrepos park
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If you love Mother Nature and want to spend some time in peace and quietness and to enjoy beautiful natural views and to take wonderful pictures!
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