The new resource www.gdeetotdom.ru allows you to find a photo of almost any house in Moscow or St. Petersburg.

A very useful tool if you're thinking about renting or buying a flat or just want to make sure that you will be able to find the house you need easily.

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This is the first regular bicycle tour in St Petersburg! The Sunday Morning Bike Tour is a perfect way to explore this flat and spread-out city. Admire the great panoramic views along the Neva and the canals, visit sites that are hard to get to otherwise – both major tourist landmarks and well-hidden corners only locals know.

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There are plenty of unique areas to walk around in St. Petersburg, and
they are not all architectural landmarks.

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Some new additions to the St Petersburg guide have just been put online. Firstly the entertainment section has been revamped, updated and expanded. The newest member of the Way to Russia team, Denis Nemchitsky, has written a whole bunch of reviews of the most trendy clubs and bars in the northern capital. Check out the fully updated St Petersburg entertainment section here.

And to be sure you don’t miss anything that’s happening in St Petersburg or Moscow, whether it’s at a club, theater or museum, Denis is also listing every event worth knowing about on the Way to Russia What’s On calendar.



Also just added is a complete guide to the sights of St Petersburg with an interactive map to show you where they are. It features stacks of information about all the most famous sights and a few lesser known ones as well. Plus there are plenty of pretty pictures there. Click here to take a virtual tour through the Venice of the north, courtesy of Way to Russia.

And, of course, the St Petersburg guide still features stacks of information about accommodation and loads of practical advice, with more updates soon to come. If you have any comments or suggestions for future updates please leave them below. Your feedback is very helpful for us.

Our freelance writer Nick Gruzdev, who also happens to be a guide for Peter's Walking Tours in St. Petersburg has done a review of the best middle-priced hotels, bed & breakfast, and hostels in St. Petersburg. You can find it online at Way To Russia St Petersburg Accommodation Guide.

I recently got a text message from a Moscow-residing American friend on his first trip to St Petersburg: "The streets are clean, there are no passed out vagrants anywhere and the woman at the Produkty smiled at me! What kind of strange alternate reality have I stumbled into?" Bizarro Moscow: it seems to be a common impression. Every time I go to St Petersburg I start making plans to relocate there from Moscow. The relative serenity, beauty and ease of life is such a refreshing change from the unwelcoming, over-populated and ugly Moscow. But on my most recent visit to St Petersburg "ya byl v shoke". It has become even more foreigner friendly than I remembered...

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