St Petersburg
St Petersburg
"Venice of the North" built in 1703 by Peter the Great
![St Petersburg - "Venice of the North" built in 1703 by Peter the Great](https://www.asabbatical.com/sites/default/files/styles/huge/public/waypoint/Photo%2001.09.15%2023%2056%2013.jpg?itok=eHFpoma3)
Location:
St Petersburg, Russia
Duration:
Monday, August 31, 2015 to Friday, September 4, 2015
Journey:
personal highlights
- St. Petersburg: extremely underrated city in Europe
(fourth-largest!)
- Peter the Great: built his new capital city in a few years at the Neva River
- High to low: climbing a rooftop and visiting the epic metro stations
- Venice of the North: one of several cities in Europe dubbed this title
- UNESCO: protected together with the Hermitage and Peterhof Palace
image sources
- Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood
- traffic police in the city center
- ballet advertisement on the sidewalk
- inside one of the beautiful metros
- one of the many lovely canals