I lived in St. Petersburg from February to late June, 2011.
The city is incredible – simultaneously beautiful and difficult. I would recommend visiting to anyone. Whilst the winter snow is certainly a bit magical, it makes getting around pretty hard. The best time is definitely June: the weather is brilliant, there’s a celebration almost every weekend and the light lasts all the way through the night.
Elagin Island
Smolny Cathedral
Kazan Cathedral in summer
St. Nicholas Naval Cathedral
Victory Day
Jordan staircase, the Hermitage
Winter Palace
Pivskarevskoye memorial cemetery
Northernmost Buddhist temple in the world
Chesme Church in the snow
Aliye Parusa festival
Lenin
Winter palace on the river Neva
Church on Spilled Blood, park view
Frozen Neva
The Bronze Horseman in the snow
White nights in St. Petersburg (photo taken at midnight in mid-June)
View from St Isaac’s cathedral
Defenders of Leningrad monument
Jordan staircase, the Hermitage
Mayakovskaya metro stop