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.
Jordan staircase, the Hermitage
Defenders of Leningrad monument
Mayakovskaya metro stop
Aliye Parusa festival
The Bronze Horseman in the snow
White nights in St. Petersburg (photo taken at midnight in mid-June)
Winter Palace
Chesme Church in the snow
Elagin Island
Smolny Cathedral
Jordan staircase, the Hermitage
Frozen Neva
Winter palace on the river Neva
Lenin
View from St Isaac’s cathedral
Pivskarevskoye memorial cemetery
Church on Spilled Blood, park view
Victory Day
St. Nicholas Naval Cathedral
Kazan Cathedral in summer
Northernmost Buddhist temple in the world