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