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Street Crime   Saint Petersburg

Street Crime, Saint Petersburg

 19 Reviews  I am sure that some of the posts are well meaning but most are also based on rumors or very outdated info. If I had read only the warnings without knowing better I would never have moved to St... 

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Personal Observations   Saint Petersburg

Personal Observations, Saint Petersburg

 54 Reviews  Traffic in Russia is a nightmare. It looks like nobody really cares about speed limits or traffic rules. Cars drive at almost full speed in the city centre, especially on the multi-lane... 

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Tap Water   Saint Petersburg

Tap Water, Saint Petersburg

 19 Reviews  Please NEVER-EVER-WHATSOEVER drink tap water while in Russia. The main ground is that you don't have a degree on Chemistry and even if you do, I'm sure you don't have your pocket hot lab when on the... 

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Pickpockets   Saint Petersburg

Pickpockets, Saint Petersburg

 12 Reviews  People in Russia are generally friendly and will stop and give you directions. Be careful when approached. Foreigners are approached more often for another reason. A sneaky trick is to be in a car.... 

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Scams   Saint Petersburg

Scams, Saint Petersburg

 8 Reviews  Besides the risk from a pickpocket you could just lose -- or have stolen -- your credit cards. As with pickpockets, fast discovery and reporting of the crime can prevent more loss and headaches. The... 

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Police   Saint Petersburg

Police, Saint Petersburg

 9 Reviews  Russia does not use 911 calling, but the emergency numbers are fairly simple. For fire or accidents - 01 For Police call - 02 Ambulance - 03 Police hotline for foreigners 278-30-18 Central police... 

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Street Signs   Saint Petersburg

Street Signs, Saint Petersburg

 6 Reviews  This is not really a warning, but rather an enigma to us. Well, it used to be thanks to Elena_N who unravelled this mystery for us: It is a sign which is meant to inform other traffic users that... 

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Taxis   Saint Petersburg

Taxis, Saint Petersburg

 10 Reviews  I notice most of the posts describe how things were or imagined a number of years ago. The posts that did have some grain of reality are outdated and reflect little on what is true now. The best and... 

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Public Transport   Saint Petersburg

Public Transport, Saint Petersburg

 9 Reviews  In May-September period there is night navigation on Neva River and all bridges are swung. Be careful in time because if you need to go to Vasil'evsky Island or to Petrogradskaya side of the city (or... 

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Caution about pickpockets

by eksvist

In Russia You must to be careful about pickpockets ... I am wrong ... when you travelling, you always must to be careful about pickpockets.The places, where you must to take this warning seriously, are:the metro stations, the tricky fountains in Peterhofand all other crowded places, where peoples are loosing the attention.Some year ago, there was installed the several alarm-button on the Nevsky prospekt after every 500 meter, for calling the Militsia (russian police), when you are in danger.

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Visas for Russia!

by mwe

Not a danger, but definitely part warning, part advice.YOU MUST APPLY MONTHS IN ADVANCE FOR A RUSSIAN VISA!HOWEVER: on the Fred.Olsen cruise ship we were on, the tours could go off the ship on GROUP VISAS. The best 'tour' was the city-centre shopping tour. A coach picked you up from the ship & took you along a few streets, with a guide pointing out buildings, etc..The coaches then stopped in the city centre & let you off to look round the city for a couple of hours on your own on a group Visa & then picked you up for a drive & some commentary as you went back to the ship. Nice!...This was the case in 2003. I hope this 'loophole' hasn't been closed.

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Banks

by eugini2001

If you take cash with you look if all notes clean & without any ,yes any marks.They didn't accepted some of my notes because they had some spots on it! I had to take them back to The USA,but it's good I had another 101 $ to avoid problems!

"nothing to see there"...

by globetrott

"There is nothing to see there" - "It is always locked and visits are impossible" - "The priests will not accept any tourists"......these were the stereotypes we could hear by the tourguides on our crew-tours.......and we did not give up asking, but asked the same questions on every tour, but of course the guide had to tell us these stories - the busdriver might have told it to the police, if he would say something else...

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Be heedful!!!

by LanaFromRiga

There are many gipsy people near the museums and parks - pickpocketing is they work. Take your bags and pockets under control.

The chatedral

by globetrott

This famous church was locked all the time, whenever we tried to go there - it did oficially "not exist" and was not mentioned umong the sights shown to the tourists...

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Q:  Does the Smolny Institute in Saint Petersburg still exist? If not, does the building still exist, and if so, where is it located?... 

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A: Google has all sorts of info. It does still exist in the form of a building that houses the city government. Address is 1 Smolny Passage. You can look up the sites for... 

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