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Sininen Says: My sister's partner wanted to sit on a bench as it is becoming more and more difficult for him to walk distances while my sister and I walked around. We fell in love with this park. There are many arch bridges, none of them original, many paths, cliffs, trees, colourful...
Sininen Says: In the 18th century the manor house and the park were called Lill-Ladugård. When Family von Stupish moved to the manor house in 1750 they began to call is Charlottendahl after Charlotte von Stupish. During that time the park got its appearance as landscape garden. Its...
Sininen Says: One of my colleagues has been to Vyborg a couple of times and she warned me about taking a taxi and going to Monrepos Park. Anyway we asked our driver about it and he said there was no need to be afraid of going, so we took a taxi there and agreed with the driver that he...
Sininen Says: The castle was built in 1293 by the Swedes during the third Crusade to Karelia and is located in the Karelian Isthmus. In the 16th century a lot of renovations and additions were made. Viipuri was taken by the Russians in 1710, but passed back to Finnish hands in 1812 when...
Sininen Says: The Bell Tower of the old Cathedral, so called watchtower, is from the the 15th century and the upper part of it from the 18th century. For a small fee you can climb up and without a doubt have beautiful view over the town of Vyborg. I gave it a miss as my knee was bothering...
The Cathedral of the Transfiguration of our Savior
Sininen Says: Empress Catherine II instructions to build Russian Orthodox Church in Vyborg during her visit there in 1783. The church is designed by N.A. Lvovin. It was built of bricks in 1787–1789 in the new main square in Vyborg. It was quite a small church and presented classism and...
Sininen Says: Sweden's King Gustav Adolf had the Round Tower built between 1547-50 and functions as restaurant. On its walls are frescos by Topi Vikstedt (1891-1930). Our mother worked as waitress there when she was a young woman. Unfortunately there's nobody to tell us when it was and...
WanderingFinn Says: The centre of Vyborg is small enough to walk around. It is the best way to see things too. Fist when you arrive the city, you see the castle of Vyborg, built in the 13th century by the Finns. Another nice place is the open area market place neighbourhood. You can really make...
alectrevor Says: Three trains go to Helsinki and two to St Petersburg and one to Moscow, plus the local elektra train. to St Petersburg. A couple of buses go to Helsinki. The russian border guards do a customs check and passport/visa check on the train . The emigration card that was filled...
Nice cruise Finland - Russia via Saimaa channel
WanderingFinn Says: A nice way to see the city of Vyborg, nowadays belonging to Russia, is to take a boat via the Saimaa channel from Lappeenranta city directly to the centre of Vyborg. Vyborg is actually an old Finnish city, built in the 13th century; also a still existing castle was built....
Sininen Says: We were not out of the bus yet when the vendors arrived and each of them made their best to sell us something. It was really annoying. I know that they have to make their living but if I want to buy something this is not the way to do it. I need my peace and want to look at...
Boltry Tower of the Old Cathedral
Kuznetsov_Sergey Says: Unfortunately the Boltry Tower of the Old Cathedral (Watchtower) has rather modest appearance. Local authorities while probably does not have money to restore this beautiful tower. I managed to examine it already in the deep evening, therefore the picture does not...
Kuznetsov_Sergey Says: The Salakkalahti gulf is one of the most picturesque places in Vyborg. Ancient ships on which local residents reached coasts of medieval Europe, went on the rivers of Russia to Novgorod and the southern countries are established on the coast of this gulf. The powerful...
bugulma Says: The town is very green and it is real pleasure to walk around the city. I think in autumn it is ver beautiful in spite of cloudy sky (in my case). I recommend you to walk in the park near of the bay and in some little parks between railway station and centrally located Red...
bugulma Says: The central square of the town is Red Square. The square is surrounded by shops. I read in guides that in New Year Eve New Year Tree is situated exactly in the centre of the square. In the northern part of the square you can see the monument to Vladimir Lenin (plcaed in...
bugulma Says: In one o the parks in the central part of the city you can see a monument to elk. It was placed in 1928 by Myantunen sculptor. Interesting monument. I was very surprised when I saw it. Well, I was without my glasses walking by and tried to guess what it is as a monument....
Spaso-Preobrazhensky Cathedral
bugulma Says: The cathedral is situated in Teatral'naya Square. It was built after visiting of Ekaterina II The Great in 1783. he cathedral building works were finished in 1787 by L'vov architect. Renovated works partial were finished and the cathedral looks great. The interesting fact...
St Peter and St Pavel Cathedral
bugulma Says: St Peter and St Pavel Cathedral is situated in Pionerskaya Square. It was built in XVIII century by Brockmann architect and renovated in 1793-1799 by Fel'ten architect. In previous times it has an organ by Mayer manufacture. Now it is Lutheran Church.
bugulma Says: Round Tower was built in 1547-1550 as a part of the town fortifications. The fact is it was 17 meters in front of the corner fortifications that to shoot along the main walls of the fortress. In 1861 the walls here were destroyed. The tower was used as a meeting hal but now...
bugulma Says: The interesting fact is the bell tower of the cathedral still exists and you can see it. The tower was built in XV century. After the town turned to Russia, the tower was used as a watch tower for fires. In 1796 the tower was rebuilt. The clock mechanism works in the tower...
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The castle has been standing at its strategic place during centuries, although meanwhile burnt, destroyed or explosed partly.Nowadays it has been again...
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I visited Vyborg with one day journey when I was in Saint Petersburg during 2 weeks business trip. I liked the city, its castle and walking in the old quarters of the town. Although weather was not......
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The bus was in Lahti quarter to seven in the morning and as I was the only one to join the tour from here we continued the trip straight away. We had a stop in Iitti so those who wanted could have...
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I travelled from StPetersburg by local train for a one night stopover in Vyborg. After the big city i felt this was nearer the "real russia". The buildings are mainly well kept, but some streets are...
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Vyborg is an old Finnish town which is now obviously in Russia. There are a few old buildings left and the castle is the main landmark. You can take a daytrip from St. Petersburg. I was just passing...
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