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