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Old Posted Jul 11, 2018, 11:24 PM
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St. Petersburg //second city of russia

St. Petersburg was a nice city to visit, but it felt a bit small for a city of its size. Enjoy!

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Old Posted Jul 12, 2018, 12:38 AM
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-"It felt a bit small for a city of its size."-

Love the expression, understandable yet confusing.
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Old Posted Jul 12, 2018, 3:04 PM
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Always love a new Sabotai thread. Gorgeous city of course - I'm curious as to what about it felt small though?
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Old Posted Jul 12, 2018, 7:07 PM
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Fab shots of St Petersburg Nobody goes there anymore. It’s too crowded.
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Old Posted Jul 12, 2018, 7:34 PM
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Corrupt mafia country but thank you for posting these photos.
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Old Posted Jul 12, 2018, 7:45 PM
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Always love a new Sabotai thread. Gorgeous city of course - I'm curious as to what about it felt small though?
Maybe it was how many people were on the streets and the general scale of centrally located public areas. I'd say it feels similar to and a little bit larger than Stockholm, which has ~1/3 as many people.
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Old Posted Jul 15, 2018, 5:32 AM
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teally a beautiful and interesting place. how was the metro and the hermitage?
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Beautiful pics. I didn't expect so many signs to also be in English (except for the McDonalds advert), how common is that throughout the city, or is that only in the tourist-oriented neighborhoods?
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Old Posted Jul 21, 2018, 12:22 AM
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Beautiful pics. I didn't expect so many signs to also be in English (except for the McDonalds advert), how common is that throughout the city, or is that only in the tourist-oriented neighborhoods?
There are words in English and things written in Latin script on trendy commercial places, but going inside them, you'll see almost no English, at least not English that is meant to be read by English speakers.
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Old Posted Jul 21, 2018, 12:27 AM
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teally a beautiful and interesting place. how was the metro and the hermitage?
I actually didn't get to ride the metro as the center is fairly compact and walkable.

I also didn't go inside the Hermitage. For the most part, I find the art feels generic and interchangeable in most of these types of museums, so I usually skip them.
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Old Posted Jul 31, 2018, 2:21 AM
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Generally, in these older historic cities, there's a new modern part with high-rises outside the city center. Does St. Petersburg have this?
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Sometimes people find it very surprising that cities like Boston, NY and Montreal are older than St. Petersburg.
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