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Explore Peter the Great's private collection of anatomical oddities at the ghoulish
Kunstkamera ( CLICK HERE ).
Check out St Petersburg's best new art space, the huge Erarta Museum of
Contemporary Art ( CLICK HERE ), where you'll see Russian works from the late
Soviet and post-Soviet era.
Visit the fascinating Menshikov Palace ( CLICK HERE ), St Petersburg's first
stone building.
Hear tales of Soviet exploration in the Arctic aboard the retired Icebreaker
Krasin ( CLICK HERE ).
Explore: Vasilyevsky Island
Peter the Great originally intended this large triangular island to be the heart of his
city. As such, it is among the oldest neighbourhoods in St Petersburg, especially the
eastern tip known as the Strelka ('tongue of land'), which is crammed with institu-
tions, museums and the sprawling campus of St Petersburg State University.
Further back from the Strelka, the island is an orderly, residential place, with a grid-
system of wide roads full of shops, restaurants and cafes. It makes a great base for
travellers, with fast connections to the centre, and plenty to do locally in the evenings.
The northern and western end of the island is rather postindustrial and remote, with
the city's ferry port and the LenExpo exhibition centre blighting the landscape.
However, in the past few years regeneration has come, with the fantastic new Erarta
Museum of Contemporary Art well and truly putting the area on the map for more in-
quisitive travellers.
Local Life
ยป Cool Street Hang with the locals on 6-ya and 7-ya liniya, the main pedestrian and
commercial street of Vasilyevsky Island. Full of cafes, bars, restaurants and shops,
this is where to escape the tourist crowds at the Strelka.
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