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Business Hours
Throughout this guide, we only supply opening hours for establishments when
they differ from the following norms:
Banks
9am-6pm Mon-Fri
Businesses & Shops
10am-9pm Mon-Fri, 10am-7pm Sat & Sun
Bars & Clubs
6pm-6am
Information
9am-6pm
Restaurants
11am or noon-11pm
Museum hours vary widely, as do their weekly days off. Most museums shut
their ticket offices an hour before closing time. Many close for a
sanitarny den
(cleaning day), during the last week of every month.
Customs Regulations
Customs controls in Russia are relatively relaxed these days. Searches bey-
ond the perfunctory are quite rare. Apart from the usual restrictions, you are
limited by the amount of cash you can bring in. If you are carrying more than
US$3000 - or valuables worth that much - you must declare it and proceed
through the red channel.
Otherwise, on entering Russia, you can pick up your luggage and go through
the green channel, meaning 'nothing to declare'.
If you intend to take home anything vaguely 'arty' (manuscripts, instruments,
coins, jewellery) it must be assessed by the
Cultural Security Department
OFFLINE MAP
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( 311 5196; Malaya Morskaya ul 17; 11am-5pm Mon-Fri;
Admiralteyskaya).
Take along your passport, a sales receipt and the item in
