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Getting to Pulkovo in winter: check-in closes 40 minutes before departure

Pulkovo check-in closes no later than 40 minutes before departure. Bus 39 runs every 5-7 minutes for 88 roubles. How much time to allow when it snows.

St Petersburg Museums on a Monday: What's Closed and Where to Go

The Hermitage, the General Staff Building and the Kunstkamera close on Mondays. The Russian Museum, St Isaac's, the Savior on Spilled Blood, the Peter and Paul Fortress, Fabergé and Erarta do not. Plus the sanitary days no map app will tell you about.

Where to Warm Up in St Petersburg: Indoor Stops for 20–40 Minutes

Bookshops, arcades, libraries, food halls and stations you can walk into off the street without a ticket. Addresses, opening hours, and the places that will turn you away.

Toothache in St Petersburg: where to go at night and on weekends

Which dental clinics in St Petersburg are open at night, what state insurance covers, how much private care costs and when the case belongs in a hospital.

Exchanging cash in Saint Petersburg: counters, thresholds and why the bank rate differs

Where to exchange cash in Saint Petersburg, what documents are needed, how the airport desks work and why the counter rate is never the official one.

Free Wi-Fi and phone charging in Saint Petersburg: airport, stations, metro and trams

Where to find free Wi-Fi in Saint Petersburg, how to log in with a foreign phone number, and where the sockets and charging stations actually are.

Swimming pools in St Petersburg without a membership: single-session prices and the medical certificate rule

Which St Petersburg pools sell single sessions, what they cost, where a medical certificate is demanded before every visit, opening hours and what to bring.

Pharmacies and doctors in St Petersburg: what a visitor needs to know

The organisational side of healthcare for visitors to St Petersburg: emergency numbers, home visits via 122, walk-in trauma centres, paid versus insured appointments and prescriptions.

Breakfast in St Petersburg: who opens at seven and who stops serving at noon

There is no citywide breakfast hour in St Petersburg. A hotel dining room starts at 7:00, an independent coffee shop at 9:00, a bakery inside a shopping centre at 10:00. What the venues publish themselves, with prices and museum opening times.

St Petersburg MFC public service centres: what a visitor can actually get done

How the city‘s My Documents centres work for visitors: extraterritorial services and the exceptions, health policy rules, passport timelines, booking and queue tickets.

Working from St Petersburg for a day: coworking desks, libraries and pay-by-the-minute cafes

Day passes at St Petersburg coworking spaces cost 1,000 to 1,900 roubles, trial days go for 500, and the city runs free desks — with opening hours and the small print.

Cinema tickets in St Petersburg: how to pay 200 roubles instead of 400

Monday screenings at 200 roubles, concessions at 150 at the box office only, cheaper morning shows, free city screenings and how to pay without a Russian bank card.