St Petersburg transport fares 2026: card, day pass or bank card
A metro ride costs 65 ₽ with a Podorozhnik card and 95 ₽ with a token or bank card. Here is the full cost of a day for three, five and eight rides, plus transfer rules and suburban trains.
Skiing near Saint Petersburg: lift pass prices for 2026/27 and how to get there without a car
Season passes are on sale from 44,900 roubles, but day tickets are not announced yet. Five ski hills near the city: prices, rentals, instructors and buses.
Leaving Pulkovo at night: last bus, last train, taxi and drawbridges
Bus 39 runs from Pulkovo until 01:36, but the last train from Moskovskaya to the centre leaves at 00:11. Night buses, the official taxi desk, the capsule hotel, left luggage and the bridge schedule.
Renting a car in St Petersburg in winter: prices, deposits and winter tyre rules
Economy cars from 1,100 roubles a day, deposits of 5,000-20,000 roubles released within 14 days, mandatory winter tyres from December to February.
Peterhof in winter: what is open, what is free and how to get there
The fountains are drained, Monplaisir and Marly are closed for restoration, and the Lower Park becomes free. What stays open, which day each museum is shut, and how to travel once the hydrofoils stop.
Winter day trips by train from Saint Petersburg: five routes with fares, journey times and a plan for the day
A ticket to Zelenogorsk, Pushkin or Oranienbaum costs a flat 65 roubles; Vyborg is 353 on a Lastochka. Five winter routes, what is open and what is closed.
Four hours in St Petersburg: what actually fits
A long layover at Pulkovo, a gap between trains, a cruise call. Subtract the transfer both ways, then pick one of three timed walking routes — with locker prices and the nightly bridge schedule.
The Hermitage in December: Ticket Prices, Free Days, Holiday Hours and the Quietest Slots
The General Staff Building costs 700 roubles, the Main Museum Complex 500 to 1200, and the free Hermitage Day on 7 December 2026 falls on a closed Monday.
Free in St Petersburg: 20 events for the week of 5 — 11 October
Concerts, talks, exhibitions and festivals in St Petersburg with free entry for the week of 5 — 11 October. With dates, times and addresses — and a note on where "free" really means "by registration".
Parking in central St Petersburg: where to leave the car and what it costs
Named car parks by the Hermitage, St Isaac's and the Peter and Paul Fortress with addresses and rates, how to pay without a Russian banking app, the 3,000 ₽ fine and 2026 towing costs.
Rainy day in St Petersburg: three hour-by-hour plans with tickets, hours and almost no street walking
Three ready-made indoor days in St Petersburg with real 2026 prices: General Staff and the Hermitage, the Railway Museum and Grand Maket, the aquarium with a child.
Getting around St Petersburg at night: metro, bridges and taxis
The night bus network closed in 2020, metro transfers stop at 00:15 and the bridges go up from 1:10. Here is what actually runs after midnight and what it costs.