Romantics

Vasilyevsky Island

The Strelka and the lines

Birzhevaya Square, Universitetskaya Embankment, the lines of Vasilyevsky Island

  • Strelka
  • Embankments
  • University
  • The lines

The Strelka with the Rostral Columns, the university, and then the grid of lines. The eastern end is the display. The western end is quiet embankments where the city runs out into the gulf.

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Vasilyevsky Island
Photo: Kora27, CC BY-SA 3.0

Known for

The Strelka with the Rostral Columns, the university and the grid of lines out to the gulf embankments.

Why go

The Strelka by day, the lines toward evening, when there is nothing you have to make. Wind off the gulf is normal here, not an accident.

Where to stay

A beautiful base if you remember the bridges: at night the island becomes an island in the literal sense. Nevsky is a walk across a bridge, until that bridge is raised.

Local guide

Fedor Samorodov · guide

See the Strelka from Birzhevaya Square and from Palace Embankment opposite. Farther into the island the streets come in pairs: the odd line faces the Bolshaya Neva, the even line the Malaya Neva. The western embankments by the gulf are quiet; from the Strelka you go by transport, one walk does not finish them.

Places

Where to have it

  • Harvest — Ресторан шефа Ивана Фролухина на Добролюбова, 11Е. Свой сайт называет его первым петербургским столом, где овощи важнее привычного мясного набора, и завтрак здесь с девяти. Пятница и суббота длятся на час дольше остальных дней.
  • Василеостровский рынок — Городской рынок у Большого проспекта Васильевского острова. Это сам двор с рядами, не кофейная стойка внутри и не филиал сети. OSM отмечает его как рынок, вход со стороны Волжского переулка и Большого.
Vasilyevsky Island — Saint Petersburg · Routellers