Street & district
Krepostnaya Street
- Hours
- The street is an open public space; no fixed visiting schedule was found.
- Price
- Visiting the street is free.
- How to visit
- Krepostnaya Street runs through the Old Town and is partly pedestrianized. The walk takes place on cobbled streets; interiors of individual buildings and towers are not included in visiting the street.
- Hours
- Free entry
- Hours
- About 60 min
Why it is worth the detour
Vyborg's historic main street climbs the peninsula through layers of medieval, Russian imperial and Finnish architecture.
Krepostnaya Street is a historic main street in Vyborg, known for its diverse architectural styles from different eras. It serves as a popular tourist route through the Old Town.
What else is close by
The nearest places we have written up, with straight-line distance from here.
150 m
Borchardt House
German merchant Anton Borchardt built this stone house in 1653, with a wine cellar where drinking and business were deliberately mixed: agreements with town councillors were traditionally sealed over wine or with a liquid gift. The restored building preserves the memory of a port city whose German, Swedish and Finnish-speaking merchants negotiated as enthusiastically as they drank.
150 m
Podgornaya Street
Known historically as Bishop's Street, this picturesque route preserves seventeenth-century merchant houses and the irregular line of medieval Vyborg.
150 m
Hackman and Co House in Vyborg
The Hackman and Co House, also known as the 'Granite Palace', is a notable example of national romantic architecture in Vyborg.
Walk it with the stories
This address is one stop among many. Our routes and quests link them into a walk that makes sense on the ground.