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Tea Pavilion

Address: парк Монрепо, чайная беседка
Area: Vyborg, Russia

Mon: 09:00–18:00
Tue: 09:00–18:00
Wed: 09:00–18:00
Thu: 09:00–18:00
Fri: 09:00–18:00
Sat: 09:00–18:00
Sun: 09:00–18:00
Hours: From October 1 to April 30, entry is open until 18:00; from 18:00 to 20:00 the park is exit-only. From May 1 to September 30, entry is open until 20:00, then exit-only until 22:00.
Price: Park admission: adults — RUB 500; ages 16–18 and pensioners — RUB 250; foreign visitors over 16 — RUB 1,000; under 16 — free. On the second Thursday of each month admission is free for everyone except organized groups.
How to visit: Enter the park zone through the central gates; an admission ticket is required and can be bought at the ticket office, terminal, or online. Amateur photo and video are allowed; drones and pets are prohibited.
Hours: Ticket required
Hours: About 30 min

Why it is worth the detour

The late-19th-century pavilion disappeared around the middle of the 20th century and was rebuilt on its original foundation in 2002 using photographs because no drawings survived. Its recovered Romantic view later became a film set for a love scene in Eldar Ryazanov's 2006 Hans Christian Andersen drama "A Life Without Love."

The Tea Pavilion, a hidden gem in Vyborg, was rebuilt in 2002 on its original foundation using photographs. It offers Romantic views and has been featured in a film.

The people behind this address

Documented connections, not celebrity trivia.

Eldar Ryazanov
Created here
He directed a romantic scene for his 2006 Andersen film at the reconstructed pavilion.

What else is close by

The nearest places we have written up, with straight-line distance from here.

150 m
Monrepos Manor House
Ludwig Heinrich von Nicolay wrote his 1804 poetic guide to the estate in his study here, turning the house and surrounding park into a single literary composition. After wartime upheaval it served as a military rest home and kindergarten, suffered a serious fire in 1989, and was restored in 2017–2022; its permanent museum exhibition opened on January 22, 2025.
150 m
Monrepos Library Wing
This modest wing eventually housed the Nicolays' collection of more than 9,000 volumes, one of the largest private libraries in the Grand Duchy of Finland. Its nucleus was the romantically named "Library of Two Friends," begun by Ludwig Nicolay and Franz Hermann Lafermière as students; the collection was later given to the University of Helsinki on condition that it remain undivided.
150 m
Broglie Obelisk
A marble obelisk commemorating the Broglie brothers, who died in the Napoleonic Wars.
200 m
The Finnish Independence Monument in Monrepos
A monument commemorating Finland's independence, featuring a granite lion sculpture.
250 m
Monrepos Greenhouse Complex
Nicolay noted extensive greenhouses even before purchasing Monrepos in 1788, and later gardeners coaxed peaches, apricots, mirabelle plums and espaliered fruit from the northern climate. Repeatedly rebuilt and drastically altered in the 1920s, the complex was reconstructed during the recent restoration and again serves the working life of the estate.
250 m
Paulstein Rock and Terrace
Ludwig Nicolay named this high rock for his frequently absent son Paul and built him a small pavilion with a private garden scented by roses and mignonette. The pavilion vanished in the 1940s, leaving the restored terrace and plantings as the trace of a father's attempt to lure his son home.