Monument

Vyborg Drakkars

Mon: 00:00–23:59
Tue: 00:00–23:59
Wed: 00:00–23:59
Thu: 00:00–23:59
Fri: 00:00–23:59
Sat: 00:00–23:59
Sun: 00:00–23:59
Hours: Viewing from the waterfront is available at any time; drakkar boat trips are seasonal and may be unavailable.
How to visit: The drakkars are viewed from the waterfront; climbing onto the ships is not allowed. Boat trips are a separate seasonal activity subject to schedule.
Hours: Free entry
Hours: Good after dark
Hours: About 15–30 min

Why it is worth the detour

Viking-ship monuments on the Salakkalahti quay, given to the city after Rostotsky's 1985 film.

Two dragon-ship monuments moored on the embankment by the Druzhba hotel.

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

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Pietinen Palace
Furniture magnate Matti Pietinen greeted rail passengers with this lavish 1907–1908 apartment and commercial palace, complete with elevators, hot water and a sculpted entrance guarded by stone lions. Its design united work by Bertel Jung, Oscar Bomanson and Armas Lindgren, turning a speculative building opposite the station into a manifesto of Finnish national romanticism.
300 m
Vyborg railway station
A historic railway station with a modern Soviet-era building.
400 m
Vyborg Tram Monument
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450 m
Lallukka House
National-romantic merchant house of Juho Lallukka, Allan Schulman, 1906.
450 m
Market Square in Vyborg
A historic market square in Vyborg, known for its cobblestone paving and market activities.
500 m
Vyborg market
A historic covered market building in Vyborg, Russia.