10 Things to do in Northwestern District That You Shouldn't Miss

March 5, 2022 Carley Gatson

Discover the best top things to do in Northwestern District, Russia including Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood, Novgorod Kremlin (Detinets), National park Curonian Spit, Alvar Aalto Library, The State Hermitage Museum, Grand Peterhof Palace, Catherine Palace and Park, Pribrezhny Park Pobedy and Onezhskaya Embankment, Lenin Nuclear Icebreaker, Pskov Kreml/ Krom.
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1. Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood

Griboyedova Kanala Emb., 2B/A, St. Petersburg 191186 Russia +7 964 339-55-93 [email protected] http://spas.spb.ru/
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Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood

Built to memorialize Alexander II following his assassination in 1881, this magnificent church with Italian pink marble floors and numerous mosaics was modeled after 16th and 17th century churches, contrasting sharply with the prevailing architectural styles.

Reviewed By EileenMtShasta - Mount Shasta, United States

We went with Alla Tours while on a 24-hour stopover on our Norwegian Getaway Baltic cruise in August 2019. It was so crowded that we could hardly walk around! But, so gorgeously decorated inside, floor to ceiling filled with paintings, carvings, and very colorful mosaics! It is not a working church but just a tourist site.

2. Novgorod Kremlin (Detinets)

Sofiyskaya Storona, Veliky Novgorod Russia +7 816 277-36-08 http://www.novgorodmuseum.ru/golovnoi-muzyei/kremlin
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Novgorod Kremlin (Detinets)

Reviewed By NikoliGogol - Edmonton, Canada

This is a very important historic site worth reading about before seeing. There had been competing centers of power at the turn of the last millennium between Novgorod, Kiev, and Moscow. Ivan the Terrible was brutal to the occupants of Novgorod. We had a guide who gave us the history of the long past and of the occupation by Nazis during WWII. The Kremlin is the chief attraction of the city which is somewhat neglected compared to St. Petersburg and Moscow. The Kremlin itself is free but do get a guide.

3. National park Curonian Spit

98 Km peninsula Nationalpark KursiU Nerija Klaipėda - Lesnoje, Kaliningrad 238535 Russia +7 800 250-30-39 [email protected] http://www.park-kosa.ru/
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National park Curonian Spit

Reviewed By nevzatv2014 - Ankara, Turkey

I admire Curonian Spit, perhaps one of the most amazing and impressive natural beauties of Lithuania, and the effort to protect it. This area, also called the Sahara of the Baltic Sea and included in the UNESCO World Heritage List, consists of about 90 km long narrow saber-shaped dunes that divide the Curonian Lagoon from the Baltic Sea. Curonian Spit and its surroundings is a national park that is very well protected by the state. In this national park created with pine trees that people have planted with their hands for years, they have carefully lived more than 30 species of endangered birds and more than 800 different plants. I can say that I have never seen such a good visuality anywhere else in the world. The charming town of Nida and the small "Ethnographic Homestead of Fisherman" named fishing house museum, "Gintaro Galerija Muziejus" named amber museum and "the Horizontal Granite Sundial" are also worth visiting in Curonian Spit.

4. Alvar Aalto Library

Suvorova Ave., 4 City park, Vyborg 188800 Russia +7 813 782-11-53 [email protected] http://aalto.vbgcity.ru/
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Alvar Aalto Library

5. The State Hermitage Museum

Palace Emb., 30-38, St. Petersburg 191055 Russia +7 812 710-90-79 [email protected] http://www.hermitagemuseum.org
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4.5 based on 26,562 reviews

The State Hermitage Museum

One of the most famous art museums in the world, this museum is housed in the Winter Palace, and contains over 2.7 million exhibits including some of the world's greatest works of art.

Reviewed By MKSSA - Chantilly, United States

All it takes is a look outside the Winter Palace and you're hooked. What lovely buildings there are in St. Petersburg, and this one is enchanting. We were on a tour so saw the highlights of the museum. That's probably the best way to go, as the museum is large and can be overwhelming. Though the Hermitage is a famous art gallery, I was really there for the Winter Palace, with its gorgeous, luxurious interiors and history of Peter the Great and his family. It is truly beautiful. Be aware this place is packed with people. Arrive early in the day just before it opens.

6. Grand Peterhof Palace

Razvodnaya St., 2, Peterhof, St. Petersburg 198516 Russia +7 812 450-52-87 [email protected] http://peterhofmuseum.ru
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4.5 based on 12,662 reviews

Grand Peterhof Palace

Once a formal garden built for Peter the Great, this popular park still has more than 80 of the original marble statues and sculptures and houses Peter's Summer Palace, a simply designed two-story building that now displays many of the ruler's own artifacts.

Reviewed By lionusc

Peterhof Palace is one of the best preserve palace n museum in Russia and have good antique collection and also beautiful cascade garden n fountain from the period of Peter the Great.

7. Catherine Palace and Park

Sadovaya St., 7 Tsarskoye Selo, Pushkin, St. Petersburg 196601 Russia +7 812 415-76-67 [email protected] http://www.tzar.ru/en
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Catherine Palace and Park

Filled with 18th-century paintings and ornate rooms, this white and gold palace is surrounded by a 1400-acre park complete with fountains, bridges, the Agate Pavilion bathhouse and the Great Pond. The Palace also has a famous Amber Room, stolen by Nazi troops during WWII, but now recreated by Russian craftsmen.

Reviewed By Margo7850p

The Catherine Palace is named after Catherine I, the wife of Peter the Great. Originally a modest two-storey building commissioned by Peter for Catherine in 1717, the Catherine Palace owes its awesome grandeur to their daughter, Empress Elizabeth, who chose Tsarskoye Selo as her chief summer residence. Starting in 1743, the building was reconstructed by four different architects. The building was to be built to compete with Versailles. The resultant palace, completed in 1756, is nearly 1km in circumference, with elaborately decorated blue-and-white facades featuring gilded atlantes. The interiors of the Catherine Palace are no less spectacular. Another place worth seeing. A beautiful palace and park complex.

8. Pribrezhny Park Pobedy and Onezhskaya Embankment

Onega Lake Waterfront, Petrozavodsk Russia
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Pribrezhny Park Pobedy and Onezhskaya Embankment

9. Lenin Nuclear Icebreaker

Portovy dr, 18 Pontoon pier of the Morskoy Vokzal, Murmansk 183038 Russia +7 911 345-67-77 http://www.rosatomflot.ru/atomnyy-ledokol-lenin/
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Lenin Nuclear Icebreaker

Reviewed By shmeva44 - Moscow, Russia

You have to visit this former nuclear icebreaker on a russian tour. Since we didn't understand any of what was being said we just took photos and looked up information online later. The tour moves quite quickly, so we didn't have time to read the English information on the walls.

10. Pskov Kreml/ Krom

Ulitsa Kreml', Pskov 180000 Russia +7 811 272-45-74 http://akuaku.ru/dostoprimechatelnosti/pskovskii-kreml-krom
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Pskov Kreml/ Krom

Reviewed By michelw838 - Den Bosch, The Netherlands

The Kremlin (Kreml) of Pskov is beautiful and has also a beautiful cathedral (sobor) inside its walls. The walls are part of one of the five citywalls you can still see in Pskov. Most towers are restored. The location at the crossing of Pskova and Velikaya river is very pittoresque.

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