Things to do with kids in Saint Petersburg

Things to do with kids in Saint Petersburg

1. SeePetrograd Side

   Leningrad Zoo

   Зоопарк

   A rather mediocre one due to chronic underfunding. Visitors may be disappointed by the conditions in which the animals are held.

   10:00—19:00 (winter until 18:00)·RUB 350

2. SeeCastleCenter

   Anichkov Palace

   Аничков дворец, Санкт-Петербургский городской Дворец творчества юных

   Formerly owned by Antonio de Vieira, takes its name from the nearby Anichkov Bridge across the Fontanka. Designed for the Empress Elizabeth of Russia in a dazzling Baroque style, the palace came to be known as the most imposing private residence of the Elizabethan era. Built in 1754. There was extensive renovations and the palace got the newly-fashionable Neoclassical style, which was effected in 1778 and 1779. Simultaneously a regular park was laid out by an English garden architect, William Hould. After 1917, this was nationalized and designated the St. Petersburg City Museum. Since 1934, when it was converted into the Young Pioneer Palace, the palace has housed over hundred after-school clubs for more than 10,000 children. While a small museum inside is open to the public at selected times, the edifice is normally not accessible to tourists.

3. SeeMuseumSouth

   Interactive Museum Grand - Layout Russia

   Features a giant scale model of Russia, very popular, especially among children.

   daily, 10h - 20h

4. BuyCenter

   The Passage

   Passazh, Универмаг «Пассаж»

   This is an elite department store that opened in 1848. The Passage premises have long been associated with the entertainment industry and remains home to the Komissarzhevskaya Theatre.The name came from a vast gallery between Nevsky Avenue and Italianskaya Street which provided the main passage through the mall. The gallery was covered over by an arching glass and steel roof, thus giving it a claim to being one of the world's first shopping malls. The three-storey building opened on May 9, 1848. It was one of the first structures in Russia to employ gas for lighting. Another innovation was an underground floor, where an electric station would be installed in 1900. Although the store specialized in jewellery, expensive clothes and other luxury goods, crowds of common people flocked to see the most fashionable shop of the Russian Empire. Count Essen-Stenbock-Fermor - the developer - conceived of the Passage as more than a mere shopping mall, but also as a cultural and social centre for the people of St Petersburg. The edifice contained coffee-houses, confectioneries, panorama installations, an anatomical museum, a wax museum, and even a small zoo. To draw even more consumers to the store, the Soleille, one of the largest cinemas in the Russian capital, was opened in the complex in 1908. In 1933, the municipal authorities declared the Passage a "model department store", the only one in Leningrad (former St Petersburg) and one of only three such stores in the Soviet Union. The renovated "palace of Soviet trade" (as the media touted it) opened in 1934 and offered about 30,000 types of goods, all manufactured in the USSR. The Children's World section became especially popular with the inhabitants of Leningrad. - Now privately owned by employees and shareholders.

   Mon-Sat 10:00-21:00, Sun 11:00-21:00

5. EatCenter

   WöD

   It is losing its charm and excellent service. Still, quite charming good value for money, although drinks are quite expensive. Fireplace in winter and courtyard with umbrellas and flowers in summer. Most staff speak English, those who don't are still helpful at navigating the English menu. Lunch set menu from 13:00. Equally good for breakfast (M-F from 09:00) with omelettes, pancakes, a weekly rotation of porridges and fritters. Free wifi (ask waiter for instructions); children's playroom; outdoor terrace open until at least 5ths of Oct (but no gas heaters). Same owners as a nearby Zoom Cafe.

   Mon-Thu Sun 09:00-24:00, Fri Sat 13:00-01:00·Dinner: average bill per person: RUBRUB 1000 (three courses, no alcohol). Breakfasts: omlet RUB 110, porridges RUB 80, tea RUB 90

6. EatRestaurantCenter

   Clean Plate Society

   Общество чистых тарелок

   Cafe by Kirill Ivanov and budding chef-mogul Alexander Berkovksy. "Obschestvo Chistykh Tarelok", or "Clean Plates Society" in English, is named after a children's fairy tale alleging that Lenin told children that those who finish all the food on their plate would become members of the Clean Plates Society. Quality burgers, cream soups and vegetarian dishes with worldwide influences. Recommended for hipster-watching in St. Petersburg.

   Open now · closes 11 pm·Wi-Fi

7. DoRight Bank

   Park "Malinovka"

   парк «Малиновка»

   Main park inside Porokhovye, small but nice. It has trees, ponds, a small area for kids and Ladozhskaya metro in 5 minutes

8. DoCenter

   Lensoviet Academic Theatre

   Санкт-Петербургский академический театр имении Ленсовета

   In the former Korssakov family mansion. The resident company was founded as the Young Theatre in 1929, then renamed the New Theatre in 1933, and finally the Leningrad Soviet Theatre in 1939.

   Closed · opens 11 am tomorrow

9. EatCenter

   Mama Roma

   A chain of Italian restaurants; free wifi. Outdoor terrace is open heated until at least end of Sep; terrace perfect with toddler: spacious enough for baby strollers; has children-safe wide couches.

10. SeeNorth

    Shuvalovskiy park

    Шуваловский парк

    The Shuvalov Park also contains a network of old ponds; the Yellow Dacha, a wooden lodge designed by Maximilian Messmacher for his own family; the Parnassus hill, which used to offer views of the capital's downtown; and the Church of Sts. Peter and Paul, built in the 1840s to a Gothic Revival design by Alexander Brullov. It was at this church that Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov married Nadezhda Purgold in 1872.

11. DoCenter

    Zazerkalie theatre

    "Looking Glass" Children's Musical Theatre, Детский музыкальный театр «Зазеркалье»

    The theatre appeared in August 1987 and was named after the Lewis Carroll's "Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There". The Children’s experimental theatre “Zazerkalie” appeared in 1992.

12. DoTheatreCenter

    Na Neve Theatre

    Children's Theatre "Na Neve", Детский драматический театр «На Неве»

    Opened in 1987.

13. BuySouth Not mapped

    Rio

    Рио

    In the complex there are cafes and restaurants, a cinema, children's slot machines, a variety of shops.

14. SeeSouth Not mapped

    South Seaside Victory Park

    Park Primorsky

    South Seaside Park covers an area bounded by streets Marshal Zakharov, Doblesti, the Peterhof highway and the Dudergofskogo canal. The area has a large amusement park, children's playground and a café, as well as the "60 Years of Victory" fountain.

15. BuySouth Not mapped

    Warsaw Express

    Варшавский экспресс

    In the former Warsaw station at Obvodny canal, d.118. In the complex there are cafes and restaurants, a cinema and an ice rink, a bowling alley, a platform for the game of curling, children playing machines, Railway Museum, and various shops.

16. BuySouth Not mapped

    Yuzhni Polyus

    Южный полюс, South Pole

    In addition to various shops, there are cafes and restaurants, a bowling alley, game machines for children.

17. DoAquarium

    Океанариум

    86 улица Марата

    Closed · opens 10 am tomorrow

18. DoTheatre

    Чеширский Кот

    Невский проспект 124

    Closed · opens 10 am tomorrow

19. DrinkCafé

    Диво-остров

    Кемская улица 1А

20. DoAmusement park

    Angry Birds Activity Park St.Petersburg

    Полюстровский проспект 84А

21. DoZoo

    Ленинградский зоопарк

    Александровский парк 1

22. DoArcade

    Каледонский лес

    Петрозаводская улица 3б

23. DoAmusement park

    Энергия Высоты

    Софийская улица 14

24. DoArcade

    ILocked Алькатрас

    Стахановцев, Заневский проспект 9

25. DoAmusement park

    Галактика Приключений СПб

    улица Фучика 2а

26. DoArcade

    Лабиринт страха и Зеркальный лабиринт

    Невский проспект 3

27. DoZoo

    Экзоопарк

    улица Фучика 2Б

28. DoAmusement park

    Sensorica

    набережная Реки Фонтанки 26

29. DoArcade

    iLocked

    Александровский парк 4 корп 3

30. DoArcade

    Лавка Мясника. Rabbit Hole. Перформанс

    улица Чапаева 3

31. DoAmusement park

    Стрелковый клуб 1 в Санкт-Петербурге

    Транспортный переулок 1

32. DoZoo

    Вот Енот в СПб

    Спасский переулок 5

33. DoTheme park

    DiMatrix VR

    2В Конюшенная площадь

    Closed · opens noon tomorrow

34. DoTheme park

    Divo Ostrov

    Closed · opens noon tomorrow

35. DoTheme park

    Maza-park

    Open now · closes 6 am tomorrow

36. DoZoo

    Енотовиль

    Closed · opens 11 am tomorrow

37. DoTheme park

    Сказка

    Closed · opens noon tomorrow

38. DoZoo

    Трогательный зоопарк

    Closed · opens 10 am tomorrow

39. DoArcade

    Mouse House

    улица Академика Павлова 5

40. DoArcade

    Jungle Land

    Планета Нептун, улица Марата 86

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