A unique, completely informal guide to lively, unpretentious, non-boring St. Petersburg. Opens up the city from a new, unusual side. There is something here that is not in guidebooks, that is not talked about on excursions. This is a friendly walk with a person who knows and loves his city. And he can even tell you about Kupchino in such a way that you want to live there forever. CONTENTS: INTRODUCTION CULT OF THE CULTURAL CAPITAL Hermitage Kunstkamera House of Books Art Center on Pushkinskaya Art Gallery "Borey" CULT OF WALKING Prospects, streets, ensembles Nevsky Prospekt Architect Rossi Street Strelka of Vasilyevsky Island Gardens and parks summer gardenMikhailovsky GardenField of MarsTavrichesky GardenAlexandrovsky GardenVictory ParkPark 300- Anniversary of St. PetersburgBotanical GardenKamenny IslandsElaginKrestovskyYardsYards-wellsAngel YardYards on GorokhovayaEmerald City. Chess courtyard of the Faculty of Philology Kupchino CULT OF REVOLUTION Peter and Paul Fortress Palace Square Senate Square Spas on Spilled Blood Cruiser "Aurora" CULT OF BRIDGES First bridge over the Neva Drawbridges Egyptian Bridge Bank Bridge CULT OF MYSTICS Tower of Griffins Sphinxes Rotunda House of the Queen of Spades Treasure of Mikhailov Sky castleCemeteriesCULT OF FOODPastry shop Wolf and BerangerPyshechnaya at DLTEliseyevsky storeCULT OF DRINKFor lovers of alcohol-trashDumskaya streetDancing on the barBar XXXXXCoyote Ugly Veterans do not grow old at heartMoneyHoneyKamchatkaA little glamorCULT OF LOVEroofs of St. PetersburgTwo under umbrellaMonument to the first builders of St. PetersburgKissing BridgeGuide of DesiresFountain at the Admiralty of Atlanta near the building of the New HermitageChizhik-fawn Hippopotamus TonyaFountain "Cascade - a rotating ball"CULT..., OR CHAPTER NOT FOR CHILDRENBridge of 16 eggsVandalism and contemporary art"Big House"Art group "War"Phallic illusions of monumentsPa Barclay's pendant de TollyMonument to KruzenshternMonument to LeninThe Little Girl from the LaneTHE CULT OF THE FUTURENew HollandHeadquartersPetersburg Unfinished Construction Sennaya SquareGrand Model of RussiaMini-PetersburgCONCLUSION