First Impressions of St. Petersburg, Russia
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- Опубліковано 6 лют 2020
- With 72 visa free hours in Russia, we hit the ground running in St. Petersburg! Waking up in our cabin on the ship, opening the curtains, and seeing our first view of Russia is something we'll never forget. We disembark, clear Russian customs, and join a guided tour around the city. This is a great way to get an overview and see the main sights right away, like St. Isaac's Cathedral and the Church of the Saviour on the Spilled Blood. You can quickly get an impression and decide if you'd like to return somewhere to spend more time. We cannot believe the enormous scale of St. Petersburg. This city of about 5.5 million people is truly vast with buildings that stretch for blocks. We feel overwhelmed at its size and by how much there is to see and do. Not wanting to waste a single minute of our 72 visa free hours, we head straight to the famous Hermitage Museum. It's the biggest museum in Russia and one of the biggest in the entire world. We visit the main building, which is located inside the Winter Palace. Each room feels more opulent than the last and we're left breathless and overwhelmed. At the end of our first day of sightseeing, we grab a Yandex taxi home (think Russian Uber) and head to our hotel. Check out the rest of our videos to see how you can visit Russia without a visa.
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What was your favourite moment from our first day in Russia? 🇷🇺
The Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood, because I've never heard of it before and it's so gorgeous! I'll be going on that same ferry and staying in St. Petersburg using the 72 visa-free arrangement next year, and your video has really gotten me even more excited!
The Hermitage 😊
Everything! Did the coach pick you up from boat and took you around all day following your arrival? How did it work? Thanks
White, Gold and intricate Details 💛
I liked the way you edit this video - with a shanti relaxing music in the background and a beautiful city views💕💖🌹👍great video, nice job, thanks for sharing 🤩
Во время войны всю эту красоту спасали и сберегли умирающие от голода работники музеев блокадного Ленинграда! Вечная память им и огромная благодарность от потомков!
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На Пискарёвское мемориальное кладбище бы съездили
I am there for New year eve this year. Moscow last year NYE. StP is just a nice place to be. More beautiful than all EU cities.
That's cool you'll be celebrating NYE there. Have fun!
It was absolutely beautiful to see!!!!
This must have been such an amazing trip for you both while you were able to be in Russia. The palaces all look so incredible in every way, from their architecture, artwork/artistry, and all of the fantastic detail given in everything from the floor to the ceilings to everything else in them.
You are very positive people and a very sweet couple! Greetings from Saint-Petersburg! Nice to see that you liked the city. Next time come for a longer stay. You will need at least a week to see most places. Its a huge city and has many small towns with rich history around as well.
Thanks so much, Paul! Our time in St. Petersburg (and first time in Russia) is something we'll never forget. What an incredible opportunity and experience we don't take for granted. Of course 72 hours isn't enough but we hope to return to see more :)
Спасибо большое за прекрасное видео. Случайно наткнулась на ваш канал и с удовольствием посмотрела три серии "72 часового безвизового въезда"). Родилась и живу в этом замечательном городе, но ваши видео меня пленили! Тем более, что пока эта единственная возможность прогуляться по нему((((. Увы, карантин нас заставил сидеть по домам... Но всё будет хорошо, здоровья всем и удачи!
Ребята, вы классные:)
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I lived and worked in STP for almost three years. Your video produced great nostalgia, and for a second I even saw in the background the building I used to live in. However, the very first thing I noticed in your video was the weather. You really lucked out with your first day in the city. You can go a month in STP and not see the sun, especially in the winter, and here you had bright blue, mostly cloudless skies. I hope you took in as much as possible, as it is a great city. I enjoy your "tourist's eye" to see the beautiful there. I have many memories of someone who lived there, when it wasn't always glamorous. That said, the architecture there is always beautiful no matter what. I hope to see more of your STP trip.
That's cool you lived there for so long! Crazy of the huge city you saw your old building too. We felt SO lucky about the sunny weather. It's a first day we'll never forget. The rest of our 72 hour long trip is coming soon :)
Молодцы! Отличные съёмки! 👍👍👍
05:34 The amazing fact that the population of St. Petersburg is more than 5 million is the same as the whole of Finland's population, or all of Norway's population.
How overwhelmed you must have been. The beauty of the hermitage is just mind blowing.
Hi Amanda! Yes, the Hermitage was overwhelming! So huge and I'm sure you'd never feel you'd seen enough. The building itself is incredible and I kept imagining what it would have been like lived in as a palace.
So ABSOLUTELY STUNNING 🥰 Onion Shaped Domes🕌I believe they’re called, so glad you guys made it to Russia 🇷🇺 someday I will be there!!!
Hi Tiffany! We're glad we made it too haha!! It feels really different and we couldn't get over the huge scale of the city. More St. Petersburg coming soon! ❤️
Yes, they are called "domes", "kupol" in russian
Thank you for this video. I visited Winter palace some 10 years ago. absolutely mind blowing and other worldly.
If you take the train to Moscow and visit it. Besides the metro, kremlin, be sure to visit some of the amazing parks. I highly recommend tsaritsino.
So beautiful! St Petersburg is one of my dream places to visit. I always enjoy watching your videos, Eileen because you add a bit of history when visiting a place. Thank you.
I'm glad you love history too! There's so much history in St. Petersburg. I'm sure you'd enjoy it ❤️
Amazing St petersburg Russia vlog Eileen well done 😊😊❤️❤️👍👍
Oh the memories of St Petersburg
it hurts that i miss it so much but i just cannot pass up watching your videos
I can feel how much you love it! What's your favourite part?
@@EileenAldis thats hard, top 2 would be the Winter Palace/ Hermitage and the Peterhof Palace. But i can picture myself living in SP
Wow, the architecture is incredible. The Hermitage looked so stunningly beautiful. What an amazing collection.
Very true! You're caught between the incredible art and the grandeur of the palace itself.
I had no idea you could visit Russia for 72 hours without a visa! I’ve been wanting to visit, but things have gotten weird lately with visas. St. Petersburg looks amazing! All the churches look so beautiful! (BTW, love the music choices…well done 👍🏻). We travel full-time, but we haven’t made it anywhere in Eastern Europe yet…but now I’m really starting to think about how to make it happen! Wow…just so much detail on the inside of the building! Looks like you guys are having a blast…thanks for sharing!
We didn't realize it either until we found MOBY SPL! Needless to say we were VERY happy about the prospect. St. Petersburg feels different and 72 hours is definitely enough time to see (and eat!) a lot :) That's awesome you guys travel full time. Safe travels to you both!
Hello! You can get eVisa free of charge to stay in Saint Petersburg for 8 days or less. You just need your passport details and digital photo (online application). This initiative was implemented in Oct 2019. Use the official website and avoid paying to any agencies evisa.kdmid.ru/en-US/Home/Index. Good luck!
I don’t need visa at all because of my citizenship
Cheers to Russia from Finland!
Beautiful footages! Petersburg is in my list of cities to definately see.
Eileen, you live 300 years minimum, every time you speak, it ends with laughter.
haha it sounds like laughter is the key to a long life! 300 years will give me lots of time to travel ;) I'm glad you enjoyed seeing our first day in Russia. St. Petersburg is an amazing place to visit. Greetings to you in Finland! We miss it!
Greetings to our neighbors in Finland from Saint-Petersburg! I cant believe you have never been in Saint-Petersburg! Its just several hours drive or ride on Allegro train. I ve been in Helsinki like 5 times already. You should definitely come to us!
P.S. Since the last October you can get a free 8 days electronic visa to Russia.
Oh if you are in Finland, St.Petersburg is just 45 min away by plane. Or a car ride. Easy!
@@PaulV. totally!!!!
@@larissakoroleva Or by a cruise ship. I've visited Viipri (Vyborg) between StP and Finland's border three times, StP is only some further. But corona must go away first and then there's things that must happen in personal level.
I prefer Moscow myself but Saint petersburg will always be in my Heart as one of the best cities in the world!
Moscow just has that mix of Imperial Soviet and Federal architechture and is just much more pleasent to live in granted they need to decentrelize the city so that the center of the city will stop being so full...They have already taken away some ministries away from the center so that is good
We have never been to Moscow but it's also a place we'd love to see someday!
Как будто сам побывал в Питере!
Из-за основных музеев в Питере мало кто посещает небольшие и не настолько богатые золотом. Например, музей связи. А ведь в нем выставлен настоящий советский спутник связи "Луч" в помещении высотой около 4х этажей. Впервые очень даже впечатляет, рекомендую!
Ого! Надо посетить когда в Питере! 😊
Странно написали, тепрь давайте закроем большие музеи?
Всё мои смотрим и большие и маленькие.
Thank you guys for this video series! At the current moment it`s specially important.
A city I've always wanted to visit! Really interesting to see Sphinxes there. You definitely lucked out arriving on one of those 60 sunny days, it looks stunning.- especially the architecture. The church is so unique. It really does look like you could spend weeks in the Hermitage…
Yes, we couldn't believe our luck for a perfect first day when we heard how little sun the city gets! And you could definitely spend all your holidays for life at the Hermitage haha ;)
That Sphinx is actually real from acient egypt its story is actually very facinating
Our tour guide told us a little about them but I'm sure there's lots to learn - cool that they're real and so ancient!
Saint Petersburg is truly an amazing city in all aspects... I always feel the energy in your vlogs... thanks for the great videos 🙂
Thank you! I'm glad you can feel the energy! :) We were so excited to have our first day in Russia. St. Petersburg is huge!
You are such an adorable couple, I love watching you guys and sharing your excitement. I just have to smile all the way through your videos, and your laughter is just contagious :) thank you!
Your super lovely comment has made our day! Thank you so much! We love knowing our videos make you smile and you're enjoying them ❤️
Holy Smokes! I'd have whiplash from the speed you're going :) I can understand the feeling of overwhelm - being able to see only a tiny fraction of both the city and the Hermitage! It's all SO BEAUTIFUL! And, you're so lucky to have been there on a rare sunny day, too! Serendipity! You guys always do such a great job of opening our eyes to how big and wonderful this world is, and I'm thankful that we can accompany you on your journey.
Thanks so much, Linda! We couldn't believe our luck at the sunny weather. haha I feel like you can see my walking speed ramp up as I go through the ticket entrance at the Hermitage 😂 Like I already feel behind before we've started! You'd love it!
Love love love 😍 Thank you, I was planning on visiting Russia this year not knowing where to start!
It's giving ideas! Been in Helsinki 20y ago it was very different then and my daughter is asking me to go to Finland...your videos inspired me to go back for sure
Hey Sabrina! That's great to hear! As I'm sure you can tell from all our Finland videos, we had an amazing time there and it's so convenient to take the ship over to St. Petersburg. To answer your question above, the tour we did was offered by the ship and you can pay extra to book different tours (or just book the ship over and sightsee on your own). For us it was a great way to get an overview right off the bat. Hope you have a fantastic time if you and your daughter decide to go :)
Мой родной город.
Great video...so beautiful! Thanks for sharing!
Thank you! It was an overwhelming and fantastic first day :)
This is my dream!! I've wanted to visit Russia for so long, so I'm super excited to watch your Russia videos. What cruise line did you sail with?
Hi! That's awesome! This is a great way to get 72 hours without having to get a visa! We sailed with MOBY SPL (stpeterline.com/) and had a great experience (which you'll see more of in next videos soon!) ❤️
72 часа для Питера мало - совсем ничего. Там и двух недель будет мало...
Да, есть на что посмотреть. Рад за возможность посетить!
Ничего не поняла, понравился Санкт-Петербург или нет? Но чувствую им весело.
@@user-ol8sl6jf3v они впечатлены)
What a lovely video. Wish you a great time in Russia :)))
Thanks a lot! Glad you enjoyed it :)
Ginormous .. surely to make one feel small! All the white, gold and intricate detailing was simply above and beyond, Stunning! Artwork, how wonderful for you both to have been able to genuinely feast your eyes upon!
Very impressive start to a mind blowing first day. I'm thrilled for you! 😍
Oh .. and loved the music you picked out. Perfect!!
Hi Gina! Glad you liked the music in this one too :) This was an epic first day and we couldn't believe our luck with the good weather as well. So amazing.
Well, safe to say that this first impression will be a LASTING impression. Incredible. And the way you opened the video ..it grabbed me and didn't let go. Not unlike other vlogs on this channel :)
Hi Scott! Yes, this day will be long remembered because it all made such an impression on us! Happy we got to share it. So glad you enjoyed the opening too!!
There's an old saying in Finland from the 1800s: "to build something like Saint Isaac's Church". It means building or doing something that takes a really long time, or will never be completed. It took 40 years to build the cathedral and as we see there are still scaffolds on the roof. It never ends.
I didn't know that - thanks for sharing!
Это ремонт, а не строительство.
@@jenpsaki7103 Yep, I knew that was repairing and restoring. That was just a joke referring to the old saying in Finland about never completing a job. I remember when my dad was supposed to repair an old tool shed in the garden about 50 years ago. He started it, then something else came up, he continued, stopped again, and so on. My mother used to say he was "building it like Saint Isaac's Church". It literally took years to finish. 😜
@@jorluo Извиняюсь! Не понял юмора сначала.! Привет из РФ!
@@jenpsaki7103 Thank you. Have a nice spring!
Great video, the Hermitage looks fantastic. So many amazing things to see. As you said, you could easily spend weeks there. Sure it is worth getting a full visa to spend longer there, but the three day visa free visit is cool to get a taste.
Thanks! And, yeah, I agree. You could easily spend more time in St. Petersburg but 72 hours is a good amount to see as much as possible. I feel like the time crunch also lights a fire and makes you extra efficient ;) The Hermitage is indeed incredible and worthy of its reputation.
Eileen Aldis agree, three days there sounds good to me. Quite tempted by a trip to the Baltics and a stop off in St Petersburg.
I think that'd be awesome. I have family who've done a Baltic cruise and loved it. We haven't done one per se but we have been to the places they normally include (except Gdansk) and I highly recommend. More of the Baltics coming soon....! :)
Eileen Aldis sounds interesting, look forward to seeing your upcoming videos!
Starting October 2019 the EU citizens could get a free 8 days electronic visa to Russia. Since they are now testing the system its limited to Saint-Petersburg, Kaliningrad and Vladivostok regions for now (will be available for the whole country in 2021 but will costs 50€). So 2020 is the good year to visit Saint-Petersburg and save some money 😊
И что скажете? Нормально мы тут всё построили? Долго правда, зато красиво :)
Hola eileenaldis, saludos para ti y tu esposo, como siempre quedo maravillado con tanta belleza de las ciudades que visitan, San Petersburgo, Arquitectura muy peculiar, paisaje urbano excepcional, gracias por excelente vídeo, les expreso mi admiración por su trabajo de documentar y compartir este contenido..
Muchas gracias. ¡Te enviamos buenos saludos de vuelta! Este primer día en Rusia fue inolvidable y se siente diferente a cualquier otro lugar en el que hayamos estado antes. Puedes decir en la arquitectura de inmediato, como dijiste. Gracias por tus buenos comentarios. Estamos felices de saber que estás disfrutando de estas aventuras con nosotros :)
Thank you for your great vlogs!!😊 Your adventures becomes a little bit of mine as i follow your vlogs 🛫...I can't wait to see more of St.Petersburg!! 😊
Thank you!! That's the most wonderful thing we could hear - it makes us very happy that you're along on this adventure with us! :) More St. Petersburg videos coming soon - this was a great first day. Couldn't believe our luck with the sunny weather either.
Cool video ❤️ now I want to visit Saint Petersburg 😍
Awesome! I highly recommend, as I'm sure you can tell in the videos :)
What beautiful buildings,. I wonder how long it took to build them. I was also impressed with the art..
Yes, there are so many huuuuge buildings that seem to go on forever. The Hermitage itself is so incredible and I like to imagine what it was like as a palace. The art inside is obviously amazing too - overwhelming how much there is of it!
St Petersburg aka "Pietari" . Built by slaves on stolen soil. That is Russia undercovered.
Beautiful video I also enjoyed Amber room in Catherine Palace. I missed to visit St Petersburg twice. These videos make me to visit very much. Palaces and churches in St. Petersburg are different from those in Vienna, Venice and Barcelona. I love your videos. I wish I could travel as you do.
Try everything fermented food and beetfoot soup (borscht) with the famous sour cream. Russian fermented pickles does just beat any others with hands down. (If I'm not too late). :) Some of those actually explode when cutting them for grilled sandwich where they do belong and well in goulash soup and well, for everything.
You're making me hungry!! 🤤
very nice. we were ther with Aida. Petersburg ist very intresting
That's amazing! Are you opera singers? How long were you there?
I see a video about russia, i click
Yay!
Спасибо за видео, всю жизнь живу в этом городе музеи, во многих местах не был
Watching this and from St Petersburg, lol
Hi Safia! YAY!! I was hoping people in St. Petersburg would see it :) You have a beautiful city and we look forward to sharing more videos about it soon ❤️
@@EileenAldis Thank You!
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I love your energy. You made it more personal💛
Thank you - that's lovely to hear ❤️
Молодцы ребята. Ленинград- самый лучший город на Земле!
👍👍👍 если бы ещё титры на русском языке были было бы ещё интереснее 😊
Awesome video like 😊❤❤❤
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it :)
А вы знали, что нужно потратить 13 лет, чтобы обойти все экспонаты Эрмитажа, уделив каждой хотя бы по минуте?
(Did you know that you need to spend 13 years to go around all the exhibits of the Hermitage, giving each at least a minute?)
I was in St-P for 2 weeks, and I love Museums, even after 2 weeks I could not visit all the Museums I wanted. But contrary to you I was in the first 2 weeks of July, every night I saw what is called the "White Nights" this is when the sun doesn't totally go down and get back up. It was magical, I have 2500 photos from St-P because of all I saw. I will go back there maybe in late May or early July again in 2024. Something funny happened when visiting the Hermitage, you can not use any flash when taking photos I was with my brother and I had taken many photos already, I went into a room where they had a painting by Leonardo Da Vinci. On both sides of this painting, you found 2 Russian guards, my flash went off, I was like "OH! F@@k" I am in trouble here. I think turned many deep shades of red, they almost took me out of the Museum, because of this. I was showing them my camera indeed the setting was no flash, but a wonderful Russian Lady spoke to them on my behalf and they were fine with me after.
Wow, the White Nights experience sounds amazing! Would love to see that. No wonder you took so many photos...we do the same! That's a great story about nearly getting kicked out of the museum haha. Very kind of the Russian woman to help you out. Love travel stories like that. We made other videos about our trip to Russia if you'd like to see more by the way. Curious if there's more crossover of our trips. They're here: bit.ly/russiaplaylist :)
@@EileenAldis Thank you I will look at your playlist.
@@pierrefireball2505 Hope you enjoy!
@Aldis You are asking if I enjoyed your videos????? "HECK, YES, WE DID!" Yes, it is in caps. What you do not know about me, or might I say my couple, is that we are a gay couple. Since you travel a lot, I am telling you this, I know you will not be acting weird toward us. After my first visit to St-Petersburgh, I chatted with different people on the net, and a younger, sweet, kind man told me many things about St-Petersburgh; he would gladly be my guide. We chatted many times, and what happens Pomah is now my husband. Pomah in English translates to Roman. Pomah and I watched your video, and he froze the video and said things about what we just saw in your video. Sometimes, he would speak so fast that he would switch to his Russian mother tongue, and we laughed about it. I do not know if your guide told you this detail; all the palaces or houses etc.. in St-Petersburgh may not change the colour they are painted. Thank you so much for your videos.
@@EileenAldis Thank you. I do not know what happened, read the I wrote you in answer to your first video in St-P.
Did you know it´s former Leningrad...and that there was a Finnish punk band "Leningrad Cowboys" ....google and listen them with the Red Army Choir...!!
I did know the former name but haven't heard of that punk band! Marc loves punk (and used to play in a punk band) so I'll let him know :)
In fact, the city was called Leningrad only in Soviet times.
St. Petersburg was built completely by Italian and Dutch architects like Rastrelli, Trezzini etc. Russians could construct only Lapti (bast shoes) 🤗
Always fun to get another stamp in the passport! I wonder why you touch his head & tooth to make a wish; different, but neat. Faberge-d church tops, very Russian! ;-) Two ton chandelier?! Crazy. Rembrandt's version of his wife is refreshing; more of a real woman's body
Always love a passport stamp :)
Guys, if i may ask, does the city tour included as a part of the cruise program? Or purchase seperately? Is there options for self tour without following the group?
Hi! The tour we did was offered by the ship, yes, and you'd pay extra for it. There are different options for tours/packages or you can just take the ship over and explore on your own without any tours. Hope that helps!
You should visit India and goa in 2020
Would love to!
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Надо ,было на Пескоревское кладбище заехать,вот тогда бы вы поняли Путина и Россию.
Пискаревское, друг.
@@user-jd7hj3qk2g Это уже мелочь
@@user-jd7hj3qk2g В 85 году был там,а свербит до сих пор.
Путина зачем приплели?
@@nikueltom7314 там в братской могиле его старший брат, который погиб в блокаду...
Haven't seen you for a while are you still making videos?
Hi! We've been busy working on other projects for a while but we are definitely planning to make more videos so stay tuned :) Hope you're well!
Интересно, чего они такое принимают? На чём сидят?
Guess you didnt get to film the Amber room... 😢😢😢🤣🤣
Lucky for us we actually did! 🙌
This video has some Google translate-settings on. Finns see all video information text and video name in Finnish but its extremely BAD machine translation... xD Its full of grammar errors and also wrong words xD
Oh dear, thanks for letting us know, Johannes! Trouble is we don't speak Finnish to fix it haha. If you feel like changing it to the correct wording and grammar we'd appreciate it! Just let me know if you do and I'll go ahead and approve the new revision :)
Just switch translation off (if its possible) ;)
Comparing the Hermitage to the Smithsonian is an insult to the Hermitage .
soft power of russian regime
Про "Данаю" такое фуфло...
Данаю облил кислотой просто душевнобольной и совсем не потому, что в СССР не приветствовалась обнажённая натура, в том же Эрмитаже полно и живописи и скульптуры не совсем одетой. Кто только вам в уши эту фигню вливает?
a lump in my throat and tears in my eyes, I've experienced those Treasures and Wonders, and forever will hold those memories dear, because that city has for ever been slammed shut to me and my kind. I'm Gay. and the Russian Don't Like GAYS. sorry kids. life is real.
LOL
hope u also visited central station, the main gay club in spb