2. What is Saint Petersburg

 Why should you visit it
 Why should you avoid it
 How to get there
2
KHLeuven 5/4/2009

3. 4,662,547 inhabitants

 Founded -1703
 The capital of Russia 1713
 Renamed Petrograd 1914
 Capital moved to Moscow 1918
 Renamed Leningrad 1924
 Renamed St. Petersburg 1991
3
KHLeuven 5/4/2009

4. 4
KHLeuven 5/4/2009

5. Beautiful architecture
5
KHLeuven 5/4/2009

6. Beautiful architecture
6
KHLeuven 5/4/2009

7. Beautiful architecture
7
KHLeuven 5/4/2009

8. Beautiful architecture
8
KHLeuven 5/4/2009

9. White nights
9
KHLeuven 5/4/2009

10. White nights
10
KHLeuven 5/4/2009

11. Plenty of museums
11
KHLeuven 5/4/2009

12. Plenty of museums
12
KHLeuven 5/4/2009

13. Completely different world
13
KHLeuven 5/4/2009

14. Completely different world
14
KHLeuven 5/4/2009

15. Completely different world
15
KHLeuven 5/4/2009

16. Completely different world
16
KHLeuven 5/4/2009

17. 17
KHLeuven 5/4/2009

18. Expensive
18
KHLeuven 5/4/2009

19. Language
barrier
19
KHLeuven 5/4/2009

20. 20
KHLeuven 5/4/2009

21. Weather might
not be great
21
KHLeuven 5/4/2009

22. Visa - http://www.visatorussia.com/

› ~$30 – tourist visa
› Easier through an agency
Ticket

› KLM, Aeroflot, Lufthansa, Rossiya
› ~ € 250- € 400 return from Western Europe
Hotel

› €56- €420 per person per night
22
KHLeuven 5/4/2009

23. 23
KHLeuven
5/4/2009