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Places worth the detour in Saint Petersburg

20 places worth going out of your way for lie within 30 km of Saint Petersburg, Russia, across 2 kinds of detour; nature & landscapes are the largest group (11). Best known: Vasilyevsky Island. 14 of them rank as little-known. Click any card to open it on the map.

Nature11 Archaeological9
Within 30 km
20
Oldest
Landskrona 1300
Little known
14 of 20
Most from
18th century

All 20, ranked 20

Ranked by how many Wikipedia editions cover them.

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Questions about this page

What is worth seeing near Saint Petersburg?

20 places within 30 km: 11 nature & landscapes and 9 archaeological & historic sites. The best known is Vasilyevsky Island.

Is there anything near Saint Petersburg that most visitors miss?

14 of these 20 places rank as little known — they carry a Wikipedia article in only a handful of languages, which is usually the difference between a queue and an empty path. They are in the ranked list below, furthest down.

What is the oldest thing near Saint Petersburg?

Landskrona, dated to 1300.

How is the 30 km radius measured?

As the crow flies from the centre of Saint Petersburg, not by driving time. A place inside the circle can still be a long way round by road, and the distance to each is on its card on the map.

Where does this information come from?

Every place is drawn from Wikidata (CC0), with photographs from Wikimedia Commons and a link to its English Wikipedia article. Selection is deterministic: a place is here because Wikidata files it under one of the classes this atlas carries and it has coordinates, a photo and an article. Nothing is written or chosen by an AI, and the ranking is simply how many Wikipedia language editions cover a place.