Creamy mushroom soup, some Russian traditional food, such as borsch, syrniky and dressed herring salad; pies with potato, cabbage or fish; pasta and various meat dishes. Read more.
The Blood Church was used as an unusually colourful potato storage during the Soviet times. Now there is a museum inside.
Both the insides of the cathedral and the dome are open for public. Especially in the evening you get a great view accross the city from the dome.
The Palace Square in front of the Hermitage is quite striking in its hugeness and with the clear round outline formed by the surrounding buildings.
