A walk in the clouds

St. Petersburg is one of the most beautiful cities in the world, and its buildings have been seen and photographed a million times. But there is another option to see the city: the rooftops provide great spots to enjoy a better view of St. Petersburg's cityscape.

Dome of the Zinger company house (known as the Book House)

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Dome of the Zinger company house (known as the Book House)

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Sculpture of the goddess Nika on the roof of the building of the St Petersburg Mutual Credit Society

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St Petersburg at dawn

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Tower House on “Five Corners” built by architect L.A. Lishnevsky in 1913. Among its residents were the writer Lidia Chukovskaya and physicist M.P. Bronshtein. The poet Anna Akhmatova was their frequent guest

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"Five corners”, an intersection between Zagorodny Prospekt and Rubinstein and Lomonosov Streets, dating back to the 1760s

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Stachek Square, Neva Triumph Arc

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Samsoniyev Bridge

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Vasilyevsky Island, Rostral Columns, Kunstkamer and "Alye Parusa" ship

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The Winter Palace at dawn. The building was designed by Italian architect Rastrelli and built in 1754-1762

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View from the dome of St Isaac’s

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St Isaac’s Cathedral colonnade

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The roof of the Winter Palace

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Kazansky Cathedral, Book House and the Church of the Saviour on Blood

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Because of the invasion of roofers and ordinary passers-by, all the doors to the attic of the Book House have been sealed and the occupants put up watchmen at the windows, who sometimes even shoot at intruders