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      Lakhta Center: sunset by the bay and the city from the 83rd floor

      ⏱ 4 h🚶 4 km🍽 1📍 4 stops
      🚶 Moderate — 3–7 km

      Sunset on the bay shore in the 300th Anniversary Park, the glowing Lakhta tower and an evening session at the observation deck, from which the lights are visible all the way to the center.

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        🌳 Park of the 300th Anniversary of St Petersburg
        Приморский пр., 74
        A young park on the Gulf of Finland shore with paths, a beach, a lighthouse column and a view of Lakhta Center.
        10 minutes from Begovaya to the shore. Walk along the bay west toward the tower: in October sunset is around 17:10–17:40, in November by 16:30. It is windy by the water, bring a hat.
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        Park of the 300th Anniversary of St Petersburg
        © Александровы АГ · CC BY-SA 4.0
        Park of the 300th Anniversary of St Petersburg
        © Александровы АГ · CC BY-SA 4.0
        Park of the 300th Anniversary of St Petersburg
        © Germash19 · CC BY-SA 4.0
        • The park was laid out in 1995 for the city's 300th anniversary.
        • Of the original 89 ha the park has 38.58 ha left — the rest was given over to development.
        • The granite lighthouse column in the centre of the park rises 22 metres.
        • Helsinki gave the park 300 ornamental apple trees, and in 2003 a Finnish “Friendship Stone” with a metal ball inside was installed here.
        • In 2017 the Republic of Korea gave five “Dol hareubang” statues of volcanic lava — symbols of happiness from Jeju Island.
        • In 2023 three 175-metre flagpoles were erected nearby — the tallest in Europe at the time of their opening.
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      3. 2
        ✨ Lakhta Center
        Лахтинский пр., 2
        🎟 partly ticketed · The grounds are free; the viewing deck is ticketed
        The tallest skyscraper in Europe; the viewing deck is ticketed
        At the foot of the tower are an embankment and an amphitheater by the water. At dark the lighting comes on, and the glass catches the lights of the bay.
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        Lakhta Center
        © Vyacheslav Bukharov · CC BY-SA 4.0
        Lakhta Center
        © Florstein (Telegram:WikiPhoto.Space) · CC BY-SA 4.0
        • The tower is 462 m high; it is the world's northernmost skyscraper.
        • The project was first called Okhta Center; the tower's pentagonal plan echoes the Swedish fortress of Nyenschantz on the Okhta.
        • The concept's author is the architect Charles Fu of the British firm RMJM, which won the 2006 competition.
        • The tower stands on 264 piles that go down to 82 metres in the ground.
        • In 2015, 19,624 m³ of concrete were poured into the foundation slab in 49 hours — a Guinness record for continuous pouring.
        • The tower reached its design height on 29 January 2018.
        • The viewing deck on floors 83–86, at 365 m, opened in February 2025 — it is the highest observation deck in Europe.
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        🌅 Lakhta Center observation deck
        Лахтинский пр., 2 (башня Лахта Центра, 83-й этаж)
        🎟 ticket · tickets online only on the website, for a set time slot; weekday evening slots start at 17:00
        The glazed 83rd floor of the Lakhta Center tower, over 350 metres up: a view of the whole city, the Gulf and the Western High-Speed Diameter, and in the evening the city lights from above.
        Tickets in advance and online only, for a specific session: take an evening one, after 18:00, when the city is already in lights. The deck is open until 21:00, closed on Monday.
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        Lakhta Center observation deck
        © MBH · CC BY 4.0
        • The 462-metre Lakhta Center tower is the tallest building in Russia and Europe and the northernmost skyscraper in the world.
        • The observation deck takes up floors 83–86, at a height of about 360 metres — the highest observation deck in Europe.
        • The tower's artistic concept is by architect Charles Fu of the RMJM bureau; the shape of its plan goes back to the pentagonal Swedish fortress of Nyenschantz.
        • The facade is assembled from 16,505 glass modules, each weighing more than 700 kg.
        • The spire, over 100 metres tall, is covered with a steel mesh instead of glass so that ice does not build up on it.
        • Below, on the complex's embankment, are the recreated Chapel of St Peter and the 300-metre horizontal fountain “River”.
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        🍽 Mama Roma restaurant on Savushkina Street
        ул. Савушкина, 128, корп. 1
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        Back along Primorsky Prospekt to Begovaya — about 20 minutes. The restaurant is right by the metro, open until 23:00.
        🍴 An Italian restaurant of the Mama Roma chain by Begovaya metro, open until 23:00 — handy after Lakhta. What to order: pizza, pasta, tiramisu.

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