Creative Island
Start
metro "Primorskaya"
Travel time
2 hours on foot or 1.5 hours by public transport (not counting visits to creative spaces and rests at food courts)
Length
around 10 km
Finish
Port Sevcable (Leather line, 40)
unusual routes
What is this route?
Vasilievsky Island is rightfully recognized as the creative center of St. Petersburg. The most non-trivial and fascinating creative spaces of the city are concentrated here. The route is long enough - you will bypass almost the entire Vasilievsky island. If the weather is good, you can walk, enjoying the views, or you can shorten the way using public transport.
What will you see?
Creative spaces
More Place
Creative spaces
Artmuza
Creative spaces
KORPUS-2
Cultural spaces
Cultural center "Heart"
Jazz
SLONDONEBA
Interactive museums
Interactive Museum of Optics
Creative spaces
Andreevsky market
Creative spaces
Lines
Art museums
Gallery Erarta
Creative spaces
Brusnitsyn Culture Quarter
Famous buildings
Mansion of the merchants of the Brusnitsyns
Creative spaces
Port Sevcable
What can you expect?
Starting from the Primorskaya metro station, you will find yourself on the island of Decembrists, where the eco-loft “More Place” with many shops and workshops is located, there is even a theater. In the space lectures, festivals and fairs are held.
On foot or by minibus (the time is approximately the same, 15-20 minutes) you will reach the 13th line of Vasilievsky Island, where the Artmuza creative cluster is located in the building of the former musical instrument factory. These are restaurants and galleries, showrooms and artists' workshops.
To Birzhevoy Lane it is half an hour on foot or 20 minutes by transport. In the former mansion of merchants Eliseev you will find "Korpus-2". There are quest rooms and virtual reality clubs, as well as shops, bars and restaurants, a beauty salon and a tattoo studio. Nearby is the cultural center "Heart", a place for music lovers, where they play modern music, conduct film shows, master classes and lectures.
It's time to eat! Be creative and visit the updated Andreevsky market. There is a large food court with farm stalls and monoproduce cafes, and exhibitions, fairs and parties are held in the stylish courtyard.
Half an hour on foot along Bolshoy Prospect or 15 minutes by transport - and here is the legendary Erarta, Russia's largest private museum of modern art. National Geographic placed it in the top five museums of St. Petersburg that are must visit.
The last two stops of the route are on the Kozhevanaya line. Roof Place - an open space on the roof of the former Tannery, where film screenings, concerts and parties are held; bonus - a panoramic view of the mouth of the Neva.
And finally, the famous Port Sevcable. Previously, there was a plant of the same name, but now it is a center of attraction for creative youth, where you can play basketball or ride on a skate-ramps; having climbed the lighthouse, visit the observation deck, have a bite to eat in one of the cafes, bars or at the food truck. In winter, an ice rink is installed here.