Within these walls

The Independent - London | February 16, 1997| | Copyright

To The outsider, St Petersburg, with its broad avenues and classical facades, has much to support its pretensions as a cultural capital, and the proximity of Scandinavia somehow makes the city feel relatively open and relaxed. In summer the famous "white nights" (when it remains light until after midnight) encourage people to walk around the streets or go to watch the raising of the bridges across the Neva in the early hours. Of course, one hardly needs the warnings in the guide books to guess that the smarter new cafes are probably run by the Mafia and the showy older ones, like the Literary ...

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