Travel to St.Petersburg

Dear friends! Please register earlier, so we would have a clear picture of who is arriving. When you arrive to the place there will be workexchange people waiting for you at the door. They will show you around. We are happy to organize a team of helpers who would meet you at the airport or at the train station. Please let us know ahead of time if you would like to be met.

From Moscow

The easiest way to travel from Moscow to Saint Petersburg is by train. Check out the website: http://www.waytorussia.net/Transport/
The Moscow Contact Festival is also going to organize a group traveling on a train from Moscow to St-Petersburg and back to Moscow for easiest and safe transportation. Please inform them about your travel plans to be included in the group info@contactfestival.ru .

From Europe

By plane or by train (there are trains from Germany, Poland, Latvia, Estonia, Finland etc.). The prices are affordable. For example a train ticket Helsinki-Moscow coasts 50€ and the travel time is 6 hours.

A lot of airplane companies have cheep flights to Helsinki and Turku. Knowing that we recommend traveling through Finland. We are also going to organize a transfer from those cities to Saint-Petersburg. It will be a small bus with our own driver circulating Helsinki – Tampere - Saint Petersburg. Please let us know if you are interested in that option. The coast of the transfer will be 20€.

There are some links to the web resources of the budget airlines:
http://www.airberlin.com
http://www.ryanair.com
http://www.clickair.com
http://www.germanwings.com

There are also some special offers from the other airlines. For example today (20 March) there where a few places from Berlin to Helsinki and back for 106 Euro by Finnish Airlains.

The very advisable web site about how there is also possible to travel to Russia is
http://www.guidetorussia.org/

and also you can get here:

By plane

You can travel to St.Petersburg by plane. St. Petersburg has two main airports: Pulkovo I Domestic and Pulkovo II International.

A lot off web-sites can help you to choose a flight, for example http://www.tripadvisor.com/

If you decide to take an airplane* please book it in advance because July
is a very busy season.

* By the way, the prices for train and plane have not big difference.

By bus

There are also some international bus races from any European countries to
St Petersburg. Some of them - Germany, Polans, Finland.

Go here to know more http://www.ecolines.net/

Buses to/from Finland http://www.sovavto.ru/eng/7.html

These sites/companes are not the only oppotunity. Mail us to help you.

By train

Full information on http://www.guidetorussia.org/transportation/international-trains.shtml (and many another information about travelling Russia)

Trains from/to Germany, Finland, Poland-Russia, The Baltic Countries.

By boat

There is only one oppotiunity by the "Baltic Line" - Lubeck - St.Petersburg - Kaliningrad - Sassnitz - Lubeck.

http://www.balticline.ru/eng/index.htm

By car

There is no problem with parking places if you decide to travel by your car
or bus.

To make your trip easyer, you can go by ferry Rostoc - Helsinky and then to St.Petersburg in 6 oures.