Sights of Vyborg
Vyborg is an open-air museum city. We invite you to get acquainted with its main attractions and new objects.
Park "Mon Repos"
In the northern districts of Vyborg, on the shore of the bay, there is a unique park-reserve, operating in this status since the end of the last century and restored at the initiative of Dmitry Sergeevich Likhachev (Soviet and Russian philologist, culturologist, art critic, doctor of philological sciences, professor).
Mon Repos is translated from French as "my peace" or "my rest" and is quite consistent with what a tourist who finds himself here feels. Picturesque capes and grottoes, lakes and backwaters, gray rocks hanging over the sea. All this beauty looks natural, but in fact, the park was planned in advance and created by human hands. European artists and architects worked in Mon Repos.
According to its landscapes, the park was considered one of the most beautiful in Europe, and now you can wander here along the bridges over streams and bays, climb rocks, walk along paths between heaps of boulders, witnesses of the Ice Age.
Vyborg castle
The only fully preserved ancient fortress in Russia, a real monument of Western military architecture, was built in 1293 by the Swedes, who have held this territory for more than 400 years.
Today the Vyborg Castle with its snow-white tower of St. Olaf has become one of the symbols of Vyborg. The attraction is located on the Castle Island.
From the observation deck of the donjon tower, magnificent panoramas of the city and its surroundings open up. In clear weather, they say, you can see Finland, which is about 30 kilometers away.
Esplanade Park
Esplanade is an open space in front of the fortress. It was originally planned that in this part of the city there would be no green spaces, and the park would rather resemble a square. But the modern look is fully consistent with the classic ideas about parks. A huge number of trees, shrubs, flower beds have been planted here.
Lawns are broken, comfortable benches are installed. Since its foundation (mid-19th century), the park has been constantly expanding and becoming more comfortable and suitable for recreation. Today, three fountains function here, there are modern attractions, and colorful sculptures are located throughout the territory.
At the end of the 19th century, the main attraction of the park was a trendy restaurant, but during the war it was completely destroyed. The city authorities have tried to restore the entertainment facility, and today everyone can come here again to have dinner or listen to live music.
Vyborg Old Town Hall
The picturesque City Hall building stands in the very center of the main city square. In the 17th century, burgomasters sat here, meetings of the boards were held - trade, judicial, financial, construction.
The history of the Town Hall is not simple: the building was destroyed during the war, suffered from fires, and in the 20th century the building was restored and given out for residential apartments. Now the Town Hall is included in the list of cultural heritage sites, but people continue to live here to this day.