BOOKSHOPS IN ST. PETERSBURG
(Books albums, postcards, posters)
The most prominent book store in St. Petersburg is undoubtedly
Dom Knigi
(The House of Books) located at the corner of
Nevsky Prospekt and Kanal Griboyedova, opposite the Kazan
Cathedral. For books in foreign languages and dictionaries
you need Department 8 on the lower level. For art books,
postcards, posters and maps go up the stairs and turn right.
Dom Knigi (The House of Books)
Address: Nevsky Prospekt 28
Metro: Nevsky Prospekt/Gostiny Dvor, exit to Kanal Griboyedova
Open: Monday to Saturday, 9 am to 8 pm, Sunday, 11 am to 7 pm
Telephone: 219-64-02
No credit cards accepted
(Before the Bolshevik revolution of 1917 the beautiful building
of Dom Knigi used to be the Russian headquarters of Singer
sewing machine company)
MAJOR BOOKSTORES BY DISTRICT
Nevsky Prospekt Area -
Liteiny Prospekt Area -
Moskovsky Prospekt Area -
Petrograd Side
NEVSKY PROSPEKT AREA
Mir
(book shop with second hand books and a souvenir department)
Address: Nevsky Prospekt 13
Metro: Nevsky Prospekt/Gostiny Dvor, exit to Kanal Griboyedova
Open: Monday to Saturday, 10 am to 7 pm. Lunch break 2 pm to 3 pm
Closed on Sundays
Telephone: 311-51-46
No credit cards accepted
Maska
(Second-hand book shop with a good selection of Art books and guidebooks)
Address: Nevsky Prospekt 13, corner of Bolshaya Morskaya Ulitsa
Metro: Nevsky Prospekt/Gostiny Dvor, exit to Kanal Griboyedova
Open: 10 am to 7 pm
Telephone:
No credit cards accepted
Iskusstvo
(Art books, guidebooks, fiction, souvenirs, CDs)
Address: Nevsky Prospekt 16
Metro: Nevsky Prospekt/Gostiny Dvor, exit to Kanal Griboyedova
Open: Monday to Saturday, 10 am to 7 pm. Lunch break 2 pm to 3 pm
Closed on Sundays
Telephone: 312-85-35
No credit cards accepted
Dom Voyennoi Knigi
(Books on military issues, art books and more)
Address: Nevsky Prospekt 20, corner of Bolshaya Konyushennaya Ulitsa
Metro: Nevsky Prospekt/Gostiny Dvor, exit to Kanal Griboyedova
Open: Monday to Friday, 10 am to 7 pm, Saturday, 11 am to 6 pm. Lunch break 2 pm to 3 pm
Closed on Sundays
Telephone: 311-07-51, 312-05-63
No credit cards accepted
Knizhnaya Lavka Pisatelei (The Writers’ Bookshop)
(Books of Russian and Foreign authors, art books, second-hand and antique books)
Address: Nevsky Prospekt 66
Metro: Gostiny Dvor
Open: Monday to Saturday, 10 am to 7 pm
Closed on Sundays
Telephone: 314-48-58, 314-47-59
No credit cards accepted
Knigi-otkrytki
Address: Nevsky Prospekt 72
Metro: Mayakovskaya
Open: Monday to Saturday, 10 am to 7 pm. Lunch break 2 pm to 3 pm
Closed on Sundays
Telephone: 272-90-31
No credit cards accepted
Lenkniga Bookstore #43
Address: Nevsky Prospekt 141
Metro: Ploschad Aleksandra Nevskovo
Open: Tuesday to Saturday, 10 am to 7 pm. Lunch break 2 pm to 3 pm
Closed on Sundays and Mondays
Telephone: 277-15-22
No credit cards accepted
LITEINY PROSPEKT AREA
Iskra
(fiction and legal books)
Address: Liteiny Prospekt 10
Metro: Chernyshevskaya
Open: Monday to Friday, 10 am to 7 pm, Saturday, 11 am to 6 pm. Lunch break 2 pm to 3 pm
Closed on Sundays
Telephone: 272-21-15
No credit cards accepted
Planeta
(books in foreign languages including fiction, dictionaries, reference and art books)
Address: Liteiny Prospekt 30
Metro: Chernyshevskaya
Open: Monday to Friday, 10 am to 2 pm and 3 pm to 7 pm
Closed on Sundays
Telephone: 273-88-15, 233-88-10
No credit cards accepted
Bukinist
(Old books, foreign language, art and reference books and more)
Address: Liteiny Prospekt 59, just 100 yards away from Nevsky Prospekt
Metro: Vladimirskaya
Open: Monday to Saturday, 10 am to 7 pm. Lunch 2 pm to 3 pm
Closed on Sundays
Telephone: 273-25-04, 272-45-54
No credit cards accepted
MOSKOVSKY PROSPEKT AREA
Bibliopolis
Address: Moskovsky Prospekt 41
Metro: Tekhnologichesky Institut
Open: Monday to Friday, 10 am to 7 pm, Saturday 11 am to 5 pm. Lunch break 2 pm to 3 pm
Closed on Sundays
Telephone: 316-71-01
No credit cards accepted
PETROGRAD SIDE
Knigi (Books)
Address: Kamennoostrovsky Prospekt 40
Metro: Petrogradskaya
Open: Monday to Friday, 10 am to 7 pm, Saturday till 6 pm. Lunch break 2 pm to 3 pm
Closed on Sundays
Telephone: 230-87-40
No credit cards accepted
Knigi
Address: Bolshoi Prospekt (P.S.) 70-72
Metro: Petrogradskaya
Open: daily 10 am to 7 pm. Lunch break 2 pm to 3 pm
Telephone: 232-96-41
No credit cards accepted
Knigi
Address: Bolshoi Prospekt (P.S.) 34
Metro: Sportivnaya (New!)
Open: Monday to Friday, 10 am to 7 pm, Saturday, 10 am to 6 pm. Lunch break 2 pm to 3 pm
Closed on Sundays
Telephone: 233-41-33
No credit cards accepted
BOOKS IN FOREIGN LANGUAGES
Dom Knigi (The House of Books)
Address: Nevsky Prospekt 28
Metro: Nevsky Prospekt/Gostiny Dvor, exit to Kanal Griboyedova
Open: Monday to Saturday, 9 am to 8 pm, Sunday, 11 am to 7 pm
Telephone: 219-64-02
No credit cards accepted
Foreign language books can be found at department 8 on the lower level, while the art books are upstairs
Mir
(book shop with second hand books and a souvenir department)
Address: Nevsky Prospekt 13
Metro: Nevsky Prospekt/Gostiny Dvor, exit to Kanal Griboyedova
Open: Monday to Saturday, 10 am to 7 pm. Lunch break 2 pm to 3 pm
Closed on Sundays
Telephone: 311-51-46
No credit cards accepted
Planeta
(books in foreign languages including fiction, dictionaries, reference and art books)
Address: Liteiny Prospekt 30
Metro: Chernyshevskaya
Open: Monday to Friday, 10 am to 2 pm and 3 pm to 7 pm
Closed on Sundays
Telephone: 273-88-15, 233-88-10
No credit cards accepted
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