Vyborg Side: from the tram substation to the factory-kitchen
Industrial architecture and the stories of the Nobel factories in the center of St. Petersburg
Stories along the route
Выборгская понижающая подстанция городского трамвая · 0.0 km
Before you stands the building that saved besieged Leningrad. Look closely at its facade — behind these walls, during the harsh winter of 1941–1942, hope was born for the tram's return.
Первостроителям Санкт-Петербурга · 0.2 km
Перед вами памятник, который выглядит так, будто его только что собрали из обломков истории. Это «Первостроителям Санкт-Петербурга» — тем, кто придумал и построил этот город на болоте.
Выборгская фабрика-кухня · 0.6 km
Before you stands not just a building, but a food-production machine — the first of its kind opened in Leningrad.
Постройки механического завода «Людвиг Нобель» · 1.0 km
Before you stand not just old workshops, but a true industrial castle of brick and metal. The Ludwig Nobel plant is a monument where every corner breathes engineering thought.
Жилой городок завода «Людвиг Нобель» · 1.4 km
Before you is not just houses, but an entire compound that Ludwig Nobel built for his workers. Imagine: in the mid-1880s he bought this plot, and already under his son Emmanuel, the first stone buildings began to rise he…
Народный дом Э. Л. Нобеля · 1.9 km
Before you is a building that could have become an ordinary factory or warehouse, but became the first people's house of St. Petersburg.