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The city was built by Sweden in the XIII century.
It is a city or narrow and climbing up and down roads…

It is a city of ancient towers with clocks that work and show correct time…

The city of churches, white as snow…

Tower of a town hall…


round tower…it is a restaurant inside it now…


There are a lot of beautiful buildings along the streets,everyone differes from another.

The bridge over Vuoksi River…here we founded a new traditions to place the lock on the bridge when you marry with names written on it.
I saw pictures of such bridges from other country. It was covered all with locks!
Government did not allow to put any more ,because they were afraid that the bridge will fall down under their weight.
Here are not so many of locks…but it is only the beginning


The main beauty of the city is the fortress!


Now it is covered with snow,but you can see the huge stones it was made from.

It is very beautiful!

If you reach underground-you can find wonderful things there-stalagmites,that grow on the flow and made from ice, pure as glass…
They look like statues…a creatures of nature…

The view of fortress in the evening

We have wonderful tradition.
Here you can see knightly tournament every year!



Here is a view of the city from the top of the tower of the fortress.
Very charming view,full of colors among winter white and black canvas.
When you are tired to walk along streets and want to dream in one the most beautiful parks-
You may go to Monrepo.
It is covered with snow now.In Summer it is more beautiful.

Water is alive and rocks seem more high than now.

A charming small castle on the top of the rock

A real wonder of frozen waterfalls


And the nice sunset in the forest


If you are cold after walking among snow rocks you are welcome to a lot of cafe in the town.
They work all night long and have very good interior and delicious food

And here is a bit about its history for those who want to read more

Vyborg is situated on the coast of the Gulf of Finland, 120 km north-east of St. Petersburg.
Vyborg is known as one of the largest historical towns in Russia.The history of the town began with the construction of a castle in 1293 by Swedish,when they conquered Karelia Isthmus.In the year of 1403 Vyborg got official status of a town.
Castle of middlecentury construction and engineering fortifications defined the town as town-fortress.
Later Vyborg developed into a center of trade between the Novgorod merchants and Karelian hunters.

In the beginning of 18 century during the war actions of tsar Peter the 1 against Swedish soldiers Vyborg was joined to Russia.
It was developing as the center of commerce simultaneously with St. Petersburg.
The town developed as a forpost of Russia in the north-west part of the country,charged by famous generals Alexander Suvorov and Michail Kutusov. In the beginning of 19 century Finland,including Vyborg region was joined to Russia.
Vyborg started to be known as a sea-port and industrial and trading centre.

Nowadays Vyborg is an industrial and cultural center, the international harbor and an important railway and highway point. The Helsinki - Moscow highway passes through the city. The historical core of the town is formed by the castle and adjacent buildings.

Everybody,who has ever been here, keeps in the memory its majestic,unforgetable style, its quiet streets,wonder of various historical monuments. In Vyborg you can definetly feel touch of following each other historical ages, national cultures of swedish,finnish and russian people.
Foreign visitors are to be seen here at any time of the year. The city is visited each year by over 600.000 tourists from abroad. The people of Vyborg are tirelessly enhancing their cities appearance.
Old Vyborg is being carefully preserved and restored white the new Vyborg is constantly expanding its boundaries.