Shop opening hours in Russia

7/14/2016 7:06:26 AM

In Saint Petersburg (as in many big Russian cities) malls (торгово-развлекательный центр or гипермаркет) mostly work from 10:00 till 22:00. Also (if you need some basic foodstuff) there are many 24/7 food supermarkets (супермаркет, продукты) in Russia like Перекресток, Пятерочка, Лента, Азбука вкуса, Карусель, Полушка, etc. Such supermarkets accept Visa & MasterCard by the way.

There are many sport clubs (спортивный клуб, фитнес-центр) which work from 7:00 till 23:00, but not all. It seems there are only 3 waterparks (аквапарк) in St. Petersburg, and they work about from 10:00 till 22:30.

Work schedules of banks (банк) are very variable. You need to check it yourself for accuracy. By the way there are too many 24/7 ATM points (банкомат) which may be placed in common places or be accessible even if the its bank office is closed.

Museums (музей) work generally from 10:00, but while there are may be very long turns, you should borrow your place beforehand. For example, The State Hermitage (Эрмитаж) works mainly from 10:30 till 18:00 except Mondays when it’s closed. The Russian Museum (Русский музей) works mainly from 10:00 till 18:00 except Tuesdays. And so on.

St. Petersburg subway stations (метро) are opened to entrance about from 5:30 till 0:30, but there is own schedule for each station.

You may find many firms and check its work times at http://2gis.ru (in Russian only, but they have offline mobile and PC apps also).

8/16/2016 2:57:16 PM

Medium-sized food chain shops are open from 10:00 till 22:00. Smaller shops are often 24H. Malls close as early as 20:00 (and might open later).

Note that in Russia, you can’t buy booze after 21:00 ~ 23:00 (varies per region) even if shop is open. Sometimes you can buy something unofficially (don’t count on this, especially in Moscow).

In Theatres, performance usually starts at 19:00.

If we’re talking music clubs, live performance usually start at 20:00, often delayed, and ends before midnight. If we’re talking about nightclubs, as their name implies, they work even later.

Many restaurants open at noon and close around midnight or an hour earlier; in order to staff & visitors get home via subway without problems. Some are open 24H.

Museums often close at 19:00 and stop accepting new visitors at 18:00. No idea about sport clubs, I guess some might run all night.

Note that in Russia, banks behave like most commercial shops: Many close at 20:00, work on saturdays and some even open on sundays (usually with shortened work hours).

Don’t expect to find many cafes open before ten in the morning.

In smaller cities or on outskirts this may vary, usually towards shorter work times.

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