Things You'll Only See In Russia

St. Petersburg and Venice

St. Petersburg is known as the "Venice of the north." It has three times the amount of bridges as Venice and is much less crowded. It seems like many tourists are picking the wrong canal city to spend their time at! 

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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.