In the most emergency services only Russian is spoken.
Fire Rescue: 01
Militsia (Police): 02 or 164-9787 (for foreigners)
Medical Care (government): 03
Information about casualities: 278-0055
International phonecalls (order): 077
Exact time: 060
Train Schedules: 055
Information Line: 326-9696 (24h) or 09 (only russian) or 050
24h pharmacy: 311-2077
Lost & found: 278-3690 (Zakharevskaya ul., #9; open: mon-fri 10-17)
2. Foreign Consulates in St.-Petersburg
Austria 43 Furshtadskaya Ulitsa
+7 812 275-0502
Bulgaria 27 Ryleeva Ulitsa
+7 812 273-7347, +7 812 272-5718 (fax)
Canada 32 Malodetskoselsky Prospekt
+7 812 325-8448, +7 812 325-8393 (fax)
China 134 Naberezhnaya Kanala Griboyedova
+7 812 113-7605, +7 812 114-7958 (fax)
Czech Republic 7 Tverskaya Ulitsa
+7 812 271-0459, +7 812 271-4615 (fax)
Denmark 13 Bolshaya Alleya, Kamenny Ostrov
+7 812 346-1700, +7 812 234-6743 (fax)
Estonia 14 Bolshaya Monetnaya Ulitsa
+7 812 238-18-04
Finland 71 Ulitsa Tchaikovskogo
+7 812 273-7321, +7 812 272-1421 (fax)
Germany 39 Furshtadtskaya Ulitsa
+7 812-320-2400, +7 812 327-3117 (fax)
Hungary 15 Ulitsa Marata
+7 812 312-6458, +7 812 312-6432 (fax)
Italy 10 Teatralnaya Ploshchad
+7 812 312-3217, +7 812 312-2896 (fax)
Japan 29 Naberezhnaya Reki Moiki
+7 812 314-1434, +7 812 110-6970 (fax)
Netherlands 11 Naberezhnaya Reki Moiki
+7 812 312-0338, +7 812 314-8188 (fax)
Norway 25 Nevsky Prospekt
+7 812 326-2650, +7 812 326-2652 (fax)
Poland 12 5th Sovietskaya Ulitsa
+7 812 274-4170, +7 812 274-4318 (fax)
Sweden 1 Malaya Konyushennaya Ulitsa
+7 812 329-1430, +7 812 329-1445 (fax)
Switzerland 11 Ulitsa Marata
+7 812 325-9006, +7 812 325-9106 (fax)
United Kingdom 5 Pl. Proletarskoy Diktatury
+7 812 320-3200, +7 812 320-3211 (fax)
USA 15 Furshtadtskaya Ulitsa
+7 812 275-1701, +7 812 110-7022 (fax)
3. Health issues
If you got ill, you can go to the government hospitals, but you'll have to stand long queues, talk to the doctor who speaks russian only (in most cases) and it's not sure about the quality of service. So better, but more expensive, to go to professional medical care centers in St Petersburg. Here's a list of the main western health centers and dental clinics:
New: British-American clinic: british-americanclinic.com
American medical center. American and American-trained doctors. Medical and Dental care. Address: #10, Serpukhovskaya ul. Contact: tel.: 326-17-30, fax: 326-17-31, internet: www.amcenters.com |
Euromed. 24-hour emergency medical and dentistry services. All kinds of medical care. Works with the major European and Asian insurance companies. Discounts. Address: #60, Suvorovski pr. Contact: tel/fax 327-0301. internet: www.euromed.ru |
The international clinic. 24-hour emergency service, medical care, evacuation. Address: #19/21, Dostoevskogo ul. Contacts: for appointments and information tel 320-3870, fax 320-3871 |
(Russian) Central Medico-Sanitar Department #122 (Sokolov's Hospital). All kinds of emergency and medical care. Address: #4, Kultury pr. Contacts: tel 558-0805, fax 559-9893, email: socol@infopro.spb.ru |
(Russian) Leningrad's Clinic-Hospital. All kinds of medical and emergency care. Address: #49, Lunacharskogo pr. Contacts: tel 557-7960, fax 594-0972
Pharmacies. Here are some of the central area pharmacies:
City Center: Nevski Prospekt / 1.Fialka. St Petersburg, Bakunina prosp. #29. (metro Ploshad Vosstania) tel 510-7202 ||| 2. Central Pharmacy. Sadovaya ul., #68. (metro Sadovaya). tel 114-2953
