Mass Media

"Peter’s tours, which leave from the HI St Petersburg Hostel, are unbeatable." — Lonely Planet

"A more intriguing option is to go on one of the walking tours operated by Peter Kozyrev, based at the St Petersburg International Youth Hostel." — Rough Guide

"Peter’s Tours leads recommended walking tours daily from the HI S Petersburg Hostel" — Trans-Siberian Handbook

"Peter Kosyrew bietet neben Stadtrundfahrten Wanderungen über die Dächer St. Petersburgs an; Ausgangpunkt für letztere ist di Jugendherberge." — Merian, Germany

"Peter Kozyrev gestisce l’eccellente Peter’s Walking Tours… Peter è una persona preparatissima e tranquilla e, cosa più importante, il suo amore per la città è contagioso." — Lonely Planet, Italian version

Newspapers and magazines

Top 10 guided city tours: readers’ tips

September 9, 2013 9:36 am | By Yura Birukov | No comments

We are veterans of walking tours in many cities, but have never had a better experience than we had with this company. We were lucky...

Once Was Leningrad

April 19, 2008 3:32 pm | By Yura Birukov | No comments

What better way to see St Petersburg than from the seat of a bicycle? “We were taught a lot of bullshit at school,” said Nikolai...

Des Jammers goldene Kulisse

May 15, 2003 10:13 am | By Yura Birukov | No comments

Mit einem Pomp ohnegleichen zelebriert Russland am 27. Mai den 300. Geburtstag von St. Petersburg. Doch die Wunden seiner Geschichte lassensich nicht übertünchen. Die Stadt...

The Hidden Petersburg, Up Close and Personal

March 4, 2003 7:40 pm | By Yura Birukov | No comments

St. Petersburg, striving to live up to its self-proclaimed title of Russia’s cultural capital, is abundant with guides wanting to sell you on the city....

Bear Essentials. Three hundred years on, St. Petersburg is as compelling as it’s ever been

January 30, 2003 8:01 pm | By Yura Birukov | No comments

The temperature edges up a notch and the drainpipes start to thaw, sending ice cascading to the pavement like a jackpot in one of the...

A walk atop the Russian wild side

May 27, 2001 8:17 pm | By Yura Birukov | No comments

With a carefree motion that belied the peril of a misstep, Peter Kozyrev scampered up a steep, rusted ladder, then onto the rooftop. Oblivious to...

White Nights and rooftop tours reveal the secret St. Petersburg

July 11, 1999 8:47 pm | By Yura Birukov | No comments

They never look up, the hustlers of St Petersburg, as they bully tourists into sitting for street portraits at midnight, or hawk tickets for canal-boat...

Tours in St. Petersburg, Russia

July 10, 2010 9:47 am | By Yura Birukov | No comments

My mother wants to go to St. Petersburg, Russia, this summer to see the palaces, Hermitage, etc. The tours I’ve found seem to include just...

Pietari: Rikos ja krapula

May 16, 2003 5:31 am | By Yura Birukov | No comments

Tuttu tarina: Nuori ja rahaton opiskelija Raskolnikov päättää tehdä täydellisen murhan. Hän kävelee kirves kainalossaan panttilainaajaeukon talolle, ryöstää ja murhaa tämän. Tai ehkei sittenkään. ”Me...

Sankt Petersburgs mörderisches Erbe

May 2, 2003 5:36 am | By Yura Birukov | No comments

Zum 300. Geburtstag läßt Wladimir Putin die Zarenstadt herausputzen. Doch in den vergammelten Hinterhöfen sieht es noch immer aus wie zu Dostojewskijs Zeiten. Sankt Petersburg...

Walks Go to Markets and a Murder Route

February 21, 2003 7:50 pm | By Yura Birukov | No comments

St. Petersburg, striving to live up to its self-proclaimed title of Russia’s cultural capital, is abundant with guides wanting to sell you on the city....

Exklusiv für Fußgänger: Peter zeigt seine Stadt

January 28, 2003 8:08 pm | By Yura Birukov | No comments

St. Petersburg. Der Dachwanderer ist wieder da – aber nun bleibt er am Boden und nährt sich redlich: Peter Kosyrew, der einst Erlebnis-hungrige Petersburg-Touristen zu...

Revolutionary way to show off a Russian city

August 20, 1999 8:39 pm | By Yura Birukov | No comments

Peter Kozyrev has put his country’s communist past behind him, striking out on his own as a tour leader who seeks the adventurous to glimpse...

Pietarissa turistilla vain taivas kattona

January 13, 1999 8:54 pm | By Yura Birukov | No comments

Matkamiehet tutustuvat kaupunkeihin kävellen – harvemmin kuitenkaan talojen yläpuolella Neuvostovalmisteinen hissi rämistää kohti kahdeksatta kerrosta kuin Koneen insinöörin painajaisuni. Ylhäällä rappukäytävässä kiipeämme tikapuita pitkin sisälle...

Other newspapers and magazines

Below is the list of other newspapers and magazines that ran stories about Peter’s Walking Tours.

Delo, Slovenia. Published May 13, 2003.
Ilta Sanomat, Finland. Published 14.12.2002
One more article in Helsingin Sanomat. Published 01.06.2002.
The Minneapolis Star Tribune, Minneapolis, USA. Published 01.07.2001
Etela-Suomen Sanomat, Finland. Published 06.05.2001
JT Med Vera, Finland (in Swedish). Published 28.08.1999.
Karjalainen, Finland. Published 27.08.1999.
Kolner Stadt-Anzeiger, Cologne, Germany. Published 18.03.1998.
Aargauer Zeitung, Aarau, Switzerland (in German). Published 10.02.1998.
Ostsee-Zeitung, Rostock, Germany. Published 31.01.1998.

TV travel shows

We’ve been featured in several TV travel shows too. We’re going to put video fragments on this site soon, so drop by some time to have a look.

— BBC Travel Show
— Discovery Channel
— Lonely Planet Travel Show
— CityFolk (a TV show, featuring a European city and its residents; broadcast in several countries across Europe)
— ARTE TV
— TV1 Finland