"Summer", "Peculiarities of National Fishing", "Sannikov Land", "White Guard".

Let's go to Sestroretsk. Perhaps it was impossible to come up with a better location for the shooting of the notorious film "Summer" (2018). You surely remember the romantic rest scenes of young Tsoi and his friends on the shore of the Gulf of Finland - they are the most beautiful.
According to the script in the frame was to appear in the dog, so the site invited a movie therapist with a specially trained spaniel. But suddenly there was a big black dog on the beach. The film crew thought it was a trained animal. In the end, the viewer never saw the spaniel.

We continue our way along the narrow country roads. Admiring the quiet rustic beauty of these places, we turn off to Polyanskoye Lake. The local hill with cedars depicted Siberia, and Polyanskoye Lake depicted the Siberian river in the drama "On a wild shore" (1966).
And also in this small village held the First All-Russian Congress of Futurists, which was attended by Kazimir Malevich. The meeting was held in the house of the artist and poetess Elena Guro, who found her last shelter in Polyany.

Stop for lunch on the shore of Okunev Bay. The restaurant MoreSal has panoramic windows, so you will enjoy not only the delicious food, but also the peaceful forest scenery. The restaurant is located on the territory of the holiday home, but you can visit it without accommodation, but it's better to book a table in advance.

The film "Features of National Fishing" (1997) was filmed on the outskirts of the village Sovetsky, Vyborgsky district. It was here that the drunkenness of the mountain fishermen who lost their way and found themselves in Finland continued. Now in that very place on the bay bank there is a camping site "Cordon Kuzmicha" - let's look here for a while.

And here we are in Vyborg. Let's start our walk in the city from Krepostnaya Street, the main street of the city. In March 2010 it was turned into Kievsky Prospect, where the Turbins lived (Mikhail Bulgakov renamed it Alekseevsky in the novel). As you have already understood, the TV series "White Guard" with Konstantin Khabensky, Vladimir Mashkov and other famous actors was filmed here.
The decorators did a really good job: they built wooden porches in the street, decorated the houses with plywood signboards, made granite poles of foam plastic, which look almost real! And they made a bird shop in two entrances to the ground floor at 11 Krepostnaya Street.
The half-destroyed house of Goving (a haunted house) also flashed in the frame. It was continued by the pink "smeared" gate to Razezjuzhnaya, which would be closed at the most inopportune moment for young Nikolay Turbin.
And the English Baker Street for "Sherlock Holmes" (2013) was also built on Krepostnaya; episodes of "The Admiral" (2006) were filmed here as well.

An important scene from the film "Sannikov Land" (1973) was filmed in Vyborg. Do you remember how Oleg Dal and Vladislav Dvorzhetsky's heroes climb the beautiful tower? Well, that was the Clock Tower, which will meet you on Khrepostnaya Street.
Filming was complicated, the actors were replaced by Leningrad mountaineers. Another problem was discovered later: the TV antennas on the rooftops of the surrounding houses got into the frame. The film crew had to climb up to the roofs and dump all the antennas. As a result, at that moment there was an important football match, which was interrupted because of the news reporters. To settle the scandal, the locals were given 100 rubles each.

Especially for the film "And Trees Grow on Stone" (1985) in Vyborg, Viking wooden rooks or drakkars were built in life-size. After the filming Stanislav Rostotsky presented the city with giant boats, and they immediately became one of its symbols.
In 2009, the film sculptures became dilapidated and had to be replaced with new ones, which were slightly different in color. By the way, the main prize of the Window to Europe Film Festival, held annually in Vyborg, is the Golden Rook.

We'll have dinner at Espila, one of the oldest restaurants in the city. It dates back as far as 1868! It's "the most faithful recreation of a Finnish restaurant that was lost during the war".
Saint Petersburgers will hardly think that the price for the restaurant is high: the prices are rather adequate for such a popular place. A bonus to a solid menu and cozy atmosphere is live music and a "casino" of sparkling wine.

Vyborg's nightlife can be quite busy, too. If the events at Espila aren't enough for you, you can go to local bars. Or, sticking to the theme of our trip, go to an evening screening at Kinopolis. For a schedule of film screenings, visit website.

After such a beautiful day, the best solution is to get a good night's sleep! Hurry up to the hotel.