St Petersburg - The Winter Palace (Hermitage)

We went to the Hermitage 3 times, and I could have gone 3 times more and not been the slightest bit bored. The art collection is stupendous – but actually it became so enormous only after the Revolution, when it increased threefold with confiscated property. The Yusupovs' collection alone had over 1200 paintings (we visited their palace).

I think I very justifiably went loco with photos here. Actually, you can even photograph the art (without the flash, but many extremely rude people leave the flash on!). But of course it's never the same looking at a photo afterwards, so I didn't bother. Instead, I took photos of the amazing interior.