Dress appropriately and head on over to Hare’s island – the small piece of land situated at the mouth of the Neva and the heart of St. Petersburg, on which rests the foundation and first building of the city: Peter and Paul’s Fortress. Officially labelled as a “Museum of the History of the City”, the island in fact hosts a multitude of various buildings, museums, and exhibitions both permanent and private which are not always connected to the specific history of the fortress itself. The fortress, and all that lie within the walls and on the island is unique and central to the identity of St. Petersburg, and can justly be called a point of intellectual and active recreation.