Looking at the photo you may consider my city do not have enought benches; thats not correct.
Come walk with me across the streets, yards and parks of St.Petersburg, and you will see. Oh, by the way: till the end of summer I am out of town at my summer house.
Most simple, cheap and minimalistic way is to set up a bench from wood - endless natural eco-friendly resource. (Fungi also approve and welcome this material to be used, hehe!) This bench serves the customers of local shop in our village. Now I'm done with the pics I took especially for this post, and can swap to my archives, lets see what I noticed here and there during my walks across the city of ST.Petersburg.
I have to start with this one:
The good old classic from soviet epoch. Perfect! 100% of comfort, usability, eco-friendly (mostly wood) and reparable.
City parks, alleys, squares are full of them.
No shortage at all!
In the yards at Schastlivaya street in the residential suburb, I found an old version of such a bench. Sides are made from concrete, not iron.
Benches in a yard behind Nevsky avenue.
An intresting bench I've stumbled upon while exploring the nooks and crannies of Apraksin Dvor market; a unique gem of my collection.
This one actually is not from St.Petersburg -- I brought it from my trip to Poland back in 2009; no idea which city exactly it was, probably some little railway station. Made of wood, ergonomically shaped, warm, stunningly comfortable. The secret of its production have been lost long ago.
I found it so cool that made a capture and still remember my passion about it: it is a relic of a bygone era, representative of an extinct class of stuff "they don't make things like that anymore". Heh.
协褌邪 褋泻邪屑械泄泻邪 薪械 懈蟹 袩懈褌械褉邪. 携 锌褉懈胁械蟹 褎芯褌芯 懈蟹 屑芯械泄 锌芯械蟹写泻懈 胁 袩芯谢褜褕褍 胁 2009 谐芯写褍. 袚芯褉芯写 薪邪蟹胁邪褌褜 薪械 褋屑芯谐褍 - 褝褌芯 斜褘谢 泻邪泻芯泄-褌芯 斜械蟹褘屑褟薪薪褘泄 锌芯谢褍褋褌邪薪芯泻 薪邪 卸械谢械蟹薪芯泄 写芯褉芯谐械. 袩芯褌褉褟褋邪褞褖邪褟 褍写芯斜薪邪褟 写谢褟 褋懈写械薪懈褟 褝褉谐芯薪芯屑懈褔薪邪褟 褎芯褉屑邪, 写械褉械胁褟薪薪邪褟, 褌械锌谢邪褟 懈 褍写芯斜薪邪褟 写谢褟 褋懈写械薪懈褟. 袩械褉械卸懈褌芯泻 锌褉械卸薪懈褏 胁褉械屑械薪! 小械泄褔邪褋 褌邪泻芯械 写械谢邪褌褜 褍卸械 褉邪蟹褍褔懈谢懈褋褜, 褋械泻褉械褌 褍褌械褉褟薪.
In my collection I have a photo of a boat's bench.
A brutal countryside bench hand-made from unplaned boards.
Nu, pagadeeeee!!! Bench decorated with a famous soviet cartoon character.
This modern urban tradition of decorating benches with sculptures, I assume it was borrowed to the city from Europe. In soviet era it wasnt well-spread, but now one can stumble upon such statues quite frequently. The 'sad angels' tho is a purely local thing. This certain statue is located at Lubashin Garden (in Rotonda).
I shoot several other such spots but sadly dont have my files at hand -- thus I borrowed this pic from 
The scene I captured during the peak of covid pandemia. With cafe and restaurants restricted sitting, street benches became a substitute for lunch tabls 馃槣
Elegant openwork benches at the Palace Square, near the Hermitage Museum.
Minimalistic and futuristic.
A distinctive feature: most of the bench remains unoccupied! People around here prefer to eat standing rather than sit on this bench... I think that's all you need to know about the convenience and appeal of this type of bench... this product of an unknown genius of urban design.
袨斜褉邪褌懈褌械 胁薪懈屑邪薪懈械 薪邪 褏邪褉邪泻褌械褉薪褘泄 褕褌褉懈褏: 斜芯谢褜褕邪褟 褔邪褋褌褜 褋泻邪屑械泄泻懈 芯褋褌邪械褌褋褟 薪械 蟹邪薪褟褌芯泄! 谢褞写懈 胁芯泻褉褍谐 锌褉械写锌芯褔懈褌邪褞褌 泻褍褕邪褌褜 褋褌芯褟, 薪芯 薪械 褋懈写械褌褜 薪邪 褝褌芯泄 褋泻邪屑械泄泻械... 写褍屑邪褞, 褝褌芯 胁褋褢 褔褌芯 胁邪屑 薪褍卸薪芯 蟹薪邪褌褜 芯斜 褍写芯斜褋褌胁械 懈 锌褉懈胁谢械泻邪褌械谢褜薪芯褋褌懈 褝褌芯泄 褉邪蟹薪芯胁懈写薪芯褋褌懈 褋泻邪屑械械泻... 褝褌芯谐芯 锌褉芯写褍泻褌邪 斜械蟹胁械褋褌薪芯谐芯 谐械薪懈褟 褍褉斜邪薪懈褋褌懈褔械褋泻芯谐芯 写懈蟹邪泄薪邪.
Rugged benches carved from solid blocks of granite, integrated into the Neva River embankment. Super vandal-resistant!
Another edition of minimalism -- cheap and angry!
The benches from Letnii Sad have an intresting 'solo' form-factor. One can occupy them solely and have no fellows if any kind of converstion / socializing is not needed. (The shot was taken during our joint walk at said garden with 
No doubts, benches is mostly the summer vibes stuff, but in wintertime they dont disappear . A few wintertime pieces as well.
Exclusive 'design' of benches at Petrogradsky district.
( I think presented you these shots in my blog before, but I cant resist the temptation to add them to the mix).
This simple portable wooden bench is from the MITKI art center (note it has a handles at the sides!)
小泻邪屑械泄泻邪 (锌械褉械薪芯褋薪邪褟 - 芯斜褉邪褌懈褌械 胁薪懈屑邪薪懈械 薪邪 褉褍褔泻懈 锌芯 斜芯泻邪屑!) 懈蟹 邪褉褌-褑械薪褌褉邪 袦袠孝鞋袣袠.
A local bakery has set up a bench for its customers. What a great idea!
袦械褋褌薪邪褟 锌械泻邪褉薪褟 褍褋褌褉芯懈谢邪 褋泻邪屑械械褔泻褍 写谢褟 褋胁芯懈褏 锌芯褋械褌懈褌械谢械泄. 啸芯褉芯褕械械 写械谢芯!
Same case -- benches and tables are set up outdoors at cafe.
Nikolskii dvor space. Minimalistic benches on the background, and supercool ... hammocks? a swing?
I'm not quite sure what exactly it is, sort of a hybrid :) Let me wrap my blog here.
Hope you didnt get tired of the visuals!
My post goes for Hive Collectors community challenge - benches is the topic of the month!
| location: | St.Petersburg, Russia | various | natural light |
| camera/lens: | Canon 5dm3 | Sigma 50mm | raw-conv |
All images taken by me, copyright (c) 
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