They say that Saint-Petersburg weather is as changeable as London's. And a nice sunny day may turn into a rainy day just within minutes.  

Below is a list of addresses where one can always buy a cheap black umbrella for only 100 RUB and escape from the rain:

1. Komendantsky pr, 9 bld. 2 (Shopping center "Promenad")

2. Gakkelevskaya str. 34 (Shopping center "Leader")

3. Kostyushko str. 2 (Hospital № 26)

4. Fontanka river embankment 154 (Medical center Н. И. Пирогова)

5. Potemkinskaya str. 2 (Hothouse)

6. Stachek pr. 56 (Kirovsky market)

7. Grazhdansky pr. 117 (Stomatology)

8. Kazanskaya str. 5 (behind the Kazan Cathedral)

9. Novocherkassky pr. 41 (Novocherkasskaya metro)

10. Novocherkassky pr. 26 (Novocherkasskaya metro)

11. Ligovsky pr. 107 (Metro Ligovsky prospekt)

12. Eletskaya str. 19 (Udelnaya metro)

13. Ispytateley pr. 4 (Pionerskaya metro)

14. Savushkina str. 2 (Metro Chernaya rechka)

15. Leninsky pr. 129 (Metro Leninsky prospekt)

16. Leninsky pr. 128 (Metro Leninsky prospekt)

17. Moskovsky pr. 165 (Metro Park Pobedy)

18. Tipanova str. 2 (Metro Moskovskaya)

19. Moskovsky pr. 141 (Metro Elektrosyla)

20. Ladozhsky Railway Station

21. Moskovsky Railway Station

22. Finlyandsky Railway Station 

23. Vitebsky Railway Station 

24. Baltiysky Railway Station

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