"The Dunes" ("Dyuny", in Russian) is a popular naturist beach in St. Petersburg and is located at the coast of the Baltic Sea at a distance of about 30 km (20 miles) from the city centre.

Local authorities claim they want to prohibit people going naked here and turn the facility into a beach for disabled people. (This is ongoing and for now it is still naturist).Many people both nudists and textiles enjoy this beach during the high season. The general atmosphere is relaxed and friendly, with many beach entertainments, such as playing volleyball, badminton, miniten, frisbee, etc, and various fun competitions, body art presentations, dancing nude, and so on.

The beach enjoys a gentle slope, and the coast presents a chain of low sand dunes grown up with pines. The sea water in the easternmost shallow part of the Gulf of Finland contains virtually no salt, and is sweetened by the powerful stream of the Neva river flowing into the Baltic Sea within St. Petersburg limits.

There is another naturist place nearby, known as «Karyer» («Sand Pit») at about 1.5 km (1 mile) inside the coast at the foot of a big sand dune in pine forest, by side of a tiny natural pool fed with springs. The place is well protected from sea winds and is preferred at colder weather, particularly, in early spring.