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Doubled Allegro Trains And Changes To Schedule For Christmas And New Year Holidays 2018

02.11.2017

Allegro train connecting St. Petersburg and Helsinki will see a changed schedule for the Catholic Christmas and Russian long New Year’s holidays. On some days, there will be doubled trains with a few trips cancelled on others to adjust to changing demand. Doubled Allegro trains will run on: • № 781 St. Petersburg – Helsinki departing on January...

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Ferry Company MOBY SPL Can Cease Operation In St. Petersburg In 2018

31.10.2017

St. Petersburg is going to be left without a ferry service for 2018 as the only ferry operator, MOBY SPL (till 2016 St. PeterLine), is struggling to sign a contract for rent berths and other facilities at the Sea Vokzal, the only sea passenger terminal in the city fit for the company. The reason is that the terminal was brought into court by the city’s...

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authority , ferry , Helsinki , Marine facade , Stockholm , Tallinn

Hermitage Wound Up Clock Stopped At Key Moment Of Bolshevik Revolution In 1917

29.10.2017

Mikhail Piotrovsky, the State Hermitage museum director, did what nobody could do before him over the course of 100 years. He breathed a new life into a clock that was stopped not just a centenary ago, but at the very moment when Bolsheviks overthrew the Provisional Government and established their dictatorship that lasted till 1991. The night on October...

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Hermitage , history , palaces

Germania To Connect St. Petersburg And Dresden

28.10.2017

German airlines Germania will start operating on St. Petersburg – Dresden route making the former DDR city a sixth German point to land on a flight from Pulkovo airport. As Sieghard Jähn, Germania’s CEO, told the press, flights will start as of 26 April 2018, which is beautifully timed as high tourism season begins at late April. Flights will be...

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airport , aviation , flights , Germany , World Cup 2018

Legendary Kraftwerk To Perform In St. Petersburg In February 2018

25.10.2017

Kraftwerk will play on 11 February 2018 after their previous concert in Russia took place in 2004. The fathers of the modern electronic music will capture your attention with the help of an ultramodern tool, a 3D show that enables it to feel the music to the fullest. Fans will get special stereo spectacles to be able to see the beauty of the hi-tech...

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events , free time , Germany , music

St. Petersburg Cruise Port Claims Record Results

22.10.2017

The Marine Façade, St. Petersburg’s cruise port, has ended the navigation season 2017 with record-breaking results. The terminal handled 560 000 passengers, up 20 percent in comparison to the season 2016. The navigation season 2017 started on May 2 and finished on October 17 with the last call of a ship bringing more than 4500 guests, a port’s...

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Marine facade

Pulkovo Airport To See Flights To New Destinations

12.10.2017

St. Petersburg Pulkovo airport announced it will increase number of flights, including those to new destinations abroad. A jewel in the crown is the arrival of Qatar Airways with their St. Petersburg – Doha route starting as of December, 19. New routes include: Verona, Salzburg, Innsbruck, Lion, Torino by S7 Airlines, Namangan (Uzbekistan) and Tenerife...

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airport , aviation , flights

Sapsan Train For 50% In September On Departure Day

15.09.2017

Russian Railways have introduced another great discount scheme for Sapsan passengers. That’s a good option to test your personal level of luckiness as you must be very lucky to use it as the train tends to be consistently fully packed. In September, you can purchase a ticket for Sapsan, a high-speed train connecting Moscow and St. Petersburg, just...

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Moscow , prices , Sapsan , trains

Peterhof To Shut Down Fountains On October 15, Hydrofoils To Stop On October 9, 2017

13.09.2017

The Peterhof museum complex has announced the date of shutting down the fountains, while shipping companies followed with the closure date of their hydrofoil (meteor) services. The fountains will be closed as of 15 October 2017. The last trips of hydrofoils will be on 8 October 2017. Important: the solemn closing ceremony of fountains takes part on...

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boat trips , fountains , museum , Peterhof , suburbs

Travel By Sapsan Train For Half Price Week Before And After Your Birthday

06.09.2017

Russian Railways (RZD) introduce a 50% discount for Sapsan for passengers who celebrated their birthday recently before the trip and are going to celebrate it soon. And, attention, for their friends too! Sapsan is a fast speed train going between Moscow and St. Petersburg that gets you over the distance of 600+ km for four hours almost at any time of...

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money , Moscow , prices , Sapsan , trains

Low Cost Airline Wizz Air To Connect St. Petersburg And Budapest

28.08.2017

Wizz Air will fly two, then three and four times a week from St. Petersburg to the capital of Hungary to fill in gap in transportation between Russia and Hungary and serve the rising number of tourists traveling between the two countries. Wizz Air took its first flight on the route on August, 27, a Pulkovo airport’s representative said. The airline...

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airport , aviation , flights , prices

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