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Estonia-Russia Border Traffic Jams Warning

28.12.2016

The Estonian border service issued an warning about possible delays when crossing the Estonian-Russian border during the New Year holidays. It’s wise to have a couple of hours and great amount of patience in reserve. The most intensive traffic falls on the following periods: — in the direction of Estonia from December 24 to January 4 as...

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Christmas Market Opened in Vyborg

27.12.2016

The most European town of Russia, Vyborg, holds its own Christmas market to add some athenticity to its image of a medieval fortress which in fact it was under the rule of Sweden and Finland. The fair is at the Market square in the city’s downtown, in between the railway and bus stations and the Vyborg castle, the main local attraction. That’s...

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Christmas , Leningrad region , souvenirs , Vyborg

First Halal Pharmacy Opened In St. Petersburg

25.12.2016

A halal pharmacy was established on a street next to the St. Petersburg Mosque, the biggest one in Europe outside Turkey, in December. A local entrepreneur said there would be more outlet of that kind throughout the city if the concept proves to be successful. The pharmacy on the Malaya Posadskaya street is reported to sell only Halal medicines which...

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emergency , Muslim , religion

Drawbridge Gets Its Own QR Code

24.12.2016

The most popular drawbridge in St. Petersburg, the Palace (Dvortsoviy) bridge, a «star» of many iconic pictures and advertising posters about the city, got its own QR code. Using your smartphone you can hear through the code a short history of the bridge in three languages: English, Chinese and Russian. The QR code is placed on the wall of...

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bridges , free time

St. Petersburg — Maldives Flight Just For… About $16,500

23.12.2016

A couple booked a flight from St. Petersburg to the Maldives to spend New Year holidays and seemingly beat a local flight price record. An incredibly expensive trip is not the only one of that kind, it’s just a bit more than a similarly priced flight to Dubai. An air tickets booking service Aviasales.ru reported about three most expensive flights...

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aviation , flights , money , prices , weird news

Light Show At Palace Square

22.12.2016

ATTENTION! The show for December 26 is cancelled due to the crash of the Ministry of Defense’s Tu-154 into the Black Sea. President Vladimir Putin declared December 26 day of national mourning. The Dvortsovaya (Palace) Square will be the stage for the “Let’s fly into the New Year” light show dedicated to the Year of Cinema that’s being...

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art , free time

Ivan Aivazovsky’s Great Exhibition On Display At The Russian Museum

22.12.2016

Paintings by one the most heavily traded of Russian artists can be seen at one of the biggest St. Petersburg museums for several times, though, unfortunately off the tourist season peak. What makes the event outstanding is that it collected Aivazovsky’s works from a bunch of museum and even private collections. Born in a town of Feodosia, on the...

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art , exhibition , museum

Allegro Train Schedule Changed For Christmas And New Year Holidays

20.12.2016

On a few days in late December and early January the schedule of Allegro train linking St. Petersburg and Helsinki will be changed. On some days it will reduced and on others the carrying capacity will be doubled to provide additional seats to catch up with enhanced traffic. There are four daily trains between the cities in each direction now. On two...

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Allegro , Christmas , Finland , Helsinki , railway stations , schedules , trains

Buy Railway Tickets In Russia 60 Days Before Departure

18.12.2016

Russian Railways announced that passengers can now buy tickets 60 days before travel instead of 45 which was the case earlier. The move makes it possible more flexible trip planning and brings more savings for a traveler. The Russian Railways system differs much from developed countries’ in terms of marketing, but is fast making up the gap. Now you...

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railway stations , Sapsan , trains , traveler's advice

St. Petersburg Is One Of The Most Popular Russian Cities

17.12.2016

Saint Petersburg is the second most popular Russian city among clients of HotelsCombined.com, the company’s country branch, RoomGuru.ru, said. The city is behind Moscow, but in terms of duration of stay and accommodation rates we could put it first. As statistics of HotelsCombined.com shows, foreign visitors to Russia have booked most often Moscow,...

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hotels , prices , Vyborg

The Greatest Christmas Markets In St. Petersburg

16.12.2016

A myriad of big and small Christmas markets are spreading across the city. Nearly every shopping now features a hand-made stock where you can little lovely things from chocolate and tea to towels and cups etc. etc. We give you four addresses of the largest open-air fairs throughout the city and one in a nearby town of Gatchina. 1. Moscow square (Moskovskaya...

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Christmas , free time , fun , holidays , music , souvenirs

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