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Hotels Enjoy Good Money And Want Even More

13.12.2016

St. Petersburg hoteliers are about to increase their rates by 30% for the high season 2017, a real estate consultancy Knight Frank said in the St. Petersburg Hospitality Real Estate Market 2016 report. Growing tourist numbers and rather high occupancy rates are driving the market’s greed for even more money and the wish to capitalize on record-breaking...

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hotels

FC Zenit St. Petersburg To Face Anderlecht In 1/16 Of The League Of Europe

12.12.2016

The Zenit dominated the group stage and is going to meet with rather strong Belgium’s Anderlecht. The St. Petersburg team is on the right track which can be seen from the results of the group stage, but obviously needs strengthening in defense. Zenit St. Petersburg, which won the UEFA Cup in 2008, dominated the group stage having won 5 of 6 games...

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St. Peter Line Ferry Company To Suspend Operations Until April 2017

10.12.2016

The only St. Petersburg’s ferry operator, the St. Peter Line, reshuffled its routes and announced new product and marketing strategies. The company teamed up with Italian Moby Spa to establish a joint venture for Baltic operations and sent one of its ferries, The Princess Maria, to the Mediterranean Sea, while the other, The Princess Anastasia, will...

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Estonia , ferry , Finland , Helsinki , schedules , Tallinn

KLM To Double St. Petersburg – Amsterdam Flights

09.12.2016

Netherlands’ air carrier KLM adds second daily flight between St. Petersburg and Amsterdam to its schedule as of 19 February 2017. The evening flight from St. Petersburg will be joined by a morning departure, thus doubling the carrying capacity. The move appears to be reasonable amid growing numbers of tourists coming to and coming out of the Russian...

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airport , aviation , flights , schedules , World Cup 2018

Hotels For New Year Celebration In St. Petersburg? Sold Out!

06.12.2016

At the end of November, 70% of rooms for New Year’s Eve and January holidays in Saint Petersburg were booked or sold, local industry experts said to the press. Two first weeks in December are likely to see an increase to 80% with a further rise to 90% toward the end of the month (and the year). That’s a strong jump from 70% last year. If you are...

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Christmas , holidays , hotels

Confederations Cup 2017 Schedule Announced

28.11.2016

Australia, New Zealand, Portugal, Russia and the future African Cup winner (to be known in February, 2017) will play their matches in St. Petersburg with the opening played by Russia and New Zealand. The city’s Zenit Arena stadium, that’s still under construction, will also host the final match. The Confederations Cup 2017 qualification...

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competition , Confederations Cup , football , schedules , sport , World Cup 2018

Provocative Jan Fabre’s Exhibition At The Hermitage Went Under Fire

26.11.2016

The Knight of Despair / Warrior of Beauty exhibition by Jan Fabre opened at the Hermitage on October 21 and featuring stuffed animals in weird poses and situations sparked hysteria in Russia. Shocked visitors, animal rights activists and even The Russian Christian Orthodox church called the event disgusting and inappropriate. They launched an Instagram...

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culture , exhibition , Hermitage , weird news

Look Up, Beware Of Killing Icicles

20.11.2016

A few St. Petersburg residents were hit and cars were damaged by falling icicles in the first half of November. Social networks are full with pictures of destroyed cars, broken front windows and bonnets. Authorities are doing what they can do but demolishing all the icicles within the city, a task which could not be handled even in the Soviet times,...

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Russian life , safety , traveler's advice , weather

From Moscow To St. Petersburg: By Sapsan Or By Plane?

12.11.2016

Most business travelers choose the high-speed Sapsan train rather than airlines to get from Moscow to St. Petersburg, a recent study by Aeroclub business travel agency revealed. 64% of business people prefer trains with only 36% left for aviation. What is the main reason behind such a disparity and does this approach work in case you are not going on...

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airport , aviation , flights , Moscow , Sapsan , trains , traveler's advice

Zenit Arena Troubles: To Be Continued

08.11.2016

The saga of the Krestovsky stadium (official name is the Saint Petersburg Stadium, also called Zenit Arena or Gazprom Arena, or Zenit stadium) projected to host FIFA World Cup 2018 and Confederations Cup 2017 seemed to be finally over, but it has recently continued as a FIFA commission discovered that a sliding playing field was unstable. Instead of...

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authority , Confederations Cup , FC Zenit , football , Krestovsky stadium , money , sport , World Cup 2018

St. Petersburg Subway Fare To Hike to 45 Rubles In 2017

05.11.2016

St. Petersburg authorities have recently announced they would increase transport fares for 2017. A single ride by subway will cost 45 rubles (0.72$) instead of 35 rubles this year, an almost 30% increase unprecedented in the city’s history. The city tries to reduce the popularity of tokens and force residents to use more transport prepaid cars which...

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authority , metro , money , prices

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