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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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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

St. Petersburg To Increase Prices For Accommodation For 2017 On Rising Demand

30.10.2016

While Saint Petersburg is enjoying an extremely successful tourist season that lasted from late April till late September this year, hoteliers are thinking of enhancing prices for next year. Some industry sources say that it will help reduce the number of Chinese visitors that flooded the city and occupied the middle segment by paying in advance and...

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Confederations Cup , football , hotels , Krestovsky stadium , prices , World Cup 2018

Warning: First Creepy Clown In St. Petersburg Is Armed With … Plunger

26.10.2016

St. Petersburg, for the first time in Russia, reported sighting a creepy clown. A tall and rather well-dressed man with a clown mask scared citizens and even stopped a car in a traffic lane and hit it with his great ammunition, a plunger, during his two appearances in late October. Activists declared they would pay some money for detaining the clown...

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incident , safety , weird news

First Halal Hotel Opened In St. Petersburg

27.09.2016

In September, first Halal-certified hotel The Silk Road was opened in St. Petersburg near Leninsky prospect metro station, in the south of the city, a 20 minutes ride from Pulkovo airport. Despite being Muslim-focused, the hotel is open to fans of any religion. The hotel has 17 rooms, including deluxe, semi deluxe and one double-room deluxe. The interiors...

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apartments , hotels , Muslim , religion

Summer 2016 was the wettest on record in St. Petersburg

09.09.2016

While the city hits the record in tourist numbers, it also breaks the record in precipitation. The summer 2016 became one of the worst in history for those loving sunny days, and the worst in the modern, post-Soviet, history of St. Petersburg. Just like in Great Britain and some other countries, this summer didn’t provide a lot of warm and charming...

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First FIFA World Cup 2018 Infocenter Opened In St. Petersburg

19.08.2016

The world football tournament to be held in Russia in 2018 seems to be going to be well equipped in relation to information services. Almost two years before the competition St. Petersburg authorities opened the first of eight specialized information centers for fans. The infocenter is opened at 27, Millionnaya street (on photo), just a three-minute...

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Confederations Cup , essentials , football , World Cup 2018

Allegro Train Suffered From Biggest Problems In Its History

15.08.2016

Allegro train operating between St. Petersburg and Helsinki (Finland) experienced huge problems after having collided with a fallen tree on the tracks in Finland last weekend causing passengers to be late for their connection flights and lose several hours during their trips due to poor performance of Finnish railways and authorities. Traffic was brought...

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Allegro , Finland , incident , Leningrad region , railway stations , trains

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