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The Peterhof Museum Pre-Opened 2016 Season

25.04.2016
Peterhof

World-famous Peterhof’s fountains were put into operation on April, 23. Official opening will be held on May, 21, but guests can visit the museum right now with all amenities and museums available. Please, note, that this year entrance prices will be higher than last year. The fountains started to work last weekend. In practice, this means that the...

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fountains , palaces , parks , Peterhof , prices , schedules , suburbs

New Routes In St. Petersburg Summer 2016 Aviation Schedule

02.04.2016
New Routes In St. Petersburg Summer Aviation Schedule

St. Petersburg airport Pulkovo launched a summer schedule which is in effect until October, 29. There will be a few new scheduled international and domestic flights, among them to Greece, China, Italy, Austria, Spain and other destinations. Please, note that some routes in the chart are not being served now, some of them will be served in the summer...

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airport , aviation , flights , schedules

St. Petersburg Nudists Without Beach Due To Officials’ Ban?

25.03.2016
Nudists of St. Petersburg

Nudists (naturists) of St. Petersburg may lose their only dedicated beach Denes near the city that has been hosting naked people every summer since the early 1960s. Nudist beach Denes located on the coast of the Gulf of Finland in 2008 was included in the prestigious American directory 1000 best beaches and holiday destinations for nudists in the world....

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authority , Gulf of Finland , mentality , people , police , suburbs , taboos

St. Petersburg Ranked 118 Of 133 The Most Expensive Cities In The World

15.03.2016
St.Petersburg`s View

The latest edition of Worldwide Cost of Living 2016 published recently by Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) has significantly downgraded Russia’s Moscow and St. Petersburg. The capital has been put from 50th to 113th position of 133 cities studied, while St. Petersburg appeared to be much cheaper, having fallen from 67 to 118. The full version of...

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currency , money , prices

Pierre Richard Seemed To Be Unhappy in St. Petersburg

09.03.2016
Pierre Richard

In late February, a world-known French comic Pierre Richard visited St. Petersburg while being on his all-Russia tour to perform in his one-man show Pierre Richard III. As Moskovsky Komsomolets newspaper reported, Mr Richard was very tired after visiting Moscow and other cities which resulted in reduced enthusiasm about coming to St. Petersburg. The...

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celebrity , people

A Man Fined For Snowboarding Through St. Petersburg Streets

28.02.2016
snowboard

A young snowboarder pulled by a car of his friends weaved through the streets on St. Petersburg on a snowy night and was stopped by police to get fined (see this video). Snowboarding behind a car is becoming a trend in recent years with amazing videos being emerged in New York, Montreal and London. New Yorks’s vlogger and filmmaker Casey Neistat...

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extremal , fun , police , sport

St. Petersburg’s SKA To Start Continental Hockey League PlayOffs

21.02.2016
ska

SKA St. Petersburg Ice-Hockey Club, the 2015 Gagarin Cup winner, will try to defend the title in the Continental Hockey League playoffs to start February 21. In the first round SKA plays against Lokomotiv Yaroslavl. Last year, SKA won the Gagarin Cup for the first time in its history. This year the team led by former New York Rangers and Pittsburg Penguins...

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competition , ice-hockey , sport

Government Set Price Limits For Hotel Rooms For 2018 World Cup

15.02.2016
room in hotel

The Russian government published price limits for hotel rooms during FIFA Confederations Cup and World Cup to be held in Russia in 2017 and 2018 respectively. Hotels in Russia, just like in other countries, tend to be aggressive with its pricing during big events. For example, tourists who didn’t book in advance are always at risk of facing inflated...

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apartments , authority , competition , Confederations Cup , football , hotels , money , World Cup 2018

Most Expensive And Cheapest Russian Cities To Stay On A Budget

07.02.2016
Most Expensive And Cheapest Russian Cities To Stay On A Budget

A survey by 2GIS company has revealed the most expensive and cheapest cities for hotel stopovers in Russia, with St. Petersburg being № 4 among the priciest. 2GIS analyzed the minimal costs of hotel rooms in 61 Russian cities (a research covered cities with a population of 300.000 and more) and made up a rating based on data across 6600 hotels in...

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apartments , hotels , money , Moscow , pack your coffer right

St. Petersburg Listed As A Must-Visit In 2016 By Telegraph

26.01.2016
St.Petersburg brigde

The Telegraph Travel published its month-by-month guide for 2016 (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/citybreaks/12112289/The-best-city-breaks-a-month-by-month-guide.html) to help readers choose a city to visit in a certain month. The idea behind the list is simple: every city and destination is at its best at a certain period of year, so why go to overcrowded...

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WTA’s St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy To Be Held In February

22.01.2016
WTA’s St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy

St. Petersburg will host women tennis tournament St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy 2016, in February, 8-14. Totally, more than 20 sportswomen will participate, with Belinda Bencic as an owner of the highest WTA rating (14) which is followed by Roberta Vinci (15), Ana Ivanovic (23), Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (28) and Anna Karolina Schmiedlova (29). All the...

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competition , sport , tennis
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