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St. Petersburg’s Museum Night To Be Held On May 21

19.05.2016

Saint Petersburg, dubbed the museum capital of Russia, unsurprisingly sees long queues to exhibitions every year. Coupled with raising bridges and first signs of the coming White Nights, this may become an interesting experience despite the undeniable fact that exhibitions are more convenient to watch in the daytime. For those who do not speak Russian,...

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St. Petersburg Officials Thank Music Band For Ambiguous Clip About The City

09.05.2016

Saint Petersburg’s Leningrad (Ленинград) music band, one of the most popular teams in Russia, known for the wide use of obscene lexis in its songs, has presented its single whose name can be translated as “To drink in St. Petersburg” (in Russian, “В Питере – пить”). In spite of a great number of unprintable words prohibited...

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authority , mentality , music , vodka

Icebreakers Festival To Be Held On May 2-3

01.05.2016

Visiting acting icebreakers that are in operation in Russian seas in the winter days, one museum icebreaker, a themed open-air exhibition and watching a show of dancing tugs – this all in St. Petersburg and absolutely free except a visit to the museum. The Icebreakers festival features five vehicles standing along two embankments in the city center...

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Tourist Information Center Opened At Biggest Discount Outlet

29.04.2016

New tourist information center was opened at the Outlet Village Pulkovo, a mall selling last season famous brands’ collections with big discounts. As the name suggests the new center is just near the St. Petersburg Pulkovo airport. At the center added to other yet existing ten points throughout St. Petersburg tourists can get maps, guides and information...

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airport , essentials , shops

The Peterhof Museum Pre-Opened 2016 Season

25.04.2016

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

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 (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

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

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

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 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

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