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Finland’s Consulate In St. Petersburg Closed. Perhaps For Keeps

04.10.2023

The Finnish diplomatic mission shut its doors, lowered the national flag, bid farewell to St. Petersburg, and transferred all its functions to the Finnish Embassy in Moscow. This happened on October 1st, in a week when the consulate would have celebrated its 100th anniversary. While it managed to survive the Cold War, it failed to weather the recent...

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St. Petersburg Sells Coca-Cola From Iran And Afghanistan

21.11.2022

St. Petersburg groceries have started to sell Coca-Cola, Fanta, Mirinda, Sprite drinks imported from Iran and Afghanistan after the US-based Coca-Cola HBC and PepsiCo had officially shut down its operations in Russia and stopped their direct sales here. In the middle of November, St. Petersburg residents began to share photos of Coca-Cola, Mirinda and...

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authority , eat and drink , prices , shops

Pulkovo Airport Launched Winter Schedule 2022/2023

31.10.2022

St. Petersburg Pulkovo airport launched a winter schedule on October 30 with three new overseas destinations amid a sharp decrease in the number of international destinations overall. The Pulkovo winter schedule features new abroad destinations: — Astana (Kazakhstan / Qazaqstan, by SCAT Airlines); — Colombo (Sri Lanka, by AZUR Air); —...

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airport , aviation , flights

Cruises From St. Petersburg To Veliky Novgorod To Be Launched In Season 2022

16.02.2022

For the first time, a river cruise will connect St. Petersburg with a popular destination both for Russians and foreigners, the city of Veliky Novgorod, a place that lays claim to being the first Russian capital. Within a six-day itinerary, a call in Staraya Ladoga, another first Russian capital (yes, we have two of them) as well as other lovely provincial...

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free time , neighboring regions , river cruise

Railway Service Between St. Petersburg and Helsinki Resumed

12.12.2021

On December 12, 2021, high-speed train Allegro made its first flight from St. Petersburg to Finland’s capital Helsinki since it was stopped in March 2020. With just two daily departures in each direction versus four ones in the pre-Covid times, the service is limited to only Russian and Finnish nationals. While some other kinds of transportation were...

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Allegro , Finland , Helsinki , prices , schedules , trains

Five-Star Wawelberg Hotel Launched In St. Petersburg Close To Hermitage

27.10.2021

A new luxury hotel the Wawelberg Hall opened in the very heart of St. Petersburg, in a historic building looking more like a medieval fortress or the Doge’s Palace in Venice rather than a banking house it used to be during the first years of its existence. A dream location. Nevsky avenue. A one-minute walk from Palace Square. A two-minute walk from...

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apartments , architecture , hotels

Emirates Resumed Flights From Dubai To St. Petersburg

17.10.2021

In October, Emirates returned to St. Petersburg Pulkovo airport after it had stopped directly flying in here from Dubai (the UAE) in March 2020 with seven flights a week performed by Boeing 777-300ER. Till October 17, 2021, there are four flights a week, on Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. As of October 21, 2021, flights will be daily. The return...

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airport , aviation , flights

Lux Express Resumes Coach Routes Between St. Petersburg And Helsinki

26.09.2021

Estonia’s coach operator Lux Express gets its coach buses back to the road between St. Petersburg and Finland’s capital Helsinki after 562 days of suspension since March 2020 due to the outbreak of Covid-19. Lux Express said in a press release it will start with one trip a day as of October 1, adding that it hopes the load rate will be at least...

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buses , Finland , Helsinki , schedules

Visas To Russia Significantly Relaxed

01.09.2021

As of August 25, 2021, you can easily have your tourist visa to Russia for six months. You just have to have your tour properly ordered or have your stay properly booked. That’s all. How it was before. Russia adhered to the reciprocity principle in visa matters. That meant that it applied the same entry rules to citizens of a country which this country...

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border , visa

Wizz Air And Bulgaria Air Resume Flights To St. Petersburg

30.07.2021

A sign of getting back to normal, low-cost airlines Wizz Air and Bulgaria Air start to fly to Budapest and Burgas in July and August to St. Petersburg airport Pulkovo. It’s not just about getting flights to schedule again, it’s (at last) a touristic thing — ordinary travelers have a right to come here and vice versa. Wizz Air resumes flights...

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airport , aviation , flights , schedules

F1 Said It Has Moved Grand Prix Russia To St. Petersburg… But Wait

28.06.2021

Formula 1 confirmed the change of the city of the Russian Grand Prix. Local racing fans have been hearing rumors about moving from Sochi here and there for many months, and finally, it’s official: Formula 1 will take place in St. Petersburg at the Autodrom Igora Drive race track. Well, it’s not exactly Saint Petersburg. And the fans who are going...

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competition , Leningrad region , sport

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