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Estonian’s Passport Was Stolen At The Russian-Estonian Border By …Crow

30.12.2016

A story that sounds more like an anecdote happened at the Russian-Estonian border crossing Ivangorod-Narva. An Estonia’s resident was attacked by a crow who grabbed his passport and flew away. Russian customs officers tried to catch the bird, but had no success. So in addition to the possible traffic jams we wrote about be aware of the Russian...

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Estonia-Russia Border Traffic Jams Warning

28.12.2016

The Estonian border service issued an warning about possible delays when crossing the Estonian-Russian border during the New Year holidays. It’s wise to have a couple of hours and great amount of patience in reserve. The most intensive traffic falls on the following periods: — in the direction of Estonia from December 24 to January 4 as...

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border , Estonia , holidays , Leningrad region , Tallinn , traffic

Christmas Market Opened in Vyborg

27.12.2016

The most European town of Russia, Vyborg, holds its own Christmas market to add some athenticity to its image of a medieval fortress which in fact it was under the rule of Sweden and Finland. The fair is at the Market square in the city’s downtown, in between the railway and bus stations and the Vyborg castle, the main local attraction. That’s...

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Christmas , Leningrad region , souvenirs , Vyborg

First Halal Pharmacy Opened In St. Petersburg

25.12.2016

A halal pharmacy was established on a street next to the St. Petersburg Mosque, the biggest one in Europe outside Turkey, in December. A local entrepreneur said there would be more outlet of that kind throughout the city if the concept proves to be successful. The pharmacy on the Malaya Posadskaya street is reported to sell only Halal medicines which...

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emergency , Muslim , religion

Drawbridge Gets Its Own QR Code

24.12.2016

The most popular drawbridge in St. Petersburg, the Palace (Dvortsoviy) bridge, a «star» of many iconic pictures and advertising posters about the city, got its own QR code. Using your smartphone you can hear through the code a short history of the bridge in three languages: English, Chinese and Russian. The QR code is placed on the wall of...

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bridges , free time

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