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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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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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weather

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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