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List Of Pub And Bar Chains In St. Petersburg With Addresses

28.05.2018

St. Petersburg’s center and sleeping districts are heavily dotted with bars and pubs, even more intense than with museums. In Russia bars and pubs function similarly to how they operate anywhere else in the world, but with some distinctions. We publish a list of chains having more than five outlets with addresses of all the establishments in a chain. Some...

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“St. Petersburg Is A Very Vibrant City”

21.04.2018

WP Yeo, a freelance administrative worker from Singapore, has always enjoyed travelling, so her coming to Russia, where she visited Moscow and St. Petersburg seems a logical choice. She stayed in St. Petersburg from 30th of March to 6th of April 2018 to visit The Hermitage museum which has been on her bucket list and answer our questions to give you...

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I don't speak Russian , Russian life , safety , traveler's advice

Excursion To Grigori Rasputin’s Apartment In St. Petersburg

11.02.2018

64, the Gorokhovaya street in St. Petersburg is the final address of the «holy man» and the «holy devil» Grigori (Grigory) Efimovich Rasputin, a man whose life and activity left more questions than answers. A mystic, healer, peasant, «a friend of the Emperor», whose nickname is translated as «debauched one», left...

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excursions , facts , history , museum , places of interest

St. Petersburg Cruise Port Marine Façade: Tips, Disembarkation Rules, Recommendations

25.01.2018

Almost all cruise ships dock in St. Petersburg in the Marine Façade, a newly built terminal, established back in 2008. Read our post to get informed on how to get from the cruise port to the center of St. Petersburg, disembarkation rules, visa free stay for 72 hours and what you can see in case you have only one day here. What’s My Terminal In St....

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border , excursions , Marine facade , sea cruise , traveler's advice , visa

List Of Tax Free Shopping Malls And Shops In St. Petersburg

07.12.2017

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law establishing in Russia a tax free system to let non-Russian residents get value-added tax on their goods refunded upon leave the country. The system will be valid as of 1 January 2018. The Ministry of Industry and Trade has published a list of shops in six Russian regions, including St. Petersburg, which...

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money , shops , tax-free

15 Interesting Facts About St. Petersburg

04.12.2017

Here’s our collection of amazing facts which you may have never heard of on the city, and not even every citizen or a tour guide know them. Though some of them seem unbelievable, they all have occurred in real life in St. Petersburg proving that life is sometimes crazier than the weirdest fairy-tale. The Isaac’s Cathedral 1. The Isaac’s Cathedral...

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facts , Hermitage , history , Krestovsky stadium , metro , people , Russian life , WWII

St. Petersburg’s Incredible Real-Life Stories

02.12.2017

Every big city has mysterious and miraculous stories to tell whether they’re real or not. St. Petersburg has its own set of legends and myths and most guides know them by heart. But life is often a more complicated and captivating thriller than a fictional drama often existing only with the help of the human being’s desire to believe in it. We will...

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facts , football , history , WWII

News And Facts About the FIFA 2018 World Cup In Russia

20.11.2017

That’s our regularly updated flow of World Cup 2018 short news about tickets, prices, forecasts, stadiums, fans’ stay in Russia and travelling throughout the country as well as jokes and anecdotes. Some St. Petersburg-related news are linked to larger posts. Special protection rules may be introduced in WC 2018 hosting cities. Residents will be...

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authority , competition , facts , football , sport , World Cup 2018

Vyborg Walking Sightseeing Tour

04.11.2017

Feeling the silence of a little medieval town in the northern part of Russia near the Russian-Finnish border, walking through its cobblestoned streets still keeping the spirit of Sweden’s, then Finland’s, then Russia’s rule. The combination of epochs is some mind-blowing, and that’s what makes your tour special. Despite being under Soviet and...

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excursions , Leningrad region , museum , places of interest , Vyborg

Coffee Museum In Saint Petersburg

07.09.2017

John Lennon’s favorite coffee, a coffee maker similar to that of Ludwig van Beethoven, where the most expensive coffee in the world comes from, why the Turkish clergy called the drink “devil’s black blood”, and how to distinguish Arabica from Robusta – after visiting the Museum, you can easily write a term paper about coffee. It is a pity...

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cafes , eat and drink , museum , places of interest

Grand Maquette Russia Museum: Photos, Tickets And Recommendations

23.08.2017

There is the biggest in Russia and the world’s second largest miniature in St Petersburg. Its theme is Russia, precisely its generalized image. This museum is the third most visited in St Petersburg after the Hermitage and St Isaac’s Cathedral. It will be of interest to everyone, including those who do not know the Russian language, who are...

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excursions , free time , kids , museum , places of interest

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