Events & Holidays
Saint Petersburg Christmas Market: What to Expect in Winter
The winter holiday fair in central Saint Petersburg, with wooden stalls, hot drinks, gifts and festive lights from early December into January.
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Saint Petersburg City Day: The Founding Celebration Guide
The yearly celebration of the city's founding on May 27, 1703, with concerts, street events and museum programmes in the centre.
Events & Holidays
Museum Night, Saint Petersburg: How the Late Opening Works
A mid-May night when many Saint Petersburg museums stay open late, with special programmes, concerts and tours alongside the usual displays.
Events & Holidays
Stars of the White Nights Festival, Saint Petersburg: Guide
A classical music festival run by the Mariinsky Theatre, with opera, ballet and orchestral concerts through the white nights of late spring…
Events & Holidays
Scarlet Sails Festival, Saint Petersburg: Where to Watch the Ship
The big graduation night on the Neva: a concert on Palace Square, then a sailing ship with scarlet sails and fireworks under…
Neighborhoods
Sennaya Square Area, Saint Petersburg: Dostoevsky’s Streets
The old Haymarket of Saint Petersburg, now a busy transport hub with Dostoevsky streets, canals and everyday city life a short walk…
Neighborhoods
Kolomna, Saint Petersburg: Canals, Mariinsky and Naval Cathedral
A quiet quarter south-west of the Admiralty, with canals, low old houses, the Mariinsky Theatre and the blue-and-white Naval Cathedral.
Neighborhoods
Vasilievsky Island, Saint Petersburg: The Spit, Museums, Lines
The large island between two arms of the Neva, with the Rostral Columns on the Spit, the Kunstkamera, the University buildings and…
Neighborhoods
Petrograd Side, Saint Petersburg: The Fortress and Quiet Streets
The island district north of the Neva, with Peter and Paul Fortress, the cruiser Aurora, Art Nouveau houses on Kamennoostrovsky Prospekt and…
Neighborhoods
Nevsky Prospekt Area, Saint Petersburg: What Lies Along It
The city's main street, running from the Admiralty toward the Lavra, with Kazan Cathedral, the canal bridges, the Singer House and shops…
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