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• Summer Festivals in St. Petersburg

  Ah, summer. It’s a wonderful time, and what better way to spend it than out and about, taking in the rare St. Petersburg sunshine and enjoying new experiences? Here’s a rundown of this summer’s hottest (hah!) events, from film and music festivals to celebrations of food, art, and technology.

  28.05.2019

• Useful (and Not) Apps for Exploring St. Petersburg

  Getting around? Diving into history? Experiencing it like a local? Here're some apps to download for your trip to Russia. 

  27.05.2019

• Best Places to Ride Your Bicycle in St. Petersburg

  Summer is almost here, and it’s time to kick off the bicycle season! Start with the upcoming Bike with the Rector event and explore other bike-friendly places around St. Petersburg.

  24.05.2019

• This Weekend in St. Petersburg: May 25-26

  This weekend, St. Petersburg celebrates its 316th birthday, so there will be no shortage of great events for you to attend.

  22.05.2019

• The Magic of: White Nights

  White nights – a brief period from May to July when it doesn’t get totally dark at night – could be considered St. Petersburg’s calling card. The Russian poet Alexander Pushkin famously described this time as “one dawn is in a hurry to replace the other, giving night just half an hour.” But what’s it like if you live here? Breathtaking? Annoying? We asked around.

  21.05.2019

• Master's Students from Mexico on Studying in Russia and ITMO's Art&Science Program

  Laura Elidedt Rodriguez Torres and Ethan Avila Hernandez left sunny Mexico to come to Russia and study on ITMO University’s innovative Art & Science Master’s program. In this interview with ITMO.NEWS, they discuss their Art & Science experience, the quirks of living in St. Pete, and advice for international students wanting to make the jump of studying in Russia.

  16.05.2019

• This Weekend in St. Petersburg: May 18-19

  This weekend’s most awaited and exciting event is undoubtedly the Night of Museums, but there’s so much more in store! Check out the opening of Peterhof’s world-famous fountains, meet a Game of Thrones star, munch on delicious Vietnamese grub, show off your hipster cred with a rare vinyl record, or even get a tattoo – all on this very eventful weekend.

  15.05.2019

• Places to See: Libraries of St. Petersburg

  Ah, the library. It’s where we work, study, and relax. Perhaps unjustly forgotten in today’s digital age, libraries are still a valuable source of learning and entertainment – if you only let yourself discover it. As the birthplace of Russian science and the nation’s “cultural capital”, St. Petersburg has a special relationship with these temples of knowledge. Here are the city’s best spots where you can see that for yourself:

  10.05.2019

• May 9: Today We Celebrate Victory Day

  There’s hardly a family in St. Petersburg that wasn’t touched by the events of 1941-1945. We don’t call it the World War II here – we call it the Great Patriotic War. To Russians, that’s just what it was: a fight for their motherland and their right to exist as a people and a nation.

  09.05.2019

• This Weekend in St. Petersburg: May 9-12

  Another long weekend, another jam-packed weekend guide full of sun, fun, art, travels, and celebrations of Victory Day!

  08.05.2019