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This Weekend in St. Petersburg: January 12-13
…ket costs 200 rubles (and 100 rubles for students). Don’t miss your chance to gain some insight into the Soviet way of life and traditions. Great news for jazz lovers! This weekend, as many as two amazing jazz events will take place in the Northern Venice: the New Year’s Festival at the St. Petersburg Philharmonic Hall (a series of concerts on January 11-13 each k…
09.01.2019
Our New Year’s Resolutions
…get several-fold. So one of my goals for the new year is to make three relatively big trips (to Norway/Sweden, the Czech Republic, and the Curonian Spit), and go on with small weekend trips I got so used to in 2018. …
03.01.2019
This Weekend in St. Petersburg: December 29-31
…rts at the Church of St. Stanislaus, the Adeste Fideles festival has long become an event traditional to St. Petersburg and eagerly awaited by many of its inhabitants. In this weekend’s program are three organ concerts given by eminent maestros from Russia and beyond: Music of Christmas and New Year on December 29 (from 7pm), Fêtes / Festivities on December 30 (from …
26.12.2018
This Weekend in St. Petersburg: December 22-23
…rself in a tropical paradise right in the middle of winter. The exhibition is open from 11am till 5pm. Tickets cost 400 rubles and 300 rubles for students. This is the last weekend before European Christmas, meaning that now is the best time to listen to magical organ music. This Saturday, December 22, the Lutheran Church of St. Peter and St. Paul (Petrikirche) wi…
19.12.2018
This Weekend in St. Petersburg: December 15-16
…. Petersburg where it’s all so grey and kinda gloomy. But worry not! There is a place where you can immerse yourself in a tropical paradise even in the middle of winter. Every weekend from December 15 till December 30, the St. Petersburg Botanical Garden organizes a series of tours through the subtropical route, during which you will get a chance to admire the winter…
12.12.2018
The Hermitage: Getting the Full Picture
…prove your fee-free status) and some other categories of people. As we all like a bit of a bargain, the museum will be more crowded on the free-entrance days, as well as on weekends and national holidays. It’s always more crowded in the high season, but the shortcut here is that these organized tourist packs that fill the museum come summer are usually bound to th…
07.12.2018
This Weekend in St. Petersburg: December 8-9
…The Beatles, possibly something latter-day and some top-drawer jazz, and with for-a-song prices as well. December 8, from 11 am to 6 pm; be there or be square. Have a great weekend! Yours truly, ITMO.NEWS…
05.12.2018
Movie Fridays: New Releases
This Weekend in St. Petersburg: December 1-2
…that is about to begin in December, the international eco-friendly festival EcoCup will screen the crème de la crème of green cinema on December 1-4 in St. Petersburg. This weekend’s program includes: The Chocolate Case, a featurette depicting ‘three playful and cheeky journalists’ uncovering unsightly practices in the chocolate production industry in a bid to cha…
28.11.2018
ITMO Master’s Students Win National Lighting Design Competition
…ording to measurements made by the students, during peak hours there may be up to six thousand people in the tunnel all at the same time. By the end of the workdays, or on the weekends, pedestrian traffic becomes nearly non-existent. It is at that time that the rate of criminal activity rises; according to a survey, this time is the most stressful for passers-by. Dar…
22.11.2018