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• Spring to Your Feet: Parks and Activities in St. Petersburg

  …i-Fi: Kirov Park, most commonly known in the city as Yelagin Island, is probably the most popular. Entrance is free on weekdays, and there’s a small entrance fee on the weekends; however, students get discounts. By the way, on May 19-20 the park will host the annual Tulip Festival: 160,000 tulips of 130 different species will be in bloom for several weeks afte…

  30.04.2018

• This Weekend in St. Petersburg: April 29 - May 2

  …hlisselburg: don’t forget to check out the Proryv/Breakthrough Panorama Museum which is located right near the town. St. Petersburg is the marine capital of Russia and this weekend, April 29-30, the city will host the 5th Icebreaker Festival. Guests can see several Russian icebreaker ships and even learn how an icebreaker works and looks from the inside! The entra…

  25.04.2018

• This Weekend in St. Petersburg: April 21-22

  …This weekend, the city will turn into a paradise for cinema lovers, as it will host several great cinema events at once. If watching a good movie is your idea of spending quality time, then Lumiere Hall is a perfect pick. Lumiere Hall (74a Obvodny emb.) is a creative space that organizes multimedia exhibitions and night screenings of popular Hollywood movies. This Sa…

  18.04.2018

• Travel Tips: St. Petersburg to Finland

  … border you must have a visa that permits you to enter Schengen Area countries. If you’re going by car, try to cross the border on a weekday – Russians are very fond of taking weekend shopping trips to Finland, and the queues can get really massive. It’s also highly advisable to take out a travel insurance policy if your current one doesn’t apply to Schengen Area; be…

  17.04.2018

• VelVet: How to Invest in Your Favorite Places and Make Money

  … example, you can invest 5,000 rubles in a sports club next to your house, 10,000 - in a favorite cafe at work, another 5,000 - in the quest room, where you go with friends on weekends. This amount is a prepayment (deposit) of a service or an institution's goods that a customer can receive. In exchange, the institution will replenish the deposit with an additional am…

  13.04.2018

• This Weekend in St. Petersburg: April 14-15

• Learning Russian and Making Movies: a Finn's Exchange Semester at ITMO University

  …tutor, Eleanor, who helps me with everything, she’s a friend, too. We are also quite close with a few of my classmates, sometimes we spend time together.  What do you do on weekends? I usually go to restaurants, because I like good food. I notice that I tend to go to expensive places in St. Petersburg more often than in Finland. In Oulu I also frequented the gy…

  09.04.2018

• This Weekend in St. Petersburg: April 7-8

  …This weekend millions of Russians will celebrate the joyous holiday of Easter. That’s right, Easter! See, Russia and other Christian Orthodox countries celebrate it on a different day - this time a whole week after everyone else. And don’t worry, you don’t have to be religious: for many it’s just a reason to have fun, meet with friends and relatives and feast on food…

  04.04.2018

• This Weekend in St. Petersburg: March 31 - April 1

• This Weekend in St. Petersburg: March 24-25

  …ject will blow your mind, help bring out your inner child, and warm up your brain - which is just what one needs after the long dark winter! Another heartwarming event this weekend is the Earth Hour; in St. Petersburg, the occasion will be celebrated at Babushkina park; hundreds of people will gather to commemorate the worldwide lights-off that will start at 8:30 …

  21.03.2018