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• Our Top Holiday Season Activities in St. Petersburg

  With St. Pete all geared up for the holidays, our team has ventured out and explored the city in its festive splendor to tell you all about the fun-packed holiday activities you can enjoy on your winter break. Here are our heartfelt reviews: 

  22.12.2023

• This Winter Break in St. Petersburg: Top Destinations for Active & Adventurous Holidays

  If you have your heart set on being your most active self during the holidays, here are some must-visit locations outside the city where you can embrace a great variety of sports and truly dip your toe into the Russian winter.

  29.12.2021

• This Weekend: December Festivities in St. Petersburg

  ‘Tis the season to be jolly, isn’t it? So let’s get into the right mood by crossing everything off our festive must-do list in St. Petersburg this weekend! 

  15.12.2021

• Winter Magic: Our Favorite Snowy Memories

  Despite its biting cold, winter in Russia can be incredibly blissful thanks to the miracle that is snow. This year, we are lucky to have piles and piles of it in St. Petersburg starting from November 30. In honour of this occasion, we are bringing back our favorite heart-warming stories about this winter wonder. 

  03.12.2021

• Watermelon Snow and Palm-Size Snowflakes: Exciting Facts About Snow

  How many points does a snowflake really have? How does its structure inspire mathematicians and game developers? Where does the most snow fall? And why isn’t it always white? We recently visited a discussion, held as part of the Break Down by Atoms popular science initiative, and wrote down some of the most fascinating, surprising, and coolest facts about snow.

  05.01.2021

• Winter, Explained: Why Snow is White, Ice Slippery, and Snowflakes Unique

  Some of us associate winter with snow, ice, frost, snowflakes and other nature’s charms, for others it’s a constant struggle with their zoning-off phone and fogged-up glasses. But what are the scientific reasons behind all of these factors, pleasant or not so much? ITMO.NEWS investigates.

  21.01.2019

• Clumsy Girl's Guide to Russian Snow

  My skating skills are seriously rusty and the thought of skiing down a hill terrifies me. And I don't even own a hockey stick. But it would be a shame to miss out on all the fun you can have in the snow.

  08.01.2019