The 4-th festival, dedicated to Italy, is called “Italian noon”. Different design and landscape studios created installations on this topic. In the park you can enjoy different flowers, listening to Italian tenor’s songs, incredibly beautiful and atmospheric. More

On the 12-th of June the 5-th International Flower Festival takes place in St.Petersburg. This amazing fest attracts many citizens and continues flower fests traditions. Besides Flower parade there a lot of different competitions: flowers compositions, flower clothes, florist’s master class and different concerts. Briefly speaking, «Everyone to... More

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From 3 to 5 June the first Street Theatres Festival will take place in Saint Petersburg. For a few days the Central Park of Culture and Rest will turn into one huge open-air stage. Together with such theatres as “Licedei” and “Comic-Threst”, more than 30 other theatres will present their performances. Stage performances, interactive... More

At the peak of “white nights” comes that night when the ship with scarlet canvas shows us in the Neva aquatorium… It was such a way to celebrate proms in Leningrad schools in 1969-1979, and in 2005 this tradition was recommenced. Of course, over the years, the ideological content of this fest changed. In XX century “Scarlet sails” is a spectacular... More

Usually in June white nights in The Botanic Garden you can enjoy a rare phenomena – just few hours from the sunset till the sunrise there blooms the Selenicereus cactus or Queen of the night. I assure you this miracle is worth one sleepless night. Each has their own impression, that’s why I can just share this detailed photo essay, which I found... More

In November 2010 I went to 9, Belinskogo street, there was a handmade carton city. Kartonia is a game and everyone can participate in it! Handmade objects by professionals and amateurs were used in the game. Kartonia’s moto is: with hands – touch! Besides it the propaganda of the game was “No More Garbage”. It was interesting and informative... More

An amazing performance takes place each Saturday and Sunday at 12a.m. in Petropavlovskaya fortress, it’s mini-parade of military reservation. Military orchestra and trooping the colour… here you can watch all of these. When they proceed to soldiers repositioning, a sort of military ballet, you just feel choky. A great culmination are real expert’s... More

Certainly, everybody in Russia remembers solemn parades of armies and military equipment on May, 9th in Petersburg and Moscow. But not many of us can see this wonderful spectacle from the central tribunes on Dvortsovaya (Palace) or Krasnaya (Red) squares. For the people of our city the parade rehearsal is the best way to see the event on Dvortsovaya... More

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Here’s a very cozy and interesting place in St. Petersburg, related to the Silver Age. Nowadays it’s the art-cellar, with a nice café, music and literature evenings, and the unforgettable atmosphere. More

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No doubt, everyone knows about flat concerts of Soviet period, when such "among oneselves" concerts were the most faithful means to get out a message to a listener. No any special technique or preparation, often "raw" songs and verses... Visiting the flat concerts of BG (Boris Grebenschikov), Visotsky, Mayk Naumenko is an unrealized... More