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This woman used to be the team mascot, the part of the soul of FC Zenit. It’s Sofia Iosifovna Aranovich. Unfortunately, she passed away at night on May, 17th in 2006, at the age of 91. Stadium “Petrovsky” has honored her with a minute of silence. She’s been a fan of “Zenit” since 1934, when the Leningrad team used to be called “Stalinets”. Sofia... More

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On the intersection of the 6th Line of Vasylievsky Island and Bolshoi Prospect there is a Cathedral of Saint Andrew and nearby one can see flocks of pigeons. There are a lot of them! The pigeons are not afraid of people: if you outstretch your hand, even without any feed, they will fly up and sit on it. More

In the summer on Nevsky prospect, Dvortsovaya, Birzhevaya and Senatskaya squares you can see a man (sometimes not alone) riding a three-wheeled scooter of an unusual look. The way of travel on this device is rather original: a rider moves without touching the ground! More

Kolya Vasin is a famous Beatles fan in Russia and one of the famous completists in St. Petersburg. He collects everything related to the Beatles, he started collecting in the early 60-s, he even learned English “only because it was Lennon’s language”. The most valuable item of the collection is the Beatles album signed by John Lennon for Kolya... More

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A talented young guy – mime artist is performing with a transparent ball on Nevsky prospect and at the Split Blood Church (Savior on the blood Cathedral). He seems to have a kind of French charm, making people smile. :) More

Every evening and weekend “skipjacks” gather on Dvortsovaya square, sorry, I just don’t know the name of this sport using spring loaded stilts. On Dvortsovaya square you can see beginners as well as professionals, they show different tricks. The flip over three couples standing on the same stilts is not a high point. It’s really worth seeing!... More

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Here’s a talented street puppet master. He’s been noticed near the Summer Garden several times. His puppets are singing and dancing. He can manage two and even three puppets at the time. More

Igor Feodosievich Toropov is a creator, father and “perpetuum mobile” of the interactive museum-laboratory. In the “Amusing experiments study” Feodosich is Tsar and God. Enthusiast and jack-of-all-trades he created hundreds of devices, demonstrating physical laws in optics, electricity and mechanics. All these devices are handmade. He uses wires,... More