St Petersburg Events
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59.937128 30.309906 | 1 Maslenitsa (literally 'Butter Week') celebrates one of Russia's oldest folk traditions - the end of the long winter. St Petersburg hosts city-wide parties with much scoffing of sweet treats.… | |
59.943898 30.320875 | 2 Music of the highest order is played in the sumptuous surroundings of the Hermitage Museum at the Musical Hermitage Festival. The annual concert series includes everything from baroque to… | |
59.921649 30.467354 | 3 Watch one of Russia's favourite pastimes, but don't forget to wrap up warm! St Petersburg's ice hockey team play their home matches in the Continental Hockey League at the 13,000-capacity Ice… |  |
59.943898 30.320875 | 4 Treasures from the Khalili Collection Treasures from the Khalili Collection displays 320 pieces, including work by the Fabergé firm, from the Khalili Collection's Enamels of the World 1700-2000. Ornate timepieces, vanity cases and… |  |
59.951916 30.286216 | 5 Zenit St Petersburg vs Spartak Moscow See the rivalry between Russia's two largest cities played out on the sports field. Spartak, the most popular team of the Soviet period, take on Zenit, relative newcomers to big-time football… | |
59.925312 30.373935 | 6 Grammy Award-winning hip-hop artist Method Man plays the Glav Klub in St Petersburg. With a new recording, Crystal Meth, on the way, expect plenty of new material but also plenty of tracks… | |
59.937875 30.329431 | 7 Russia's largest ballet festival, Dance Open stages vibrant, colourful performances for a whole week. It attracts attendees and performers from across the world. Admire the pirouettes and pas… |  |
59.95 30.316666 | 8 The exhibition 'Generation Z' at the Peter & Paul Fortress addresses the experiences of Russia's post-revolutionary generation through art. Discover the lives of those who survived the Russian… | |
59.937128 30.309906 | 9 A yearly event in St Petersburg, Night of the Museums sees the city's many fine museums open until well into the early hours. The evening is also marked by a series of great one-offs, from… | |
59.93396 30.245962 | 10 Sergey Kuryokhin International Festival Fans of the avant-garde flock to the Sergey Kuryokhin International Festival (SKIF) each year, to witness the finest in contemporary music and film. Named after the influential composer, the… | |
59.925312 30.373935 | 11 British electro act UNKLE launch their new album with a blockbuster concert at St Petersburg's Glav Klub. In the past James Lavelle and Tim Goldsworthy, the pair behind UNKLE, have… | |
12 Re-enact imperial times at the Musical Olympus charitable ball, attracting international visitors, just as the Strauss brothers Johann the Younger and Josef used to visit St Petersburg in the… |  | |
59.937128 30.309906 | 13 Musical Olympus International Festival First held in 1996, the Musical Olympus International Festival invites worldwide competition winners in classical music to perform in the historic city of St Petersburg. Venues include the… |  |
59.939376 30.298109 | 14 For those keen on graphic arts with a difference, St Petersburg's annual Tattoo Festival is the place to visit. A worldwide gathering of tattoo enthusiasts, the festival showcases innovative… | |
59.937128 30.309906 | 15 Festival of Festivals - International Film Festival St Petersburg The International Film Festival St Petersburg - known as the "Festival of Festivals" - brings together the best of film festivals around the world. Held since 1993, the festival is a top-notch… | |
59.937128 30.309906 | 16 If there is one single experience which characterises St Petersburg, it's the city's White Nights, or Belyi Nochi. For a month or so in midsummer, the sun never sets in the city, with an eerie… | |
59.937128 30.309906 | 17 St Petersburg International Choir Festival Top-quality performances characterise the St Petersburg International Choir Festival. Choral singing is part of Russia's traditional folk culture. The beautiful compositions, combined with the… | |
59.925555 30.296111 | 18 Stars of the White Nights Festival Since 1993, under its indefatigable director, Valery Gergiev, St Petersburg's famous Mariinsky Theatre has hosted the Stars of the White Nights festival during early summer. | |
59.951916 30.286216 | 19 Zenit St Petersburg vs Spartak Moscow See the rivalry between Russia's two largest cities played out on the sports field. Spartak, the most popular team of the Soviet period, take on Zenit, relative newcomers to big-time football… | |
59.951916 30.286216 | 20 Zenit St Petersburg vs Spartak Moscow See the rivalry between Russia's two largest cities played out on the sports field. Spartak, the most popular team of the Soviet period, take on Zenit, relative newcomers to big-time football… | |
59.951916 30.286216 | 21 St Petersburg's biggest football club, Zenit, play their home games at the city's Petrovsky Stadium. Zenit's fans are among the most loyal and raucous in the Russian Premier League, so expect… | |
59.937128 30.309906 | 22 International Winter Festival Arts Square The International Winter Festival Arts Square takes place each December in St Petersburg. Under the auspices of Russian maestro Yuri Temirkanov the festival has become an annual New Year… |  |
59.937128 30.309906 | 23 Maslenitsa (literally 'Butter Week') celebrates one of Russia's oldest folk traditions - the end of the long winter. St Petersburg hosts city-wide parties with much scoffing of sweet treats.… | |
59.921649 30.467354 | 24 Watch one of Russia's favourite pastimes, but don't forget to wrap up warm! St Petersburg's ice hockey team play their home matches in the Continental Hockey League at the 13,000-capacity Ice… | |
59.943898 30.320875 | 25 St Petersburg's State Hermitage Museum is one of the world's greatest, with an unbeatable collection of fine and decorative arts. Since its foundation in 1764, when Catherine the Great bought… |  |
59.938742 30.332385 | 26 The State Russian Museum requires no less than four buildings to hold its major collections. It celebrated its centenary in 1998 with a massive refurbishment of its original home, restoring… |  |
59.95 30.316666 | 27 St Petersburg's Peter & Paul Fortress houses various museums to the 300-year history of the city. Sited on an island across from the Winter Palace, the citadel now houses a cathedral, a mint… |  |
59.925555 30.296111 | 28 The fabulous façade of St Petersburg's Mariinsky Theatre was built in 1860 and first hosted ballet in 1880. The Mariinsky Opera and Ballet can date its antecedents back to 1783. In the Soviet… |  |
59.927193 30.303551 | 29 Church of the Saviour on the Spilled Blood Officially St Petersburg's Church of the Resurrection of Christ, the murderous events of 1881 led to its colloquial title of Church of the Saviour on the Spilled Blood. It is a splash of… |  |
59.88424 29.905898 | 30 For 200 years after its foundation by Peter the Great as one of his summer palaces, Peterhof was the playground of the Russian nobility. This rich ensemble of palaces and gardens was voted one… |  |
59.7173 30.394587 | 31 Catherine Palace Museum (Tsarskoe Selo) While Peter the Great favoured Peterhof, west of St Petersburg, for his summer palace, his wife Empress Catherine I favoured the royal estate south at Pushkin. It became known as Tsarskoe… |  |
59.921452 30.386638 | 32 The Alexander Nevsky Monastery is home to some of the earliest buildings in St Petersburg. Founded by Peter the Great soon after the city itself was built in 1703, it now encompasses various… |  |
59.954 30.313854 | 33 Military Historical Museum of Artillery, Engineering Corps and Signals One of the biggest military museums in the world, St Petersburg's Military Historical Museum of Artillery, Engineering Corps and Signals houses a huge collection of arms and artillery. Other… | |
59.933258 30.303468 | 34 St Isaac's Cathedral, named in honour of St Isaac of Dalmatia, was designed by architect Auguste Montferrand and consecrated in 1858. It was the most important church in tsarist St Petersburg… |  |
35 Both an arthouse cinema and a club, Spartak goes from strength to strength. With its unusual selection policy, it can feature foreign films, a festival of Celtic music and a Goa Trance night… | ||
59.941666 30.304444 | 36 The oldest state museum in Russia, the Kunstkamera recognises its founder Peter the Great, who decreed its foundation in 1704, a year after St Petersburg was founded. An avid collector, Peter… |  |
59.916599 30.25 | 37 Known as the city of 101 islands, St Petersburg stands on the expansive delta of the River Neva and uses various natural and man-made channels as thoroughfares. During the summer (May-late… |  |
59.927785 30.350418 | 38 Fedor Dostoevsky Literary Memorial Museum St Petersburg commemorates the great Russian writer Fedor Dostoevsky in the apartment where he lived his last couple of years and wrote his last epic work, The Brothers Karamazov. His Literary… |  |
59.945093 30.334657 | 39 The Summer Garden (Letnii Sad) was built at Tsar Peter the Great's personal command in 1704, just a year after the founding of St Petersburg. Peter's aim was for a palatial residence 'better… |  |
59.94437 30.340836 | 40 Memorial Museum of the Leningrad Siege Thought-provoking and at times tear-jerking, the Memorial Museum depicts life as it was during the 900-day Siege of Leningrad by the Nazis. Artefacts, newsreels and biographical exhibits tell… |  |
59.971296 30.322847 | 41 Explore rare and exotic plants at St Petersburg's enchanting Botanical Garden. You'll find plants from all around the world including the unique Queen of the Night which flowers just one night… | |
59.951655 30.328193 | 42 With the sound of its blank shot over St Petersburg's Winter Palace on the night of 25 October 1917, the Cruiser Aurora started the Russian Revolution. It can be visited on the city's River… |  |
59.933 30.309 | 43 Be serenaded by strings and piano while you dine in elegant surrounds that overlook St Isaac's Square in St Petersburg. Davidov is the place to splash out on your starter with a gourmet caviar… | |
59.917537 30.29731 | 44 Vegetarians need not apply. The 'hunting hut' of Okhotnichya Izba in Kolomensky, St Petersburg, is all about meat and lots of it, grilled as you watch in a jolly, slightly kitsch setting. Game… | |
59.930226 30.303189 | 45 Idiot Café is a centrally located haven for vegetarians in St Petersburg, a city where such things are rare. Brunches and light bites are served along with tea, coffee and fresh juices - or… | |
59.93028 30.365263 | 46 Even fast food can be authentic. Blinis are Russia's favourite snack and Teremok, on the city's main shopping street, serves up some of St Petersburg's best at a good price, with a wide choice… | |
59.94103 30.328112 | 47 At the Vernisazh Souvenir Market on St Petersburg's Griboedov canal, visitors can buy carved malachite, amber or Russian matryoshka dolls - painted with politicians, pop stars or the… | |
59.934698 30.345203 | 48 Read up on Russian history and culture or pick up English translations of Russia's literary classics at this central St Petersburg bookstore. If you want to learn how to read them in the… | |
59.927431 30.348958 | 49 Kuznechny Market is not the cheapest market in St Petersburg but probably the best-stocked. Locals come here to load up on fresh produce. Graze on the nibbles offered by vendors or just soak… | |
59.969306 30.233151 | 50 Russkaya Rybalka - 'Russian fishing trip' - takes working up an appetite to a new level. This St Petersburg restaurant provides rod, tackle and bait, and visitors can go outside to the nearby… |
