Some roofers climbed to the top of the Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood on September 15th, 2013. On the same date, the video was released. 

The climbers first climbed up a drainpipe and then on special ladders to get to the top. On the roof of the Savior on Spilled Blood, the climbers had a nice view of the city from the early morning vantage point of St. Petersburg. 

Here are some interesting facts about the Winter Palace: 

On October 10th, 2013, come and listen to great masterpieces of traditional Japanese music "Gaku", by the mouth organ Syo by Naoyuki Manabe, and experience sound in the walls of the branch of the Moscow House of Nationalities in St. Petersburg.

The traditional Japanese "gagaku" music is well known because of its connection with the philosophical and religious cults of Japan, and has the strongest meditative property. The mouth organ Syo is special though. Its sound is fantastic and it certainly sounds like a haze from the sky. It is believed that anyone who heard the sound of this unusual instrument can come closer to solving the Japanese soul.

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The Summer Garden will be hosting a great celebration of the closing of the fountains. In the vastness of one of the most beautiful parks in St. Petersburg there will be music playing, and birds everywhere making their own music. The celebration happens on September 29th, 2013.

This year the theme of the celebration will be birds. Visitors can anticipate such activities as: live music, photo sessions with birds from the zoo, refreshments, souvenirs, harvesting a vegetable garden in the red garden, as well as a variety of creative themed workshops.

On Pravda Street, house number 10, near the metro stations "Vladimirskaya " and "Dostoevskaya", has recently opened the official hotel of the State Hermitage Museum. 

In total, the Hermitage Hotel has seven categories of rooms - "Premium", "Deluxe", "Junior", "Luxury", "Hermitage Apartments", "Imperial Apartments," and "Presidential Suite". The cheapest room for one person will cost about 11,000 rubles a day.

Susan McDaniel travelled to Moscow and Saint-Petersburg from the USA in July, 2013, and is now sharing her experiences and impressions with us. Below is the photo report from both of these legendary cities.

Starting on September 28th, 2013, you can take home cats in which lived in the Hermitage museum. Twelve of the Hermitage cats will take part in a charity event called "Home Sweet Home" in the art and culture center "loft project Etazhi" on Ligovsky, 74. Come and get a great cat completely free, all you need is a passport and a good heart. 

When people think about Mexico, the first things that come to mind are tequila, hot music, dances on bars, and delicious food. Here is a list of the 5 best places to experience this in St. Petersburg:

Autumn is the season not only for gold leafs and romance, but also a season of a charming and mysterious natural phenomena - stargazing. From October to November, there expected to be as many as five meteor showers. Here is a list of the best chances to see one this fall: