Top Jazz Cafes and Bars in St. Petersburg 

Here is a list of the best places in St. Petersburg to listen to jazz music. Come and enjoy the music and atmosphere after work or on weekends. These places always promise to have a great time and great food and drink.

Do you want to be in the rainforest in the middle of winter? This can be done without buying expensive tickets to Tahiti or Brazil. Just come to the Paradise Bird Garden "Mindo"! For a very small fee, you can be in the virgin tropical forest, away from the noise of civilization, and be in complete harmony with the nature around you.

Come out to see a great festive program to celebrate New Year’s at 2 a.m. on January 1st at Palace Square. The program will last for five hours and 6,000 fireworks will be shot off to commemorate the beginning of the New Year. A light show will also be taking place at the Old Stock Exchange Building nearby as well as dance groups performing on the square. The program promises to be a memorable one, as cannon volleys will also be shot from the beach fortress, the Trinity Bridge, and the Palace Embankment.

Board games are an increasingly popular form of entertainment with young people nowadays. Especially now in winter, when it is too cold to walk around outside, people want to go to cafes and enjoy a nice cup of tea and conversation. Here are some great cafes around the city where you can play board games for free while enjoying a nice coffee or tea.

On January 6th 2013, join everyone at two great locations in St. Petersburg for a snowball fight that you will never forget! St. Petersburg is already covered in snow, so we shouldn't worry about a lack of it! No one will leave the battle dry! Each battle has army colored hats and black hats and each army has a military commander. Each team will have its own strategy, tactics, chants, and flags. The goal is to capture the flag of the enemy. Come out and have a blast!

This is Russia's largest exhibition of exclusive collectible toys handmade, created by more than 150 artists from Russia and other countries. Each creator sends one to eight of his works made by that follows strict rules for entrance into this exhibition. You will be able to see a bunch of different traditional teddy bears, vintage, antique style, and look like real wood bears, and fantasy.

Free skating rinks and ski slopes in the center of St. Petersburg

By the New Year, for fans of the winter holiday, there will open 5 places where you can skate and ski in the center of the city free of any charge! Skating rinks will be at: Kirochnaya street, 50 (Tauride Garden) Kavalergardskaya street, 9/11, Kavalergardskaya street, 21, Ispolkomskaya street, 5 and Ostrovsky Square. 

Opening of the Museum of Ice in St. Petersburg

On December 28th, 2012, a museum of ice will be opening in St. Petersburg! The fantastic museum has an area of 500 square meters and will house more than 15 ice compositions created by famous Russian artists. The facility keeps the temperature at -7, so the statues and works of art will never thaw.

New Year’s Eve in St. Petersburg is expecting a lot of celebrations. From 9:00 pm, part of Nevsky Prospekt (from Fontaka river to Palace Square) will become pedestrian. At 10:00 pm there will begin celebrations at Malaya Sadovaya,  Gostiny Dvor, and Malaya Konyushennaya. At 11 pm, a feast will begin on Palace Square, where a big bridge that will connect the old and New Year will usher the New Year in. Vendors on the streets will be selling hot drinks and pastries.

Here is a list of the best places to go around the city for a nice time outside while ice-skating: