The biggest indoor water park in Russia and one of the largest in all of Europe will open in St Petersburg at the end of January this year. The water park is located inside a new entertainment center called "PITERLAND".

Grand Snowball Fight | Field of Mars | Photo & Video Report

The reds are coming! The reds are coming! This is just another RUSSIAN STEREOTYPE that is popular around the globe. Russia is a country that is still a mystery for many who have never visited it, or have been educated about Russia.

Yayyyyy! The streets of St-Petersburg are finally covered with snow! And do you know what this means? That it’s time for war!! Wait a second, don’t freak out so fast! Because the shells you will be using are going to be snowballs! 

All who are brave ebough, please, WELCOME TO THE GRAND SNOWBALL FIGHT ON THE FIELD OF MARS, JANUARY 14th, 2012. The event will take place from 5 pm to 6 pm. To spice it up a little the team of colored hats will compete against the team of black hats… And what hat do YOU have? You'd better choose it carefully :P

The so-called real-life superhero movement has reached St-Petersburg.

This movement, which has become quite popular throughout the world, seems now to have reached the city of St-Petersburg! Introducing its citizens to Chelovek-Petersburg (The St-Petersburg-man). Real life superheroes disguise themselves from the public eye by wearing masks and custom-made outfits (some of them have bullet-proof vests), and do their best to perform community services.

100 World Wonders. The Golden Collection of National Geographic. USA. 

The Collection features 100 authors, and the 100 most beautiful shots and captivating moments captured by
photographers, who were risking their lives and traveling to remote, dangerous locations, to present you with the most amazing shots in the world. Grab the opportunity and share this event with all your friends.

The world’s first speaking Dumpsters equipped with GPS have recently appeared in Russia’s cultural capital. 

The "smart" Dumpsters "know" about 15 phrases, such as "Hello, unpacked garbage disposals can spread rats, vermin, and infection. Thank you!" or "Hi! For garbage disposal removal, please, call 388-31-31. Thank you!"

The New Year's celebration of 2012 on Palace Square (Dvortsovaya Ploshad) will start at 11 pm December 31, and continue until 4 am January 1st. The celebration will be held in a form of a New Year's ball. Giant chandeliers, magic lanterns, moving platforms, and enormous panorama screens showing magnificent ball room interior of St. Petersburg and Europe- all promise to make the Palace Square the biggest ball venue ever.

The Atlantic cyclon Patrick hits Russia's Northern Capital.

Even though the dam was closed in St-Petersburg to protect the city from flooding, experts say that there is still risk that the water can overflow, bringing serious damage to the historic buildings in the city, including the Hermitage, the Russian Museum and others. 

The wind speed is estimated at 21 meters per second.

The opening of Admiralteyskaya - the 65th station of the ST-PETERSBURG METRO - is going to take place tomorrow, Dec 28, 2011. As it is designed to relieve congestion at the Nevsky Prospekt and Gostiny Dvor stations and provide a more direct link to the Hermitage, Admiralteyskaya will be especially useful during the New Year's celebrations!