For the 1st time in history, the parachute jumping off the Peter and Paul's spire turned out a reality and not a myth. As a proof, the base jumpers has uploaded the provocative video on youtube.

Every country has its own unique Christmas and New Year's traditions. Some of them are quite strange, but rather amusing. For example, Vietnamese meet on New Year's in the dark. They prepare delicacies made of rice.

Thais are out of luck - they celebrate New Year's in such a heat that they have to pour water on each other when they meet. This is a wish for happiness.

The YUSUPOV GARDEN on December 10 and 11 will host the most joyful open-air winter in ST PETERSBURG − the Seasons Christmas Fair, which will give happy anticipation of good New Year holidays for adults and children. Guests will be able to choose gifts themselves, their loved ones and families, listen to good music, drink mulled wine and, eat gingerbread, watch cartoons, and participate in charity. This is the best time to learn to juggle with mandarins, participate in master classes on New Year floristics or prepare a quick dish for the holiday table, under the guidance of a chef.

St Petersburg LANTERN LAUNCH, 2011. Date: December 10 Time: 7:00 pm Venue: Yuzhno-Primorsky Park. Flashlights can be purchased  directly at the event (200 rubles)

For the 6th time, the festival devoted to the tea traditions and customs of different countries and for celebration of the New Year will be held at the St. Petersburg Sports and Concert Complex by the union “Kipuchaya Zhizny” (boiling life) on December 15-18.  One of the main aims of the festival is to revive the tradition of tea drinking with pleasure, with gusto, and with family and friends, to present quality products to visitors for the New Year's table, to offer various options for the reparation and celebration of the New Year, and to provide the opportunity to easily choose gifts for yourself, you family and loved ones. 

International week has kicked off in the ST-PETERSBURG METRO. It has started today November 7 and will last till November 20. During this week all stops on Line 3 (the Green Line) will be announced in the English language. This special promotion is aimed to raise the status of St-Petersburg as the Northern capital of tourism and express a warm welcome and hospitality to our international guests.

Whether you are flying to Russia or any other country, from now on you can use our flight booking service to get to your travel destination. We can help you search for cheap flights to get you to any far flung corner of the globe.

Objective: Considering the importance of forthcoming matches, to "wake up" a city and to draw the attention of residents of St Petersburg towards the forthcoming games, by providing the maximum coverage to audience.

"The Sky of Desires" is the most popular Lantern launch in Russia. Everyone gets together to illuminate the night sky with bright colors of St Petersburg. This is a very beautiful and romantic spectacle, and all hand-made. 

After an incredibly successful tour in 2010, the Roxette group is still on the crest of success and enjoying tremendous popularity among the audience. Very soon, the Swedish pop music duo will return to St. Petersburg! Marie Fredriksson and Per Gessle will on present their new album - “Charm School”. They will sing songs not only from the new album, but also from their “gold” hits that have glorified the group worldwide.