The awesome project called Etazhi or “floors” in English just opened their loft for a visit! The area gives the visitors of the loft a great and beautiful view of St. Petersburg. If you are interested in photography, you can capture a beautiful panorama of St. Petersburg in any direction! 

Entrance costs 150 rubles. You cannot just see Ligovsky Prospect, but much more than that!

Starbucks will be opening finally in St. Petersburg at the end of autumn according to the newspaper “Vedomosti”. The American chain is most likely to appear in the Galleria shopping center, Piterland, and Mega Dybenko.

The company supposedly already signed a five-year lease, and the company is already looking for employees for its St. Petersburg branch. The menu does not just offer delicious types of coffee and coffee drinks, but also muffins, cakes, cheesecakes, pies, cookies, sandwiches, and salads. The Starbucks thermo cup is also a world known symbol for coffee drinkers, which will be available at these locations. The average check in Moscow is 300-400 rubles, which is expected to be the same in St. Petersburg.

On August 25th at the Tavricheskiy Garden in St. Petersburg, zombies will take over the streets! There are only a few rules to this event. The participants must take the idea of dressing up and acting like a zombie to heart. Blood, gore, wounds, everything it takes to look gruesome and zombie-like, do it! Movements must be very slow, and zombies do not know how to run. The zombies are concerned with the self-preservation of themselves. The zombie apocalypse is now in St. Petersburg! So come out and join it before it’s too late and the zombies make you one of their own against your will.

On August 25th 2012, there will be a huge sport festival in 300 Years St.Petersburg's Anniversary Park. This will be the last Saturday of summer, so the park will open its gates to all fans of summer sports, games, and entertainment. The main idea of the festival is to demonstrate that summertime is a time of leisure, having fun, and beach games, so it’s not necessary to get all of this without leaving the city. 

Modern Bicycle rentals opened this summer in Pavlovsk Park. Rentals here are given for tours and for just to ride around the park for a nice summer or autumn day in Pavlovsk. Features of the bike include a nice comfortable steering wheel, leather seats, sleek frame, and all this allows you to escape the fast pace of the city and go into nature for a great time.

Russia’s first big-budget 3D movie dedicated to one of the bloodiest battles in history - the Battle of Stalingrad, has ended shooting and will soon be ready to hit the silver screen.

The “Stalingrad" blockbuster war drama is due for release in Russian IMAX theatres in 2013. Filming took place at several locations around St. Petersburg, and has just been completed. Now the movie is in post-production.

On August 19th in St. Petersburg, the annual sports event called “Race on your hands” will be held at Malaya Konyushennaya street in city center. This fun event will be open to all people who are willing to try it out. Competitions will be held in two categories: racing and standing for the longest on your hands. The winner in each category will receive a super prize, second and third place participants also will not leave without winning something!

Despite the fact that the northern capital is not so Wi-Fi savvy, there is a great list of access points in the open air to get Wi-Fi for free. According to many sources, there is free Wi-Fi in more than 50 public places all around St. Petersburg, as many people believe in St. Petersburg that Wi-Fi should be free for all to use. 

Come and feel Russian during this great program that shows everyone what Russian culture, dancing, and music is all about! At the Nikolaevsky Palace, everyone will feel Russian, as the atmosphere and aurora will get you into a Russian mood. The show is called “Feel Yourself Russian,” and you will even be involved in the show itself. The show is the best way to see and hear great folk music of Russia’s past, which is for two hours long. The dances are full of color and life, and are from different regions of Russia, so one gets the full experience of different cultures and peoples from all around Russia in just two amazing hours. You even have the opportunity to jump on stage, and start dancing and singing like a real Russian. 

St. Petersburg is one of those cities where the evenings are not in a hurry to return home or to the hotel and go to bed, because the city is so beautiful at night! Petersburg in the summer is white nights and drawbridges that highlight the city. These two unique phenomena can be seen both in St. Petersburg on board the Music Boat.