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Outside is autumn, a yellow season. In this weather, will appeal to you, “Pumpkin cream soup with truffle aroma”. Come to our «Metropol» restaurant and taste the truly bright taste of autumn!

Street art Museum is a space where every visitor can familiarize themselves with works of famous street art artists. Nowadays, during winter season, Museum invites you to join an excursion group on weekends. There you will learn about uniqueness and specificity of the Museum, about culture and movements of street art.

The State Russian Museum and Exhibition Center ROSPHOTO offers its guests to have a look at its unique collection of photos that reflect the history of development of technologies, materials, styles and genres of photo. Exhibitions of both local and foreign photographers are held in the museum. For instance, nowadays an exhibition of Krass Clement is presented here. It tells us about life in Moscow, Dublin, Paris, Bristol and Copenhagen.

20 and 21 of September at the Peterhof Museum you will have the opportunity to visit the bright festival “Closing the Fountains”. During the Autumn Festival, a colorful multimedia show will unfold before the guests, which includes architectural 3d-mapping, stop-motion animation and a fireworks. This year also marks the 290th anniversary of the birth of Catherine the Great, thanks to which you can immerse yourself in a long journey through the 18th century. Do not miss such a bright and memorable event!

After a short break, the Mariinsky Theater is ready to please us with their performances. During the 237 season 2019-2020 years, you can enjoy all the "golden" performances of the theater: the ballets Swan Lake, Giselle, Don Quixote, Anna Karenina, Romeo and Juliet, Bakhchisarai Fountain , The operas “Prince Igor ”,“ Bohemia ”,“ Player ”,“ Othello ”,“ War and Peace ”,“ Iolanta ”,“ The Force of Fate ”and many other magnificent productions. In order to have time to choose the best seats, you can purchase tickets in advance at https://www.mariinsky.ru/playbill/playbill.

The Swan Lake, directed by choreographer Matthew Bourne, completely upended the concept of classical ballet. Born left only a few names and music of the great Russian composer P.I. Tchaikovsky. In 1995, after the release of Swan Lake, the production immediately received worldwide recognition and became a world bestseller.
In this version of Swan Lake, we will not see the classic fairy tale of love; here the choreographer shows a parable about human loneliness, about the conflict between the individual and society, about the search for a soul mate and the struggle with your own past. However, despite the tragedy he managed to add notes of British comedy there, which gives the performance even greater depth and versatility.
You can watch the production in St. Petersburg on the big screen in the show-space “Leningrad Center” on Potemkinskaya street, 4 September 10, beginning at 20:00.

“Airy as Pavlova” - with these words, the dessert “Pavlova cake” was once created, in honor of the famous Russian ballerina, who toured in 1926 in New Zealand and Australia. Soft meringues with whipped cream and berry or fruit filling have become a favorite treat all over the world. You can feel all the taste and serving of this dessert in our “Metropol” restaurant.

An exhibition “A Forgotten Russian Patron. The Collection of Count Pavel Sergeevich Stroganov” still goes on in the Hermitage. 250 pieces of art are presented in the exhibition: from paintings and graphic arts to Chinese vases and furniture. Its main value lies in the collection of Renaissance Italian and Netherlandish art. The doors of the exhibition are open for guests till October, 13.

The festival of water lanterns is an enchanting event in the Yusupov Garden. For three days from August 23 to 25, you can enjoy the amazing view of handmade lamps. Lilies, lotuses, water lilies will go on a water voyage to the charm sounds of live music. During the festival master classes from leaders in the field of architecture, music and cinema will also be held. The festival will end with a fiery pyrotechnic show. You can buy tickets on the website spb.kassir.ru https://spb.kassir.ru/frame/event/172997?key=66383df1.

Thanks to cooperation of two world museums, the Hermitage and the Louvre, guests and residents of Saint Petersburg have a great opportunity to enjoy the collection of Marquis Campana. An exhibition “A Dream of Italy. The Marquis Campana Collection” is open at the Manege of the Small Hermitage. More than 400 pieces of art are presented in the exhibition: from ancient Roman relief sculptures to the Renaissance painting. Don’t miss! The exhibition will last till October.

The sound show "Singing Bridges" has been held in St. Petersburg since 2016 and every summer delights guests of the cultural city with such a magnificent look. The show begins with the sounds of symphonic music, a few minutes before opening bridges and lasts about 20-25 minutes.
This project entered the TOP-6 of the best city events and became the hallmark of our city. The opening of the "Singing Bridges" season begins on May 27th. You can look at this performance every day, beginning at 01:10.
By tradition, the completion of the “Singing Bridges” season will take place in early September by the music week of the famous Petersburg composer Andrei Pavlovich Petrov.
You can find a detailed music program on the website https://www.petrocentr.ru/singingbridges/

Traditional motorcycle festival Harley Days is coming back to Saint Petersburg! The festival will be held August 2-4 in the Ostrovskogo Square. Special music program, motorcycle shows are in the program of the festival. Motorcycle parade that will go through historical part of the city will become a highlight of these days. You will find more detailed information on the official website of the festival http://harleydays2019.ru/

Today, on the 28th of July, we celebrate Day of the Russian Navy. Probably Naval parade is the main event of the day that starts at 11:00. We advise you to observe it from central embankments: from the Palace and Lieutenant Schmidt embankments or from the Spit of Vasilyevsky Island. Guests will be also surprised from the air. Traditionally celebrations will end with evening concert in the Palace Square and after that with bright fireworks.

From July 10 to July 14, the ninth International Naval Salon will be held in Saint-Petersburg. The main event will take place at the exhibition center LenExpo. On July 11, at 10.30 the grand opening of IMDS-2019 will begin. The exhibition exposition will be open for visitors on July 13. A sailing regatta for the IMDS-2019 prize will be held at the same day.

Congratulations to all graduates on the holiday "Scarlet sails"! Tonight after the fireworks on the Neva river a Brigantine with scarlet sails will float. The image created by Alexander Green will come to life under the Northern St. Petersburg sky. On the spit of Vasilievsky island will light the torches of Rostral columns. The festival is held every year during the white nights, but every night when Brigantine comes out on the water and the wind fills the sails is special!

From 11 till 13 of June, Saint Petersburg will become a flower capital of Europe. Tomorrow a Florist Show will be held in the city center. On 12 June, flower and orchestra parade will walk along the main street of the city. Within two last days citizens and guests of Saint Petersburg will be able to admire flower art objects in the open air. The ones who will book our Majestic Apartments will be very lucky as it has a view of Nevsky Prospect, where the main parade is going to walk.

Citizens and guests of the city will have an opportunity to attend free concerts in Palace Square during “From Classics to Rock” Festival. On June 7, Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli together with the singer of the Vienna State Opera Aida Garifullina will present classical genre. On the following day, classics will be joined by rock: legendary band “Bi-2” accompanied by symphony orchestra will perform on the stage. Don’t miss it!

It’s time to plan your weekends as City Day celebrations start tomorrow! Saint Petersburg prepared more than 200 events for citizens and guests of the city. For instance, on Saturday retro-car parade will go along the main prospect of the city. There you will see both vintage and modern cars. Young sweet teeth will enjoy Ice cream festival in Ostrovskogo Square. May 26, traditional “Classics in the Palace Square” concert will be held; celebrations will end with the festive fireworks.

From April 17 to 29, the XVIII season of the International Dance Open ballet festival will be held on the main stage of the Alexandrinsky Theater. The festival will include performances, exhibitions, lectures and master classes. Dance Open Festival is an opportunity to get acquainted with the works of leading modern choreographers, to see famous ballet dancers, learn new things about modern world trends in the development of ballet art and enjoy the splendor of dance.

From March, 20 guests and citizens of the city will have another reason to visit the Faberge Museum on the weekend. An exhibition “Viva la Vida. Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera” will open its door tomorrow. Paintings and engravings of the artists will be preformed in the Shuvalov Palace. Don’t miss a chance!