After having heard me talk about the big music festivals in Saint Petersburg and in Moscow, those of you in Riga might have felt a little left out. Fear not, dear ...
Moscovites! If you don't have a plan yet for this coming saturday and yet you want to make it a day that you will remember, look no further.
The Afisha Picnic Festival ...
“Everything here is unlike other parts of Petersburg; it’s not the capital and it’s not the provinces. It’s all about silence and retirement here.”
- Nikolai Gogol on ...
Alex Sowerby, who is 22 years old and from the UK, has just finished his study/teaching programme at Liden & Denz, which started in September 2013. In this interview he ...
"God bless Latvia...Where Latvian daughters bloom, Where Latvian sons sing". Thus recites one line of the Latvian national anthem. And the word 'blooming' could not be more ...
As if its world-topping permanent exhibition hadn't been enough, this year the Hermitage is showing off an authentic pearl among his temporary exhibitions: Manifesta ...
If you followed the 2014 Winter Olympics in Russia you know that the Opening Ceremony of the Games featured a splendid re-enactment of the history of Russia. I don't know ...
This weekend in Saint-Petersburg, on the Yelagin island, one of the of the most awaited musical appointments of Russia will take place: the Stereoleto Music Festival. ...
Hurray, it's Friday, Water Park time!
With the weekend around the corner the topic of this post couldn't have been anything else than a tip for your Saturday or Sunday. ...
The first time you have taken it you must have thought: are these stairs ever going to end??
Well, Saint-Petersburg's Metro is indeed one of the deepest metro systems in ...
2014 will be memorable year for Riga, which happens to be not only the European Capital of Culture, but also the World Capital of Choral Music. Riga is hosting the World Choir ...
Today the Russian State Library in Moscow, also familiarly known as the 'Leninka' turns 152. It was founded in July 1, 1862 and took over 140 years of work to become what it ...
