On May 9 Russia celebrates День Победы (Victory Day) and the victory of the Soviet Union over Nazi Germany during World War II in 1945. Great celebrations are taking place in ...
Обелиск «Городу-герою Ленинграду» (Leningrad Hero City Obelisk) is located in the centre of Площадь Восстания (Ploshchad Vosstania). This obelisk is the first thing you see ...
During this weekend Saint Petersburg holds Фестиваль Ледоколов 2015 (Icebreaker Festival 2015). This is the second year; the first festival in 2014 marked the 150-year ...
Russian cuisine offers really tasty and filling dishes, but sometimes foreigners find them not so easy to eat as Russian Chocolate. Therefore, everybody agrees on the great ...
When we talk about sauna, we think immediately about Finland or Russia, but this is an important part of Latvian life too. For Latvians sauna is a special ritual with which ...
When you are in a foreign country and you meet a different culture you can easily get into misunderstandings. As you have probably already experienced for yourself, knowing ...
Elite military, Russia's finest.
For the ones who have been to Moscow and for those who have planned to visit the capital of Russia, one of the events that you shouldn't ...
In Saint Petersburg people can't wait for the warm season. We have already been honoured with sun and nice weather, that's very unusual for Saint Petersburg. And now finally ...
During this week many Russians have been preparing for Orthodox Easter celebrations. Even more important than Christmas, Easter is one of the major religious events for ...
Thrift shopping in Riga: Kalnciema Quarter Market
Some of the best places to visit when in a foreign country are local markets and fairs. There's no such places where you can ...
Aleksandrovsky Park and Mini Saint Petersburg
Russian nature is definitely amazing and worth seeing but not always during our stay we have time to go outside the cities and ...
When travelling in Russia, especially in the main cities you immediately notice that there are plenty of museums to visit. They are actually so many that you wouldn't probably ...