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Three months have passed – goodbye Saint-Petersburg

24 Feb 2017

This is the second time I have lived for a period of three months in Russia’s second largest city. Last time I went to Saint-Petersburg, the whole city was new to me. To ...
18 Feb 2017

The first tram system ran through the streets of Saint-Petersburg in 1865. A ticket for a ride with this horsecar cost 5 kopeks. When you decided to travel on the roof it ...
12 Feb 2017

For quite some time I have the wish to travel across Russia with the by Tsar Nicholas II built railway. I would like to learn more about the Russian landscape, and about the ...
31 Jan 2017

The wood stove forms the center of a traditional Russian house. This type of stove is very expansive in size, but very efficient when it comes to energy. Because of its ...
17 Jan 2017

In the winter holidays, I took the night train to Murmansk. Its location in the far North and its mythical name have always intrigued me. Besides this, traveling by night ...
10 Jan 2017

Living in Saint-Petersburg as a Dutch student is in my opinion more fun when you try to act like Russian people. In this way you can pretend to be Russian. In the following ...
15 Dec 2016

A lot of stores in Saint-Petersburg is open 24 hours a day. THE ПРОДУКТЫ This literally means ‘products’ and is the name of small food stores which can be found in ...
13 Dec 2016

This is my second week in Saint-Petersburg and I very much like to walk through the city. One of the first nights here I went outside for a walk and asked one of the Russian ...
07 Dec 2016

One of the various beautiful palaces and parks, located in the city of Saint-Petersburg is the former residence of Grand Duke and Romanov Pavel Petrovich I and his family. ...
06 Dec 2016

Russian Comeback is a phrase that means a lot! To begin with, Hello, my name is Luuk Winkelmolen. I am a 23 year old Dutch Human Geography student from Radboud University in ...