Qué hay en San Petersburgo, Rusia, a lo largo del año

Concurrido — New Year holidays, vacaciones escolares en 7 de los mercados que lo llenan

En enero no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: New Year holidays (31 Dic – 8 Ene)

Tranquilo — vacaciones escolares en 3 de los mercados que lo llenan, uno de sus peores meses por clima

• Festival

  Maslenitsa

  16–22 FebCarnaval

  Pancake week before Lent, with stalls in the parks and on Yelagin Island and an effigy burned on the Sunday. It arrives at the point the winter has stopped being interesting. Fuente ↗

Temporada media — vacaciones escolares en 4 de los mercados que lo llenan, un mes normal

En marzo no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Maslenitsa (16–22 Feb)

Concurrido — Peterhof fountains switched on, vacaciones escolares en 6 de los mercados que lo llenan

• Apertura

  Neva bridges lift

  10 Abr – 30 NovCierres

  Navigation opens on 10 April, and from then until the end of November a dozen bridges over the Neva raise every night for shipping. Get caught on the wrong bank after one and you wait until five. Fuente ↗

• Apertura

  Peterhof fountains switched on

  25 Abr – 12 Oct · normalmenteApertura de veranoMucha gente

  The Grand Cascade is started with a ceremony in the last days of April and shut down in the second week of October. Out of season Peterhof is a park with dry statues in it. Fuente ↗

Máxima afluencia — Peterhof fountains switched on, Victory Day

• Festivo

  Victory Day

  9 MayFiesta nacionalCierresMucha gente

  A parade on Palace Square, the centre closed to traffic from early morning, and fireworks over the Neva at night. Rehearsals shut Nevsky on a couple of days beforehand as well. Fuente ↗

• Naturaleza

  White nights

  25 May – 17 Jul · normalmenteSol de medianocheMucha gente

  For about seven weeks around the solstice it never gets properly dark. The embankments are busy at two in the morning, nobody sleeps much, and the hotels charge for it.

• Festival

  Stars of the White Nights

  25 May – 25 Jul · normalmenteFestival de músicaReserva pronto

  The Mariinsky runs opera and ballet nightly across its three stages for two months of the summer, which is the only time the company is all in one city. Fuente ↗

• Festivo

  City Day

  27 MayGran festivalMucha gente

  The city's founding is marked on 27 May with free concerts and closures along Nevsky, at the point the white nights are starting and the parks have just come back. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Neva bridges lift (10 Abr – 30 Nov), Peterhof fountains switched on (25 Abr – 12 Oct (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — Peterhof fountains switched on, White nights

• Naturaleza

  Poplar fluff

  1–28 Jun · normalmenteTemporada de polen

  Poplar seed drifts down the streets like snow for two or three weeks in June and piles up in the gutters and the metro entrances. Anyone with hay fever notices it immediately.

• Festival

  Scarlet Sails

  18–30 Jun · normalmenteLuces y fuegoMucha genteCierres

  The school-leavers' night in late June: a tall ship with red sails comes up the Neva and the city puts on its largest fireworks. The embankments are closed and the metro runs all night. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Neva bridges lift (10 Abr – 30 Nov), Peterhof fountains switched on (25 Abr – 12 Oct (normalmente)), White nights (25 May – 17 Jul (normalmente)), Stars of the White Nights (25 May – 25 Jul (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — Peterhof fountains switched on, White nights

• Festivo

  Navy Day

  25–31 Jul · normalmenteGran festivalMucha genteCierres

  On the last Sunday of July warships line the Neva and the centre is closed for the parade. Rehearsals shut the embankments for several days beforehand. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Neva bridges lift (10 Abr – 30 Nov), Peterhof fountains switched on (25 Abr – 12 Oct (normalmente)), White nights (25 May – 17 Jul (normalmente)), Stars of the White Nights (25 May – 25 Jul (normalmente))

Concurrido — Peterhof fountains switched on, vacaciones escolares en 7 de los mercados que lo llenan

En agosto no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Neva bridges lift (10 Abr – 30 Nov), Peterhof fountains switched on (25 Abr – 12 Oct (normalmente))

Concurrido — Peterhof fountains switched on, vacaciones escolares en 3 de los mercados que lo llenan

• Naturaleza

  Golden autumn in the palace parks

  25 Sep – 20 Oct · normalmenteColores de otoño

  Pushkin, Pavlovsk and the Peterhof lower park turn through the first half of October, after the coach season has thinned. The last good fortnight before the light goes for the winter.

Sigue en marcha: Neva bridges lift (10 Abr – 30 Nov), Peterhof fountains switched on (25 Abr – 12 Oct (normalmente))

Concurrido — Peterhof fountains switched on, vacaciones escolares en 4 de los mercados que lo llenan

En octubre no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Neva bridges lift (10 Abr – 30 Nov), Peterhof fountains switched on (25 Abr – 12 Oct (normalmente)), Golden autumn in the palace parks (25 Sep – 20 Oct (normalmente))

Temporada media — vacaciones escolares en 2 de los mercados que lo llenan, un mes normal

En noviembre no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Neva bridges lift (10 Abr – 30 Nov)

Concurrido — New Year holidays, vacaciones escolares en 7 de los mercados que lo llenan

• Festivo

  New Year holidays

  31 Dic – 8 EneNavidad y Año NuevoCierresMucha gente

  The country takes the first eight days of January off. The palaces and the Hermitage stay open and are the busiest they get all winter; almost everything else is shut. Fuente ↗