Cosa c'è in programma a San Pietroburgo (Russia) durante l'anno

Affollato — New Year holidays, vacanze scolastiche in 7 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori

In gennaio non inizia nulla di nuovo.

Ancora in corso: New Year holidays (31 dic – 8 gen)

Tranquillo — vacanze scolastiche in 3 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori, uno dei mesi con il clima peggiore

• Festival

  Maslenitsa

  16–22 febCarnevale

  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. Fonte ↗

Media stagione — vacanze scolastiche in 4 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori, un mese nella media

In marzo non inizia nulla di nuovo.

Ancora in corso: Maslenitsa (16–22 feb)

Affollato — Peterhof fountains switched on, vacanze scolastiche in 6 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori

• Apertura

  Neva bridges lift

  10 apr – 30 novChiusure

  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. Fonte ↗

• Apertura

  Peterhof fountains switched on

  25 apr – 12 ott · di solitoApertura della stagione estivaAffollato

  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. Fonte ↗

Folla al massimo — Peterhof fountains switched on, Victory Day

• Festività

  Victory Day

  9 magFesta nazionaleChiusureAffollato

  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. Fonte ↗

• Natura

  White nights

  25 mag – 17 lug · di solitoSole di mezzanotteAffollato

  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 mag – 25 lug · di solitoFestival musicalePrenota presto

  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. Fonte ↗

• Festività

  City Day

  27 magGrande festaAffollato

  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. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Neva bridges lift (10 apr – 30 nov), Peterhof fountains switched on (25 apr – 12 ott (di solito))

Folla al massimo — Peterhof fountains switched on, White nights

• Natura

  Poplar fluff

  1–28 giu · di solitoStagione dei pollini

  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 giu · di solitoLuci e fuochiAffollatoChiusure

  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. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Neva bridges lift (10 apr – 30 nov), Peterhof fountains switched on (25 apr – 12 ott (di solito)), White nights (25 mag – 17 lug (di solito)), Stars of the White Nights (25 mag – 25 lug (di solito))

Folla al massimo — Peterhof fountains switched on, White nights

• Festività

  Navy Day

  25–31 lug · di solitoGrande festaAffollatoChiusure

  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. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Neva bridges lift (10 apr – 30 nov), Peterhof fountains switched on (25 apr – 12 ott (di solito)), White nights (25 mag – 17 lug (di solito)), Stars of the White Nights (25 mag – 25 lug (di solito))

Affollato — Peterhof fountains switched on, vacanze scolastiche in 7 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori

In agosto non inizia nulla di nuovo.

Ancora in corso: Neva bridges lift (10 apr – 30 nov), Peterhof fountains switched on (25 apr – 12 ott (di solito))

Affollato — Peterhof fountains switched on, vacanze scolastiche in 3 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori

• Natura

  Golden autumn in the palace parks

  25 set – 20 ott · di solitoFoliage autunnale

  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.

Ancora in corso: Neva bridges lift (10 apr – 30 nov), Peterhof fountains switched on (25 apr – 12 ott (di solito))

Affollato — Peterhof fountains switched on, vacanze scolastiche in 4 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori

In ottobre non inizia nulla di nuovo.

Ancora in corso: Neva bridges lift (10 apr – 30 nov), Peterhof fountains switched on (25 apr – 12 ott (di solito)), Golden autumn in the palace parks (25 set – 20 ott (di solito))

Media stagione — vacanze scolastiche in 2 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori, un mese nella media

In novembre non inizia nulla di nuovo.

Ancora in corso: Neva bridges lift (10 apr – 30 nov)

Affollato — New Year holidays, vacanze scolastiche in 7 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori

• Festività

  New Year holidays

  31 dic – 8 genNatale e CapodannoChiusureAffollato

  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. Fonte ↗