Hva som skjer i Saint Petersburg (St Petersburg), Russia gjennom året

Travelt — New Year holidays, skoleferie i 7 av markedene som fyller stedet

Ingenting nytt starter i januar.

Fortsatt på gang: New Year holidays (31. des – 8. jan)

Rolig — skoleferie i 3 av markedene som fyller stedet, en av de dårligste månedene værmessig

• Festival

  Maslenitsa

  16.–22. febKarneval

  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. Kilde ↗

Skuldersesong — skoleferie i 4 av markedene som fyller stedet, en helt vanlig måned

Ingenting nytt starter i mars.

Fortsatt på gang: Maslenitsa (16.–22. feb)

Travelt — Peterhof fountains switched on, skoleferie i 6 av markedene som fyller stedet

• Åpning

  Neva bridges lift

  10. apr – 30. novStengninger

  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. Kilde ↗

• Åpning

  Peterhof fountains switched on

  25. apr – 12. okt · vanligvisSommersesongen åpnerMye folk

  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. Kilde ↗

Toppsesong — Peterhof fountains switched on, Victory Day

• Helligdag

  Victory Day

  9. maiNasjonaldagStengningerMye folk

  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. Kilde ↗

• Natur

  White nights

  25. mai – 17. jul · vanligvisMidnattssolMye folk

  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. mai – 25. jul · vanligvisMusikkfestivalBestill tidlig

  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. Kilde ↗

• Helligdag

  City Day

  27. maiStor festivalMye folk

  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. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Neva bridges lift (10. apr – 30. nov), Peterhof fountains switched on (25. apr – 12. okt (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — Peterhof fountains switched on, White nights

• Natur

  Poplar fluff

  1.–28. jun · vanligvisPollensesong

  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 · vanligvisLys og ildMye folkStengninger

  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. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Neva bridges lift (10. apr – 30. nov), Peterhof fountains switched on (25. apr – 12. okt (vanligvis)), White nights (25. mai – 17. jul (vanligvis)), Stars of the White Nights (25. mai – 25. jul (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — Peterhof fountains switched on, White nights

• Helligdag

  Navy Day

  25.–31. jul · vanligvisStor festivalMye folkStengninger

  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. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Neva bridges lift (10. apr – 30. nov), Peterhof fountains switched on (25. apr – 12. okt (vanligvis)), White nights (25. mai – 17. jul (vanligvis)), Stars of the White Nights (25. mai – 25. jul (vanligvis))

Travelt — Peterhof fountains switched on, skoleferie i 7 av markedene som fyller stedet

Ingenting nytt starter i august.

Fortsatt på gang: Neva bridges lift (10. apr – 30. nov), Peterhof fountains switched on (25. apr – 12. okt (vanligvis))

Travelt — Peterhof fountains switched on, skoleferie i 3 av markedene som fyller stedet

• Natur

  Golden autumn in the palace parks

  25. sep – 20. okt · vanligvisHøstfarger

  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.

Fortsatt på gang: Neva bridges lift (10. apr – 30. nov), Peterhof fountains switched on (25. apr – 12. okt (vanligvis))

Travelt — Peterhof fountains switched on, skoleferie i 4 av markedene som fyller stedet

Ingenting nytt starter i oktober.

Fortsatt på gang: Neva bridges lift (10. apr – 30. nov), Peterhof fountains switched on (25. apr – 12. okt (vanligvis)), Golden autumn in the palace parks (25. sep – 20. okt (vanligvis))

Skuldersesong — skoleferie i 2 av markedene som fyller stedet, en helt vanlig måned

Ingenting nytt starter i november.

Fortsatt på gang: Neva bridges lift (10. apr – 30. nov)

Travelt — New Year holidays, skoleferie i 7 av markedene som fyller stedet

• Helligdag

  New Year holidays

  31. des – 8. janJul og nyttårStengningerMye folk

  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. Kilde ↗