Wat er het hele jaar speelt in Sint-Petersburg, Rusland

Druk — New Year holidays, schoolvakanties in 7 van de markten die de plek vullen

In januari begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: New Year holidays (31 dec – 8 jan)

Rustig — schoolvakanties in 3 van de markten die de plek vullen, een van de slechtste maanden qua weer

• 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. Bron ↗

Tussenseizoen — schoolvakanties in 4 van de markten die de plek vullen, een gewone maand

In maart begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Maslenitsa (16–22 feb)

Druk — Peterhof fountains switched on, schoolvakanties in 6 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Opening

  Neva bridges lift

  10 apr – 30 novSluitingen

  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. Bron ↗

• Opening

  Peterhof fountains switched on

  25 apr – 12 okt · meestalZomerseizoen opentDruk

  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. Bron ↗

Topdrukte — Peterhof fountains switched on, Victory Day

• Feestdag

  Victory Day

  9 meiNationale feestdagSluitingenDruk

  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. Bron ↗

• Natuur

  White nights

  25 mei – 17 jul · meestalMiddernachtzonDruk

  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 mei – 25 jul · meestalMuziekfestivalBoek vroeg

  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. Bron ↗

• Feestdag

  City Day

  27 meiGroot festivalDruk

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Neva bridges lift (10 apr – 30 nov), Peterhof fountains switched on (25 apr – 12 okt (meestal))

Topdrukte — Peterhof fountains switched on, White nights

• Natuur

  Poplar fluff

  1–28 jun · meestalPollenseizoen

  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 · meestalLicht & vuurDrukSluitingen

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Neva bridges lift (10 apr – 30 nov), Peterhof fountains switched on (25 apr – 12 okt (meestal)), White nights (25 mei – 17 jul (meestal)), Stars of the White Nights (25 mei – 25 jul (meestal))

Topdrukte — Peterhof fountains switched on, White nights

• Feestdag

  Navy Day

  25–31 jul · meestalGroot festivalDrukSluitingen

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Neva bridges lift (10 apr – 30 nov), Peterhof fountains switched on (25 apr – 12 okt (meestal)), White nights (25 mei – 17 jul (meestal)), Stars of the White Nights (25 mei – 25 jul (meestal))

Druk — Peterhof fountains switched on, schoolvakanties in 7 van de markten die de plek vullen

In augustus begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Neva bridges lift (10 apr – 30 nov), Peterhof fountains switched on (25 apr – 12 okt (meestal))

Druk — Peterhof fountains switched on, schoolvakanties in 3 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Natuur

  Golden autumn in the palace parks

  25 sep – 20 okt · meestalHerfstkleuren

  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.

Nog steeds bezig: Neva bridges lift (10 apr – 30 nov), Peterhof fountains switched on (25 apr – 12 okt (meestal))

Druk — Peterhof fountains switched on, schoolvakanties in 4 van de markten die de plek vullen

In oktober begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Neva bridges lift (10 apr – 30 nov), Peterhof fountains switched on (25 apr – 12 okt (meestal)), Golden autumn in the palace parks (25 sep – 20 okt (meestal))

Tussenseizoen — schoolvakanties in 2 van de markten die de plek vullen, een gewone maand

In november begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Neva bridges lift (10 apr – 30 nov)

Druk — New Year holidays, schoolvakanties in 7 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Feestdag

  New Year holidays

  31 dec – 8 janKerst & nieuwjaarSluitingenDruk

  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. Bron ↗