På gång i Saint Petersburg (St Petersburg), Russia under året

Mycket folk — New Year holidays, skollov i 7 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i januari.

Pågår fortfarande: New Year holidays (31 dec – 8 jan)

Lugnt — skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en av dess sämsta vädermånader

• 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. Källa ↗

Mellansäsong — skollov i 4 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en helt vanlig månad

Inget nytt börjar i mars.

Pågår fortfarande: Maslenitsa (16–22 feb)

Mycket folk — Peterhof fountains switched on, skollov i 6 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Öppning

  Neva bridges lift

  10 apr – 30 novStängningar

  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. Källa ↗

• Öppning

  Peterhof fountains switched on

  25 apr – 12 okt · vanligtvisSommarsäsongen öppnarTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

Mest folk — Peterhof fountains switched on, Victory Day

• Helg

  Victory Day

  9 majNationell helgdagStängningarTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

• Natur

  White nights

  25 maj – 17 jul · vanligtvisMidnattssolTrångt

  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 maj – 25 jul · vanligtvisMusikfestivalBoka tidigt

  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. Källa ↗

• Helg

  City Day

  27 majStor festivalTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Neva bridges lift (10 apr – 30 nov), Peterhof fountains switched on (25 apr – 12 okt (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Peterhof fountains switched on, White nights

• Natur

  Poplar fluff

  1–28 jun · vanligtvisPollensäsong

  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 · vanligtvisLjus & eldTrångtStängningar

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Neva bridges lift (10 apr – 30 nov), Peterhof fountains switched on (25 apr – 12 okt (vanligtvis)), White nights (25 maj – 17 jul (vanligtvis)), Stars of the White Nights (25 maj – 25 jul (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Peterhof fountains switched on, White nights

• Helg

  Navy Day

  25–31 jul · vanligtvisStor festivalTrångtStängningar

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Neva bridges lift (10 apr – 30 nov), Peterhof fountains switched on (25 apr – 12 okt (vanligtvis)), White nights (25 maj – 17 jul (vanligtvis)), Stars of the White Nights (25 maj – 25 jul (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Peterhof fountains switched on, skollov i 7 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i augusti.

Pågår fortfarande: Neva bridges lift (10 apr – 30 nov), Peterhof fountains switched on (25 apr – 12 okt (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Peterhof fountains switched on, skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Natur

  Golden autumn in the palace parks

  25 sep – 20 okt · vanligtvisHöstfärger

  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.

Pågår fortfarande: Neva bridges lift (10 apr – 30 nov), Peterhof fountains switched on (25 apr – 12 okt (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Peterhof fountains switched on, skollov i 4 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i oktober.

Pågår fortfarande: Neva bridges lift (10 apr – 30 nov), Peterhof fountains switched on (25 apr – 12 okt (vanligtvis)), Golden autumn in the palace parks (25 sep – 20 okt (vanligtvis))

Mellansäsong — skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en helt vanlig månad

Inget nytt börjar i november.

Pågår fortfarande: Neva bridges lift (10 apr – 30 nov)

Mycket folk — New Year holidays, skollov i 7 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Helg

  New Year holidays

  31 dec – 8 janJul & nyårStängningarTrångt

  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. Källa ↗