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St. Petersburg Maps Events Restaurants Cafés Nightlife Sightseeing Shopping Hotels St. Petersburg October - November 2014 Mellow Yellow Autumn beyond the city limits More than 10 years in Russia! Fine dining and great view Discover the world of Buddha-Bar inyourpocket.com N°97 Contents Where to eat 28 ESSENTIAL Restaurants in hotels 42 CIT Y GUIDES Nightlife 45 Foreword 4 What to see 48 The Essentials 48 In the News 5 Hermitage 49 Arrival & Getting Around 6 St. Petersburg’s historical outskirts 52 Old Soviet Tours 54 City Basics 8 Where to stay 55 Language 9 Interview with concierge 56 Culture & Events 10 Shopping 58 Concerts and festivals 10 Russian souvenirs 58 Russian rock 16 Live music clubs 18 Expat & Business 60 Exhibitions 20 The Expat Experience 60 Features Maps & Index St. Petersburg theatre life 22 City map 62 Krestovsky and Yelagin Islands 24 Street index 64 Historic dining 35 Metro map 67 Konyushennaya area 43 Moscow 65 0+ www.facebook.com/StPetersburgInYourPocket October - November 2014 3 Foreword In the News Across the meadows whirling blow The yellow leaves of fall; HAPPY UNITY DAY PETROVSKAYA AQUATORIA No verdure in the woodlands now, November 04 is Russia’s Day of Popular Unity. This national September is traditionally associated with education and The dark green pine is all. holiday is a new old holiday having been celebrated for knowledge so what better time to hold the grand open- Beneath the boulder’s hanging crest, the first time in 1649 and commemorates the victorious ing of the historical theatrical scale model “Petrovskaya St. Petersburg In YourESSENTIAL Pocket No more on beds of flowers uprising in 1612 by Minin and Pozharsky which ejected Aquatoria”? This new unique exhibition is dedicated to founded and publishedCI TbyY OOO GUIDES Krasnaya Shapka/In Your Pocket. The ploughboy seeks his midday rest Russia, 196084 St. Petersburg, Ul. Tsvetochnaya 25A, the Polish forces from Moscow. Celebrated every year from the history of the Nothern capital and the creation of the From hot laborious hours. tel: +7 (812) 448 88 65, fax: +7 (812) 448 88 64, 1612 up until 1917, the holiday was resurrected in 2005. It is Russian fleet and is presented in the form of a big lay- Sadly the wild wood creatures go General Director Tanya Skvortsova, [email protected] [email protected], russia.inyourpocket.com viewed by most observers as a replacement holiday for the out of St. Petersburg in the 18th century, showing the To hidden coverts deep; General Manager Chris Gilbert, [email protected] now-abolished holiday of November 7 which commemo- reconstruction of the city’s most significant sights and its The moon is dim; the meadows glow Managing Editor Ksenia Elzes, [email protected] rated the Revolution. Creating the confusion of how to you suburbs. As the most beautiful parts of St. Petersburg are In silver mist asleep. Researcher Anna Kohno, [email protected] congratulate someone on this holiday…Happy Unity Day! surrounded by water, there is a water filled space, which Design Malvina Markina, [email protected] Sales Managers imitates the water area of the city. Everyday guests are The words from this poem were penned by one of the Ilya Timshin, [email protected] welcome to come to the Admiral shopping center where greatest Russian writers of all time, Mikhail Lermontov, and Peter Smirnov, [email protected] “Petrovskaya Aquatoria” is located. www.peteraqua.ru are dedicated to autumn, the most beautiful yet the most Contributors Maria Stambler underrated season in St. Petersburg. It’s during the crispy Customer Service Manager Tanya Kharitonova, [email protected] autumn days so full of cool sunshine, high blue skies and Copyright notice changing leaves that St. Petersburg is at its best. And what Text and photos copyright OOO Krasnaya Shapka 2003-2014. All better way to immerse yourself in the kaleidoscope of rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any autumn colors than by exploring St. Petersburg’s imperial form, except brief extracts for the purpose of review, without written permission from the publisher and copyright owner. The brand name suburbs? In Your Pocket is used under license from UAB In Your Pocket. While the temperatures outside are quickly cooling, St. Pe- Editor’s note LE BARON OPENING tersburg’s cultural scene is heating up: theaters and concert The editorial content of In Your Pocket guides is independent from Two good friends Andre and Lionel from Paris and their halls are kicking off the season with fascinating programs paid-for advertising. We welcome all readers‘ comments and sug- gestions. We have made every effort to ensure the accuracy of the loyal team of artists, musicians, designers, fashionistas and and a never-ending list of premiers. Going to the theater information at the time of going to press and assume no responsi- travelers quickly tired of the predictable electronica scene during your stay in St. Petersburg is an absolute must so bility for changes and errors. that so captivated Europe at the start of the new millen- TSE FUNG IN THE CITY turn to our special theater feature (pages 22-23) to see © OOO Krasnaya Shapka/In Your Pocket nium. So in 2004 they decided to throw their own eccentric What happens when you get the founders of Buddha-Bar what’s on. If getting your leather biker coat and Dr. Martens © Maps: J.J. van der Molen, www.jobvandermolen.nl Published 6 times per year with supplements, live-show parties called La Johnson. Very soon these par- and Il Lago dei Cigni, interior designs from the famous out is how you prefer spending your time, then going to No 97, 01.10.2014, 90,000 copies. ties became immensely popular with the Parisian crowd so American company Tihany and the Chinese words for one of the rock concerts (check pages 16-17) in the capi- For children aged 16 years and over. the parties moved to a larger and more permanent venue ‘phoenix’? The answer is the most anticipated Chinese res- tal of Russia’s rock scene is sure to be a truly head-banging which came to be known as Le Baron, where the musical taurant, which will completely change your understanding experience. mix ranged from Greg Boust to Francoise Hardy to Joy Divi- about this Oriental cuisine – Tse Fung! A completely new So, regardless of what you enjoy, the Northern Capital al- COVER STORY sion to The Beatles and the likes of Scarlett Johansson and type of Chinese eatery, this European project has finally ways has loads of treats in store for its visitors. Enjoy read- Bolsheokhtinsky Bridge. Officially opened in 1911, Leo DiCaprio were among the guests. Now it’s time to ex- made its way to the Northern capital becoming the first ing and don’t forget to share your impressions with us at and originally named the Peter the Great Bridge, this port the fun and madness so get ready, Le Baron is coming such experiment of the creators of Buddha-Bar and the first www.facebook.com/StPetersburgInYourPocket! 9,000-tonne structure spans the Neva between the to St. Petersburg this November! www.facebook.com/ Russian experience for creative chef Chris Rusaban who’s Sinopskaya and Sverdlovskaya embankments to the lebaronstpete spent the last 17 years working for the best Chinese restau- Ksenia Elzes, Russia In Your Pocket east of the city centre. rants in the Philippines, UAE and Saudi Arabia. ABOUT IYP DIAGHILEV P.S. ESTONIA This year is the UK-Russia Year of Culture so to celebrate this LATVIA RUSSIA We have come a long way in the 22 years since we joyous event, the Alexandrinsky Theater invites everyone NORTHERN LITHUANIA to the 5th International Festival of Arts “Diaghilev P.S.” (be- IRELAND published the first In Your Pocket guide - to Vilnius IRELAND BELARUS in Lithuania - so much so that we are today the tween November 19th and 29th) to see two outstanding NETHERLANDS POLAND British ballet companies Sutra (choreography by Sidi Larbi GERMANY UKRAINE largest publisher of locally-produced city guides BELGIUM CZECH Cherkaoui) and FAR (choreography by Wayne McGregor). REPUBLIC in the world. 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