Maps Events Restaurants Cafés Nightlife Sightseeing Shopping Hotels St. Petersburg June - July 2016 Dance dance dance Enjoy the best open air festivals and the hottest night clubs Rich and beautiful Visit the former homes of the Tsars inyourpocket.com N°105 Introducing the new City Essentials app Download our new City All venues are mapped and Essentials app which features work offl ine to help you avoid only our favourite places, carefully roaming charges while you enjoy the picked by our local editors. best our cities have to oer. Great guides written by locally-based travel ESSENTIAL writers to help you get CITY G UIDES the most out of your visit. Contents ESSENTIAL CIT Y GUIDES Nevsky prospekt 34 Interview with the chef 36 Hotel news 38 Foreword 6 Nightlife 39 In the News 7 Clubs 40 Arrival & Getting Around 8 What to see 42 City Basics 10 The essentials 42 Peter and Paul Fortress 44 Language 11 Hidden museums 50 Culture & Events 12 Where to stay 53 Concerts 12 Concierge interview 54 Exhibitions 14 Summer Festivals 16 Shopping 55 Features Russian souvenirs 56 St. Petersburg’s Historical Outskirts 18 Expat & Business 57 Dostoevsky’s St. Petersburg 51 The expat experience 58 Travel: Moscow 59 Travel: Rostov-on-Don 62 Maps & Index Metro map 63 Where to eat 24 City map 64 Roof top terraces 26 Street index 66 Rubinshteina street 30 www.facebook.com/StPetersburgInYourPocket June - July 2016 5 Foreword In the News We keep saying it but it is just true - St. Petersburg is truly one of the most stunning cities in the world and we want you to St. Petersburg In Your Pocket RUSSIA DAY GORKI GOLF CLUB WHITE founded and published by OOO see it with your own eyes! Welcome summer with a glass of Krasnaya Shapka/In Your Pocket. June 12 is another oppor- NIGHTS TOURNAMENT champagne on one of the rooftop terraces (check the page Russia, 196084 St. Petersburg, tunity to relax and enjoy ul. Tsvetochnaya 25A, 26) and start enjoying the magical midnight sun and the fa- the Russian lifestyle. The The annual golf tournament is returning to St. Peters- mous white nights. tel: +7 (812) 448 88 65, day officially celebrates the fax: +7 (812) 448 88 64, burg for the third time to unite golfers and fans all over As always there is a lot to do in the city during the hottest ESSENTIAL Russian Federation declar- CIT Y GUIDES [email protected], the world. The marathon is open for those who wish to time of the year. You can lie on the beach in the heart of the russia.inyourpocket.com ing independence from the test their strength and represent their team. The mara- General Director Tanya Skvortsova, [email protected] city (we are talking about the Peter and Paul Fortress beach, Soviet Union back in 1990 thon put on by Gorki Gold Club is unique, lasting for 24 find more on page 44-47), visit new exhibitions and open-air Editor-in-Chief Ksenia Elzes, [email protected] but most Russians seem to Design Malvina Markina, [email protected] hours in the midst of the white nights of St. Petersburg festivals (page 12-17), have a cocktail (or two) on one of the Sales Director Ilya Timshin, [email protected] agree that this is more a pretext for enjoying summer rather (11-12 June). The white nights are the most romantic city’s many terraces, watch the bridges open (see the sched- Sales Manager Pavel Stolyar, [email protected] bearing a deeper, political meaning. Concerts and fireworks and atmospheric time of year, making this tournament Contributors Grace Burgess, Luc Jones ule on page 8), get wet in the famous fountains of Peterhof are the order of the day, accompanied by good friends and one of a kind. The marathon is open to members of the (page 18-23) or devour a perfect Russian shashlik at a street- Customer Service Manager the obligatory toasts. Government awards are also given Tanya Kharitonova, [email protected] club and guests, so if you’re a fan of golf, don’t miss out! side café. You’ve made a good choice because summer is the out on this day as Russians celebrate what it means to be See the full schedule of all the tournaments and cups best time to be here. Copyright notice: text and photos copyright OOO Krasnaya Russian. Russia day falls on a Sunday this year, that’s why on page 14. www.gorkigolf.ru So, what are you waiting for? Join the crowd of happy tourists Shapka 2003-2016. All rights reserved. No part of this publication Monday, June 13 is also considered to be a national holiday. and locals and have fun! Happy summer! may be reproduced in any form, except brief extracts for the pur- This is how it works in Russia. There is no logic in it but at pose of review, without written permission from the publisher and Ksenia Elzes, Russia In Your Pocket copyright owner. The brand name In Your Pocket is used under least you have a long weekend! license from UAB In Your Pocket. ONE OF THE BEST Editor’s note: the editorial content of In Your Pocket guides is UEFA EURO 2016 independent from paid-for advertising. We welcome all readers‘ comments and suggestions. We have made every effort to ensure It’s the event football fans all over Europe have been wait- the accuracy of the information at the time of going to press and ing for, the UEFA Euro Championship is starting on 10th assume no responsibility for changes and errors. June. You may not be in France but you don’t need to get © OOO Krasnaya Shapka/In Your Pocket on a plane to watch the matches. St. Petersburg is home © Maps: J.J. van der Molen, www.jobvandermolen.nl Cover: photo from Dreamstime.com to a number of bars that offer a fantastic view of the foot- Published 5 times per year with supplements, ball from one of their wide screen TVs. Euro 2016 promises No 105, 01.06.2016, 30.000 copies. to be more exciting than ever, as this will be the first time For children aged 16 years and over. the final tournament will be contested by 24 teams rather The UK newspaper The Independent recently published a list than 16. So find a bar, grab a beer, and join the atmosphere. of the best 50 travel websites on the internet: inyourpocket. St. Petersburg in Your Pocket / Отпечатано ООО “Келла Принт”, Санкт-Петербург В Твоем Кармане 197110, Санкт-Петербург, наб. www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/ ODA! EDA! com was the third name on that list. 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