Saint-Petersburg Excursions

A world star from Holland - Candy Dulfer - is coming with concert to the Northern Capital of Russia. Candy is the singer and saxophonist in one person, and also - a charming and beautiful woman. London, Paris, New York, Tokyo and other cities had applauded to her magical soprano. Candy was nominated for the most prestigious music award GRAMMY for several times. The star has already visited Saint-Petersburg in 2009, with a concert at the Philharmony of Shostakovich. At this time, the show will be held in a comfortable and spacious Concert Hall Oktyabrsky. At the new concert, Candy Dulfer will present her latest album «Funked Up & Chilled Out», and, of course, will show the best features of her alt-saxophone. The new album is special. It is not like the rest of the albums of Dulfer. Powerful and dramatic songs are alternate there with a fragile lyrics. The album includes 12 tracks of the incomparable funk and R & B. The singer will bring with her not only the inspiration and drive, but also, her wonderful musicians. The concerts of Candy Dulfer are supported by three musicians: trumpet (Jan van Dyuikeren)), tenor saxophone (Niys Guido) and trombone (Louka Boudesteiyn). Critics have called the album «Funked Up & Chilled Out» the "chronicles of creativity of Candy Dulfer".

• Concert Hall Oktyabrsky
• Address: 6, Ligovsky prospect
• Concert starts at 19.00
• City transport:500 meters from metro station Ploschad Vosstaniya
• Tickets: from 25 to 120 euros in the box offices of the Concert Hall

The photo exhibition, dedicated to the 20 years anniversary of establishing the diplomatic relations between the Russian Federation and the Republic of Korea, as well as the recent visit of the Russian President Dmitry Medvedev to the Republic of Korea in November 2010 is opened at the new building of the Russian National Library. The aim of the exhibition is to acquaint the Saint-Petersburg residents with the customs, traditions and culture of the Republic of Korea. The exhibition is featuring 50 original photographs from private archives and funds of the Society of Russian-Korean friendship, and other sources. Photographic material reflects the various aspects of bilateral relations. Well-known politicians and businessmen, scientists and cultural figures, ordinary workers are among the characters of the exhibition. Exhibition is organized by the Russian National Library, the Society of Russian-Korean friendship at the St. Petersburg Association for International Co-operation and support of the Korea Foundation. Exhibition is opened from October 28 to November 6, 2010.

• New building of the Russian National Library
• Address: 165, Moskovsky prospect
• Working hours: Daily from 11.00 to 18.00
• City transport: Just across the road from metro station Park Pobedy

The main Saint-Petersburg exhibition center "Lenexpo Fairgrounds" will carry out an "Autumn Avtomotive Festival" from 29 to 31 October 2010. It will offer an extensive festival program for all lovers of speed and movement, that will take place on the two closed sites and also on the open territory of the exhibition center. Among the higlights of the program are: the private exhibitions of the motor clubs; the presentation of the legend of the motorcycle world - the trade mark "Indian" (the entire line of "Indian Motorcycle" of 2010, as well as some of the first models, produced in 1911 and 1913, presented in the entourage of the real Indian settlement, and accompanied with the ethnic music and ritual dances); Competitions in Karting; Show of the Dancing Cars; exhibition of retro cars and motorcycles; auto vehicles of the times of the Second World War; exhibition and sale of motorcycles and automotive accessories; rockabilly music festival and many many more. A very special event will happen at the festival on October 30 at 14:00. In the pavilion №7, there will take place an operation named "Gone in 15 minutes!". The delegates and experts of the automotive market have decided to put the end to the eternal debates about the reliability of modern anti-theft systems. The experts in the field of car security, selected during a hard casting, held at the internet portal www.auto.ru, will try to "divert" an expensive foreign car, equipped with the most modern and popular security systems.

• Lenexpo Fairgrounds
• Address: Russia, 199106, St. Petersburg, Bolshoy pr., Vassilievsky Ostrov 103
• Working hours: Daily from 11.00 to 18.00
• City transport: Trolleybus 10 from the metro station Gostiny Dvor
• Minibuses from the metro station Primorskaya

The monument of architecture on Vasilevsky Island - the Saint-Petersburg house of the world-known italian architect Domenico Trezzini will be reconstructed to become a hotel. The investor of the project is a well-know Saint-Petersburg company - Concord Management and Consulting. According to the plan of reconstruction, no changes will be applied to the subjects of the monument, including the spatial and space-planning decisions. There will also be preserved the structure and elements of the building, architectural and artistic decisions, facade, decorative art and color of the interiors. The House of Domenico Trezzini is an architectural monument of regional significance. It is located on the Universitetskaya Embankment, 21. THe site for the house of one of the first architects of Saint-Petersburg was selected and presented to him personally by Peter the Great in 1721.

The State Museum of History of Religion presents an exhibition "Storming the Heavens", dedicated to the history of the Soviet anticlerical graphics from the period of 1910 1970. The contents of the exhibition are the best examples of the Soviet propaganda posters. In addition, the exhibition will feature the popular magazines, toys and many other items that reveal the techniques and methods of anti-religious propaganda of the Soviet state. Just to recall: after the October Revolution of 1917 the Bolshevik's Party had come to power and started with the complete destruction of the old order in Russia. This process had included an active fight, waged against religion and the Church. In the first years after the revolution, anti-religious propaganda was directed primarily against the Orthodox Church, since Orthodoxy was the state religion in the Russian Empire and an ideological pillar of the Russian monarchy. Later, virtually all religious organizations, regardless of their attitude towards the Soviet government, were at the focus of attention of the anti-religious fighters of USSR. The first Soviet propaganda posters had appeared already in 1918. Many talented artists and poets had worked on it's creation. Over some time, a poster had prooved to be the one of the most effective means of ideological influence on the masses in the USSR. The popularity of the poster as a critical campaign work contributed to their relative cheapness, ease of production, accessibility of the artistic language, as well as the ability to respond quickly to the current events. This is one of the first exhibitions, devoted to this genre and special theme.

• State Museum of History of Religion
• Address: 190000, St. Petersburg, Pochtamtskaya str., 14
• Working hours: Daily from 11.00 to 18.00, except Wednesdays
• City transport: Trolleybuses 5, 22 from the metro station Gostiny Dvor

A masterpiece from the collection of the Louvre - a picture of Titian - "Madonna and Child with the Saint Catherine" (also known as Madonna with the Rabbit) will be shown in the Hermitage Museum in Saint-Petersburg at the exhibition, which opens on Tuesday, October 26, 2010. Venetian painter Tiziano Vecellio da Cadore, who was called the "king of the painters and painter of the kings" during his lifetime - is one of the greatest artists of the High and Late Renaissance. Titian's painting "Madonna and Child with the Saint Catherine", better known as" Madonna of the Rabbit ", was painted by the artist in early 1530, commissioned by the first Duke of Mantua and the patron of the arts - Frederick II Gonzaga, with whom the artist had met in 1523. Almost a hundred years, the picture has remained the property of the Gonzaga family, and then, in 1625, it was presented, along with the several other paintings, to the famous Cardinal Richelieu. After the death of Cardinal in 1642, the picture had moved into the French Royal collection. Currently, the picture is in the collection of the famous French Louvre. In recognition of the exhibiting of the painting "Lamentation of Christ" by Paolo Veronese, from the Hermitage collection in Paris in 2009, the Louvre has given this masterpiece to be displayed in Russia. From October 26 to December 12, 2010 "Madonna and Child with the Saint Catherine" by Titian, will be presented at an exhibition at the Hermitage museum in a series of "Masterpieces of world museums at the Hermitage.

The new hotel complex «La Viva» opened in the village Repino near Saint-Petersburg. The opening ceremony was attended by Governor Valentina Matvienko. The reconstruction of the historical building, which was abandoned since 1992, had started seven years ago, by the initiative of the investor. The historical facade of the building was carefully preserved during the reconstruction, and the hotel complex was supplemented with a new building. The hotel offers 66 guest rooms and a SPA complex. The opening of the new hotel will be another step in the development of hotel infrastructure of the Saint-Petersburg. The amount of hotel rooms of the Northern Capital increases year by year. In 2008, the city had put into operation 1,300 hotel rooms, in 2009 - 1400, and in the current 2010 - there is 880 rooms added. It is planned to fill up the citie's hotel fund with another 479 rooms before the end of the year. Valentina Matvienko had noticed that the suburb Repino is a favorite destination of the Saint-Petersburgers as well as the foreign tourists. "Today, one more beautiful and comfortable hotel has been opened in our city", - said the Saint-Petersburg Governor.

The 16th International Tennis Tournament Saint-Petersburg Open, which is included in the program of the ATP World Tour, will be held at the Sports and Concert Complex "Peterburgskiy" from 23 to 31 October 2010 and will provide the sports fans a rare opportunity to personally enjoy the best masters of the world men's tennis. St.Petersburg Open tennis tournament is held since 1995. Over the years, the winners of the St.Petersburg Open tennis tournament had become an outstanding masters of tennis: Andy Murray, Mario Anchich, Thomas Johansson, Mikhail Youzhny, Gustavo Kuerten, Sebastien Grosjean, Marc Rosset, Richard Krajicek, Magnus Gustafsson, Yevgeny Kafelnikov and Marat Safin. The tournament has not only become a cult event of the sport life and a business card of the Saint-Petersburg, but also a noticeable phenomenon of world tennis life. This was confirmed by six awards of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), which had recognized the Saint-Petersburg Open as the best tournament of the World Tour in the categories: "Interest of the audience ", "Promotion of competition", "Organization of the tournament," Setting of the arena "," Creating the conditions for the players ". The tournament is held under the patronage of the governor of St. Petersburg and is an important event not only sports, but also the secular and business life of the city.

• The Sports and Concert Complex "Peterburgskiy"8, Gagarina prospect, Saint-Petersburg
• The nearest metro: Park Pobedy
• The venue is in just 10 minutes walk through the park. The park is secure to walk.
• Website: http://www.spbckk.ru

The Borsalino restaurant at the hotel Angleterre in Saint-Petersburg is offering to it's visitors a new menu from September 2010. The restaurant Executive chef Antonio Voci has devised a plethora of delicacies guaranteed to give the guests a sheer gastronomic pleasure and help them to become more closely acquainted with the culinary traditions of Italy. Among the new hits, being served up, are the Ligurian-style John Dory and marinated venison with polenta and cep mushrooms; homemade tagliatelle with rabbit ragout and spaghetti with fresh clams; Piedmont-style roast beef; and pumpkin soup with radicchio and sea scallops. For dessert, the chef offers an exquisite Italian favourites: creme brulee espresso, panna cotta and chocolate souffle. Borsalino's wine menu comprises an extensive selection of wines from almost every region of Italy. Diners can sample wines from Lombardy, Piedmont, Veneto, Tuscany, Sicily, Umbria and other regions, enabling them to find the perfect wine to complement their chosen dish.

• The Borsalino restaurantSt. Isaac's Square / Malaya Morskaya Ulitsa 24, Angleterre Hotel, Saint-Petersburg
• The restaurant is open daily from midday until 1 a.m.
• Website: http://www.angleterrehotel.com/

The opera "Prince Igor" by Alexander Borodin is a unique phenomenon of the Russian opera. The search for the determination and the meaning of the "Russianness" in art, and the revival of interest to the topic of patriotism has defined the essence of this famous work. The story of this monumental opera is based on a jewel of the Old Russian literature - "The Lay of the Host of Igor". The text and music of the opera were written for 18 years, and were completed after the death of the composer, by N.A. Rimsky-Korsakov and A.K. Glazunov. The performance of the opera is split by the famous "Polovtsians Dances" - a bright vocal and choreographic picture, which had become a legend long ago. For the premiere performance of "Prince Igor" in 1890, the spirit of the wild dances of the Polovtsians was embodied by the choreographer Lev Ivanov. In 1909, for the "Russian Seasons" in Paris, the famous russian balletmeister Michel Fokine had created his own version of the dances. And only at the Mikhailovsky Theatre, the "Polovtsian Dances" are performed in a unique choreography by the Kasyan Goleizovsky (1892 - 1970). The wonderful melodic music, reflecting the russian national character and the expressive, mass dance, changing from smooth and languid to the fierce and swift, will allow the viewers to enter the fascinating world of Russian opera in a magnificent performance of the artists of the Mikhailovsky Theatre.

• The Mikhailovsky Theater1, Arts square, 191186, Saint-Petersburg
• The opera starts at19:00, on Thursday, October 21, 2010
• Website: http://www.mikhailovsky.ru/

The State Museum-Reserve "Pavlovsk" continues a series of public educational concerts of classical music under the name of "Musical Promenade", that are performed in a Round Hall Pavillon, situated in the Pavlovsk Park. The program is managed by the Honored Worker of Culture of Russia - Vitaly Vasiliev. The following events are going to happen in the Pavlovsk Park till the end of October 2010:

October 23-24, 2010.
14.00-16.30
"While the music is playing ..." A graduate of the Saint-Petersburg Conservatory of Rimsky-Korsakov, Anna Kovaleva (piano). The program includes works by the russian and foreign composers.

October 30-31 2010.
14.00-16.30
"Musical Walk" The pianist and composer, Dmitry Danilov, presents a program of the rarely played chamber repertoire. Natalia Zadorozhnaya (violin), Dmitry Satushev (cello), Stanislav Vorontsov (piano).

Admission to all concerts is free.

• Museum is opened from 10.00am till 17.00pm. Entrance is closed 1 hour earlier.
• Museum is closed on Fridays, and every last Monday of the month.
• Address: 20, Sadovaya street, Pavlovsk town, 196621, St Petersburg
• City Transport: Minibus № 299  form metro station: "Moskovskaya".
• Museum website: http://www.pavlovskmuseum.ru/

The exhibition named "The Flemings through the Eyes of David Teniers the Younger" is coincided to the 400th anniversary from the birth of this remarkable Flemish artist. It is located in the Twelve-Column Hall of the New Hermitage. The unique collection of the pictures of the master is one of the best in the world, and is distinguished with thematic diversity of masterpieces and high artistic level. The Hermitage possesses thirty three pictures of Teniers, mainly created during the period of the highest rise of the painter’s talent and activity (1640–1650-s). There are many genuine masterpieces among the master’s paintings, displayed at the anniversary exhibition. They demonstrate the main sides of Teniers’s art and allow to reveal the originality of his style. David Teniers the Younger has earned his fame as a remarkable landscape painter and the master of the scenes of the peasant life, inexhaustible for imagination, being able to show rich inner opportunities of this subject. He had become the successor of the best traditions of the Dutch painting school of the 16th century. The artist has got a great popularity during his lifetime. He was kindly treated by the high and mightiest, that literally piled the painter with orders. Such persons as the Great Duke Leopold Wilhelm and the King of Spain Philip IV were the patrons of Teniers. The painter was born in 1610 in Antwerp, in the family of the painter and picture-dealer David Teniers the Elder (1582–1649).

The exhibition "From Versailles to Peterhof" is opened at the Museum of the Benois family in Peterhof. It is held within the framework of events, dedicated to the Year of France in Russia and Russia in France. For the first time, within the same exhibition, you can see the landscapes of Peterhof and Versailles, pictured in watercolors and engravings of the Russian and Western European artists of the XIX century. The exhibition also shows the axonometric plans of the Grand Palace and Lower Park of the Peterhof, made in 1775 by the engineer-mathematician Saint-Hilaire, that were never exhibited previously, as well as the images of the famous Peterhof Fountains, depicted in a porcelain sculpture, and other unique objects of decorative and applied art. A separate group of items represents the collection of rare books on various aspects of landscape art in Russia and France, including the engineering. The exhibition is open until March 01, 2011.

• Saint-Petersburg, Peterhof, Museum of the Benois Family
• Address: 8, Aleksandrovskay street, Peterhof
• Museum is opened on Saturdays and Sundays only
• Opening hours: 10:30 - 17:00

The pearl of Japan, one of the greatest stars of jazz, the composer, pianist and one of the icons of the modern music - Keiko Matsui will perform a single concert in Saint-Petersburg, on October 12 in the Academic Capella. Keiko Matsui is not a commercial project. She is a real artist of the Jazz. Each of more than a dozen of her albums and hundreds of concerts around the world, striking the listener with a new gamma of colours, from the sleepy dubs to bright ethnic motives. Her melodies are not exciting the blood, but not put to sleep. The first impression while listening to her songs is a boundless depth, which makes the sinking a pleasure. The style of Keiko Matsui is commonly called "contemporary jazz" or "modern music for adults", but if we go a little further into the music stylistics, this music is in the middle, between New Age, Smooth Jazz and Easy Listening. Keiko Matsui is seriously and successfully engaged in charity. She makes an enormous contribution to the fight against breast cancer. Several institutions are conducting the research of the cancer with the help of her's financial participation. Keiko Matsui has a terrific performance: she is producing a new studio album almost every year. But the quantity does not affect the quality - music of Keiko Matsui does not disappointing. The program of the concert in Saint-Petersburg will present the tracks from the penultimate album «Moyo», as well as the music from the new unreleased album, tentatively scheduled for the late autumn 2010.

• Saint-Petersburg, State Academic Capella
• Address: 20, Moika river embankement
• Concert starts at 20.00, on October 12, 2010
• Website: http://glinka-capella.ru/

The personal exhibition of one of the most famous Saint-Petersburg artists - Vyatcheslav Mikhailov, is devoted to the Russian North. It takes place at the Erarta Gallery of Modern Art from October 8 to October 31. The concept of the exhibition is not so much geographical, but mostly cultural, domestic anf philosophical. Vyacheslav Mikhailov has his own point of view on what is called a "northern beauty". He is painting the villages, churches, graveyards, the ancient buildings of Old Ladoga, and the cathedrals of the Solovki islands. But this is very far from the classic scenery, and yet, very atmospheric. Nowadays - he is the Honored Artist of Russia and the member of the National Association of Italian artists. The surface of the canvas plays the special role in his works. It is extent, complicated, multi-layered - like the bark of a tree in nature. Mikhailov's works are interesting by the form on a par with the semantics. The artist admits, that for him are important the memories, a sense of involvement in the world, where exists not only the present day, but the past also. Spiritual sphere, questions of faith - that is, what is relevant and topical for Mikhailov. His heavy canvas, filled with gesso, are really cherished with the memory of the past, making people think and feel. The entrance to the galleries is free.

• Saint-Petersburg, Erarta Gallery of Modern Art
• Address: 2, Line 29 of Vassilievsky Island.
• The museum is open from 10.00 to 22.00
• Days off: Wednesday
• Nearest metro stations: 'Vassileostrovskaya', 'Primorskaya'
• From metro Vassileostrovskaya - minibuses ## K120, K44, K690, K349, K154, K128, K346, K273, K62, K30
• From metro Primorskaya - minibuses ## K309, K44, K120, K690, K183, K359, K124, K350, K6к, K186
• The exhibition is open until October 31, 2010

"Defile on the Neva" is the main fashion event in Saint-Petersburg, that shaping the city as cultural capital of Europe. Project "Defile na Neve" is traditionally held twice a year - in April and October. ThУ PROject usually takes place at the architectural buildings in the historic center of St. Petersburg. The success and recognition of the project "Defile na Neve" for almost 10 years, is a confirmation of it's national status. The event is supported by the Committee of Culture of Saint-Petersburg. The project is aimed at promoting domestic fashion, as in Russia, and on foreign Fashion-market. This year, the "Defile on the Neva," declares the new principle of professional fashion week. With the fall of 2010, a key fashion event of the North-West will now take place in a different format, combining the best areas of the city, classified as a "new fashion-territory". This initiative will not only offer to the participants an alternative sites, specific to their brand and customer base, but also draw it into a single fashion-process with a more extensive public relations program. The screenings, will take place at the Central Exhibition Hall "Manege", Grand Hotel "Europe", and in the museums of Saint-Petersburg. The flagship screening site will be organized from 7th till 10th of October at the address 47, Gorokhovaya street. It will imress the guests with a newly created magnificent interiors of the house of Severov. Traditionally, in the midst of the golden autumn, the "Defile on Neva" is gathering together those persons who is directly affecting the success of the promoting of the represented brands - hosted buyers, customers of the fashion houses and boutiques of designer clothing, fashion critics, photographers, fashion-experts. Irina Tantsurina, Lilly Kiselenko Stas Lopatkin, Tatiana Sulimina, Vladislav Aksenov, Tatiana Gordienko, Katja Anderzhanova, Pauline Raudson, Catherine Smolin, Beyonce Kurenbina, Julia Skrypnik, Mila Vasileva, Irina Degtyarev, Tanya Kotegova - these are the heroes of the 22nd project "Defile on the Neva", the heroes of our time.

The exhibition "Gallic spirit on the banks of the Neva River" is currently opened in the Parade halls of the Scientific Research Museum of the Russian Academy of Arts. The exhibition is devoted to the Year of France in Russia and Russia in France. Visitors will see here more than a hundred paintings, drawings, sculptures, prints, architectural drawings and models from the collections of the Museum and Research Library of the Russian Academy of Arts. It is based on the rich architectural collection of the museum - original drawings of the architects J. Thomas de Tomon and Auguste Montferrand. The exhibition also offers a painting by Antoine Watteau; drawings by Greuze and Bouchardonne, authors models of the sculptor Falkone - this and much more on display in the state rooms of the museum. A special and unusual part of the exhibition - the French fashion magazines for women from the very old times. The exhibition includes the highlited watercolor prints depicting the coaches, chairs, canopy beds and lamps in the Empire style. Not less interesting to the visitors of the exhibition will be the French photographs from the era of the invention of photography to the early twentieth century. For the first time in 170 years, the modern viewer will see the unique daguerreotypes made by J.L.M. Daguerre, who was one of the earliest experimentators of the photographiс art and technology.

• Saint-Petersburg, Scientific Research Museum of the Russian Academy of Arts
• Address: 17, Universitetskaya emb.
• The museum is open from 11.00 to 18.00, admission until 17.15
• Days off: Monday, Tuesday
• Nearest metro station: 'Gostiny Dvor'
• City transport: Trolley bus 10
• The exhibition is open until October 31, 2010

The Smolny Cathedral, fully named as the Cathedral of Resurrection of the Novodevichy Monastery, was built in the XVIII century by the project of the italian architect Bartolomeo Rastrelli. The cathedral is one of the most beautiful churches of Saint-Petersburg, it is a precious "jewel of the Russian baroque". It is seen even from a distance, looking to the sky, it is admired the unique easy elegant bell tower. Inside - there is a sea of light, flooding the space through the large windows. It took 87 years to build it completely. Founded in 1748 by the will of the Empress Elizabeth, Smolny Cathedral was finally completed on July 20, 1835. Later, by the order of russian Emperor Nicholas I, it was appointed to be the patron cathedral of all the educational institutions of Russia. Nowadays, the cathedral is turned to the concert and exhibition venue. Saint-Petersburg is celebrating the 175 anniversary of the opening of the Smolny Cathedral in 2010. On October 5th, you are welcome to the concert of classical music. The Orchestra of the State Hermitage and the Choir of the Smolny Cathedral will perform the "Requiem" of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and the Symphony №8 "Unfinished" by the Frantz Shubert, under the direction of the Honoured artist of Russia - Vladimir Begletsov.

• Saint-Petersburg, Concert and exhibition hall Smolny Cathedral
• Address: 1, Rastrelli square, Saint-Petersburg
• Concert starts at 19.00
• Ticket price: 700 rubles (~17,5 euros)
• Nearest metro station: 'Chernishevskaya'
• City transport: Buses 22, 46, 105; Trolley buses 5, 15

The personal exhibition of the Honored Artist of Russia, Nelly Petrova, is currently opened at the Gallery of Modern Art of the Porcelain, located at the Obukhovskoy Oboroni prospect 151, in the Museum of Porcelain of the Imperial Porcelain Factory. The exhibition is entitled "The Origins". The opening of the exhibition had coincided with the anniversary of the creative artist - the 35th anniversary of her work on the Imperial Porcelain Factory. The exhibition "Origins" is organized by the Imperial Porcelain Factory in conjunction with the State Hermitage Museum. During the years of work at the factory, the artist had formed her's own recognizable style, a circle of symbols and images, and a main theme. The works of Nelly Petrova are familiar and popular between the collectors and connoisseurs of the art of the porcelain. They are represented in the collections of the famous museums. The exhibition "Origins", will introduce all styles and creativity of Nelly Petrova: new forms and the personal "know-how" of the artist, that were used in the works of the artist and became a new word in the art of porcelain.

In Saint-Petersburg, the famous festival will be held in the city's largest restaurant-brewery Paulaner, located in the Hotel Park Inn Pulkovskaya. Guests may plunge into the atmosphere of the legendary Saint-Petersburg beer festival from 5th to 10th October 2010. The 200th anniversary of the German holiday in our city will be celebrated with it's usual breadth and beauty. Following the tradition of the holiday, an honorable duty to open the first keg at Oktoberfest in Saint-Petersburg is assigned to the Consul General of Germany - Mr. Schaller. The Chief Brewer of the restaurant "Paulaner" Michael Mueller had prepared a special festival brew by an ancient recipe of the Paulaner beer, and the Head Chef Andreas Gullit will offer the traditional Bavarian menu (the steak of minced meat with a warm potato salad, pork goulash with cabbage, home roll of stuffed cabbage with bacon and onion sauce, and, of course, the traditional warm apple strudel). An authentic ensemble of musicians is invited from Bavaria, to delight the guests each evening with folk music, and create an atmosphere of fun, friendship and joy.

The Saint-Petersburg city Government plans to introduce an alternative forms of transportation for the tourists in the city. As it was reported by the Russian Union of the Tourist Industry, there was established a special Agency of the Transport Infrastructure, which will manage all of helipads in Saint-Petersburg and will also operate several own helicopters. According to the Chairman of the Committee on Transit Transport Policies Nicholay Asaul, this service must become more affordable, predictable, and the breadth of use. Speaking of waterways, the Government of Saint-Petersburg points the attention on the possibility of transportation of more than half of cruise passengers by water transport to the main attractions of Saint-Petersburg. The city already have an opportunity to transfer the cruise tourists on the "Meteor" hydrofoils. Only 35 of such flights has been done so far in this year, but in the coming seasons, considering the repairs on some of the bridges in the centre of Saint-Petersburg, this number should increase. According to the words of Nikolay Asaul, the first running of the market innovations - the aquabuses had already showed a huge demand ofr this service. In addition to the already running routes to Kronstadt and Lomonosov, there are plans to introduce some new ones - across the whole length of the river Neva - from the Ribatskoe suburb to the city center, and also, to the city of Zelenogorsk (50km from Saint-Petersburg, Northern shore of the Gulf of Finland), and to the fortress Oreshek, which stands on an island in the place, where the Neva River emerges from Ladoga Lake.

An International Music Day was established on the October 1, 1975 by UNESCO. One of the initiators of establishing the International Day of music was the russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich. The holiday is celebrated annually around the world with large concert programs, featuring the best artists and art groups. The music, which was included in the treasury of world culture, sounds in concerts on that day. Music has an extraordinary power. There are few people in the world, that are indifferent to the music. Many composers have tried to express the state of their's soul through it. Their's descendants will always pronounce these great names gratefully. Music never gets old, it will live as long as there will be a man. The International Music Day will be celebrated in Saint-Petersburg in a special way. For the first time in the city history a Music tram will pass through the streets of the city. This project, unique in Russia, is implement by the Committee of Culture and Transport Committee of Saint-Petersburg. The Musical tram will start on Vasilevsky Island, from the 22 line. It is assumed that it would regularly come to streets of St. Petersburg. One of the main objectives of the Musical tram is to make good music available to residents of the city. So, in a retro-tram of the model MR-1, constructed in 1929, a String Ensemble will perform the masterpieces of the classical music, including music of Tchaikovsky, whose birthday is celebrated this year. The tram will drive slowly, and will also make several music stops. The city pedestrians will become the listeners of it's concerts.