Although the Russian capital moved to Moscow after the Revolution, the city remains the principal artistic and cultural centre of the country. St Petersburg is the birthplace of Russian ballet and performances by the Kirov Ballet, rivalling the Bolshoi ballet in Moscow, are shown in the historic Mariinsky Theatre. The magnificent green and white Winter Palace forms part of the Hermitage Museum, one of the world's greatest art galleries, and the city's foremost attraction.
St Petersburg has an elegance reminiscent of cities like Paris, Berlin and Amsterdam, but is at the same time too Russian to be European, and beguiles with a captivating charm of its own... More from the St Petersburg Travel Guide
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and relationship to all natural things attracts many curious
visitors from all over the world. With a number of events taking
place across the three... read more
Thanksgiving (originally a harvest festival) is celebrated
across the United States as families get together and feast on
huge helpings of roast turkey. Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade is
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due to the heat and humidity the runners have to endure. No record
times here unfortunately, but it still attracts... read more
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at the end of each year, and is on a par with the Cannes, Berlin,
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