When you travel to a foreign country, there are several things that you may seek on your journey; most tourists want to have a great time and relax before they get back to their everyday life; there are also numerous tourists who want to learn about history, culture, and society of the place they are visiting, and there are people who want to do both on their travel. You can find multiple areas in any country from resort cities to historical places, each one of them will give you the satisfaction you’re seeking, so it depends on you as a traveler to find your way through the journey.
Russia has become one of the top tourist destination countries in recent years because they have spent a lot in the tourism industry for the last two decades to earn this recognition. If you want have a relaxing time during your travel to Russia, you can go to the resort city of Sochi, which is one of the best places for tourists to enjoy their vacation away from their home; if you want to learn about the Russia history, you can always visit Moscow, the capital of the country, and one of the ancient cities of Russia; then, you have St. Petersburg, which has everything for the third group who want to learn about the Russian history, culture, and also has great opportunities to offer to its visitor to have fun on their tour to Russia.
St. Petersburg is one of the historical cities of Russia with a rich culture, which gives a great perspective on the Russian society in the past and present. It also recognized as the capital of Russian art because of the number of art museums and cultural centers in the city and its suburban area. The best time to take a trip to St. Petersburg is anytime since it has loads of things to offer to its visitor in any time of the year, but if you want to have every perfect thing on your St. Petersburg tour, you should travel to Russia in the summer and visit St. Petersburg during the White Night Festival.
One of the largest festivals in eastern Europe is the St. Petersburg White Night Festival, which occurs in the summer. White Nights refer to a period that the sun will never fully set in the north of Arctic Circle, and countries in that religion celebrate this phenomenon in their ways, but St. Petersburg has taken the celebration to the whole another level.
If you don’t know what the White Night Festival is, we recommend you read our article about it; if you know what it is, but still require a guide to enjoy it on your travel to Russia, you can read our White Night Festival Guide, in which we have given our travelers a perspective of what they can do and what they should expect from the festival. Though it makes more sense to celebrate the White Night like a tourist, some tourists want to experience the festival like locals; that's the reason why we also gathered a guide to enjoying the festival like locals as well. Though there are no definite guides to celebrate white nights like locals, there are some things that locals often do during the White Night Festival.
This is not something that only locals do, but during the white night, especially as we get closer to the summer solstice, the streets of St. Petersburg get more crowded after midnight, that’s a perfect time for strolling carts to pop up all over the city; summertime is perfect for ice-cream trollies to sell the famous Russian ice-cream Morozhenoe, but after midnight you can find various types of street food, such as Pirozhki and Chebureki, which you can take as much as you want while you wander around the city.
One of the popular activities among locals and tourists is the rooftop sitting in the historical center of St. Petersburg. Some of the rooftops in the historical center of the city have been renovated to be suitable for people who want to sit and watch the sunset or sunrise of St. Petersburg with friends and families. These rooftops are also perfect date plans for romantic souls, and locals often use its atmosphere to create a romantic place for their partners. You can also use these spots on your travel to Russia to plan the perfect date on your trip to St. Petersburg.
Though walking and roaming around the city don’t look quite exciting, the streets of St. Petersburg are bright and crowded during the white nights, which means that you can wander around city until you find a perfect spot to wait for a while, eat something, enjoy the energic atmosphere of the city, and continue to roam in the St. Petersburg Streets. If you don’t like the idea of unplanned roaming, even though we highly recommend it for several reasons, you can follow some of the significant city walking paths such as Art Nouveau walking-route, in which you will discover the art nouveau buildings in the city.
During the white nights, almost all the bars, nightclubs, and discos of the city are open until the morning, so it’s the best time to wander in various bars to try new drinks and cocktails, or find an open-air public party and enjoy the energy of it until the morning.
The New Holland island is also a good place for locals and tourists to enjoy the family time under the sun of midnight. You can relax in a family-friendly atmosphere, watch a movie, let your children play in the playgrounds, and having an excellent picnic on your tour to Russia.
One of the shows that most locals have seen it at least once and we strongly recommend it to our tourists who travel to Russia is the Peterhof Show, which is an art performance by some of the top Russian artists who wear costumes as prominent Russian figures and re-create the significant events in the Russian history. Though Peterhof is outside the city and locates in the suburban area, if you have had enough time on your tour to Russia, go and see this fascinating performance.
These were some of the things that locals do during the White Nights Festival, and we at the Star Travel Company suggest our tourists mix this guide and White Night Festival Guide to have the perfect plans for their tour to Russia during the white nights. We recommend tourists visit our weblog to learn other interesting things that they can do on their Russia tour. You can also find several articles about the top Russia attractive places or best places to visit during your tour to Russia.
