St Petersburg Russia

This looks really nice. For the city of St. Petersburg the Russian office Vitruvius & Sons designed a building called ‘Shtrikh Kod’: Barcode. As the iconography suggests the building houses… shops, shops and shops.This barcode- building called ‘Shtrikh Kod’ is a visually interesting shopping center in St. Petersburg, designed by architects Vitruvius and Sons. Built in a large center next to the Volodarsky Bridge with gray public housing all around, the bright red barcode- building really livens up the place. The centre is located in a soviet residential area on the bank of the Neva River. The architects liven up this space by introducing ... Read Full Story

Hello, On my second cup of coffee today I was thinking of the controversial and beautiful new architect designs that are being submitted for the Gazprom City, to be built soon. The reason so controversial has to do with the fact that this a long range plan by Putin, St. Petersburg is Putin's Home city. This has some St. Petersburg residence in an uproar, they seem to think that their city is the most beautiful in the world now, mainly due to old world charm. The addition of this new Gazprom City, would take away from the true beauty of St. Petersburg. "Gazprom City: ... Read Full Story

If you don't know how to spend your weekend I recommend you to go to St.Petersburg (Russia) - one of the most beautiful cities in the world ! And that is not very far - modern planes fly fast! You still have doubts? Then watch just a beautiful full length video excursion to St. Petersburg ! Watch others excellent videos about St.Petersburg: Russan Video shows St. Petersburg . Russian Video from Russia Svet and Kyle comments always welcome. Read Full Story

The first Russian Project 22350 frigate being built at a shipyard in St. Petersburg will be launched in 2011, a Russian deputy prime minister said on Thursday. The St. Petersburg-based Severnaya Verf shipyard started building the Admiral Sergei Gorshkov frigate in February 2006. According to military sources, Russia's Navy intends to procure up to 20 such vessels. "As we agreed today, the frigate must be floated out in 2011," Sergei Ivanov told a meeting of Russia's Military-Industrial Commission. Read more Read Full Story

We're cruisin' with Sniders! It will be a tour of the Baltic for 10 days on the Crown Princess. We have picked out our shore excursions, and here is our schedule! May 20 Depart COPENHAGEN (Denmark) May 21 AT SEA May 22 WATERWAYS OF STOCKHOLM (Sweden) STOCKHOLM May 23 HELSINKI CITY HIGHLIGHTS HELSINKI (Finland) May 24-25 HERMITAGE MUSEUM -DAY 1 ST PETERSBURG (Russia) EZ ST PETERSBURG -DAY 2 ST PETERSBURG May 26 EZ TALLINN (Estonia) TALLINN May 27 AT SEA May 28 EZ GDANSK (Poland) GDYNIA May 29 INTRODUCTION TO OSLO (Norway) OSLO May 30 Disembark COPENHAGEN (Denmark) Read Full Story