Social events

Icebreaker
Monday, 3 September

An excursion (a boat trip) along St.Petersburg rivers and canals followed by a dinner
Wednesday, 5 September

Extra-excursions

Peterhof  (http://en.peterhofmuseum.ru) -the famous park with fountains and the Grand Peterhof Palace.
A self-paid excursion.
9:30am - 5:00pm, incl. lunch
The excursions will be organized
on Sunday, 2 September;
on Friday, 7 September;
and on Saturday, 8 September.
The buses will depart from the Сity Hotel Oktiabrskaya at 9:30.
We plan to visit the Grand Peterhof Palace (https://en.peterhofmuseum.ru/objects/peterhof/bolshoy_petergofskiy_dvorets) and the Lower Park (https://en.peterhofmuseum.ru/objects/peterhof/nizhniy_park). The price (approx. 35 Euro) includes a guided tour, transfer to Peterhof and back, and a lunch in a local restaurant after visiting the museum. The final price per person depends on the group size.

The State Russian Museum (http://en.rusmuseum.ru/about/) 
You need to pay only for the entrance tickets. 
Sunday, 2 September; 4pm-6pm  (price for the entrance tickets is 450 rub/6-7 Euro)
Michael Tsyrulnikov invites you to the Russian Museum, the world’s largest collection of Russian art. Michael will be waiting for you at the hotel's lobby at 3:30pm.

Bridge raising
Free
Night from Sunday, 2 September to Monday, 3 September; 0:30-2:00am
The silhouette of the raising Palace Bridge is a famous landmark of the city. There are more than 400 bridges in the city that is why Sankt Petersburg is called the Northern Venice. We will see some of them during the boat trip through the channels on Wednesday.
If you want to see bridge raising we invite you for a  walk on Sunday late at night. The bridge raising starts at 1:10 a.m. with The Palace Bridge raising first (the next are Troitsky (Trinity) Bridge at 1:20 a.m., Blagoveschensky (Annunciation) Bridge at 1:25 a.m., Liteyny (Foundry) Bridge at 1:40 a.m. and so on).
You can find the information about the Sankt Petersburg bridges at https://en.mostotrest-spb.ru/bridges.
Marina Shatunova will be pleased to accompany you.

The Hermitage museum (http://hermitage--www.hermitagemuseum.org/wps/portal/hermitage/visitus?lng=en)
The largest collection of paintings in the world according to Wikipedia.
Thursday (6 September) afternoon (the exact time will be announced later). The entrance to the museum on the first Thursday each month is free of charge. Michael Tsyrulnikov will be happy to come along with you.


The exact start time of the excursions and the meeting points will be specified later (a few days before the event).