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Welcome to ST PETERSBURG, RUSSIA
Being the capital of Russian Empire for 200 years, St. Petersburg has connected Russia and Europe during its history. Today the interests of world politics, business and culture meet on the banks of the Neva River. The city, often called as European gateway to Russia, is advantageously located at the sea routes and on land roads and has today a large number of direct flights to most major cities and capitals of the European countries and Scandinavia.
St. Petersburg, the city with great historical heritage and vibrant cultural life, offers a large variety of settings for meetings, conferences, seminars and events of every description. The Venice of the North and the Babylon of the Snows, St. Petersburg is the set of nowadays technology and rapid development mixed with Old Russian traditions. City’s historical venues and its European-Russian atmosphere is making it a very attractive destination in search of new venues for fast developing global conference & meeting industry.
St. Petersburg is today the second largest Russian metropolis with around 5 million inhabitants. The city fascinates its visitors with history, climate, channels and impressive architecture. According to latest surveys St. Petersburg ranks among 10 most attractive tourist destinations in the world. Today St. Petersburg is not only the cultural but also business center of Russia with wide range of international level conference venues, developed transport infrastructure and high-standard hotels. After having been asleep for almost 80 years, the city is currently undergoing great reforms and transformation. Numerous renowned universities and research institutes of the Russian Academy of Sciences represent the city’s great scientific potential. The scientific potential of St. Petersburg attracts every year many scientific congresses and conferences. The city offers good conference facilities and excellent future potential by its constant development. Among a large number of international an domestic conference hotels and modern congress venues the city of St. Petersburg has to offer a great choice of historical palaces, which are today ideally suited for conference venues, and which definitely add a special value and atmosphere to any conference.
For more information on conference venues, hotels and other services please contact Via Hansa PCO at pco@viahansa.com or visit the official portal of city St. Petersburg at http://eng.gov.spb.ru/culture
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