by Beatrice Grundheber and Larissa Mass Saint Petersburg is one of the most beautiful cities in Europe; just a few hours by plane from many European cities, but underrated and still unknown to many. Russia’s beautiful northern city is home to magnificent palaces, golden rooftops, and an impressive history, but above all, a lively scene of young and thriving creative people. I loved St. Petersburg when I lived there ten years ago, and I was thrilled to rediscover my favorite…
Luba Kemenova is the founder and owner of ostPost in Berlin-Mitte. ostPost is a café, bookstore, and event space with “an Eastern European touch,” as Luba calls it. The Russian-born entrepreneur followed her dream…
A born Leningrader, Vladislav Overchuk grew up in the typical outskirts of Saint-Petersburg, which he defines as ‘a pretty asocial neighbourhood’. Easily got accepted to the Saint-Petersburg State University for German studies and on…
Berlinograd and Vater Bar in Berlin are joining forces once again and proudly present Berlinograd Shashlik II at Vater Bar Neukölln on Sunday, August 19th from 1:00 pm to 7:00 pm. Delicious Russian Shashlik will be…
Fête de la Musique is a much loved annual Berlin event that marks the beginning of summer on June 21st with free music performances of every style imaginable across the German capital. More than…
We loved every single second of Red Square Festival last weekend! T H A N K. Y O U to the amazing and ambitious team of Red Square Festival for a very magical…
Carina Spreitzer grew up in the Austrian alps and speaks Russian fluently. We talked to the passionate Slavophile about her work for a Russian-German NGO, why you should try Pelmeni cooking at Red Square Festival…
Red Square Festival, happening on May 12, 2018 at Kulturfabrik Moabit has lofty goals. It aims to bring together music, art and civic initiatives into one multidisciplinary celebration. The main headliner is the notorious…
Olga Vaulina is a PR publicist and an ambassador for zagran.me, an international community of Russian female professionals living abroad. We met Olga in Schöneberg-Friedenau, sat down for some coffee and asked her a couple…
Passionate, young and different are the chanson covers by the singer, dancer and actor Vladimir Korneev. Among great French classics and new Russian romances, he presents for the first time self-composed songs in German…