Every summer in Saint-Petersburg, it is day…all night. This is the famous phenomenon of the white nights, which take place from June 11 to July 2, ie during the period of the summer solstice. A period marked for several centuries by festivities and various activities.

The sleepless nights Saint PETERSBOURG are a real phenomenon. Around the summer solstice, the sun sinks below the horizon so rapidly that dusk almost immediately turns into morning. This polar day, or midnight Sun, as it is sometimes called, occurs in several northern towns. But it is in Saint Petersburg that the magic works the most.

Celebrated since the founding of the city by Peter the Great in 1703, the white nights, which therefore last 2 to 3 weeks, are the subject of multiple events. Thus, exhibitions, concerts, festivals are organized there, such as the White Nights festival, a jazz festival “Swing of White Night”, “the stars of the white nights”, music and theater festival… and many others. still others.

Probably the most famous event is the Scarlet Sails event, which sees a frigate, fitted with scarlet sails, sail down the Neva, complete with fireworks, concerts and ballets and the city’s Symphony Orchestra. You can also watch the lifting of bridges over the Neva.