December 23 – January 7
This year, the Bazaar will move to a new location in the picturesque inner courtyard of the Bottle. There visitors can browse the selection of gifts offered at the 14 different kiosks gathered around an
During the days of the New Year’s Bazaar, the Pavilion will once again host Santa’s Little Helpers Workshop, organized by P.T.H. Creative Manufacture. Here children ages 6 years and up, under the guidance of Father Frost’s most experienced workers, will learn how to make calendars, holiday ornaments, and board games. Participation in the Workshop is free of charge.
To mark the opening day of the New Year’s Bazaar, the Mosbrass street orchestra will perform in the courtyard of the Bottle. Like last year, December 31, there will be two showings of a traditional staging of the classic holiday ballet, The Nutcracker, as performed by the Royal Ballet at London’s Royal Opera House. The ballet will be broadcast on the big screen, once from 3:30 pm until 6:00 pm, and again from 6:30 pm until 9 pm.
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New Year Bazaar
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December 31 from 11:00 am until 7:00 pm
January 1 from 12:00 pm until 9:00 pm
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Holiday Tree Market
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December 31 from 11:00 am until 7:00 pm
Santa’s Little Helpers
Daily from 12:00 pm until 7:00 pm
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The Ptenci Market offers children’s toys made from natural materials, New Year’s decorations for children’s rooms, ceramics and a selection of other gifts.
At COREYAGI, one can find designer wooden brooches from beech detailed with eco-friendly enamel, postcards and stickers.
DLT is the oldest department store in Petersburg, offering the best selection of clothing, shoes, accessories, perfumes and cosmetics for the whole family. At New Holland, DLT will present holiday tree ornaments handmade by European masters, as well as New Year’s decorations for the home, souvenirs and dishes.
The project Banochki (“Jars”) has whipped up some tasty treats, including signature jams, sauces and jellies, nut butters, chocolate spreads, and salted caramel.
Anton’s Right Here, the first center in Russia for fostering creativity, education and social rehabilitation of adults with autism, joins forces with the AdVita Foundation to offer souvenirs, handmade by the center’s students and residents. All funds from the sales of these souvenirs will go to charity.
Czechsky Trdelnik is a traditional Czech pastry where dough is wrapped around a cylindrical spit, sprinkled with sugar and toppings, and then baked in a special oven.
The team at Los Churros will warm your bellies with a traditional Spanish dessert: golden fingers from fried dough, decadently covered in sauces.
At Friend Function, shoppers can choose from hats, Nepalese scarves, mittens, fanny packs, retro consoles, wind-up dinosaurs, harmonicas, and other quirky gifts.
The source for Scandinavian style interior décor, Furu will bring select items from its New Year’s collections, including kitchen towels with forest motifs, holiday posters and garlands for the interior, cosmetics, or pillows from linen and cotton, featuring watercolor prints.
The Garage Museum of Contemporary Art Bookstore boasts a wide variety of books for children and adults alike. Titles include both its own publications, and the latest from Garage’s collaborative series with Ad Marginem. The bookstore also features souvenirs and gifts to suit any taste: from unusual lamps, homemade candles, to warm scarves and hats, to notebooks and mirrors.
Morozko is known for its collection of Russian culture and miniature traditions. Here one can find Pavloposadsky scarves, matroshki, traditional ginger cookies with homemade jam filling, and designer New Year’s cards and stamps.
The Petersburg-based brand, Snegiri will feature valenki, a traditional Russian boot, made from natural felt, but with a comfortable rubber sole. To adapt this country staple for the city, the valenki are available in bright colors and in a special, shorter version to suit urban life.
The flowershop Zelenogorsk gathers together winter wreaths and bouquets of spruce and dried flowers, as well as a whole array of New Year’s decorations, from tiny holiday trees in craft paper, garlands and tree ornaments, to candles and candlesticks, to gift boxes with honey, mittens and valenki.
The New Year’s tree market, ElokMnogo (“So Many Trees”) will offer puffy Fraser firs and Danish spruce, as well as live potted trees, the very best from the Leningrad Oblast. Trees are available for immediate pick-up, or shoppers can arrange for home delivery.
