NUITS BLANCHES

With 18 hours of daylight and 6 hours of clear night, the Sleepless Night (Beliye Notchi) is the best time to visit St. Petersburg. During this festive revival of some 60 days, nothing seems to separate day from night and the city suddenly comes alive with exhilarating joy. Liteiniy Prospekt Street with its underground bars is filled at all hours with a crowd of beer-drinking revellers, while Rubinshteyna Street with its twenty or so restaurants resounds.