Art galleries exhibition spaces foundations and cultural centers Saint-Petersburg (Санкт-Петербург)

St. Petersburg the pompous one with its palaces in spades and its fallen dreams of triumphant aristocracy has made its moult. This is what the Loft-Project Etazhi artistic and commercial space tends to prove. Within the walls of a former bread factory, five storeys of exhibition halls, shops, restaurants, terraces, bookshops, bars have been set up under the beams and rivets. It is one of the first experiments and large-scale project of reinterpretation of a disused industrial site in the city and it is doing well. More than a centre, Loft-Project Etazhi is a ship, a wreck that has been stranded, found and rebuilt by volunteers dreaming of a new way of life combining pleasure, creation and conviviality. Then this trendy Kon-Tiki is put back in the water and seems to sail above the tumult of the Ligovsky prospekt and the Moscow train station. Loft opens the doors of its roof to visitors every day. Beautifully furnished and 100% secure, this space with spectacular views is perfect for photo shoots and dates. Life seems to generate itself in this beehive with a youthful atmosphere that never sleeps and where you hurtle down the stairs in search of new sensations.