This Minsk Designer Proves Paper Bags Are the Future of Fashion

Minsk-based brand Voodoo Workshop offers stylish and eco-friendly bags. With more and more UK shops removing plastic bags from their checkouts (касса), the handbags and totes we take out onto the high street are about to undergo a serious overhaul (обновление). Minsk-based brand Voodoo Workshop (http://voodoo.by/) offers stylish and eco-friendly bags for life that you…

Here are Parks to Offer Boat Trips

This summer, Moscow parks invite to enjoy boat trips on ponds and lakes. The cost of boats’ rent and the sharing stations’ opening hours are available on the parks’ official websites. Where to find row-boats (гребная лодка) and paddleboats (катамаран) sharing stations in Moscow parks:   — Tsaritsyno Museum Reserve, three boat stations — on…

Rammstein Concert

The sold out Rammstein’s Moscow concert, on July 29, 2019 will be moved from the VTB Arena to the bigger venue Luzhniki Stadium! Having started in Germany at the end of May, the tour also includes a visit to Russia where the band will perform first in Moscow on July 29 and then in St.…

Staying Hydrated Is a Smart Move

How much water should we be drinking? Health authorities commonly recommend eight 8-ounce glasses, which equals about 2 liters. This is called the 8×8 rule and is very easy to remember. But they acknowledge (уточнить) that nearly 20 percent of your day’s hydration is derived from food, which can be difficult to count.  The key…

Go Rooftop Glamping in Moscow

Seven tents will be available to rent on the rooftop of one of Moscow’s largest shopping malls for three weeks in July. The transformed space ⁠— which is usually part of the car park at Moscow’s Aviapark ⁠— will be kitted out (оборудован) with its own swimming pool and sun loungers, food truck, open air…

Vintage Flea Market in Sokolniki Park

Visit Sokolniki Park for a vintage flea market running every Saturday until the end of September on Pesochnaya Alley. Visitors will find a wide range of antique household and interior items, toys, jewelry, books, porcelain (фарфоровые изделия) and glass, souvenirs and gifts.   There is also the Alley of Artists located next to the flea…

Moscow to Host Dacha Tsaritsyno Festival

Dacha Tsaritsyno festival will take place in the Museum Reserve from July 12 to July 21. It will carry Moscow residents back to the entertainment events Tsaritsyno summer residents used to host (проводить) in the late 19th — early 20th century. During these 10 days, Tsaritsyno will offer theatrical performances, good music and dancing. That’s…

Frozen in Time

The Multimedia Art Museum, Moscow presents “Frozen in Time”, an exhibition by American photographer Diane Tuft. The exhibition includes photographs from both Antarctica and the Arctic. Tuft’s projects draw attention to the dramatic changes brought by global warming. To show the inexhaustible (неисчерпаемый) beauty and extreme vulnerability (уязвимость) of the most remote places in the…

Yoga Sessions in Gorky Park

Attend free training sessions in art therapy, hatha yoga and yoga for beginners in Gorky Park. The sessions will take place in open air on Mondays and Fridays 08:00 am till 09:30 am and 07:00 pm till 08:30 pm, on Saturdays 02:00 pm till 03:30 pm, and on Sundays 12:00 pm till 01:30 pm. Admission…

Flower Jam Festival Started in Moscow

Landscape designers from 11 countries have presented their projects. Flower Jam is held in Moscow for the third time. The main events are scheduled for August 23 through September 8. However, the festival started on June 20. Previously, the gardens created by the best landscape designers from all over the world used to decorate (украшать)…