Blog about Urals

If you decided to go to Yekaterinburg, information about annual events of the city can help you to choose when to go or what to do. Here are the events i remember.

December – January: Ice Town opens
when: 29th of December or earlier, where: the square of 1905 year (Ploshchad 1905 goda)

January: Epiphany with swimming in ice hole – extremely popular activity for brave people
when: 19th of January, where: city lake Shartash

February: Shrovetide with street festivities
when: 13th and 14th of February, where: Central park of culture and rest (CPKIO Park)

May: the Military Parade of World War II
when: 9th of May, where: the square of 1905 year (Ploshchad 1905 goda)

May: Museums’ night – all main museums open at night and several city shows are available
when: 16th of May (but date may vary each year), where: in the city centre (the square of 1905 year), in most of museums

May: “May walking” – all fans of cycling and walking moves over several routes (26km, 46km)
when: day may vary, where: starting point may vary

July: Tsarist days – thousands of pilgrims come to Yekaterinburg to follow the last way of last russian emperor
when: 16th of July, where: the way starts at Shartash railway station

August: City birthday
when: 18th of August, where: all over the city, mainly in its center – the square of 1905 year

September: Day of Knowledge, children wearing smart clothes go to school with flowers for their teachers
when: 1st of September, where: everywhere in Yekaterinburg and Russia

November: skiing resorts of Urals open
when: after snowfalls, where: near Yekaterinburg (in 40km) there are Pilnaya mount, Teplaya mount and Volchiha mount, and two beautiful resorts are Ezhovaya and Belaya (in 100-150 km)

Probably there are also interesting ones I haven’t mentioned.
P.S. Other months are good for visiting too, for example on March a spring begins, and on October nature is the most beautiful cause it’s gold autumn.

May walking

May walking, checkpoint