Something I remembered how from time to time from colleagues, business partners from other cities... but still have memories from childhood about what a distorted view some people have about my home town. And how do they know the truth, if, as a rule, we hear about these or other cities, but in the news and only the most inquisitive minds climb to the web to expand their knowledge about a particular city.
I sat and thought and realized that a lot of us bloggers, and we live in different cities and countries, and no one will speak about his city better than we. So I decided to tell you about his native Murmansk, and simultaneously give a geographic those who read the baton and the cities that would like to know more. :-).
And so begin.
The truth about Murmansk.
Let me begin, however, not to Murmansk, a city with Cola, where I was born, and in fact. Cole at the moment is actually a suburb of Murmansk, but it is remarkable by two facts.
Cola - a very old city.
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The name of this city, and the same river was named a peninsula, t. e. Kola Peninsula. :-).
There is a bike that to replenish the regional treasury, we only need to rename the ...
A bit boring statistics.
Murmansk was founded in 1916 and the beginning was called Romanov- on-Murman.
Murmansk is populated slightly more than 300 thousand people and the people all the time is reduced. People of retirement age and other heat-loving humans are moving slowly in the more southern regions, as there usually are serving military. The start was just the opposite, someone volunteered for the big earnings came to us on the north and settled here, someone brought forcibly (military ), probably why we have many people with roots from other regions of Russia, for example, Vologda and . By the way, that we really have in common in Peter is the large number of fans of FC ...
One of the first misconceptions about Murmansk, which I remember from my childhood is: in the presence of polar bears and a harsh climate.
I'll start with the bears. As far as I know, polar bears, and on the Kola Peninsula in Murmansk, the more there is, if present, it is only in the form of monuments. But Brown himself met (though only on the way to the Finnish border ).
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The climate is certainly not have sugar, but such cold, as in Siberia, there is no. The most severe frost, which I remember - it's like minus 38 in 1998. Usually frosts of minus 15-20, but it does not bother.
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The most lousy in Murmansk - a short summer. Back in early June you can see here and there on the hills of snow. All garden - digging work, the dissolution of leaves and other greens as well start at the end of May - June.
But the lousy - is that if you take the cold weather during the summer, then in the middle lane it will be 15-18 degrees, in the Murmansk 08.10. Here is a lousy summer. :-).
For that kind of weather and climatic conditions, we can officially summer vacation 52 days in a row.
But there in the summer and good times ( at least for me) - is the polar day. Petersburgers for this phenomenon have come up with their brand - White night, but we do not simply white night... they are the sun! . See. :-).
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The beauty of a summer day around the clock, followed by winter depressive polar night, when we are in for a long time not seeing the sun at all, and m. to. then begins blizzard in February, the mood does not add a pogodka. But winter has its charms.
First - it is skiing, snowboarding and other extreme. The Kola Peninsula has sopchaty relief (such as Vladivostok or they like us), as well as the mountains. In this regard, only within the boundaries of Murmansk, we have three ski slope. KrasooOta. :-).
And after 200 miles. Kirovsk ( Apatity area ) are the real ski resort which attracts ekstrimalschiki from different cities of Russia.
The second attraction of the Murmansk winter - it's certainly the northern ( aurora borealis ). This you can not see almost anywhere!.
Murmansk is located along the Kola Bay, thus stretched out in his area.
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Through the Kola Bay built the largest in the world above the Arctic Circle Drive.
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In the city is the commercial and fishing port, so that from his window in the center of town I watch regularly, for example, icebreakers. (Photo of last summer ).
Once the Murmansk fishing was the capital of Russia. Even given a bribe Murmansk fish products. Now, IMHO there is no point t. to. Fish have mainly Norwegian... where our sailors and rent it for the currency. Only in recent years, the situation began to improve, but return to the status of this fish is far from the city.
Sea to Murmansk, as is commonly assumed by many, there is no. There Kola Bay, which displays in the Barents Sea. I'm in the Barents Sea had still not seen, but plan to go camping on the coast and to celebrate this sea, and even in the White Sea, but it is in Kandalaksha.
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From Murmansk, only 200 kilometers are located with a small border with Finland and Norway ( Lott and Kirkenes ). Visa is not a specific problem, so many go there to relax or to buy stuff on mega sales.
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Just the way through Finland, many consider the most relevant for transportation to St. Petersburg and other, more southern cities m. to. quality of the road Murmansk - St. Petersburg, to put it mildly, leaves much to be desired (and I can tell you on his last trip to the. Festival ... ) To blame Kareltsy. It is their part of the route is the worst.
At present, all. You can still read my post about. features of the advertising market in Murmansk. , But the city itself, I will continue the next time.
Now pass the baton georgaficheskuyu:.
Eugene (. MarketingScout. ) From Perm. I have about this town do not know anything, and I hope he will tell you about the features of the city in his own. marketing blog.
Dimitri from Kaliningrad (aka MasterX). Not so long ago Kaliningrad was part of another state. Now it is the only city in Russia, geographically separated from the rest of the country. It lives as good a man as Eugene Grishkovec and other famous bloggers. :-) And in the end to Kaliningrad as well as in Russia's Murmansk fly aviadiskaunter SkyExpress, which means the possibility of inexpensive fractures from Murmansk to Kaliningrad.
and. Alex from Riga. I really liked Riga, and Alex was a great conversationalist. I look forward to when he will recommend, what else is worth a look in his city, except for the Old Town. And just as the transition from the Soviet Union took place in Europe and today's reality of this wonderful city.
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