A winter holiday in Russia will give you a completely different perspective of the country. A Russian winter tour in Moscow and St Petersburg will take you on enchanting wanders down snow-covered cobbled streets, and through squares and parks lit up in celebration of Christmas and New Years.Beyond the city, explore breathtaking frozen lakes, mesmerising ice caves, winter sports, ski resorts and even the chance to see the Aurora Borealis on a Russian Northern Lights tour. Of course, Murmansk is an amazing place to spend winter vacation, but don’t forget that it is the most northern city of Russia, so the winter here is quite cold! Siberian people say: “There is no cold weather – there are bad clothes”! So no need to afraid of Russian winter, you just need to be equipped good enough! That is why you need to check the list of required clothes and equipment for Murmansk tour if you want to have really good fun and not to get flu. Here is the list:

• Good warm winter coat / jacket with hood. And it is preferable to have it wind- and waterproof.
• THE MOST IMPORTANT – good winter shoes. It is better to have boots on thick platform and with high top not to get any snow inside of your shoes!
•  Several pairs of warm winter socks (woollen socks are even better)
• Warm woollen cap / hat and scarf. It is good to have balaclava as well. As for gloves, you can have them woollen also, but waterproof are better if you want to play snowballs or make a snowman.
• Warm trousers (skiing trousers are very good). Of course if you don’t have skiing trousers, you can use regular jeans, but they should have enough of free space to put on thermal underwear together with jeans.
• Full set of thermal inner-wear (both upper and lower)
• Warm jumpers and sweaters (Fleece/woollen if possible.
• Swimming trunks, swimming suites and slippers if you want to visit Russian Banya.
• It’s good to have special chemical warmers and chemical heating insoles.
• Photo camera with tripod to make good photos of Northern Lights and video camera if you want to make a movie of adventure as we do during our tours.
• Extra batteries for your phone, photo and video camera, because all batteries drain out quite fast when they are in the cold snowy weather.
• Personal first aid kit with medicaments for colds and fever, headache, stomach-ache, etc. as well as individual drugs, if you need to take them on regular basis.