Articles about Saratov
Saratov, Heat 2010
This year’s summer will never be forgotten. Saratov is not Moscow, and we are accustomed to hot summers.+30°C (86°F) during the summer time is quite normal here, and even higher temperatures are not unknown. The years like 1972, 1996 or 1998 were not quite like 2010, but also extremely hot. I was 6 months old in 1972, so all I know about it is what my mother told me, but I remember the other two quite well. And yet, when for three months in a row daytime temperatures never go below +27°C (81°F), and for a month and a half of that — below +34°C (93°F), and rains seem to avoid your place at all costs, it feels kinda over the top.
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Where to Get a Pizza in Saratov?
Obviously — in a pizzeria. There are a lot of them here, from cheap to high class with everything in between. All of them have pizza delivery services, if you prefer it this way. Three pizza chains — Tashir, Donna and Mia — represent the cheap ones. Here you can usually find a list of 15 to 20 different kinds of pizzas, but only three or four will be available. Personally, I prefer pizzas with seafood, but these are the hardest to catch in any pizzeria belonging to the chains mentioned above. That’s okay — I can eat nearly any pizza from their menu.
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Public Transportation in Saratov
Saratov is a large city (393 km2 or 151.7 sq mi, Wikipedia says) and a well populated one (873,055 according to the 2002 Census), which means public transportation is important here. The majority of people don’t have their own cars. Those who have are already causing significant traffic jams now and then, so, I think, it’s a good thing that the number of those cars doesn’t grow too quickly. We use public transportation: buses, small passenger vans, trolleybuses and trams. Saratov has no underground.
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Weather in Saratov
What is the weather like in Saratov? Well, the answer is easy. It’s hot in summer, cold in winter, rainy in autumn and slushy, but bright and refreshing, in spring. Trivial, you’ll say. Well, perhaps, but not to my friends from abroad who regularly ask me if they are going to be frozen if they come to visit me in Russia. Not in July, I usually answer.
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Last modified: 21.09.2010