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Moscow, Russia
5 customs and traditions in Moscow — what they are, and how to take part without causing offence.
Steam, birch venik branches and a cold plunge, in a sequence with its own etiquette.
The Bolshoi and a dense theatre culture, with tickets far cheaper than western equivalents.
Butter week before Lent, with blini eaten in quantity and an effigy burned.
Summer weekends at a country cottage, and the city genuinely empties.
Strong tea diluted from a concentrate, taken with jam rather than milk.
