How to survive quarantine: 68 useful services (lots of free!)

2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:44

If you are struggling to organize your life while isolating, this list will come in handy. Together with us, we have collected in it services that will help you spend time at home with comfort and benefit and not go crazy. Bookmark it and don't forget to share with those you care about - it's much better than a gift of buckwheat.

Food

In order not to starve during self-isolation, it is not necessary to go to supermarkets - it is better to order groceries at home. At the same time, you will practice creating culinary masterpieces.

Products

• … This service will help if the products are needed very urgently. They promise to bring food to Yandex. Lavka in 15 minutes or less. You can order anything from meat to ready-made meals. So far, the service works only in St. Petersburg, Moscow and the Moscow region.
• … Using this site, you can order products from Lenta, VkusVilla, Azbuka Vkusa, Ashan and METRO. Delivery works already in 44 cities throughout Russia, including all cities with a population of over one million, from Kaliningrad to Irkutsk. Products are delivered within a few hours.
• … Here you can buy everything that is in a regular supermarket: vegetables, fruits, cottage cheese, eggs, cereals, pasta, snacks and other products. You can add books, games, creative items and many more different goods to the order that will help make home gatherings more fun.
• … Everything is the same as with Ozon. Use if you run out of coffee, nuts, buckwheat or cat food.
• «». Another service for the delivery of food and other goods: toys, cosmetics, vitamins and even electronics.
• "Delicatesca" … A service that will bring you everything that cannot be bought in a convenience store: wild fish, exotic fruits, farm products, as well as products of Japanese, Mexican, Italian, Greek, French, Thai cuisines. Here, the accuracy of the delivery time is observed - this is often written about in reviews. You can use the services if you live in Moscow or the Moscow region. You can see if your area is included in the delivery zone on the website.
• "OK". On the store's website, you can order vegetables, fruits, frozen and other products from the assortment. Delivery is carried out only in St. Petersburg, Moscow and the Moscow region.

Food constructor

• … The service delivers ingredients to your home, from which you need to cook something yourself. The main principle of this designer: each dish should take no more than 15 minutes. Therefore, all products are brought prepared: peeled, chopped and pickled.
• … Constructor for those who love healthy lifestyles. The Grow Food algorithm selects your diet according to several criteria: lifestyle, current and desired weight, time for which you want to see the result. You may prefer a menu for losing weight, maintaining shape or gaining muscle mass. Dishes are delivered ready-made; they only need to be reheated if required.
• … Another food constructor for those who follow the figure. You need to choose one of three programs: "Weight Loss", "Sports and Balance" or "Chef's Choice". Then indicate the calorie intake and the number of days for which you need food. Dishes are also delivered ready-made. The service works only in Moscow.

Books

Self-isolation is the perfect opportunity to finally read some interesting book. It's time to subscribe to an electronic library or audiobooks.

• … Service for reading and listening to audiobooks. In the Bookmate archive you can find classics, science pop, bestsellers and novelties. There is literature in 14 languages. In books, you can take notes, highlight quotes, and bookmark. During the quarantine period, Bookmate opened up free access to its library for a month to all new readers.
• … On the Liters website and in the "Read!" and "Listen!" there is a discount of up to 50% on more than 800 electronic and audiobooks of the Eksmo-AST publishing group, from fiction to popular science and business literature. And the project "Liters: Library", with the help of which state public libraries can give out electronic and audio books to their visitors, allows to distantly give out books to readers for a period of 14 days. To do this, the user just needs to select the library, which is connected to the project on the map, and register in it in order to receive a “library card”.
• … An online nonfiction library for those who constantly find it difficult to find time to read. It contains not books, but their summari: a brief summary with the most important and useful information. No reasoning or long examples. Thanks to this, it takes no more than half an hour to master one book. There are now 510 summaries in SmartReading, which you can read or listen to. The service has launched the Antivirus tariff: you can use the library with it for free until April 20.
• MyBook. Gives free access to the standard catalog to users from all over the world using the STAYHOME promo code. The MyBook standard subscription catalog includes over 140,000 e-books in Russian, English and many other languages, including classics and bestsellers.
• … In the collection of the service there are thousands of audiobooks for every taste in Russian and English. In Storytel, you can choose the speed of the reader's speech, leave bookmarks so that you can easily find the right moment later, and use the "sleep timer" if you want to listen to books while lying in bed. And the service has opened free access to all its content to all new users for 30 days for new users.
• … Another site with audiobooks. Its library contains over 7,000 works, including audio performances. There is a trial excerpt for each audiobook in the service: if you like it, you can continue listening online or download the full version to your device.
• … If you can't think of what to read, take a look at the website of the Azbuka-Atticus publishing group. There you can find collections with interesting and fresh books and articles about famous writers.

Online cinemas

Films and TV series come out in a huge stream, it is usually impossible to watch everything interesting because of constant trips to the office. Quarantine - now is the time to fix it.

• … Online cinema with a large library of TV series from HBO, FOX, Showtime, Starz, BBC, ABC Studios, Sony Pictures. You can watch the show in professional Russian voice acting, in the original and with subtitles.
• … This service has 12 subscriptions: "Greatest Hits", "World Cinema", "Series" and others. You can arrange one of them or all at once in a single package. In addition to films and TV series, Okko has recordings of concerts and lectures. The service gives a free subscription to a 14-day quarantine.
• … A cinema with a large film library, which is replenished daily. In addition to movies and TV shows, you can watch some cable channels on IVI, such as Paramount Comedy and STS Love. For new users, this site has also prepared a 1 ruble subscription from March 16 to April 15.
• … A streaming service whose library includes original content, cult films and series. Exclusive Netflix projects receive nominations for prestigious awards, including Oscars and Golden Globes.
• Premier. During the quarantine, the channel opened free access to its content. Here you can watch the sensational series Call DiCaprio, House Arrest, Sect, and even the premiere Call Center, though only at the same time as on air.
• … An online service with which you can watch movies, TV series, sports broadcasts and television broadcasts.
• More.tv … Not only movies are available here, but also serials, including Soviet, cult TV shows, sports broadcasts and, of course, cartoons. The service gives 45 days of free subscription with the SIDIMDOMA promo code.
• … Until April 26, the campaign "#Beautiful House" is taking place here - you can watch movies, serials, TV and children's channels for free. To take advantage of the offer, download the Tricolor Cinema and TV application on your smartphone or Smart TV, register and log in with the Tricolor ID.

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Education

During self-isolation, you can tighten up a foreign language, listen to lectures on a topic of interest to you, or even master a new profession.

Lectures

• … A service with podcasts and lectures on various topics from scientists, university professors and other experts. The recordings can be listened to online or downloaded to your phone.
• … Short speeches (10–20 minutes on average) from experts in science and art, businessmen and other interesting personalities. At TED, you can learn how the economic crisis occurs, understand the references in Shakespeare's work, and learn how to speak in a way that will be listened to.
• "Lecture hall". Lectures and courses in IT, mathematics, physics, business and other areas.
• "PostNauka". Dozens of lectures on various topics - from the war of bacteria to Roman law.
• "Direct speech". Access to lectures by Tatiana Chernigovskaya, Ilya Kolmanovsky, Anastasia Chetvirikova, Dmitry Bykov and Lyudmila Petranovskaya is temporarily opened. You can learn a lot about books, art and yourself.

Foreign languages

• … English lessons from professional teachers. SkyEng allows you to choose a Russian-speaking teacher or a native speaker. You can study from a computer or smartphone. If you are a new user, then using the STAYHOME2000 promo code you will receive a discount of 2000 rubles for any package.
• … A service where you can learn English by chatting with foreign teachers. You choose the interlocutor-tutor yourself depending on the purpose of the lesson - for example, just to improve the spoken language or prepare for the TOEFL exam.
• … An application with which you can learn many languages. If so far you can only speak Russian well, start learning English, French, German, Spanish. And if you want something a little more unusual, learn Swedish, Japanese, Portuguese or even Valyrian - one of the languages from the TV series "Game of Thrones".

Online education

• … Online courses that allow you to master relevant digital professions (for example, SEO specialist, game designer, software tester, marketing analyst). During the quarantine period, all mini-courses became free.
• … An online education service where you can take training courses from universities from around the world. And then also get a certificate or diploma.
• SPbSU. A huge number of courses in social, exact, natural and human sciences.
• Stepik … Many courses on the basics of programming, foreign languages and other areas.
• Yandex. Practicum … A training portal for analysts, designers, and other digital professionals.
• Foxford … Online platform for schoolchildren in grades 1-11.
• (Skyeng school direction). A great guide to free distance learning for kids and teens during quarantine, including over 20 free resources for students, teachers, and parents. With the NOPANIC promo code, you can get 3 lessons of English or mathematics as a gift at the first payment.

Culture

Visit a museum, theater or art gallery during quarantine? As easy as pie. Choose where you want to take your virtual tour today.

Museums

• hermitage Museum … In addition to Apple's recent five-hour film tour, the museum complex has a lot to see.
• Tretyakov Gallery … One of the largest museums of Russian art.
• Louvre Online Tours … Virtual tours of the world's most popular art museum.
• Museo del prado … National Museum with over 11 thousand works of European art.
• Musei vaticani … Exhibitions of the Vatican Museum and the Sistine Chapel.
• The Metropolitan Museum of Art … One of the largest art museums in the world, located in New York.

Theaters

• Vienna Opera … Free broadcasts for the quarantine period.
• The Bolshoi Theatre … Broadcasts of ballets. For example, March 29 will be "Romeo and Juliet" by Prokofiev.
• broadcasts his concerts on his website, in a group and in. You can hear the works of Mozart, Tchaikovsky, Schubert, Gershwin, Khachaturian, Debussy.
• St. Petersburg Academic Philharmonic named after D. D. Shostakovich leads the Vkontakte group, where he talks about the life of composers, publishes archival photographs and makes useful selections for those who love music. And in the archives of the Philharmonic, there are videos of 121 concerts, which were collected over three years.

Zoos and aquariums

• Smithsonian National Zoo offers a live view of how people live elephants, lions and giant pandas.
• At Houston Zoo you can see giraffes, rhinos and chimpanzee … The broadcast time is from 16:00 to 4:00 Moscow time.
• Monterey Bay Oceanarium organizes live broadcast from coral reef, from sea otter basin and with expositions on the high seas … The broadcast from the coral reef can be watched from 7:30 to 15:00 Moscow time, and it is proposed to watch sea otters and the open sea from 5:00 to 17:00 Moscow time.

Sport

Sport not only improves mood, but also strengthens the immune system. A short workout will help you cheer up during your workday. In addition, it is much more convenient to conduct it at home than in the office.

• … A mobile application in which you can choose a sports program according to the level of difficulty for 4-6 weeks. Plus Nike Training Club helps you keep track of your progress so you don't miss classes.
• Seven … An application with workouts lasting only 7 minutes and without the use of sports equipment. You need to choose the level of physical fitness and the purpose of the training - the application will recommend the ideal program. Available for Android and iOS.
• "#FrenzyDrying" … A fitness game, participating in which, you can not only get in shape, but also get a cash prize. The experts of the project help to train correctly, calculate the norm of KBZhU, and adjust the diet.
• #Sekta … Online School of Healthy Eating and Exercise. #Sekta has several programs for different fitness levels and training goals. You can choose group training or work with a personal trainer.
• World class … The network of Moscow fitness clubs was closed during the quarantine period, but decided not to leave their clients without sports. Club coaches conduct classes live c. You can follow the schedule in the profile highlights.

Trips

It turns out that even sitting at home you can travel the world. Do you want to change the picture? One click and you are at the Eiffel Tower. Or somewhere else.

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• Near Niagara Falls.
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• On beach on the island of Aruba.
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• Look at the Earth from the side ISS.

Miscellaneous

A few more useful links to help you survive self-isolation.

• … Delivery service for documents, small parcels or flowers. Useful if you urgently need to convey something to a colleague or congratulate a relative on his birthday. Delivery is carried out in a contactless way.
• Ambient Mixer. Soundtrack for productive work. You can choose from the noise of the rain or the ocean, the roar of the engine, or the sounds that can be heard if you hide under the door of Sherlock Holmes.
• Enterclass. Drawing lessons for artists of all skill levels.
• Paper Toilet. A meditative service for everyone who hasn't had time to buy toilet paper. Unwind to health.

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