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Re: Kaliningrad & Curonian Spit / Kurshskaya Kosa

by dbeckett 17 April 2012

Hi We're planning on spending a week in the Kaliningrad region - the day trip was just to the Curonian Spit. We hold British passports…
RE: Countries you've seen without being in

by brodie_bruce 08 February 2012

Erm, all I can think of are a couple of stopovers in Copenhagen where I never left the airport and I've seen the bit of Russia (apparently…
RE: Russian transit visa

by Spoerle 24 January 2012

What a nonsens to ask for a transit visa when travelling from Lituania to Poland via Kaliningrad. Ask a Visa service for a fake voucher…
Re: Kaliningrad by car - using another person's vehicle

by loisachthaler 02 September 2011

just to keep this post useful: Kaliningrad with my employer's vehicle was not a problem. We crossed from Poland at Bagrationovsk. Very…
RE: Entering Belarus by car

by eurozhongguo 16 March 2011

Sorry for my late reply, but I have just realised that you aksed me a question. My insurers are LV. They will insure most countries on…
Kaliningrad by car - using another person's vehicle

by loisachthaler 04 March 2011

We will do the big roundtrip around the Baltic Sea this summer. That of course entails the crossing of _*Kaliningrad Oblast.*_ Thus we…
RE: St Petersburg to Warsaw: Belarus transit visa

by Desertfox 04 January 2011

Kaliningrad Region is another one of those Stalin oddities. It's not a problem for tourists, but for the locals who are now completely…
Re: Kaliningrad Oblast: Access to Baltiysk and Vistula Spit?

by Spoerle 27 July 2008

If it is a Nehrung you want to visit: forged the Russian Weichselnehrung. You will not get a permit. And, what do you expect form that…
RE: Kaliningrad Oblast: Access to Baltiysk and Vistula Spit?

by henryk 21 July 2008

The Kalingrad ferry was temporarily suspended last year. http://www.zegluga.gda.pl/?str=kaliningrad
RE: Kaliningrad Oblast: Access to Baltiysk and Vistula Spit?

by sihi 20 July 2008

Hi! From Kaliningrad you can get to Poland by ferry. There is regular connection.
RE: Kaliningrad Oblast: Access to Baltiysk and Vistula Spit?

by everbrite 20 July 2008

I am pretty sure that you still need a permit and guided tour to visit Baltiysk. You might try contacting a Kaliningrad based travel agency.…
Kaliningrad Oblast: Access to Baltiysk and Vistula Spit?

by Railfan_Till 20 July 2008

Hello, I am going to visit the Baltics and Kaliningrad in two weeks and would also like to visit Baltiysk (former Gernam Pillau) and…
RE: Choosing a route

by MartinLunnon 16 July 2008

I personally think there's slightly more to see in the Hungary-Romania-Ukraine circuit than the more northly one. The countryside is more…
RE: russian visas and the eurovision

by mattoni 26 May 2008

#1: >The introduction of the 72 hour visa on arrival for the Kaliningrad Oblast is an example (tho' before lots of TTers dash off to…
Re: russian visas and the eurovision

by NSCGardner 26 May 2008

That's a very interesting question. I was in Russia on Saturday evening when Russia came in with top spot in Eurovision 2008. Given the…
RE: Koenigsberg and East Prussia

by Spoerle 03 January 2008

Raki Men: It is absolutely nonsense to go only to Kaliningrad Oblast to see the remains of the former East Prussia. Visit the present…
RE: Koenigsberg and East Prussia

by MartinLunnon 01 January 2008

As no1 says, very little indeed. The Russians had no inclination to rebuild anything old that had been destroyed in the war or preserve…
Week tour of SE Poland

by goodyearbear 20 November 2007

please read my post again #9: i did NOT say you need a car to get to Majdanek (actually, you can WALK it from Lublin, and I'm 45 and…
Kaliningrad

by Spoerle 10 September 2007

Forget the day tour to Baltisk. Even if you have a valid Russian Visa you need a special permission to go to Baltisk. What do you think…
Sunbathing in Russia!

by everbrite 18 July 2007

There are no real beaches very near Moscow or Petersburg although some Russians do sunbath along the Moscow River and elsewhere. There…
Ferry services to St Petersburg

by twoleftfeet 03 July 2007

It's called Kaliningradskaya Oblast'. In 1945 East Prussia was divided between Poland and the USSR, and the Soviet half was added to…
Seeking a general picture of everyday life in Russia

by everbrite 16 June 2007

You best bet for getting an idea of how everyday Russians live today is to stay in the home of an everyday Russian (or at least a Russian).…