Kaliningrad
Strung along the banks of the Pregolya River are several ships, a submarine, maritime machinery and exhibition halls that together make up this excellent…
Must-see attractions in Kaliningrad Region
Kaliningrad
Housed in the 19th-century Dohna Tower on the southern shore of the Upper Pond (Верхний пруд), this is a terrific introduction to…
Kaliningrad Region
Tranken horses have been bred at this impressive complex since 1812. The farm is also the location of the Georgenburg Cup, an international show-jumping…
Kaliningrad Region
The 98km-long Curonian Spit, a Unesco World Heritage Site, divides the tranquil Curonian Lagoon from the Baltic Sea. Here, tall, windswept sand dunes and…
Kaliningrad
Photos displayed inside this Unesco World Heritage site attest to how dilapidated the cathedral was until the early 1990s – the original dates back to…
Kaliningrad Region
Enjoy a picnic in this park that stretches along the headland above the beach in the centre of Yantarny. Enter from behind the Schloss Hotel.
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Housed in a reconstructed 1912 concert hall built on the banks of the pretty Lower Pond (Нижний пруд), this museum features an impressive diorama upstairs…
Kaliningrad
This once densely populated island – now a parkland dotted with sculptures – is dominated by the Kaliningrad Cathedral. A few nearby buildings – the…
Kaliningrad
This unique museum is housed in a 1912-era apartment house, which has been restored to its former state of early-20th-century Königsberg glory and stuffed…
Kaliningrad
This history museum is housed in the 19th-century Friedland Gate, which was for years one of the main entry points into the fortified city. Admission…
Kaliningrad Region
This museum features the work of Herman Brachert (1890–1972), the sculptor whose work can be spotted all around Svetlogorsk; his bronze Nymph statue…
Kaliningrad
Housed inside a neoclassical former stock exchange building from the 1870s, this art gallery has a permanent photo exhibition of the wartime ruins of…
Kaliningrad
This is one of the city's most popular attractions for families, so expect lines on the weekends. The zoo dates from 1896, when it was founded as the…
Kaliningrad Region
Around 1km north of Chernyakhovsk’s train and bus stations, the ruins of this castle are watched over by an eccentric hippie artist who has set up his…
Kaliningrad
The city’s last German commander, Otto Lasch, capitulated to the Soviets from this subterranean command post on 9 April 1945, following the bloody Battle…
Kaliningrad Region
The Kaliningrad Amber Plant offers tours of its amber-processing facility, including a view of an amber mill, an observation deck and the chance to see an…
Kaliningrad
Focusing on Peter the Great’s Grand Embassy to the city in 1697, this revamped gate also has good models of old Königsberg and exhibits on the…
Kaliningrad Region
This sandbox-sized model of early-16th-century Königsberg is well worth the 200m walk west of the Svetlogorsk Tourist Information Centre along ul Gorkogo…
Kaliningrad Region
Housed in an old brick water tower, the Murrarium features the largest private collection of cat-themed art in all of Russia, a feline-fixated country if…
Kaliningrad
Amalienau (to the city’s west along pr Mira) is Kaliningrad's most beautiful neighbourhood and offers visitors a glimpse of the city's prosperous pre-WWII…
Kaliningrad
This simple sculpture, a bronze hand holding Woody's signature spectacles, is a witty local tribute to the man born 'Allen Konigsberg'. To find it, walk…
Kaliningrad Region
This towering, red-brick church, dating from 1890, was spared significant damage during WWII. It was originally built for Lutheran worshippers and…
Kaliningrad
Banish any notion of a quaint fishing village. This half-timbered riverside development houses a cute – if vaguely theme-parkish – jumble of hotels, shops…
Kaliningrad
One of three synagogues in Königsberg, the 1896 New Synagogue was destroyed in the aftermath of the 1938 Kristallnacht pogrom in 1938. It was rebuilt,…
Kaliningrad Region
The elaborate 25m-high water tower just off ul Lenina is the symbol of Svetlogorsk. The tower was designed in a vaguely art nouveau style by architect…
Kaliningrad Region
One of Kurshskaya Kosa National Park’s most remarkable sights is this aptly named forest, where the pines have been sculpted into twisting shapes by the…
Fringilla Ornithological Station
Kaliningrad Region
Fringilla Ornithological Station is a bird-ringing centre, in operation since 1957, where enormous funnelled nets can trap an average of 1000 birds a day;…
Kaliningrad
Noted philosopher and Kaliningrad native Immanuel Kant (1724–1804) is buried along the northern edge of the exterior of Kaliningrad Cathedral on Kant…
Kaliningrad
This forest-like park, on the grounds of an old German cemetery, has statues, funfair rides and an amphitheatre hosting summer concerts.
Kaliningrad
The Cosmonaut Monument is a gem of Soviet iconography honouring several cosmonauts from the region.
Kaliningrad Region
This museum offers basic information about Kurshskaya Kosa National Park’s habitat and history. The complex is also home to more than 100 carved-wood…
Kaliningrad
The red-brick Dohna Tower, on the southern shore of the Upper Pond (Верхний пруд) dates from 1853 and served as a fortress to protect the adjacent…
Kaliningrad
The city’s central square has come a long way since 1934, when it was known as Adolf-Hitler Platz. Today it's surrounded by shopping malls and the rather…
Kaliningrad Region
This ruined fortress, 3km north of Chernyakhovsk's town centre, is perched high above the Instruch River. In 1812 the castle estate was bought by a…
Museum of Russian Superstitions
Kaliningrad Region
Baba Yaga, Father Frost and the various ghouls, sprites and spirits that make up Slavic mythology are all gathered together here – in carved-wood form –…
Kaliningrad
One of Kaliningrad's seven remaining city gates, on the banks of the Upper Pond (Верхний пруд). It's closed to the public, although it now houses the…
Cathedral of Christ the Saviour
Kaliningrad
The gold domes of the central Cathedral of Christ the Saviour, which was built in 2006 and is considered the city's main church, are visible from many…
Kaliningrad Region
Herman Brachert's 1938 bronze sculpture of a nymph adorns the seafront promenade. It's a curious work – as interesting from the back as it is from the…
Kaliningrad
This amusing statue, in Central Park, roughly behind the Teatr Kukol Puppet Theatre, commemorates the tall-tale-telling Baron's alleged visit to…
Kaliningrad
The Soviet-era singing sensation is depicted here seated and holding his guitar. Find the monument near the entrance to Central Park.
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