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Pro
None that I could find
Con
no cons, it is OK that it is and as it is and it should stay like that
In a nutshell
It´s my first travel.
ananass Says: Royal gate - оne of seven kept оld city gates of Kaliningrad.In 2005 the Royal gate were a symbol of celebrating of the 750 anniversary of Kaliningrad. Since the same year a gate are branch of the Museum of the World ocean. In them the exposition, devoted to...
MikeAtSea Says: One would imagine that if so many people wait for such a long time a clever business man would open a restaurant or cafe at the border post. Nothing of that kind. There was no bathroom, nothing to be purchased and else it was a rather sad look area. Run down buildings with...
MikeAtSea Says: There were plenty of petrol stations along the way - though before entering Russia I was told that I should fill up the car in Poland, since apparantly fuel quality in Russia was not en-par with the European Union.
MikeAtSea Says: I only passed through here - due to the long wait at the border my sightseeing was cut short to the minimum. Even though I had hoped to catch a glimpse of old Koenigsberg I only passed the outskirts of the city. The city is home to some 500.000 people and has a long history....
1 Review and 14 Opinions Arriving with 2 other Dutch guys at the reception of Kaliningrad Hotel an English speaking lady...
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Croissant: Delicious French Cafe
livfaith Says: This is a small Kaliningrad chain of French cafes. It very cheap and all the pastries were fresh. Plus, the coffee was great and the breakfast was delicious and very generous. One is based on A. Nevskogo Ulitsa and another on Leninsky, but there are several more around the...
Gelatissimo: Good coffee and cakes
scubaphoto Says: A nice little cafe on one the main city streets running from the train/bus terminals to the city centre. Good fresh coffee, cakes and ice cream for a little bit of indulgence. Nice big glass window look out onto the busy street we you can people watch and observe the Russian...
scubaphoto Says: Sue to the lack of direct flights from many European cites to Kaliningrad a good option is to fly to Vilnius or Warsaw and take either a train a bus to the city.For me the best option from London was to flight to Vilnius and catch the Moscow-Kaliningrad train from Vilnius...
Trip Brussels-Riga-Kaliningrad
Espoomax Says: Early August 2005 I made an adventurous trip via Riga, Latvia and Lithuania by international coach to Kalingrad.Requesting and receiving the Visa was not that hard, although pretty costly for a trip of just a few days: price starts from €50.00 for a Tourist Visa and for this...
juliev Says: In Jantarnoje town there is a museum of amber (when you arrive in the town by car by the main road you'll directly see the indicator to go to this museum) where you can see some history of extraction of amber in those places and even some soviet heritage.Also you'd love to...
stalls in the streets of Svetlogork: Amber
Espoomax Says: Outdoors in the streets of Svetlogorsk one will definitely find the Salesmen / women behind their stalls selling the Gold Of the Baltics. Necklaces, other jewelery made (partly) of Yantar = amber not too much...at least for a necklace not more than €25.00 otherwise one...
Espoomax Says: Funny story: my two Dutch friends and I went on both nights to this entertainment palace next of the Bridge of the Leninin Prospekt MOHEMHbIU and after a so so dinner in the restaurant, we moved ourselves to the Kazino!Here we found one roulette and a few black jack tables....
Sakke80 Says: I've only once very briefly (one night) visited kaliningrad.I was adviced never to go walking alone, and that you should go with someone who knows the city, and most importantly; speaks russian!Luckily, i was able to get couple of co-workers that used to live there, to go...
saracen Says: Wherever I have stayed in Russia before, the hotels have always taken care of local registration. However, because the rules about registration are so inconsistent depending on where in the country you are, when the nice lady who checked my passport upon arrival from Moscow...
scubaphoto Says: Be careful around the central market as many men approached me asking if i wanted to exchange Dollars or Euros. Better not to run the risk of getting ripped off and use a valid exchange booth or better a bank.
juliev Says: Before going to this trip we've heard the rumours that the police in Kaliningrad region is tough for foreigners with giving much fines actually for nothing. And we've survived such an accident just after we crossed the border. We had all the needed documents, were fastened...
scubaphoto Says: Whatever the time of year in Russia i have founbd that a good sturdy pair of walking shoes are an essential part of my backback. How Russian ladies in high heeled shoes can manage to the daily task of just getting to work amid the potholes and uneven ground is a spectacle...
juliev Says: Going anywhere in Russia you'll need visa. Visa to Kaliningrad is given free in Russian embassy in your country during 7 days. Before going to the embassy you must take: passport, 1 foto (3X4) colour and mat, pay for compulsory insurance for the person and car (if you go...
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The wonderful landscape is quite the same as in the Northern (Lithuanian) part but you do not find such nicely kept fishermen villages here. Places like the former Pillkoppen or Rossitten look neglected and ruined - the difference to Lithuania is a veritable cultural shock, but both was half a century under the same Soviet rule and the whole area - the Lithuanian part of the Couronian Spit included - was an off-limits military zone.
Updated Apr 19, 2005
Wild beaches and open-hearted people
juliev Says: It's really worth to see the coastal part of the Baltic sea that stretches through Russian territory as there you can find different beaches from ours in Lithuania. You can find more wild nature and shores, less comfort and less civilization, but don't you think that we are...
Espoomax Says: Just walk through this widespread city, see the different building styles, discover some left overs of the old Prussia era and act as normal tourist!If you wana do some Russian Roulette, take a taxi...cheap but damn we had a careless driver who speeded up to 90km/h while...
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I have traveled across many borders in the world. Nothing surpasses the experience of traveling in and out of the enclave of Kaliningrad. To enter Kaliningrad I arrived at the Polish Russian border at...
Arriving by night "express" at the bus station of Kaliningrad it was already 9 o'clock and the sun was shining. The last hours were interesting since three times the bus stopped for border control.......
This city intrigues me, as does the piece of land it lies in, having been a mystery ever since World War Two when the Soviets took it, drove out almost all surviving members of the original German...
From Immanuel Kant to Nikolai Kalinin
From Kant to Kalinin - this marks the decay of a city and a region which once was among the pearls of Germany, even not very much destroyed under WW2, at least far less than much of all Germany west...
Actually we went to visit the place called - THE BEACH with much sun, soft sand and warm water and I think we've got what we wanted.
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