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Kaliningrad - the pearl of the Baltic coast

singasPosted for Everyone to comment on, 3 years ago3 min read

Have a nice day! Kaliningrad is one of the largest cities in Russia, located on the Baltic Sea coast at the mouth of the Pregoli River. This city is home to the only Amber Museum in the world and the unique Museum of the World Ocean in Russia.


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The castle of Koenigsberg, which appeared in the second half of the XIII century, which translates as "Royal Mountain", is closely connected with the history of the knights of the Teutonic Order. It was they who moved their capital here from Poland.

The name of the medieval fortress is also attached to the city, more about the history of the city of Kaliningrad you can read here.

The city has very beautiful bridges, embankments, and many cultural monuments.


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You have tried the famous Konigsberg kleps, a very simple but delicious dish that you can try in the local cafes and restaurants of the city. And the plants: the reviving lunnik and the epiphyte fern grow only in the reserve called "Curonian Spit", which is located in Kaliningrad.

The city also runs a rail bus - a new type of urban transport that already operates in Kaliningrad, although there are only 2 of them, but they are very convenient and loved by citizens.

At the end of the XX — beginning of the XXI century, a unique Museum of the World Ocean was created in Kaliningrad, which even has a giant mock-up of a sperm whale and other interesting exhibits.


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You can go to one of the expositions and see it from the inside. This is a B - 413 submarine.


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You should also visit the beautiful Curonian Spit, climb its sand dunes, look into the mysterious Dancing forest, and take away a piece of sunny amber as a souvenir. I advise you to visit the old castles of Ragnit and Insterburg, the Pilau fortress and the Mulhausen Church, the Schaaken Castle and the Allenburg Church.


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There are many factories in Kaliningrad, one of which is the BMW plant.


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In this city you will not be bored, there are more than 500 objects of cultural and historical heritage on the territory of the city, you can visit the Defensive Tower of the Don, where the Amber Museum is now located, the Wrangel Tower, get acquainted with the life of the Prussian city, visit the fortifications, the Cathedral, which presents numerous museum expositions of the history of Koenigsberg.


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In the city you will also see a monument to Baron Munchausen, the prototype of which Karl Jerome Friedrich Baron von Munchausen really was in Konigsberg. The sculpture is a steel wall, in which the silhouette of a baron flying on a core is carved. This is the first monument to a German installed in Kaliningrad since the city became Russian.


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Watch a beautiful video with views of the city:


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