Kaliningrad is the capital city of Kaliningrad Oblast in Russia. It has about 450,000 inhabitants. Before 1945 Kaliningrad was a German city known as Königsberg (Polish: Krolewiec).

Get in

By plane

Regional airport "Hrabrovo" is located 16 kilometers away from Kaliningrad. There are couple buses to/from bus station (YOUzhny vokZAL). Taxi service is also available, normal price is about 200 roubles. There are several flights per day between Moscow and Kaliningrad; a couple to/from St Petersburg. There are many flights to major Russian cities connecting in Moscow or St.Petersburg. Also there are some flights to European cities such as Warszawa, Berlin, London etc.

By train

Several trains from Moscow pass through Belarus and Lithuania. Also daily train to/from St. Petersburg via Lithuania. Timetables at Poezda.net

Timetables of trains to/from Poland at PKP - Polish Rail.

By car

Road system is highly developed in Kaliningrad region (thank to Germans, who lived there before), however, they are not always very good (major Russian problem), and sometimes it s hard to get around because of absence of the signs with destinations (especially in the city). Driving rules are generally the same like in most European countries, but not everyone follow these rules, especially when it is rush hour in the city. Be aware of the road police, because they like to stop foreigners and expect some bribes.

There are two ways to get to Kaliningrad by car - from Poland and from Lithuania, but you should expect delays on the borders (sometimes it can take couple hours)! You must have Russian insurance to cross the border, green card is not valid yet (expect it to be valid in 2007-2008). The cost of insurance is about $40-50 for 2 weeks.

By bus

Eurolines.ee Bus from Tallinn via Riga.

Bus to/from Gdansk (Zloty 28) - leaves Gdansk at 07:00 and 15:30. See http://www.itisnet.com/english/e-ce/e-poland/e-gdnsk/e-t-gdn.htm

By boat

During summer there is boat service between Kaliningrad, and Frombork, Krynica Morska and Elblarg, Poland - more info at Zegluga Gdanska

Get around

City has bus, trolleybus, and tram networks. The public transportation system is very good and quite cheap.

It is also called 'Karaliaucius' in Lithuanian, as Lithuanians (cousins to the 'Old Prussians') used to live there. So it is truly 'City of the Four K s: Kaliningrad / Konigsberg / Krolewiec / Karalaucius '.

See

• The old cathedral of Königsberg (founded in 1333)
• The old fortifications (approx. 1860-'70), which includes 15 town gates. In one of them little museum is situated
• Museum of the World Ocean, includes two museum ships and one submarine
• Amber Museum

Do

Don't forget to visit Kourshian Lagoon National park (Kurshskaya kosa), a sand split between the Baltic sea and the Kourshian Bay.

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