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Kaliningrad

Travel Guide Europe Russia Northwestern Russia Kaliningrad

Introduction

Kaliningrad - walking around

Kaliningrad is a city and seaport in the Russian federal northwestern district of the country, though totally separated from the rest of the country by the Baltic countries. The city, formerly known as Königsberg, has about 450,000 inhabitants and unlike many other Russian cities the number is not declining.

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Neighbourhoods

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Sights and Activities

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Events and Festivals

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Weather

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Getting There

By Plane

Khrabrovo Airport (KGD) is about 25 kilometres from the city centre and offers flights to/from Moscow, St. Petersburg, Kiev, Riga, Minsk, Warsaw, Murmansk and Omsk.

By Train

Trains depart regularly (mostly daily) to Moscow, Minsk, Warsaw, Minsk and Berlin, the latter line having the standard gauge railway instead of the Russian broad gauge!

By Car

By Bus

By Boat

Russia - Sweden vv

Lisco Baltic Service has ferries between Karlshamn in Sweden and Baltysk (50 kilometres from Kaliningrad).
Lithuania

Lisco Baltic Service between Klaipeda and Baltysk.

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Getting Around

By Car

By Public Transport

By Foot

By Bike

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Eat

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Drink

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Sleep

Property	Address	Type	Popularity
Kenigsberghostel	26,Nosova st	hostel	91
Amigos Hostel	ul.Epronovskaya	Hostel	93

Budget

Mid-Range

Upscale

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Work

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Learn

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Keep Connected

Internet

Phone

Post

Russian Post is the national postal service of Russia. It's English version is currently under construction, but mainly involves the track&trace system. The domestic post is reasonably reliable, and sending international mail is fairly reliable but slow, taking at least a few weeks to European countries, longer to the USA or Australia for example. The delivery of mail sent from abroad to Russia is highly unreliable, and people or companies tend to use foreign adresses, from where a private carrier sends it to Russia. Alternatives like poste restante are non-existent with Russian Post. Most cities and large towns in Russia have a Central Post Office (Glavpochtamt), which also sells stamps and envelopes, and usually has fax services and Internet availability, though the latter mostly not in smaller places. Also, many hotels have postal services, including mail boxes. Post offices tend to keep long hours, usually from 8:00am or 9:00am until 8:00pm or 9:00pm Monday to Friday, and closing earlier during weekends. The main central post offices in the biggest cities keep even longer hours. For sending parcels, you can also try services by DHL Russia and FedEx Russia. For all mail you can use the regular alphabet, though maybe include the country's name in Cyrillic. For sending post to Russia (or trying to receive it) note that addresses should be in reverse order: Russia, postal code, city, street address, name.

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