Airport Khrabrovo 33 min
Kaliningradskiy Zoopark (10 min) Founded in 1896, this landmark 16.7-hectare zoo showcases more than 2,300 animals. Friedland gate museum (7 min) Exhibits on the city's past housed in a 19th-century structure once used for military defense. Brandenburg Gate (6 min) Surviving gate of historic Königsberg, built in neo-Gothic style & housing a marzipan museum. Museum 'Bunker' (9 min) Built in 1945, this German former underground bomb shelter offers military history exhibits & tours. Kaliningrad Regional Museum of History and Arts (7 min) Exhibits on the area's nature, history & culture in the former Stadthalle, a performing arts center. Museum of the World Ocean (8 min) Big museum & research center focusing on the ocean, with boats, seaplanes & a submarine to explore. Amber Museum (9 min) Baltic amber jewelry dating from the 4th century BC to the present, in 19th-century fort museum. Upper Pond (8 min) Rosgarten Gate (10 min) Architecture and history Königsberg Cathedral (19 min) Gothic, brick-built medieval place of worship, rebuilt after WWII damage, with Immanuel Kant's tomb. Rybnaya Derevnya (19 min) Modern riverside complex modeled on the medieval architecture of Kaliningrad's Prussian past. Tsentral'nyy Park Kul'tury I Otdykha (11 min) Large, forested park, a former royal residence, featuring monuments, rides & an amphitheater. Fort Friedrichsburg (15 min) The only remnant of a 1650s fort, this historic gate houses a museum on shipbuilding. King's Gate (10 min) Restored 19th-century gate housing a museum featuring exhibits on local history. Park Yunost' Kaliningrad (11 min) Small park with rides, seasonal boating on a lake, indoor ice skating & concessions like donuts. |