Everything you wanted to know about the Kaliningrad region

2) If you fly into the area by plane, it is sufficient to have a Russian passport. In addition to Kaliningrad KDavia fly Aeroflot, Russia, SkyExpress, Utair. The most affordable prices in the SkyExpress and KDavia. The flight time to Moscow - 1 hour 40minut. If you buy an electronic ticket, it does KDavia 5% discount.

3) In the lives of approximately 1 million. man. Half of them in the regional center, the rest in urban areas and rural areas.

4) In Kaliningrad is really on the road almost no Russian cars. Lada and Volga on the road to meet as difficult as in Europe. On the other hand, the foreign auto industry is represented by all well-known brands, from the Japanese right-hand drive ( RHD but in general - very rare ) to the size of the American Bus Dodge and Lincoln.

5) Yes, almost every family has a car in Kaliningrad, and some two or more. Almost every second driver - a woman. There's even a taxi for women only - men do not take, only women and children, women drivers, too. In the morning, afternoon and evening in the city are always traffic jams. But Kaliningrad cork - it's about 30-40 minutes and a maximum delay of all kilometers. It is for us a very long time, because at night during this time you can reach from edge to edge.

6) In Kaliningrad, a high density commercial and office centers. Often, a small patch in 1Q. miles there may be 5-6 pieces. At the same time in only one exhibition center, about which mention shame - two types of storage shed.

7) The entire area has two five-star hotel. One stands on the beach. Svetlogorsk,. second in Kaliningrad. near the railway station. However, I would recommend staying in guest houses - they are smaller, cozier, more home care and do not feel that you live at the station.

8) The sea 40 km from Kaliningrad. It is approximately 40 minutes by bus. Two-lane road to the sea (the band on one side and the band to another). This situation does not threaten to change for a long time. Therefore, in the summer to get 40 minutes to the sea is unrealistic ( and foremost want to barbecue at the sea can extend for several kilometers ), if you're not going in the early morning or late at night.

9) in Kaliningrad are not too many monuments left over from the Germans. The British in 1945 almost destroyed the city, so the whole building of the city - is brezhnevki Khrushchev and slightly punctuated by buildings and modern buildings of German.

10), Kaliningrad, a few years, if not a green city. Point buildings away with plenty of gardens and trees. While the center is not only built up the island, where stands the Cathedral.

11) in Kaliningrad should go to the zoo, the Museum of Amber, on the island to the grave of Kant and the Cathedral. The rest - I would have had difficulty with the definition of a place that would be interesting to a visitor and not seen in other cities.

12), Amber is not on the coast. Find Amber on the beach after a storm can only be made ​​at a bank of mud. And then, most likely, you will confuse him with broken glass. Amber, if you bring the flame, smell subsided. Large pieces of amber are mined solely by commercial methods in a career.

13) Amber works in the area are cheaper than in Russia. Approximately two to three times. Cheapest Products - Amber is the picture. They are made from breadcrumbs.

14). Central Military Sanatorium. is the real Amber Room - a room of rest and relaxation paneled amber.

15 ) Product in a number of stores in the region due to the proximity of Lithuania, Poland and Belarus. The region has a lot of imports, and not so much of Russian goods. Therefore, any discontinuities currency painfully felt on the shelves.

16) Real Estate in Kaliningrad and in the resort area to the cost of the crisis from 1500 to 3000 euros per square. Now prices are falling slowly. Weaving the land near the sea is about 100 thousand. rubles, but if you take a hand - you can find much cheaper. Land in the center of Kaliningrad can sometimes cost almost as much as a house on it.

17) in the Kaliningrad region should be located one of the gaming zones in Russia. But it is not even laid the foundation of at least one casino. Although in July this year all the casinos have to move into one of the game zones.

18) Almost all of the assembly plants of household appliances in the region ( as it was about a dozen ) did not survive the crisis. In some the process is stopped altogether, on the other substantially reduced.

19) Cosmonaut Leonov, Gazmanov, Lada Dance, sister of actress Arntgolts, a group of Chile, the wife in. In. Putin - a Kaliningradians. Many say that Kaliningradians is very well adapted in Moscow.

20) The Kaliningrad region - one of the few donor regions of Russia, but has no primary enterprise. Yes, we are now so small, and feed himself and Russia. Pre-crisis average salary in the region - 15 thousand. rub. Now in about 20 thousand. unemployed.

21) Approximate Internet audience in the region 250 thousand. people ( according to the. kaliningrad. py. ). They are the ones who at least once a month, comes to the Internet. Active ( use the Internet every day ), the audience at the different sources is different, but you can take a figure of 50 thousand. As arranging for almost all. The largest Internet portal in the region has in the night from 10 to 25 thousand. visitors. Anlimny access to the Internet from home 1Mbit - 1250 rubles. The average price of a mobile phone varies from 1rub. to 1. 70 per minute. With all this in almost no online stores. Do not take root. Almost all the off-line shops within walking distance.

22) The subsistence minimum per person: eat 10 thousand apartments. , Dormitory - 2 thousand. , The power - 10 th. T. e. move here and immediately begin to provide for themselves and rent an apartment - it's almost impossible to.

23) ticket to the cinema in the evening - 220rub. , Pizza - 100 200rub. , A glass of beer in a cafe - 90rub. , Hotel room - from 1500 rubles. , A bottle of beer in a shop - 30-40 rubles. And chips - 20- 30 rubles. And coffee from the machine - 14rub. , Public transport - more than 10 RUR. , The average check at the cafe - 300rub. A ticket to the sea - 40 50rub. A taxi in the city - 100 150rub. A taxi to the sea (or airport) - 500- 800rub. Such as a hamburger ( bun, burger, fresh herbs and spices ) - 60rub. Jeans - 2500rub.

24) Drink beer on the street, unless there is an opaque package - you can not.

25) McDonald's is not in Kaliningrad. Rostiks and Potatoes, too, there. There are trademarks of the federal SFC, Oz, and Chocolate. Quick meal can be bydlopischi gusto, Blin- tsa-tsa, or in almost every shopping center has a food court.

26) The region as a whole rather apolitical and peaceful. Face can fill, but you need to climb to the suburbs in the sleeping areas, and someone Nakhamu. It has its own life and its rules. In the center is possible and at three o'clock shastat the city and no one can say the words.

27) The Baltic Sea, the scribe, how cold. 22 - count is boiling on Kaliningrad. In summer the sea is rarely more than 18. But, they say, is a fresh and invigorating bath. There are lunatics who climb into the water in early May. The average summer temperature is 25, if we have 35 - as it will be 45 in Turkmenistan. Average winter temperature - 2-4, if we have -15, it is in Siberia -30. Humidity, her mother 's fault. Continental temperate maritime climate, we.

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