Welcome to Kaliningrad!

By Natalia S.Lyceum 49, KaliningradDecember, 2010

Kaliningrad is a wonderful city with a long history. It was founded in 1724 and there are a lot of beautiful

and ancient buildings in Kaliningrad.

In this short presentation I will show you several famous places of interest in Kaliningrad region.

IN THIS PICTURE YOU CAN SEE AN OLD GERMAN BUILDING. PREVIOUSLY, THIS BUILDING WAS USED AS A FORTIFICATION, BUT NOW IT IS THE AMBER MUSEUM . HERE YOU CAN SEE A LOT OF GREAT PRODUCTS MADE FROM AMBER.

Big organ

Small organThis is famous

Cathedral in Kaliningrad. There are two splendid organs inside: big

and small. Big organ consists of

6.000 pipes!

This is a famous national park of Russia, the Curonian Spit. It is a 98 km long, thin, curved sand dune peninsula that separates the Curonian Lagoon from the Baltic Sea. The northern 52 km long stretch of the Curonian Spit peninsula belongs to Lithuania, the southern part belongs to Kaliningrad region, Russia. The width of the spit varies from a minimum of 400 m in Russia to a maximum of 3,800 m in LithuaniaIn Curonian Spit you can see dancing forest, sand dunes and a lot of different interesting things.

dancing forest

So you won’t regret if you visit our city.

Come to Kaliningrad!!!