Prussian Reflection

"Eight Blocks of the Altstadt"

Presentation of the MARKHI initiative project "Eight Blocks of the Altstadt" (2017)

Vygaudas Ušackas: “I will go down in history as the ‘crisis ambassador’”

An interview with the head of the European Union Delegation to Russia.

"Kaliningrad must preserve the memory of Königsberg's great men and women"

An interview with Gerfried Horst, chairman of the Society of Friends of Kant and Königsberg.

Happy Birthday to Our City's Most Famous Resident!

What does it matter to us ordinary Kaliningraders that Immanuel Kant once lived in this city?

Close Stranger*, or What You Can Learn about Kaliningrad in Poland

A review of Polish press coverage of the Russian exclave on the Baltic.

We'll build our new world – all over the old?

The development of an area must not come at the cost of destroying cultural heritage sites.

A Fresh Look: Kaliningrad after Tomsk

The story of a successful move – after Siberia, Kaliningrad seems almost a little paradise!

The Baltic Fleet. The Present Day

Today the Baltic Fleet is the best-off of Russia's fleets.

Once Again on Why People Move to Kaliningrad

What is our city's main advantage if we leave aside the EU being "within walking distance"?

Why Kaliningrad? A Brief Theory of Choosing Where to Live

When people choose where to live, the key role is played not by aesthetic but by social and economic factors.

Once Upon a Time in America

Most New York Times articles that mention Kaliningrad are military news.

A Russian Soldier Taken Prisoner at Tannenberg Who Made It Back to Moscow

Yekaterina Semyonovna Zhivopistseva tells the story of her father, a soldier taken prisoner by the Germans at Tannenberg in 1914 who escaped in 1919.

A Fresh Look: Kaliningrad after Irkutsk

The story of a family who moved to Kaliningrad just a year ago but have already come to love their new home.

Kristijonas Donelaitis’s Birthday

1 January is the birthday of Kristijonas Donelaitis, the classic of Lithuanian poetry, who spent his whole life in Tollmingkemen (Chistye Prudy).

Münchhausen in the Context of Old Prussian History

Every joke contains a grain of joke.

10 Useful Tips, or a Guide for Visitors to the Kaliningrad Region

Many tourists who come to Kaliningrad do the same stock things.

A Fresh Look: Kaliningrad after Yekaterinburg

The Kaliningrad Region is a place you want to move to.

Being Determines Consciousness

The fragments of the material culture of past eras that have survived in the Kaliningrad region exert a strong, and sometimes decisive, influence on …

Local Border Dislike

A view of Polish-Russian cooperation in the local border traffic zone from Switzerland and Portugal.

What Can Kaliningrad's Monuments Tell Us?

The Kaliningrad region (formerly East Prussia) invites you on an unforgettable journey.

What Should the City's Architectural Symbol Be?

A City You Want to Come Back To

Once you are back home from Kaliningrad, you will remember it. Remember it so vividly that you will want to come back.

"Atlantis" at the Crossroads of Cultures

Successful intercultural projects with our neighbours, Poland and Lithuania, give hope for further cooperation.

What Is My City to You?

How do people who have never been here imagine Kaliningrad? We asked residents of other cities and countries to let their imagination run free on the…

The Kaliningrad Region's 20 Top Annual Events

A round-up of events held in the Kaliningrad Region that you need not be ashamed to invite guests from Russia and Europe to.

"Moscow Doesn't Love You": Kaliningrad Music

How Kaliningrad music lost its "fabulous 90s"

Two Cities in One: Many Plans, but No Progress

A report in a Swiss newspaper looks at the face of modern Kaliningrad, which in places coexists with Königsberg.

Kaliningrad Votes for Königsberg Castle

A project to restore the Royal Castle in Kaliningrad has won an online vote

The View from Poland: Kaliningrad — a Partner in Sociocultural Dialogue or Russia's Military Outpost?

An active presence of the Kaliningrad Region in Poland's information space is essential if our neighbours are to form a positive perception of our re…

Artyom Yurov: "People today are practically gods, they just don't realise it"

An interview with Artyom Yurov. The Universe is infinite

Kaliningrad: Foreign Yet Home

Stop for a moment, look at Kaliningrad through a stranger's eyes, and believe me, it will light up in bright new colours

Kaliningrad, a Beautiful City

But I have the sea every day, apples and pears straight from the tree, a warm winter and clean streets. It is very important to love the place you ha…

A Sanctuary of Architectural Compromises

In a few years' time the Royal Hill in Kaliningrad may turn into another Victory Square.

Cornerstones

The recipe for preserving the cobblestones is ridiculously simple. If residents and the authorities care, they will stay; if they don't, they will di…