Russia

We spent our last night in Russia in the border town of Sovetsk, formerly (until 1946) known as Tilsit. It is a river port near Kaliningrad on the Neman River. The city was founded by the Teutonic Knights in 1288 and was the site of the treaty negotiated between Napoleon and Tsar...

Just by chance, we caught a great event near the village of Talpaki. We spent more than an hour in the traffic jam like most of the Kaliningraders, who wanted to join the traditional festival “Baltic Field 2019”. The Baltic Field is one of the most diverse and intense events in the...

We spent two days in the friendly city of Kaliningrad, formerly knows as German Königsberg (1255–1946). The city’s history began in 1255 when the Teutonic Knights founded a fortress on a hill, named Königsberg (King’s Hill). It became the capital of the dukes of Prussia and...

In the afternoon we have arrived in the Svetlogorsk, prior to 1947 known by its German name Rauschen. It is a resort town located on the coast of the Baltic Sea in the historical region of Sambia of East Prussia, 39 kilometers northwest of Kaliningrad. It was established in 1258 as a...

We drove through narrow roads in Curonian Spit to the first city in Russia – Zelenogradsk. We have arrived here late afternoon and the first thing, what we needed, were SIM cards. We found a small computer shop just opposite Victoria Supermarket, where we have bought the Russian sim...