Why go
- City in Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia.
- Known for Battle of Königsberg was the name of the battle at the port city on the Baltic Sea. It was also named Twangste (Old Prussian) by the Knights of the Teutonic Order..
- Served by Khrabrovo Airport (KGD).
History
Kaliningrad is the largest city and administrative centre of Kaliningrad Oblast, an exclave of Russia between Lithuania and Poland. Located on the Pregolya River at the head of the Vistula Lagoon, it is the only ice-free Russian port on the Baltic Sea. Its population in 2020 was 489,359. Kaliningrad is the second-largest city in the Northwestern Federal District, after Saint Petersburg, and the eighth-largest city on the Baltic Sea.
Restaurants & places to go
Burger, Fast Food · Opening hours: 10:00-21:00 Features: takeaway · mcdonalds.ru
Pizza, Fast Food · Opening hours: 09:00-01:00 Features: takeaway, delivery, vegetarian options · 1 Советский проспект · dodopizza.ru
Japanese, International, Restaurant · Opening hours: Su-Th 10:00-21:00; Fr-Sa 10:00-22:00 Features: takeaway, delivery, vegetarian options, step-free access · yakitoriya.ru
Coffee Shop, Cafe · Opening hours: Mo-Fr 08:00-22:00; Sa-Su 09:00-22:00 Features: takeaway · coffee-like.com
Pie, Cafe · Opening hours: Mo-Fr 09:00-21:00; Sa-Su 09:00-22:00 Features: outdoor seating, takeaway, step-free access · kruassan.com
Indoor
Sandwich, Fast Food · Opening hours: Mo-Fr 08:00-21:00; Sa-Su 09:00-21:00 Features: takeaway · 61 проспект Мира, 236022 · konigsbacker.com
Russian, Restaurant · Opening hours: Mo-Fr 11:00-23:00; Sa-Su 12:00-23:00 · tripadvisor.ru
Ice Cream, Ice Cream · Features: vegetarian options · baskinrobbins.ru
Beef Bowl, Breakfast, Crepe, Deli, Fish And Chips, French, Grill, Restaurant · Opening hours: Mo-Fr 07:00-11:00; Sa-Su 07:00-10:30 · 1 помещение 1 · foodeon.com
German, Russian, Regional, Restaurant · Opening hours: Su-Th 12:00-00:00; Fr-Sa 12:00-02:00 Features: vegetarian options · 33 проспект Мира, 236022 · jazzpub.ru
Asian, Japanese, Restaurant · Opening hours: Mo-Th, Su 12:00-01:00; Fr, Sa 12:00-02:00 · 2Б Сергеева · matsu-izakaya.ru
Fish, Restaurant · Opening hours: Su-Th 12:00-23:00; Fr-Sa 12:00-00:00 · moryana-rest.ru
Hungarian, Italian, Restaurant · Opening hours: Fr-Sa 12:00-02:00; Su-Th 12:00-23:00 · 236022 · lastoriakld.com
Italian, Pizza, Russian, Fast Food · Opening hours: Mo-Su 09:00-23:00 · 26 проспект Мира, Калининград, 236022 · patisson-markt.ru
Tea, Coffee Shop, Cafe · Opening hours: Mo-Th 10:00-22:00; Fr-Sa 10:00-23:00; Su 12:00-22:00 · vk.com
Deli, Mediterranean, German, Russian, Regional, Italian, International, Coffee Shop, Local, Restaurant · Opening hours: 24/7 · 236003 · riverside-relax.ru
Ukrainian, Restaurant · Opening hours: Su-Th 12:00-23:00; Fr-Sa 12:00-00:00 · borshsalo.ru
International, Coffee Shop, Local, Cafe · Opening hours: Mo-Su 12:00-00:00 · 236023 · gladiator39.ru
Arab, Oriental, Fast Food · Opening hours: Mo-Su 07:00-00:00 · 93/1 улица Маршала Борзова, 236023 · vk.com
Kebab, Fast Food · Opening hours: Mo-Su 09:00-20:30,21:00-08:30 · 2 улица Черняховского, Калининград, 236040 · rosterhit.ru
Georgian, Grill, Restaurant · Opening hours: Su-Th 11:00-24:00; Fr-Sa 11:00-28:00 · 236022 · sachmeli.com
Chinese, Noodles, Oriental, Asian, Sushi, Breakfast, Cafe · Opening hours: Mo-Su 10:00-23:00 · 10 улица Толбухина, 236003 · sushiwok.ru
Sushi, Fast Food · Opening hours: Mo-Su 10:00-21:00 · sushi-market.com
Bavarian, German, Grill, International, Restaurant · Opening hours: Fr-Sa 12:00-24:00; Mo-Th,Su 12:00-23:00 · britannicaproject.ru
Steak, Restaurant · Opening hours: Mo-Th 11:00-00:00; Fr-Su 11:00-01:00 · asado.taplink.ws
Ice Cream, Italian Pizza, Italian, Cafe · Opening hours: Mo-Su 10:00-22:00 Features: vegetarian options · 1 проспект Победы · la-bar.ru
Barbecue, Cafe · Opening hours: Su-Th 12:00-23:00; Fr,Sa 12:00-24:00 · 98 Пролетарская улица, Калининград, 236040 · ogonekcafe.ru
Greek, Grill, Restaurant · Opening hours: Mo-Su 10:00-22:00
Korean, Restaurant · Opening hours: Mo-Th 12:00-24:00; Fr,Sa 00:00-02:00,12:00-24:00; Su 12:00-23:00
Grill, Kebab, Fast Food · Opening hours: Mo-Su,PH 09:00-22:00 · 2 проспект Калинина
Seafood, Restaurant · Opening hours: Mo-Su 09:00-18:00
Oriental, Cafe · Opening hours: Mo-Su 10:00-23:00 · 236023
American, Barbecue, Friture, Burger, Grill, Coffee Shop, International, Local, Russian, Fast Food · Opening hours: Su-Th 09:00-23:00; Fr-Sa 09:00-01:00 · 44З…
Czech, Restaurant · Opening hours: Su-Th 12:00-23:00; Fr-Sa 12:00-00:00 · 1 Ленинский проспект
Lunch, Cafe · Opening hours: Mo-Su 12:00-24:00
Regional, Restaurant · Regional restaurant · 17 улица Чайковского, Калининград · kdc-hanse.ru
Restaurant · Opening hours: Mo-Su 10:00-23:00 · 2 улица Сергеева · morecaseafood.com
Fast Food · Opening hours: Mo-Su 09:00-21:00 · Сибирская улица · instagram.com
Cafe · Opening hours: Mo-Th 08:00-23:00; Fr 08:00-24:00; Sa 09:00-24:00; Su 09:00-23:00 · britannicaproject.ru
Pancake, Fast Food · Opening hours: Mo-Su 10:00-19:00 · исторический район Средний Хуфен
Steak House, Restaurant · Opening hours: Mo-Su 11:00-23:00 Features: step-free access
Cake, Cafe · Opening hours: Mo-Su 07:30-21:00 · 2б улица Чкалова, 236022
Breakfast, Coffee Shop, Cafe · Breakfast/Coffee Shop cafe · 57 проспект Мира · branchbowl.ru
290 more places in the Ultimate edition. See the Ultimate edition →
Airports
Khrabrovo Airport (KGD) 21 km to the centre
Kaliningrad, KGD, RU — You board from the indoor waiting area — no need to plan for the weather. ✈ 11 airlines (S7 Airlines, Aeroflot Russian Airlines, Ural Airlines, Aerocondor…) · direct flights to 10 destinations incl. Moscow, Berlin, Kiev, Tashkent, Belgorod… (OpenFlights route data).
✈ Airlines & flight paths — 11 airlines, 10 direct destinations
- S7 Airlines S7 (734, 735, Dash 8-400) · 3 routes: Berlin*, Kiev, Moscow
- Aeroflot Russian Airlines SU (A320, A319) · 2 routes: Moscow, St. Petersburg
- Ural Airlines U6 (A320) · 2 routes: Moscow, Tashkent
- Aerocondor 2B (CRJ-200) · 1 route: Belgorod
- Air Baltic BT (Dash 8-400) · 1 route: Riga
- Air Berlin AB (Dash 8-400) · 1 route: Berlin
- Belavia Belarusian Airlines B2 (CRJ) · 1 route: Minsk 2
- Severstal Air Company D2 (CRJ-200) · 1 route: Cherepovets
- Transaero Airlines UN (735) · 1 route: Moscow
- Ukraine International Airlines PS (735, 737-700) · 1 route: Kiev
- Uzbekistan Airways HY (757-200) · 1 route: Tashkent
Routes and aircraft from OpenFlights (open data; a point-in-time snapshot). * = codeshare. Linked destinations open their own guidebook. Flight numbers are not in the open data — they come from the airline or a paid schedule feed.
Medovoye Airfield 22 km to the centre
Medovoye, KGD, RU
Strelnya Airfield 23 km to the centre
Strelnya, KGD, RU
Kikity 85 km to the centre
WN, PL
Kaliningrad Devau Airport 5.2 km to the centre
Kaliningrad, KGD, RU
Podgornoye Airfield 15 km to the centre
KGD, RU
Where to stay
Ozernyy Proyezd, 2, Kaliningrad, Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia, 236040 · accor.ru
Ulitsa Teatral'naya, 30, Kaliningrad, Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia, 236022 · hoteleuropa.ru
Ulitsa Sergeyeva, 4, Kaliningrad, Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia, 236040 · crystalhousehotel.ru
Ulitsa Viktora Gyugo, 1, Kaliningrad, Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia, 236006 · hi-kaliningrad.com
Ulitsa Chaykovskogo, 43, Kaliningrad, Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia, 236000 · ageevgroup.ru
Ulitsa Oktyabr'skaya, 6а, Kaliningrad, Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia, 236006 · kaiserhof-hotel.com
Ulitsa Bogdana Khmel'nitskogo, 33/37, Kaliningrad, Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia, 236039 · koikago.ru
Ulitsa Leningradskaya, 9А, Kaliningrad, Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia, 236008 · villa-severin.ru
Ulitsa Karla Marksa, дом 10, Kaliningrad, Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia, 236022 · briz.navse360.ru
Ulitsa Pugacheva, 13, Kaliningrad, Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia, 236000 · hotelchaika.ru
Verkhneozernaya Ulitsa, 11, Kaliningrad, Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia, 236000 · oberteich.ru
Ulitsa Chkalova, 31А, Kaliningrad, Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia, 236000 · friedrichshoff.navse360.ru
Ulitsa Oktyabr'skaya, 2, Kaliningrad, Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia, 236039 · u-medovogo-mosta.navse360.ru
Moskovskiy Prospekt, 52, Kaliningrad, Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia, 236006 · accor.ru
81 Leninsky Avenue, Prospekt Leninskiy, Kaliningrad, Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia, 236000 · kaliningrad-otel.navse360.ru
Bol'shevistskiy Pereulok, 3, Kaliningrad, Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia, 236039 · marton-palace-kaliningrad.ru
Ulitsa Bogdana Khmel'nitskogo, 53, Kaliningrad, Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia, 236039 · z-buhta-slavhotels.ru
Ulitsa Kopernika, 2-4, Kaliningrad, Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia, 236006 · kopernikhotel.com
Ploshchad Pobedy, 10, Kaliningrad, Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia, 236040 · radissonhotels.com
Ulitsa Pushkina, д. 15, Kaliningrad, Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia, 236010 · villatoscana.ru
Ploshchad' Marshala Vasilevskogo, 2, Kaliningrad, Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia, 236016 · ageevgroup.ru
Ulitsa Zheleznodorozhnaya, д.13-23, Kaliningrad, Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia, 236039 · hotel-smart.ru
Ulitsa Gendelya, 8-16, Kaliningrad, Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia, 236022
Indoor
Where things are
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When to go
Tourist season
May – September
The warmer, longer-day half of the year is the safest bet for a first visit.
Shoulder season
April, October
Cooler and quieter, with fewer visitors and better value.
Worth avoiding
Deep winter
Short days and the coldest weather — check local conditions before travelling.
Getting there & around
Getting there. The nearest airport on record is Khrabrovo Airport (KGD); 10 other airports serve the wider area. Check rail and road links from the tourism sources below. By air: KGD has direct flights to 10 destinations on 11 airlines (incl. Moscow, Berlin, Kiev, Tashkent, Belgorod…).
Getting around. Use the map above to orient yourself; nearby hotels, attractions and places to eat are listed from the live Ultimate data for Kaliningrad (Königsberg), Russia. Local transit details will be added as the guide is expanded.
Private aviation
On-demand charter, jet cards and the semi-private scheduled carriers that serve this city.
Broker · Any aircraft via operators worldwide · Global charter broker with 30+ offices; private jets, group charters and cargo.
FBO, charter, management · Managed fleet · FBO network and management across Europe, Africa, the Middle East and Asia-Pacific.
Fractional, jet card · Embraer Praetor, Bombardier Challenger & Global, Gulfstream · Fractional ownership and jet cards in North America and Europe.
Charter, management · Large-cabin & VIP airliners · Geneva-based operator known for large-cabin and VIP airliner charters.
Charter, management, FBO, MRO · Managed fleet worldwide · General Dynamics company: charter, completions and FBOs in Europe, the Middle East, Asia and the US.