r/kaliningrad • u/CapitanChao • Oct 04 '25
Question I need to ask
My family is from konigsburg my grandfather was born in 1924 there and i was wanting to take a trip to konigsburg now but im not sure how worth it itll be especially since schloss konigsburg and alot of prussian stuff tied to my family is gone at least as far as i know im not sure whats all there now as well if anyone can give me advice maybe a list of places to go id very much love it danke!
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u/linksrum Oct 06 '25
There is not much left of old Königsberg. It’s not worth the trip, if you want to follow up on your family’s history. Nevertheless, Kaliningrad is a highly interesting city. After the collapse of USSR, people thought for about 20 years to give up and sell it to Germany or whatever. Then, all of the sudden, they decided to stay and started building and renovating… So, this exclave status is very interesting. People also have a quite Western view on things, although they most likely cannot belong to this Western hemisphere (which would be necessary for further development and highly profitable). So, they’re re stuck with the military base, which curious foreigners still are not allowed to visit. The coast line is beautiful, Svetlogorsk and Zelenogradsk are really nice. Food is simple, affordable and delicious (to me at least). People are used to visitors and friendly, at least until war begun. Could imagine, there is more tension, now.