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      All day: Prospekt Mira, the zoo and Amalienau

      ⏱ 10 h🚶 6.2 km🍽 4📍 9 stops
      🚶 Moderate — 3–7 km

      A long walk west from Victory Square: the historic zoo, lunch with a kids’ room, the church theatre, Central Park and the villas of Amalienau until evening.

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        ☕️ Kruassan café and patisserie on Victory Square
        пл. Победы, 4 (КДЦ)
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        Breakfast on Victory Square: a croissant and coffee; the patisserie opens at 8:00.
        🍴 A patisserie of a Kaliningrad chain serving breakfast from 8 am. What to order: croissants and coffee for breakfast.
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      3. 2
        🏛 Victory Square and the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour
        пл. Победы
        The city’s main square, with the white Cathedral of Christ the Saviour, the Victory Column and shopping centres.
        The Cathedral of Christ the Saviour and the square — the city’s main crossroads.
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        Victory Square and the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour
        © Zairon · CC BY-SA 4.0
        Victory Square and the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour
        © A.Savin · FAL 1.3
        • Until 1934 the square was called Hansaplatz — Hanseatic Square: medieval Königsberg was a member of the Hanseatic League.
        • Until the early 20th century the Steindamm and Tragheim gates of the city fortifications stood here.
        • The Cathedral of Christ the Saviour was designed by the Kaliningrad architect Oleg Kopylov in the style of the Vladimir-Suzdal churches.
        • The upper church was consecrated by Patriarch Alexy II on 10 September 2006; it holds 3,000 people.
        • The belfry has 13 bells; the largest weighs 14 tonnes.
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      5. 3
        ✨ Kaliningrad Zoo
        пр. Мира, 26
        🎟 ticket
        A historic zoo founded in 1896 — also an arboretum with pre-war sculptures and rare trees.
        Along Prospekt Mira — 15 minutes — to the zoo: in October entry is until 16:00; allow two hours to look around.
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        • The Königsberg zoo was founded in 1896; it now has the status of a historic zoo, like those in Moscow and St Petersburg.
        • According to one account, only four animals survived the war — a fallow deer, a donkey, a badger and a hippo.
        • Hans the hippo, hit by at least seven bullets, was nursed back to health by the zoo technician Vladimir Polonsky.
        • The zoo is also an arboretum: a relict ginkgo tree grows here.
        • At the entrance are animal sculptures from the 1950s, restored in 2019–2020.
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        🍽 Skazka restaurant · 🧸 play area
        пр. Мира, 31
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        Lunch opposite the zoo: pirozhki (small pies), oven-baked borshch, grilled mackerel.
        🍴 A modern Russian restaurant with a kids’ room, a stone’s throw from the zoo. What to order: oven-baked borshch, a basket of pirozhki (small pies), choux buns with smoked trout and sprat rillettes, grilled mackerel.
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      9. 5
        🏛 Queen Louise Church (Puppet Theatre)
        пр. Победы, 1
        A Neo-Gothic church of 1901 at the entrance to Central Park, now home to the regional puppet theatre.
        Queen Louise Church at the park entrance — now a puppet theatre.
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        Queen Louise Church (Puppet Theatre)
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        Queen Louise Church (Puppet Theatre)
        © Ирина Ермоленко · CC BY-SA 4.0
        • The church was built in 1899–1901 in memory of the Prussian Queen Louise; the architect was Friedrich Heitmann.
        • After the war the building stood in ruins for a long time, and in the 1960s there were plans to demolish it.
        • The architect Yuri Vaganov converted the church into a puppet theatre, which opened here in 1976.
        • There are two floors inside: an exhibition hall downstairs and the auditorium upstairs.
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      11. 6
        🌳 Central Park
        пр. Победы, 1 / пр. Мира
        🚪 entrance from Pobedy Avenue
        🆓 free entry
        The former royal park of Luisenwahl: Parkovy Stream, shady paths, rides and a bandstand.
        Through Luisenwahl Park to Kutuzova Street.
        🚪 exit to Dmitry Donskoy Street
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        Central Park
        © Valdis Pilskalns · CC BY 3.0
        Central Park
        © A.Savin · FAL
        Central Park
        © Kemal KOZBAEV · CC BY-SA 4.0
        Central Park
        © Anton Yefimov · CC BY 3.0
        • Before the war this was Luisenwahl Park: at the end of the 18th century its owner named it after his wife Louise.
        • In 1808–1809 the park was the summer residence of the Prussian royal family; Queen Louise was especially fond of it.
        • In 1914 Wilhelm II gave the park to the city.
        • The park covers about 47 hectares, and Parkovy Stream runs through it.
        • The bandstand was restored for the city’s anniversary in 2005.
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        🚶 Amalienau: the villas of Kutuzova Street
        ул. Кутузова, Каштановая аллея
        An early 20th-century garden suburb: Jugendstil villas, tiled roofs, front gardens and tree-lined streets with no right angles.
        The villas of Kutuzova Street and Kashtanovaya Alley: turrets, bay windows, half-timbering.
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        Amalienau: the villas of Kutuzova Street
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        Amalienau: the villas of Kutuzova Street
        © Kulishov.a.s · CC BY-SA 4.0
        Amalienau: the villas of Kutuzova Street
        © Kemal KOZBAEV · CC BY-SA 4.0
        • Amalienau was built in the early 20th century on the “garden city” concept — a blend of country and town.
        • The streets here deliberately don’t cross at right angles: each was conceived as an avenue of trees.
        • The houses were built in Jugendstil, and the rules allowed no more than two storeys plus an attic.
        • The most luxurious villas are on Kutuzova Street; each was built to its own design.
        • The district suffered little in the war; plain post-war houses stand next to the elegant villas.
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        ☕️ Amalienau bakery
        ул. Чкалова, 2–2а
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        Coffee and profiteroles on Chkalova Street.
        🍴 A patisserie with an open kitchen and fresh flowers inside. What to order: profiteroles with Bourbon vanilla, a white chocolate éclair, coffee.
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      17. 9
        🍽 Peperoncino pizzeria · 🧸 play area
        ул. Елены Ковальчук, 3–9
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        Dinner at the pizzeria by Central Park — 15 minutes back east.
        🍴 A family pizzeria with a kids’ room by Central Park. What to order: wood-fired pizza, pasta, the children’s menu; there are sometimes kids’ workshops at weekends.

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