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      Svetlogorsk: Art Nouveau, the promenade and the sea

      ⏱ 7 h🚶 3.5 km + 🚆🍽 2📍 6 stops
      🚶 Moderate — 3–7 km

      The quiet resort of Rauschen out of season: the water cure tower, the sundial on the promenade, a fish lunch, a maritime exhibition and a church of 1907.

      🏛 History and architecture🌳 Parks and nature🚆 Out of town
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      Getting there
      🏛 Kaliningrad North Station
      Советский пр., 2
      Lastochka trains to Svetlogorsk-2 take about an hour and run hourly from the morning.
      🚆 by suburban train to Water Cure Tower
      Lastochka from North Station to Svetlogorsk-2: 10:07, 11:07, 12:08, 13:08…, ≈55 min
      1. 1
        🏛 Water Cure Tower
        Светлогорск, Октябрьская ул., 11
        The tower that symbolises Svetlogorsk, in the National Romantic style and covered in Boston ivy.
        From Svetlogorsk-2 station it’s 5 minutes to the water cure tower; by autumn it is wrapped in red Boston ivy.
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        Water Cure Tower
        © Perituss · CC0
        Water Cure Tower
        © Gene Aubergine · CC BY-SA 4.0
        Water Cure Tower
        © A.Savin · FAL 1.3
        • The tower of the hydropathic spa was built in 1900–1908 in the National Romantic style and became the symbol of Rauschen.
        • Under the tower’s helmet-shaped roof was a viewing platform overlooking the surroundings.
        • The tower is wrapped in Boston ivy — a Japanese creeper also known as Veitch’s vine.
        • Rauschen officially opened as a resort on 24 June 1820.
      2. 🚶 on foot
      3. 2
        🚶 Svetlogorsk Promenade and the sundial
        Светлогорск, Променад
        🆓 free entry
        A seafront promenade below the high bank, with the “Zodiac” mosaic sundial and a lift to the top.
        Go down to the sea by lift or by the zigzag path; the “Zodiac” sundial is in the middle of the promenade.
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        Svetlogorsk Promenade and the sundial
        © Uploader3 · CC BY-SA 4.0
        Svetlogorsk Promenade and the sundial
        © Alexander Grebenkov · CC BY 3.0
        • The first wooden promenade on piles was built in 1908.
        • In 2019–2021 a lift was built to the promenade, so you can get down to the sea without stairs.
        • A new section of the promenade links Svetlogorsk-2 and Svetlogorsk-3 — from the sundial to Baltiyskaya Street.
      4. 🚶 on foot
      5. 3
        🍽 Lisya Nora fish restaurant
        Светлогорск, Октябрьская ул., 4
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        Lunch at the fish restaurant: stroganina (thin shavings of frozen raw fish), ukha (fish soup), eel.
        🍴 An inexpensive fish restaurant in the centre of Svetlogorsk. What to order: bonito stroganina (thin shavings of frozen raw fish), ukha (fish soup) or fish solyanka, eel, zander, deep-fried sprats, local beer.
      6. 🚶 on foot
      7. 4
        🖼 Marine Exhibition Centre
        Светлогорск, ул. Ленина, 11 («Янтарь-холл»)
        🎟 ticket
        A branch of the Museum of the World Ocean in the Yantar Hall variety theatre: maritime exhibitions for a rainy day.
        The Museum of the World Ocean’s maritime exhibition in Yantar Hall — open Wednesday to Sunday; a good plan for rain.
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        Marine Exhibition Centre
        © Vasyatka1 · CC BY-SA 4.0
        Marine Exhibition Centre
        © Alexander Yampolsky from Ekaterinburg, Russia · CC BY-SA 2.0
      8. 🚶 on foot
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        🏛 Former Rauschen Church (Church of St Seraphim of Sarov)
        Светлогорск, ул. Маяковского, 14
        A Neo-Romanesque church of 1907 with Art Nouveau touches — now an Orthodox church.
        The former 1907 church on Mayakovskogo Street — 10 minutes on foot through the centre.
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        Former Rauschen Church (Church of St Seraphim of Sarov)
        © Avsolov · CC BY-SA 4.0
        Former Rauschen Church (Church of St Seraphim of Sarov)
        © Rimantas Lazdynas · CC BY-SA 3.0
        • The church was built in 1903–1907 with money from the resort society and consecrated on 7 July 1907.
        • It was designed by the architects Wichmann and Kuckuck: Neo-Romanesque with Art Nouveau elements.
        • The church’s main treasure was its carved wooden altar.
      10. 🚶 on foot
      11. 6
        🍽 Local Baltic restaurant
        Светлогорск, ул. Гагарина, 15
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        A Baltic dinner before the train: a Baltic fish platter and doughnuts with eel butter. In the afternoon the kitchen opens at 13:00, on Mondays at 15:00.
        🍴 A Baltic cuisine restaurant using local produce. What to order: a Baltic fish platter, ukha (fish soup), zander, doughnuts with eel butter, venison tartare.

      ↩️ Getting back: from Svetlogorsk-2 to North Station: 15:16, 15:40, 16:42, 17:51, 18:54, 20:36 — 48–56 min; more trains on weekdays. Check times in Yandex Schedules

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