Hints and tips about visiting Russia
Several traveling fans asked us for a secure option to leave a car in Kaliningrad. Unfortunately Stadium Parking will be closed for security reasons. But organizers confirmed that there will be a Park+Ride option to leave the car at the special parking area for several days. Continue reading “Secure Parking during the World Cup in Kaliningrad”
Where is your seat at the Kaliningrad Stadium? Check out this stadium seating chart for the FIFA World Cup matches. Share your match and block in the comments! Continue reading “Kaliningrad Stadium Seating Plan”
While other bus companies are still waiting for something, Ecolines started their sale for June 2018. Now you can book tickets to Kaliningrad online! Continue reading “First bus tickets to Kaliningrad from Gdansk, Warsaw, Berlin, Vilnius, Riga available for booking”
5 bus routes were announced for the World Cup matchdays today:
Warsaw is a great tourist destination. As well as a transit point for travelers who wish to visit Kaliningrad. Let’s see what transport options are currently available. Planes, buses, trains, connections… Continue reading “How to get to Kaliningrad via Warsaw”
Paul from Ireland was kind enough to share his experience after we noticed his Instagram account with nice photos and comments from the Kaliningrad trip.
Paul McCabe: Myself and my friend visited Kaliningrad in January 2018. I did not know what to expect from the city as it is unknown to many people in Ireland. Continue reading “Review: I did not know what to expect from the city as it is unknown to many people in Ireland”
The Baltic from Anton Korobkov on Vimeo.
Traveling along the coast of the Baltic Sea and the cities of the Kaliningrad region. Russia
We have an unexpected news today. Two trains to Poland and Lithuania was announced by the local railway company. Actually, you will have to switch trains near the border. Test runs scheduled in January. Continue reading “New trains from Gdansk and Klaipeda to Kaliningrad”
Kaliningrad region has one airport Khrabrovo and it under reconstruction for the FIFA World Cup now. Most of the flights are domestic. Popular destinations are Saint Petersburg and three different Moscow airports: Domodedovo, Sheremetyevo, Vnukovo.
Connection in those cities will be most popular option for those who will travel to see football matches for long distances.
Two more World Cup Host Cities have direct flights from Kaliningrad – to Yekaterinburg and Kazan. Second can be very useful for B2 team fans in June 2018.
Other Russian destinations are Novy Urengoy, Ufa, Cherepovec.
2017 was memorable for good news about international flights: now we got new flights to Berlin (Germany), Warsaw (Poland), Prague (Czech). It’s a nice option for Deutschland and Polska fans to start their World Cup journey to Russia. Continue reading “Flights to Kaliningrad: international and domestic”
Kaliningrad will host 4 matches during the FIFA Football World Cup in Russia. A lot of recent questions from traveling fans are related a very typical: where to stay before and after the matches. There are a lot of hotels and hostels around, not all are available for booking yet. Prices and availability will change in the following months many times. So let’s check available options and try to figure out best areas to settle.
Main part of the city that is worth to visit is quite small and most of the hotels located there within 5-8 km circle. So here we see important spots for planning the trip and choose best possible location to settle your base. 
Continue reading “Hotels in Kaliningrad for the World Cup 2018 in June”