Uploads from run_time, tagged kaliningrad

Cathedral of Christ the Saviour

nobody@flickr.com (run_time) — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 15:11:07 -0700

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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Soviets_(Kaliningrad)

Retail in Kaliningrad

nobody@flickr.com (run_time) — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 15:08:48 -0700

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Shops in Kaliningrad in rural areas looked like they didn't have much input from retail designers, as these two side by side stores (selling practically the same items) suggest

Pill box

nobody@flickr.com (run_time) — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 15:12:19 -0700

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House of Soviets

nobody@flickr.com (run_time) — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 15:10:22 -0700

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Monumental fail, it's sat in unfinished form since the 1960s when construction begun. Tends to dominate the skyline: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Soviets_(Kaliningrad)

Ibiza comes to Kaliningrad?

nobody@flickr.com (run_time) — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 15:07:57 -0700

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Found this beach bar in Yantarnyy in Kaliningrad which was pumping out the beats. Lovely spot but most of the crowds were round the corner on the main beach. Yantarnyy also has a lake to swim in.

Church

nobody@flickr.com (run_time) — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 15:07:18 -0700

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Would have taken more photos but team of gravediggers meant that I wasn't going to hang about

Crumbling cinema in Zelenogradsk

nobody@flickr.com (run_time) — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 15:05:11 -0700

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Slavic pop...

nobody@flickr.com (run_time) — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 15:06:37 -0700

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Bumped into a musician playing his Slavic pop music (my musical knowledge wasn't quite good enough to place the particular genre...) in a park in Svetlogorsk with a crowd of women dancing

Sign somewhere in Kaliningrad

nobody@flickr.com (run_time) — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 15:05:58 -0700

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There were all sorts od interesting signs used to make people aware of the towns they were entering