Sovetskaya Street is the central street of the urban-type settlement of Yantarny, Kaliningrad region.
The street stretches along the entire village in the south-north direction, parallel to the beach strip and the sea. More about beaches and the sea in Amber...
Along the street there are some of the main attractions of Yantarny, small squares, shops, accommodation facilities and public transport stops, including buses plying the Kaliningrad-Yantarny route.
Sights and objects on Sovetskaya Street
The entrance sign "Virgin of the Baltic", also known as the "Mermaid composition", which is an entrance sign in the form of a mermaid composition in the sea waters, installed at the southern entrance to Yantarny (from the city of Kaliningrad) - Sovetskaya Street.
The sign is one of the symbols of the village, and its part is depicted on souvenirs and postcards.
The sign was built in 1998 by the art cooperative "Victoria". Subsequently, restoration work was carried out.
A local legend is associated with this sign, which tells about the love of a fisherman and a mermaid.
Coordinates: 54°51'20"N (54.855788), 19°56'59"E (19.949791). Learn more about the entrance sign and legend...
Supermarket "Victoria Quarter" and a small shopping center located at the address: Sovetskaya street, 79a.
Church of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God (Palmniken Church) - the Orthodox church, which is the main shrine of the village of Yantarny.
The current and restored church was originally the Lutheran church of Palmniken (today the village of Yantarny), founded on September 8, 1887. The church was built of boulders and shaped bricks and was a smaller copy of the Chapel of St. George of the royal castle of Montbijou on the outskirts of Berlin.
In 1990, the church building was transferred to the Russian Orthodox Church. On January 13, 1991, the shrine was consecrated as a temple of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God.
The address of the temple: Sovetskaya Street, 67A. More about the Church of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God...
3-star Becker Hotel, located in the center of Yantarny, at 72 Sovetskaya Street.
The hotel has free Wi-Fi, a swimming pool, a spa and wellness center, a German-style restaurant, rooms and apartments with fully equipped kitchens. Link to the hotel
Masters Square is the central and most attractive square in Amber.
The square got its name in 2007 in honor of the masters of jewelry, who in different periods of time devoted their talents and creative forces to amber.
On the square there are: a vintage-style trade and exhibition complex; cafes and eateries; places for recreation; retail outlets, which, among other things, sell amber products and amber cosmetics.
Address of Masters Square: 72 Sovetskaya Street. Learn more about Masters Square...
The 5-star Schloss Hotel Yantarny (Schloss hotel), located in a historic mansion, in the very center of Yantarny, surrounded by Becker Park and near the Central Beach, at 68 Sovetskaya Street.
This hotel is considered the best in Amber.
The hotel features: free Wi-Fi, spa center, sauna, fitness center, indoor pool with hot tub, terrace, restaurant and 24-hour lobby bar with fireplace.
Breakfast is included in the room rate. Link to the hotel
Park Square is a well-groomed square, marked by the so-called "Amber Way", which is located between the northern part of Becker Park and Sovetskaya Street.
Guest house "Robertina" with rooms with free Wi-Fi and free private parking, located at : Sovetskaya Street, 65a.
The guest house's rooms feature a seating area, a desk, a flat-screen TV with satellite channels, a kettle and a private bathroom with a hairdryer and a shower. Guest house link
There is a cafe next to the guest house.
Ceramic model "Palmniken of the end of the XIX century" in which Palmniken is depicted at the end of the 19th century.
The highlight of the layout is the amber trees.
The layout is located in the courtyard of the Amber Lagoon store, located at 63 Sovetskaya Street.Coordinates: 54°52'7"N (54.868627), 19°56'20"E (19.939078).
The mass grave of Soviet soldiers who died in April 1945, which was formed during the fighting. More than 50 people are buried in it.
The monument was erected in 1950.
In 2006, a symbolic reburial of unknown pilots who died in the vicinity of Palmniken was moved to a mass grave - a two-seater aircraft, presumably of American production, was found in the quarry area, the remains of the pilots were not found.
The address of the mass grave: Sovetskaya Street, 60 (intersection of Sovetskaya and Zheleznodorozhnaya streets). Coordinates: 54°52'10"N (54.869450), 19°56'19"E (19.938868).
An old stone pedestrian bridge, which was built in Palmniken on the embankment of the former branch of the Anna Mine quarry railway for the extraction of amber in a closed way.
The remains of the bridge have now been restored, the railway tracks have been dismantled.
Coordinates: 54°52'37"N (54.877091), 19°56'16"E (19.937917).
The sculpture "Good Kanta", made by the artist Vladimir Chilikin, with the money of the deputy of the Regional Duma Alexander Musevich.
Initially , the sculpture was planned to be installed near the entrance to The cathedral in the city of Kaliningrad, where the philosopher Emmanuel Kant lived at the time of Konigsberg. However, she was criticized by the participants of the regional Council for culture at a meeting in December 2016.
After that, the sculpture moved several times until it found its "home" on the territory of the Aquatoria hotel (Aquatoria camping) in the village of Yantarny.
Access to the sculpture is open to everyone.
The Aquatoria Hotel has free Wi-Fi, parking, a garden, a lobby bar, a summer restaurant, its own descent to the coast, a playground with views of the coast and the sea, as well as a small area where you can stay in a camping van. Link to the hotel
The address of the sculpture and the hotel: Sovetskaya Street, 1a.
Descent to the observation deck "Anna Mine", which was previously an operating amber mining mine, founded in 1883 in the village of Pilmniken.
Since 1922, due to unprofitability, work began on the conservation of the mine, and soon the production was closed.
Currently, only small remnants of the Anna mine have been preserved, including the remains of the Anna mine retaining wall, above which the Anna Mine observation deck is located.
The observation deck is a small piece of soil.
The site offers panoramic views of the coast, quarries, part of the beach strip, the Baltic Sea and the monument to the victims of the Holocaust.
The observation deck is located near the northern border of the village of Yantarny. More about the observation deck "Anna Mine"...
All accommodation facilities in Yantarny, including on Sovetskaya Street, near the beaches and in the center of the village, can be viewed and booked here
