Local residents come to the flea markets of Kaliningrad to talk about hot topics and sell things that have become unnecessary. As for tourists, they visit these places to buy the things they like and listen to the stories associated with them.
Flea Market at Central Market
At this flea market, local sellers sell their simple goods in the form of paintings, dishes, tools, knitwear, badges and medals, samovars, various figurines and retro things.
Flea market at the House of Soviets
Trade is carried out here (local sellers lay out their goods on pieces of polyethylene or tables and benches brought with them) used clothes and shoes, old books and badges, war trophies dug out of the ground, Soviet utensils …
Other Markets
It is worth noting that the Baltic Opening Day is usually held at the end of December at the Dynamo gym (opening hours: 10: 00-18: 00): everyone will have the opportunity to acquire New Year's gifts and original souvenirs - jewelry, wood products, toys handmade, batik and decoupage products, as well as other original products that reflect different types of creativity (soap making, felting, painting, knitting, embroidery, sewing, gingerbread art).
Sometimes the flea market unfolds at the memorial sign to the Compatriots-Cosmonauts (Prospect Mira, 43), where everyone has a chance to become the owner of hand-made products, second-hand shoes and clothes, books, vintage records, jewelry and other interesting things, as well as a snack homemade cakes.
Shopping in Kaliningrad
Tourists should not rush to leave Kaliningrad until they acquire smoked Baltic fish (it is recommended to go to the Central Market in search of it), amber (jewelry and interior items in the form of clocks, tables, lamps, boxes and other things; such purchases make sense made in company stores from the Amber Factory) and amber powder (particles of amber, ground into powder, are used as a scrub and cosmetic mask, which have healing properties; for the purchase of amber powder, it is better to go to the pharmacy), antiques (there are a lot of interesting things in antique stores - from old books to German furniture of the 1920s), sea buckthorn oil, Old Konigsberg cognac, marzipan products.
Good news for those wishing to get a car - there are several car markets in Kaliningrad, the most popular and largest of which is Borisovskiy (if necessary, you can place an order here for a certain brand of car, if you cannot find anything suitable at the time of your visit).
