Whichever country tourists come to and whatever city they visit, there are places everywhere that the locals talk about with trepidation.
The Kaliningrad24 editors have selected their TOP-5 places in the Kaliningrad region, which have the right to be called mysterious and deserve to be talked about over and over again. So, let's begin.
1 - Stone of Lies (Pionersky city)
On the very outskirts of the city, on the banks of the Pure River, there is a giant boulder split into two parts. It is called the Stone of Lies and, according to ancient Prussian beliefs, determines whether a person is lying or not.
According to legend, a long time ago, a guy and a girl lived on the Baltic coast, who loved each other. Before the forced separation, they came to the stone and swear allegiance. He also asked the higher powers to punish the one who will change his word.
Time passed and the couple met again at the stone. As soon as the girl approached the boulder, lightning flashed in the sky and split the stone into two halves. The girl who broke her promise was also struck by lightning.
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2 - Dancing Forest (Curonian Spit)
This place needs no special introduction and is known all over the world. Each pine tree in the forest has an unusual shape - like a twisted spiral.
The people explain the unusual form by the interference of UFOs, chemical experiments of the Third Reich, witch curses.
The scientific version is that caterpillars eat the developing lateral buds, disrupting the further growth of the tree. As a result, the trunk is deformed, and the pine takes on an unusual shape.
3 - Singing Sands (Mechnikovo village)
A mysterious place is not always mysticism, but also rare natural phenomena, one of which is the singing sands.
You can hear sounds similar to a flute or organ when the wind rises or when you are walking on the sand.
The effect arises from the structure of special quartz grains of sand that rub against each other, causing an acoustic effect.
4 - The pyramid of predictors (Kaliningrad)
The Pyramid of Fortunetellers is nothing more than a German monument to the soldiers who died during the First World War. The architect Paul Borchert began building it in 1921, when Koenigsberg was 666 years old. The pyramid consists of 66 blocks, has 13 steps, a height of 4.4 meters and a base of 4 by 4 meters.
The pyramid does not give rest to seekers of the mysterious, as it is known that a capsule with the names of the victims is laid inside the monument. Some hope to find values and occult secrets there.
5 - Third fort (Kaliningrad)
Of the 12 German defensive forts around Kaliningrad, the Third Fort of Friedrich Wilhelm I is the most mysterious and preserved in its original form.
The Citadel has repeatedly been a set for Soviet feature films, in addition, there is still a small chance of finding treasures that the Germans hid at the end of the war. It is known that the exhibits of the famous Prussia Museum were brought to the fort.
Legal archaeological research has allowed to extract from the fort coins of the Roman Empire, fragments of Viking swords, stone and bronze axes, ancient women's jewelry.
Note that the places worthy of the attention of tourists in the Kaliningrad region. That only are destroyed castles. Here you can read about the most famous.
Also, animal skulls are found in the forests of the Kaliningrad region. Some are hung from trees, while others are laid on the ground.