The city's most important sights, history, and legends. Here you'll learn everything you need to know about Svetlogorsk, the former German town of Rauschen, and its most popular spots.
Water Tower
🏟️ Architectural landmark · 📜 Historic site · ⚙️ Industrial site
Seestern Hotel
🏟️ Architectural landmark · 📜 Historic site
Larch Park
🌿 Public garden or park
The Water Carrier
🗿 Monument · 🕵️ Urban legend
Cittaslow Snail
🗿 Monument · 🕵️ Urban legend
Forest Castle Guesthouse
📜 Historic site · 🏟️ Architectural landmark
Central Square
⛲ Square · 🗿 Sculptures · 🏟️ Architectural landmark
The Wave Maiden
🗿 Monument
Makarov Organ Hall
🏟️ Architectural landmark · 📜 Historic site
Amber Hall
🏙 Modern architecture
Elevator and Promenade
⚙️ Industrial site · 🚶♂️ Waterfront
Chapel in Memory of the Children
🕍 Place of worship · 📜 Historic site
Lutheran Church
🕍 Place of worship · 🏟️ Architectural landmark · 📜 Historic site
Lake Tikhoye
🌿 Public garden or park · 🚶♂️ Waterfront
Svetlo-hedgehogs
🗿 Sculptures
Point 14
🌿 Public garden or park • 🚶♂️ Waterfront
Formally this is a pond; in German it was called Mühlenteich, meaning “Mill Pond.” In the 13th century the knights of the Teutonic Order dammed a stream and built a water mill, creating the Mill Pond, now Lake Tikhoye (“Quiet Lake”).
Here you can rent a boat to row along the lake and admire the views from the water. Or stroll along the embankment and take in the highlights: the Muse creative park, ancient 16th-century lindens, a coniferous forest, and a series of miniature sculptures, the “Svetlo-hedgehogs.” At the stall by the boat station, we recommend trying some unusual forest drinks that give the place a special flavor: for tea lovers, Ceylon tea brewed with pine cones and pine nuts; for coffee lovers, the same nuts but with cream and real pine-nut syrup.
Walk along the south shore past the centuries-old lindens, planted in the mid-16th century and entered in the Guinness Book of Records. Over almost 500 years they have grown to eight meters (26 feet) in girth.
The Muse creative park stretches along the embankment. Here you'll find pretty gazebos, an amphitheater, a musical playground, a rope park, and sculptures: a violinist and a girl reading fairy tales. The park is divided into 3 zones, for artists, musicians, and writers, each marked by a corresponding sculpture and equipped with Wi-Fi and USB points. Behind the rope park is a small, very pleasant wood with paths.
Point on route “Svetlogorsk: The Essentials”
Point 14
🌿 Public garden or park • 🚶♂️ Waterfront
Formally this is a pond; in German it was called Mühlenteich, meaning “Mill Pond.” In the 13th century the knights of the Teutonic Order dammed a stream and built a water mill, creating the Mill Pond, now Lake Tikhoye (“Quiet Lake”).
Here you can rent a boat to row along the lake and admire the views from the water. Or stroll along the embankment and take in the highlights: the Muse creative park, ancient 16th-century lindens, a coniferous forest, and a series of miniature sculptures, the “Svetlo-hedgehogs.” At the stall by the boat station, we recommend trying some unusual forest drinks that give the place a special flavor: for tea lovers, Ceylon tea brewed with pine cones and pine nuts; for coffee lovers, the same nuts but with cream and real pine-nut syrup.
Walk along the south shore past the centuries-old lindens, planted in the mid-16th century and entered in the Guinness Book of Records. Over almost 500 years they have grown to eight meters (26 feet) in girth.
The Muse creative park stretches along the embankment. Here you'll find pretty gazebos, an amphitheater, a musical playground, a rope park, and sculptures: a violinist and a girl reading fairy tales. The park is divided into 3 zones, for artists, musicians, and writers, each marked by a corresponding sculpture and equipped with Wi-Fi and USB points. Behind the rope park is a small, very pleasant wood with paths.
15 points
5 km
2.5 hours
