In some parts of Kaliningrad, with selective vision and eyes half-closed, you can imagine you are back in the old Konigsberg.

This bridge house and the little terrace behind it somehow survived the terrible firebombing of 1944.

Purists may quibble about the restoration of the bridge house. No, the roof isn’t tiled, it has the new ‘Prussian Tile Look’ coated metal sheeting, which is becoming quite a popular building material in Kaliningrad.