{"id":762,"date":"2026-03-07T19:36:17","date_gmt":"2026-03-07T17:36:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/expatkaliningrad.com\/?p=762"},"modified":"2026-03-07T19:37:43","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T17:37:43","slug":"international-womens-day-kaliningrad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/expatkaliningrad.com\/ru\/international-womens-day-kaliningrad\/","title":{"rendered":"International Women’s Day Kaliningrad"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The perfect presents for Women’s Day<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Revised 7 March 2026 | First published 6 March 2020 ~ International Women’s Day Kaliningrad<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Just before the dawn of International Women’s Day 2020, we took a trip to the BauCenter, where I bought Olga a nice trowel and some other romantic garden implements. I thought these would make excellent presents, and I was right. The garden has now matured and looks very nice indeed.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Travelling across Kaliningrad today on our way to the garden centre, we marveled at how the city had swung into action in readiness for International Women\u2019s Day on Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The city was festooned with flower-sellers, ranging from one person with literally a handful of flowers to stalls consisting of two and three tables profusely bedecked with all manner of blooms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Tulips Rule OK!!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The flower-selling booths, which are there on a permanent basis, were, of course, also in full swing, helping to transform the city into a charming early-spring festival ablaze with refreshing and natural bright colours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

International Women’s Day Kaliningrad<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

To Kaliningradians, International Women\u2019s Day is an important date in the yearly calendar. It is a celebration of femininity, a time to show appreciation for the love, devotion, work and commitment that women invest in relationships and the value they impart to motherhood and family. I remember last year [2019], even with the sleet and snow, how many men of all ages were out on the streets of Kaliningrad purchasing flowers to present to their wives and girlfriends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I tried comparing International Women’s Day in Kaliningrad with its UK counterpart, but, try as I might, there was nothing to recall. Perhaps, on March the 8th, I had always been in the wrong place at the wrong time (ie, hiding in the pub), or, then again, perhaps buying flowers for one\u2019s other heterosexual half is frowned on in the UK as an unforgivable act of sexism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hmmm, well, the last thing that I would want to be accused of is sexism. Perish the thought.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, I refrained from purchasing my wife flowers this year (which makes it sound as if I bought her flowers last year), and instead I bought her a shovel and a trowel so that she could plant her own in the garden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Which just goes to show that leading your wife up the garden path does not have to spark a gender war!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s 2026, and the garden is looking lovely!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Olga
Trowelling on the appreciation<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

More on Daily Life in Kaliningrad<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Russia Pays Tribute to its Men<\/a>
Kaliningrad Leaves Autumn to the Leaf Suckers<\/a>
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