
The Homlins
The Homlins

05.02.2025
The Homlins
An entire family of cute creatures called Homlins lives on the territory of the mysterious Kaliningrad. These are magical little people. Their name derives from the English word ""home"". The miniature sculptures are located in different parts of the city. They became one of the city's symbols.The creator of the sculptures is Andrey Sledkov, and the names for the Homlins were chosen by popular vote. At present, all seven miniature figures of these fairy-tale inhabitants can be found in the city.
The first of them is Grandfather Karl, a figurine installed in 2018 at the Medovy Bridge, Kant island. One can reach the sculpture on foot – along the road from the Oktyabrsky island to the Kant island.

Grandmother Martha welcomes guests at the entrance to the Amber Museum. Tourists often treat her with sweets and leave coins nearby as a souvenir.

On July 26, 2019, a child Homlin arrived to his grandmother and grandfather on a paper boat. It is since then that Vitek, the sailor Homlin, stays on the embankment near the Museum of the World Ocean, next to the grand ship Vityaz.

Little Ulya, next to the Kaliningrad zoo, is surely the most mischievous and cheerful child in the Homlins' family.

On the All-Russian Day of Amber, July 21, 2020, the dreamer Father Homlin named Leo appeared in front of the Kaliningrad Regional Fine Art Museum. It is believed that Father Homlin was named after the lions supporting the shield.

On the next Day of Amber, the last two figurines were installed, that of the mother, Varya, and the child Anton.

Mother Homlin peeps out of a window in the Wrangel Tower. Anton is the youngest Homlin, who is comfortably lying in front of the ALTES HAUS museum.

If you would like to find Homlins, please use a map.
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