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Senamiestis (Old Town) of Kaunas. Surrounded by rivers from three sides the medieval Old Town of Kaunas is located next to the confluence of two major rivers: Neris and Nemunas. This confluence, once important for trade, is still guarded by a tower of Kaunas castle (14th century) that you can climb witnessing minor exhibits.
Top ways to experience Old Town and nearby attractions. Kaunas Rumsiskes and Pazaislis Monastery Full Day Tour from Vilnius. 7. Full-day Tours. from. £175.46. per group (up to 2) Kaunas city center tour + IX Fort Museum (BONUS) Historical Tours.
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- What hotels are near Old Town?Hotels near Old Town: (0.06 mi) Amberton Cozy Hotel Kaunas (0.13 mi) Daugirdas Hotel (0.11 mi) Villa Kaunensis (0.11 mi) Art & Comfort Rooms (0.13...
- What restaurants are near Old Town?Restaurants near Old Town: (0.02 mi) Soul (0.02 mi) Agave (0.02 mi) Michelle (0.02 mi) ETNO DVARAS Kauno Rotuse (0.02 mi) Restoranas Antis View all...
- What attractions are near Old Town?Attractions near Old Town: (0.02 mi) DejaVu PartyBar (0.03 mi) Jono Vileisio Monument (0.03 mi) Museum of History of Lithuanian Medicine and Pharma...
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- Žaliakalnis Borough of Kaunas
- Southern and Central Žaliakalnis: Interwar Elite Neighborhood
- Eastern Žaliakalnis: The Garden City
- Ąžuolų Kalnas: A Calm Outback
Žaliakalnisis the interwar (1918-1940) extension of Kaunas. Some of the era's grandest projects have been constructed here, but the borough still retains its calm suburban feel. Homes here stand amidst old trees that line up every street. Large wooden edifices are joined by entire streets of 1930s brick villas and a few new houses of the modern eli...
Žaliakalnis name means "Green hill" and it lives up to its name. From the New Town, it can be reached by ascending several pedestrian streets named "Laiptai". "Laiptai" means "Stairs" and these streets, in fact, are long flights of stairs that used to be traveled daily by the commuting Žaliakalnis inhabitants of the 1930s. Kauko laiptaiare beautifu...
The 1923 concept of a "planned garden city" was fulfilled the most faithfully in Eastern Žaliakalnis anchored on diagonal and crescent streets. Its vision was created by a Danish engineer Frandsen, who was also responsible for contemporary Copenhagen urban plan. However, Frandsen's utopian hopes of relocating the entire Lithuanian government to pat...
Savanorių Avenue coincides with the historical Saint Petersburg-Warsaw road (constructed in 1830-1835) and it is the 19th-century roots of Žaliakalnis. Here stands the gothic revival Saulė (Sun) gymnasium(1913), the first Kaunas official Lithuanian school after Russia scrapped the Lithuanian language ban (1904). Neighborhoods north and west of Sava...
Jan 31, 2020 · At the confluence of the Neris and Neman rivers, Kaunas has a picturesque location and a well-preserved Old Town. But alongside the cobblestone streets, grand church domes and a charming castle...
Jul 7, 2019 · The wise old man. The Wise Old Man – Street Art in Kaunas. The famous mural of artist Jurgis Mačiūnas, a surreal painting of him with a pipe, is one of the more famous pierces of street art in Kaunas. Jurgis Mačiūnas was a Lithuanian artist who founded the experimental art movement Fluxus in the 1960s.
Explore Kaunas’s Street Art Scene. From the top of Kaunas Castle, you will also get a great view across the park to an iconic piece of Kaunas’s street art scene; the Wise Old Man. At 440m 2 the impressive mural, which is painted onto the façade of an abandoned factory on Jonasvos Street (3), has been watching over Kaunas since 2013. Both ...
A view towards the Kaunas old town from the upper station of Aleksotas funicular. ©Augustinas Žemaitis. Kaunas is Lithuania’s second largest city (population 325 000) resting at the confluence of country’s two largest rivers, Neris and Nemunas. For centuries it has been smaller than Vilnius, but only a bit, therefore Vilnius vs. Kaunas rivalry is
