Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #1 in Kaunas, Lithuania

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Number of sights 22 sights
Distance 6.6 km
Ascend 87 m
Descend 104 m

Experience Kaunas in Lithuania in a whole new way with our self-guided sightseeing tour. This site not only offers you practical information and insider tips, but also a rich variety of activities and sights you shouldn't miss. Whether you love art and culture, want to explore historical sites or simply want to experience the vibrant atmosphere of a lively city - you'll find everything you need for your personal adventure here.

Activities in KaunasIndividual Sights in Kaunas

Sight 1: Knygnešių sienelė

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The wall of the booksellers is a monument erected in 1940 in the garden of the Vytautas the Great War Museum in Kaunas.

Wikipedia: Knygnešių sienelė (LT)

575 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 2: National Theater of Drama in Kaunas

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The National Kaunas Drama Theatre (NKDT), formerly Kaunas State Drama Theatre, is a theatre and theatre company in Kaunas, Lithuania. The company is the oldest professional theatre troupe in Lithuania, founded in 1920 at the building now known as the Kaunas State Musical Theatre. It moved to its current location, the building formerly housing the "Metropolitain" cinema, in 1959.

Wikipedia: National Kaunas Drama Theatre (EN)

437 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 3: Kauno valstybinis lėlių teatras

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Kaunas State Puppet Theatre is a puppet theatre in Kaunas, Lithuania. The professional theatre was established in 1958. Each theatrical season it offers to the spectators twenty puppet performances, and 4–5 new plays are usually staged. There are two halls for spectators – 226 and 50 seats each in the theatre. Small museum of puppets characters is set at the premises of the theatre. The theatre performed plays in festivals of many foreign countries.

Wikipedia: Kaunas State Puppet Theatre (EN)

429 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 4: Philharmony of Kaunas

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Kaunas State Philharmonic is located in the former Palace of Justice and the Parliament. The building was designed by the engineer and architect Edmund Fryk.

Wikipedia: Kaunas State Philharmonic (EN)

174 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 5: Synagogue of Kaunas

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Kaunas Synagogue is one of two operating choral synagogues in Lithuania. It is located in Centras eldership, Kaunas. The Neo-Baroque synagogue was built in 1872. In 1902, before the Holocaust in Lithuania, it was one of over 25 synagogues and Jewish prayer houses in the city. The radically designed synagogue claims to have one of the most beautiful arks in the entire Jewish world.

Wikipedia: Kaunas Synagogue (EN)

62 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 6: Kauno Tado Ivanausko zoologijos muziejus

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Kauno Tado Ivanausko zoologijos muziejus

The Tadas Ivanauskas Zoological Museum was established in Kaunas, Lithuania, in 1919 by Tadas Ivanauskas (1882–1970).

Wikipedia: Tadas Ivanauskas Zoological Museum (EN), Website

224 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 7: Kauno Šv. Gertrūdos bažnyčia

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Kaunas st. Gertrūda's church is a Gothic-style church in the east of Kaunas Old Town, at the end of Laisvės avenue, in a small courtyard.

Wikipedia: Kauno Šv. Gertrūdos (Marijonų) bažnyčia (LT)

445 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 8: Kauno Švč. Sakramento bažnyčia ir Domininkonų vienuolynas

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Church of the Blessed Sacrament or Corpus Christi Church is a Roman Catholic church in the Old Town of Kaunas, Lithuania. The church was damaged by the Napoleonic Army in 1812 and together with the Dominican Monastery was closed in 1845 by the order of Russian tsar Nicholas I of Russia, in 1865 it was converted into an Orthodox church.

Wikipedia: Church of the Blessed Sacrament, Kaunas (EN)

220 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 9: Istorinė prezidentūra

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The Historical Presidential Palace is a Neo-baroque building in the Old Town of Kaunas, Lithuania that served as the Presidential Palace during the interwar years. Today, the palace is a branch of the M. K. Čiurlionis National Art Museum.

Wikipedia: Historical Presidential Palace, Kaunas (EN), Website

537 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 10: Owl Mountain

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Owl Hill is a hill and park in Kaunas, Žaliakalnis, so called because of the sculptures of owls created by sculptor Vincas Grybas adorning the fence surrounding the park.

Wikipedia: Pelėdų kalnas (LT)

504 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 11: St. Nicholas Church

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Kaunas st. St. Nicholas' Church is a church that stands in the Old Town on the slope of Žaliakalnis southwestern hill.

Wikipedia: Kauno Šv. Mikalojaus (Benediktinių) bažnyčia (LT)

246 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 12: Kauno pantomimos teatras

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Kaunas pantomime theatre is pantomime theatre in Kaunas, Lithuania. The theatre was established in 1968. Founder and leader of the Kaunas Pantomime theatre was artistic director Kestutis Adomaitis (1948–1996). Kaunas Municipality becomes the founder of Kaunas Pantomime Theatre in 2003. Kaunas Pantomime theatre is the only Lithuanian professional ensemble theatre with a repertoire of this genre only. The theatre performed in many foreign countries, such as Germany, Russia, Romania, Latvia, Syria, Jordan, China, Moldova, Ukraine, Belarus, Poland, and Denmark.

Wikipedia: Kaunas Pantomime Theatre (EN)

450 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 13: Kauno evangelikų liuteronų bažnyčia

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Kaunas Lutheran Holy Trinity Church is a Lutheran church in the Old Town of Kaunas, Lithuania. It is one of the first Lutheran churches in Kaunas, built in 1683. The wooden main altar dates from 1692. The church was closed by the Soviet authorities, nowadays it used by the local university.

Wikipedia: Kaunas Lutheran Holy Trinity Church (EN)

262 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 14: House of Perkunas

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The House of Perkūnas is one of the most original and Gothic secular buildings, located in the Old Town of Kaunas, Lithuania. Originally built by Hanseatic merchants and served as their office from 1440 until 1532, it was sold in the 16th century to the Jesuits who had established a chapel there in 1643. The Jesuits have also completed the Church of St. Francis Xavier at the Town Hall Square in 1722.

Wikipedia: House of Perkūnas (EN), Website

64 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 15: Vytautas Magnus Church

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Vytautas Magnus Church

Church of Vytautas the Great or the Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary is a Roman Catholic church in the Old Town of Kaunas, Lithuania, and is the oldest church in the city and an important example of Gothic architecture in Lithuania, having the only Gothic cross-shaped plan in Lithuania.

Wikipedia: Church of Vytautas the Great (EN)

184 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 16: Church of Jesuites

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Church of Jesuites

Kaunas st. St. Francis Xavier Church is a church in Lithuania, in Kaunas Old Town, near the Town Hall Square. In the late Baroque style. Next to it is the Kaunas Jesuit Monastery.

Wikipedia: Kauno Šv. Pranciškaus Ksavero bažnyčia (LT)

125 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 17: Town Hall of Kaunas

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The Town Hall of Kaunas stands in the middle of the Town Hall Square at the heart of the Old Town, Kaunas, Lithuania.The structure dates from the 16th century. It houses a Museum of Ceramics.

Wikipedia: Town Hall, Kaunas (EN)

190 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 18: Museum of Medicine and Pharmacy

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The Museum of the History of Lithuanian Medicine and Pharmacy is located in a restored 16th-century building at the Town Hall Square in the Old Town of Kaunas, Lithuania.

Wikipedia: Museum of the History of Lithuanian Medicine and Pharmacy (EN)

156 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 19: Kaunas Cathedral Basilica of apostles St. Peter and St. Paul

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Kaunas st. The Basilica of the Archdiocese of The Apostles Peter and Paul is a church in Lithuania, which stands in Kaunas, in the Old Town, near the Town Hall Square. Gothic, after reconstructions acquired features of the Renaissance, Baroque, Neo-Gothic. The largest Gothic building in Lithuania. One of the places of Catholic pilgrimage in the Archdiocese of Kaunas.

Wikipedia: Kauno Šv. apaštalų Petro ir Povilo arkikatedra bazilika (LT)

334 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 20: Trinity Church

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Trinity Church

Kaunas Švč. Trinity Church is a nonparaptic Catholic church, which stands in Kaunas Old Town, A. Jakšto str. 1, in the northwestern corner of the Town Hall Square. The late Renaissance style also has Gothic features. Next to it is Kaunas Seminary of Priests.

Wikipedia: Kauno Švč. Trejybės (Seminarijos) bažnyčia (LT)

409 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 21: Museum of Lithuanian Sport

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The Lithuanian Sports Museum is a Lithuanian museum, a scientific educational institution in Kaunas, Muziejus str. 7, 9, collecting, researching, popularizing the physical education and sports values of Lithuania and the Lithuanian diaspora.

Wikipedia: Lietuvos sporto muziejus (LT)

532 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 22: Santakos parkas

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Santaka Park is a park covering an area of 12.69 ha at the confluence of the Nemunas and Neris rivers in Kaunas Old Town. The boundaries of the park were approved on May 11, 1993.

Wikipedia: Santakos parkas (LT)

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