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Kaunas In Your Pocket
The Frank Sinatra of Eastern Europe, Kaunas is a household name that you know little about in reality. Charismatic with shady undertones, Lithuania’s second city has had a long and illustrious career of ups and downs, enjoying numerous and often controversial flirtations over the centuries with a hefty roll call of colourful characters from both home and abroad.
OUR Kaunas HIGHLIGHTS
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An unbeatable location and by all accounts one of the classiest and most popular hotels in town with those who appreciate the finer things in life. Quality rooms await, from standards through to exec
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Established in 1958 around the same time that scores of similar theatres were opening behind the Iron Curtain, Kaunas’ fine Puppet Theatre puts on several different performances a year for the
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Located in the small Dariaus ir Girėno airport in Aleksotas, learn to fly a glider or light aircarft. Pleasure trips are also available. This is also the place to come to parachute.
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A fairly substantial collection of memorabilia and some actual aircraft including a home-built helicopter, a Soviet-built flight simulator and the chance to pilot your own computerised plan
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As the name suggests, the Hunter's Tavern specialises in a wide range of dishes that once roamed freely in the forest and ended up in the path of a man holding a gun. This place is pure banquet i
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Chiune Sugihara (1900-1986) was the Japanese Vice Consul to Lithuania for a brief period between 1939 and 1940. Together with a Dutch colleague, Jan Zwartendijk, he saved thousands of Polish Jew
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Latest Kaunas Comments
This is by far the best place i ate whilst in Kanuas and believe me there were many.[...]
Kaunas has probably the most interesting large shopping sites in Lithuania. As it was mentioned by Matt Mormnace, Kaunas Akropolis is the best with western standard parking lot of 4 levels; Mega shopping mall attracts everyone with aquarium&shar[...]
this place is great :)[...]
Good morning. I`m a sailor from Poland. I have got a question: Is it a sluice in dam of Kaunas Sea? I would like to sail from Grodno to Kłajpeda this spring. Thank you for your answer. Best regards. Adam Molenda
Good morning Adam,
We know a lot of things but I must confess that we don't know if there's a sluice in the dam in the Kaunas Sea. There's a good list of water-related contacts in Kaunas on the city's tourist information website. Alternatively you could contact the TIC directly.
Ed.
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Hi! My family came from Rumsiski to Brazil in 1927. Kaunas is mentioned on their passports, too. I would like to research our history. Is there any website or tool that you recomend for that?Our family nameS: PUNSKAS and BASThank you very much!
Hi Ana,
Try looking at the Genealogy page in our online Vilnius guide (in the Directory section). Ed.
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WHO SHOULD I CONTACT TO MAKE A DONATION TO THE SYNAGOGUE OF KAUNAS
Hi,
Suggest the best place to start is the Jewish Community Centre in Kaunas. We list it on the website. We'll enlarge and improve our Jewish Kaunas section this spring. So do please come back again. Ed.
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It was awesome! AMAZING[...]
I enjoyed a very comfortable stay here in early September '08. The location really couldn't be better. Easy for buses, or a stroll along the lovely pedestrianised thoroughfare just a few meters away.My room was warm, comfortable bed, & w[...]
Bella Italia gets my vote. This was frankly a second choice as the restaurant I was going to was full!I enjoyed, first, good service, nice pint, probably the best Steak Meal I have eaten in a long time. This is well worth a visit. Great value....I w[...]
I hired a car from them, paid the deposit, extra insurance and car rental. When I returned the car they did not return my deposit, took more money from my bank- as I flew home and denied my payment of deposit to my bank, trying to get more mone[...]
Per isegines buvome uzeja papietauti Kauno Akropolyje i PIZZA HUT ,taciau likome labai nusivyle,aptarnavimu ir maistu.Teko dauk kartu lankytis PIZZA HUT amerikoje cia lietuvoje toli grazu nuo relybes visai nepanasu.BBQ vistienos sparneliai paprasti visai neastrus patiekemi su paprastu keciupu o ne su BBQ padazu jau nekalbu, kur is tikruju turetu buti su Blue chese padazu kaip amerikoje ar kitu saliu PIZZA HUT> Aptarnavimas pasibaisetinas sedi su keliu menesiu kudikiu mato ,kad vaikas neramus verkia mazai turim laiko,dasikviesti neymanoma nors stovi ir kikena visa kruva jaunu padaveju prie baro.Vienu zodziu kiek suprantame vadovybe turetu pasiziureti,kaip tokios istaigos veikia europoje,arba uz atlanto .Ir bent jau negadintu PIZZA HUT vardo ir patiekalu.
Editor's note:
Here's a quick translation of the key points:
1 - Disappointing and not at all like Pizza Hut in other countries.
2 - BBQ chicken wings are not spicy at all and come with plain old ketchup.
3 - The service was terrible.
4 - They are ruining the Pizza Hut name.[...]
LITHUANIAN GIRLS ARE ... [expletives removed... but he means 'very beautiful' - ed][...]
Terrible breakfast. It is nothing to eat in the morning. If you want to starve for such a high price you are welcome[...]
Akropolis is great with its many shops and mixture of new and old architecture. By far the best mall in Lithuania.[...]