Kaunas In Your Pocket
Exactly 200 years ago on June 23, 1812 Napoleon Bonaparte and his 690,000-strong
Grande Armée crossed the Nemunas on the outskirts of Kaunas, thus entering Russia and officially beginning his ill-fated march on Moscow. At the time Kaunas, then known as Kovno, was a bustling outpost on the border of the Russian Empire and the short-lived Duchy of Warsaw with a large Russian, Polish and Jewish population and only a handful of ethnic Lithuanian inhabitants. Two centuries and several devastating wars later and today's Kaunas is renowned locally as the most Lithuanian of Lithuania's large cities. How times have changed. Despite its rather lacklustre contemporary ethnic make-up, 21st century Kaunas boasts a cultural diversity that gives every other city in the country a good run for its money, offering an affordable, frequently unpolished and unequivocally eye-opening adventure to anyone looking for a truly unique holiday destination.
Kaunas In Your Pocket has been condensing the best and most interesting bits of the city into pocket-sized reading material for the last two decades and continues to be the only authoritative and impartial guide to the city in English. Find within the contents of this year's fully updated online guide information on everything you need to get the most out of Kaunas from hotels to Holocaust sites. All comments and suggestions, polite or otherwise, are welcome as usual. Send us an
email if you dare. Enjoy!
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Tadas Ivanauskas Zoological Museum
visited this very interesting museum about 1995, its an amazing place to see. ...Photography Tours
Having found Richard via google, my initial e-mail enquiry was quickly answered and plans put in place for a tour of Kaunas....The Monk’s Bunk Kaunas
I thought it was a cool place, spacious and clean, staff were super, they taught me the finer points of foosball (a must if you travel in Lithuania) and I ended up staying longer than expected....Buon Giorno
We've visited the restaurant at Daukanto three times now. Food, service and atmosphere has been marvellous every time....Medžiotojų Užeiga
Really good choice. Absolutely friendly and competent personnel and high quality food. Athmosphere is fluffy with fireplace and "trumpet -lights" (a must-see)....Republic
That's very nice place, day time you can get food there, have a simply chat with friends, but nigh time - it's crazy....Urmas
Good....Shamrock
We visited this Bar whilst on a weekend break to Kaunus. It boasted a good range of bar snacks and some interesting local beers, all at a very good price....Medžiotojų Užeiga
We have just returned from a long weekend in Kaunus. Four of us ate at this restaurant on two nights, and we had nothing but high quality and well prepared dishes....Ramzis II
Very good food, reasonably priced alcohol and jolly, unintimidating entrainment - belly dancers kept distance, but invited to join everyone who fancied to shake their bodies a bit....Antis
We spend one night and one day in Kaunas and chose this Rrestaurant via "InYourPocket" recommendation....St. Francis Xavier Church & Jesuit Monastery
Wonderful! I attended evening Mass and it was beautiful! The cantor had a gorgeous voice!...St. Michael the Archangel
A beautiful church! Sadly the exterior needs to be refurbished with a fresh coat of paint. Just needs ...Pažaislis Monastery Complex
Pažaislis Monastery is an inspirational masterpiece of baroque architecture! It will take your breath away! The new museum is well organized and very informative....Devil Museum
An extremely unique and a one of a kind museum! Thousands of devils are on display from all over the world! I highly suggest a guided tour in your native language....