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Sightseeing
Apart from an ever-increasing number of business travellers and a few trifling males looking for brief moments of meaningless pleasure, most people come to Kaunas for its sightseeing, and quite rightly so. Although much of Old Town remains shabby, what renovated masterpieces there are to see are well worth the journey. Add to this medieval splendour a modicum of 20s and 30s functionalist architecture, some quite unique museums, a few galleries and other historical treats and you’re probably going to have to book a hotel. Here’s what you need to know.
IN THE SPOTLIGHT
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Lithuanian Aviation Museum
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Sugihara House
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
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Latest Comments
It's a bit of a chore to get to the 9th Fort, but definitely worth going there for the sobering history lesson. The museum exhibit is interesting enough, but a tour through the prison itself is a slap in the face. Some benches right near to the ki[...]
The small theater playing Ciurlionis' music was a great way to end a visit to the museum. I sat there for a few minutes, lulled by the joyous, peaceful music, when someone in some back room began to beat a metal file cabinet to death with a sledgeh[...]
I first visited here in 1995, and re-visited in 2008, and it didn't look like the museum had changed much, but a devil museum is probably unique throughout the museum world, and the collection is quite vast. Definitely a must see in Kaunas, and it'[...]
Go in and take a look around. It doesn't cost much, and while the museum is small, they've tried as best they can. Occasionally some academic sort will enter or exit the museum, and if he/she finds out that you're an English speaker, they'll be ha[...]
I visited the Ninth Fort a few years ago. There was a lady in the museum at the bottom of the hill that reminded me of a stereotypical officious Soviet Russian out that one read about during the cold war. The legacy of the USSR lives on in these r[...]
He may have happened to look that way, but he was a devil as well.[...]
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[...]