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Klaipėda In Your Pocket

Klaipėda In Your Pocket
In the early hours of January 28, 1945 the last remaining German soldiers fled Memel after a bloodthirsty three-month siege that left the city in ruins and its civilian population famously reduced to a mere handful. Within two years Memel was rechristened Klaipėda and, as the Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic’s largest port, embarked on yet another chapter in its long and complicated history. Part of an independent Lithuania for two decades, modern-day Klaipėda is an eccentric cocktail mixed from its miscellaneous past personalities. By no stretch of the imagination an international tourist hotspot, its fascination lies primarily in the echoes of its history, a fact impossible to argue with during the summer when the city’s hotels fill to bursting with German tourists whose ancestors once lived here. Boasting enough decent restaurants, bars, clubs and sights to keep visitors busy for a few days at least, Klaipėda sits between the Lithuanian coastal resorts of Nida and Palanga, both of them extraordinary in their own ways and each crying out for a visit when in the area. Almost as old as the Lithuanian Constitution itself, Klaipėda In Your Pocket provides an indispensable peep through the cultural curtains of life in Lithuania’s third city. Comments, suggestions, custard pies and knives in the back are always welcome. Email us at klaipeda@inyourpocket.com.
 

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