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Šiauliai In Your Pocket
Lithuania’s fourth city, Šiauliai was first mentioned in rhyme in 1236 in reference to a savage battle between the then Lithuanian tribes and the Sword Brothers, a particularly nasty bunch of monks working for the Bishop of Riga.
OUR Šiauliai HIGHLIGHTS
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Proof that you don’t need a converted power station or banks of computer screens to make a great museum, Šiauliai’s exemplary Bicycle Museum offers three floors of over 250 bicycles
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Established in 1923, this is the home of Šiauliai’s Aušros Museum, which has several branches throughout the city. This particular building houses several permanent exhibitions includ
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Southern Germany meets the fall of the Roman Empire inside a modern shopping centre no less. It’s all lederhosen, gurgling fountains and the strains of oom-pa-pa here, providing a worryingly au
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The irony may be lost on its owners, but the fact that you enter via the kind of turnstile usually found at a zoo leaves little else to be written about this place. Brimming with exotic creatures, th
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Come to Šiauliai, don’t come here, and consider yourself a sinner. Arguably the city’s most famous if not notorious establishment, Juonė Pastuogė’s genius is
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A brisk few minutes’ walk south from the centre and featuring a reception area littered with dead animal heads, the Hunters’ Tavern contains neither hunters nor a tavern but don’t l
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