Klaipėda's relatively small centre makes walking from place to place a good option, with large city-owned buses and private minibuses providing help when you need to get from one side of the city to the other.

Buses
Tickets on city-owned buses currently cost €0.80 from kiosks or €1.00 if bought directly from the driver. All city-owned buses require everybody to board through the front door only. A solitary machine for validating tickets can be found next to, or somewhere very near to, the driver. Probably the most useful bus for visitors is the N°8 which runs from the bus and train stations down through the middle of the city and south to the suburbs via the massive Akropolis shopping centre. The bus' popularity makes it a prime target for pickpockets who make a good living from lackadaisical travellers. Don't leave small valuable items in pockets or open bags. A new fleet of grey, green and orange city-owned buses has recently been introduced, which unlike any other public transport in the country has manually operated doors for getting off. Push the small buttons on the hand rails to open the doors. The flash-looking electronic screens at many bus stops are as good as useless, operating under a system that defies any logic whatsoever.

Minibuses
Klaipėda's superb, privately-run minibus (maršrutinis taksi) fleet runs around the clock. Flag one down anywhere in the street and tell the driver when you want him to stop. Tickets cost €0.95 between 06:00 and 23:00, and €1.50 at all other times. Alas there are only now four private routes left. The rest of the city's minibuses are run by the city, follow a formal schedule and only stop at official bus stops.