Kaunas Vacations
LithuaniaLithuania’s second largest city, Kaunas is situated at the confluence of the Nemunas and the Neris, the country’s two biggest rivers. This was the capital of Lithuania between the wars in 1920-1940, but the history of the city began in the 13th century when the biggest stone bastion in Lithuania …
Kaunas hotels
Things to see and do in Kaunas
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Freedom Avenue (Laisvės alėja)
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Akropolis Kaunas (Akropolis Kauno)
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Vilnius Street (Vilniaus Gatvė)
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Devils Museum Kaunas
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Kaunas Castle
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Sv. Archangel Michael (Garrison) Rector (Sv. arkangelo Mykolo (igulos) rektoratas)
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Kaunas Christ's Resurrection Basilica (Kauno Kristaus Prisikėlimo Bazilika)
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Kaunas Cathedral Basilica
Very pretty. Not quite as interesting as Vilnius, but still worth checking out. The Museum of the Devil is pretty interesting!
Picturesque and infinitely walkable, Lithuania's second largest city is comfortable and cosmopolitan all at the same time.
One reason to love Kaunas is that it is the second most pedestrian-friendly city in Europe (after Venice). Pedestrians dominate the Old Town and the Laivės Alėja, the longest pedestrian zone in Europe—1.7 kilometers long. This zone starts with a somber memorial to Romas Kalanta, a student who burned himself to death in 1972 to protest communism’s oppressive regime. From that monument you can see, at just over a mile away, the end of the pedestrian zone—the grandiose St. Michael the Archangel Church, located on Nepriklausomybės aikštė (Independence Square). If you count the Old Town’s foot-friendly areas (where cars are rare), then the total pedestrian distance is over three kilometers (two miles).
Perfect place!