The second largest city of Lithuania - Kaunas has a long history. Founded in 1280, the city was in the Middle Ages an important outpost of the Teutonic Order. In XV - XVI centuries Kaunas began to form as a major river port. In the present, this is an important industrial and cultural-historical center of Lithuania with a beautiful architecture, developed infrastructure and a rich urban life.
Sights of Kaunas
Tourists who decided to spend their holidays in Lithuania will find a lot to see in Kaunas. Most of the sights of Kaunas are concentrated in the old part of the city, where there are no industrial enterprises, but only cultural objects and houses. On the main street of the old city of Kaunas - Vilnius, traffic is banned, and in other parts of the district travel has a lot of restrictions, which allows you to freely walk around Kaunas, considering architectural and cultural monuments.
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Ciurlionis Museum in Kaunas
Created in 1921, the museum is named after the famous Lithuanian artist and composer Ciurlionis. In the museum exposition there are paintings of the great painter and other artists of the XVII - XX centuries, as well as an extensive collection of wooden sculptures.
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Museum of Devils in Kaunas
The Devils Museum in the center of Kaunas originates from the personal collection of the artist Zhmuidzinavichyus, who collected images of all evil spirits. The museum has many devils made of a variety of materials: ceramics, metal, wood, plastic and original stylized objects: candlesticks, canes, pipes, etc. in the form of devils. Here you can buy unusual souvenirs, corresponding to the museum theme.
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Zoo in Kaunas
Kaunas Zoo is the only one in the country. 11 branches of the zoological garden are located in a park with huge oaks. Along the paths there are sculptures and other pieces of street art. Well-kept cages and spacious enclosures contain 272 species of animals, 100 of which are included in the World Red Book.
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Aquapark in Kaunas
To be more precise, the water park is in Druskininkai. Excursions are organized in the nearby city of Kaunas. The water amusement park is located in an unusual building in architecture, consisting of five buildings. In the water park you can swim in the pools, try yourself on numerous water attractions, take a whirlpool bath or lie on the "ultraviolet" beaches. In addition, in the entertainment center operates a complex of baths, a cinema, a cafe, a restaurant, a bowling hall. For the youngest visitors of the water park there are small pools and fairy-tale shows in the children's sector.
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Forts of Kaunas
By 1890 Kaunas (at that time it was called Kovno) was fortified, surrounded by eight forts, and by the beginning of the First World War the construction of the ninth fort was completed. Since 1924 there was a city prison here, in 1940 - 1941 the NKVD placed political prisoners before being sent to the Gulag. During the Second World War, in the Ninth Fort of Kaunas, there was a concentration camp where mass shootings of people took place. In terrible years it was called "the fort of death". Since 1958, the fort is a museum that represents materials about the country's genocide and the Holocaust.
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You can spend pleasant time walking along the streets and squares of the old town, first of all, along the half-kilometer Laisvės alley with souvenir shops, restaurants, boutiques. The best gifts that can be brought from Kaunas: hand-made ceramics, fragrant herbal and berry tinctures, toys made from natural materials for children, delicious peasant cheese.
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