Kaunas (/ˈkaʊnəs/; Lithuanian: [ˈkɐʊˑnɐs] ( listen); also see other names) is the second-largest city in Lithuania and has historically been a leading centre of Lithuanian economic, academic, and cultural life. Kaunas was the biggest city and the centre of a county in Trakai Municipality of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania since 1413. In the Russian Empire, it was the capital of the Kaunas Governorate from 1843 to 1915. It served as temporary capital of Lithuania during the interwar period, while the traditional capital of Vilnius was part of Poland between 1920 and 1939. During that period Kaunas has been nicknamed the Little Paris because of rich cultural and academic life, fashion, construction of countless Art Deco, Lithuanian National Romanticism architectural style buildings as well as popular furniture, interior design of the time and widespread café culture. The city interwar architecture is regarded as one of the finest examples of the European Art Deco and received the European Heritage Label, it also resulted in naming Kaunas the first city in Central and Eastern Europe as a UNESCO City of Design. In 2022, Kaunas will be the European Capital of Culture, together with the Luxembourgish city of Esch-sur-Alzette.
Restaurants in Kaunas
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Tailor-made tours to the Baltic States, Scandinavia, Russia & Eastern Europe; private day trips, walking tours, driver-guide transfers and personal service second to none.
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Get ready for the most exciting experience at the biggest indoor go kart track Kartlandas in Lithuania! That means - bad weather can't ruin this activity, ever! Take your friends, family members or a bunch of colleagues, there's enough space for 100+ people - and off course you go for an adrenaline pumping adventure on our 300 m. long race track. Oh did we mention that at Kartlandas you can have your first driving experience from the age of 4?! Helpful and vibrant staff members of Kartlandas will give you all the tips for a positive and entertaining experience and make sure you'll leave with a smile and the best driving skills! You'll be surprised, how cozy Kartlandas spaces are starting with big lounge area. Don't forget to reserve one of the tables for your snacks and drinks! Ladies at the reception area will gladly answer all of your questions, but to make everything even more simple - we have a modern equipment, which lets you track the results live on our TV screens!
Excellent leisure, unforgettable emotions, friendly atmosphere and staff, good prices, fast gokarts. Overall had a very good experience.
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Very interesting exposition, super helpful staff. Loved it. Authentic details, much to learn ant to be surprised.
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Break Free is an unforgettable experience where you and your team of up to 5 people will get locked in a room and have 60 minutes to escape from. To achieve this goal, you'll need to use all your 5 senses! Visit our attraction with your friends, colleagues or family and have unforgettable time and emotions! Please make reservation in advance. Cash only.
I was escaping with my friends, we enjoyed a lot! We tried Alice in wonderland a few weeks ago and we decided that we want more???? so we came back for a Mafia room, which was amazing!!! Nice customer service, they know how to give proper hints to leave it interesting!!! We are planning to escape more of their rooms ????
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Little cosy kARTu studio is located in K. Donelaicio st. 24-1, the very heart of city Kaunas . Here you can not only find a variety of unique leather handbags and backpacks by kARTu but unique clothes and accessories by local designers too! There is also a possibility to design kARTu dream bag or backpack here – you can choose specific colour and type of leather from our palette which has more than 100 colours and patterns. What is more, you can mix and match, choose everything to the very detail and order your one and only bespoke handbag by kARTu.
This store rocks! You can find something for everyone. Local designers, the jewelry, clothes and gorgeous designs “kARTu” leather handbags. They have a huge catalogue full of leather samples if you don’t find your perfect colour bag. Lovely conversations, good coffee and new handbag. This place is a dream for stylish woman!
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Information for Visitor Please, contact us in advance in order to visit the exposition. Collection There is the biggest collection of gas masks and closed-circuit breathing apparatus in the Baltic countries. All Lithuanian and German armies and other different countries gas masks. There is gathered an impressive collection of: generators, medical instruments, radios and etc. The Nuclear Bunker Museum presents the KGB bunker! This is unique collection featuring secret surveillance equipment and devices, used by the NKVD, the KGB and special divisions of militia. So far, we could only read in books about the KGB used tracking technology or see it in movies about James Bond. KGB power structures of the Soviet Union not only persecuted the common people, but completely mistrusted their own colleagues and spied on them in both formal and informal ways. The KGB, state security committees always possessed the latest and the most innovative technology and professionally trained specialists in their field, officers, and agents. Obsolete KGB surveillance technique used to be strictly destroyed by signing special reports, while part of the technology was transferred to the military. In the KGB bunker you will see secret equipment for intrusions and secret searches, KGB phones and phone eavesdropping and coding equipment. The museum has many clandestine and portable radio communication devices, radio transmitters and receivers, communications jammers, bearing finders, remote eavesdropping equipment, eavesdropping bugs and their detection devices. We will tell you about the unique secret metal detector for detecting eavesdropping equipment or a weapon with which you can come up near the person and embrace him. You will learn about detection equipment and instruments of isotopically marked documents, money, people, and animals. We will present external monitoring, night vision devices, secret dictaphones and recorders, covert mini cameras, masked undercover video recorders. You will find out what secret scanning, photographic and filming equipment was used for copying documents upon secretly sneaking into the room. The museum has a UV and IR device for detection of micro objects and many other intriguing and unseen items. It is important for us what questions people ask themselves after visiting the Nuclear Bunker, what fears worry them, and what they muse...
It’s one of the best places related to USSR history I have ever visit, never seen that much original souvenirs in one place. Highly recommended to visit this place for every history freak as I’m.
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“BEGLYS” – challenging team escape game placed in the heart of Kaunas city, the former prison cellars. Unleash your imagination, find the courage and prepare for the challenges. You will have to use your detective skills to solve multiple mysteries and puzzles, locate a hidden key, and escape from a locked room within a 60 min.
Went in for a game with 4 friends when on holiday and were very impressed with the attention to detail in Beglys's escape room. Very cleverly built with many thought provoking puzzles and an interesting story, had a lovely time and would definitely recommend to anyone spending their holiday time in Kaunas!
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Common philosophy united a group of striving souls, without any particular social status or age limit, for only one purpose. That purpose was to make your nights unforgettable!
4.5 based on 44 reviews
Large area. Abundant variety of plants. We were when a lot of roses were blooming, this aroma was amazing. interestingly, the plants can be viewed both outdoors and indoors. Really great variety. We also saw ducks and other animals walking.
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We visited the Pažaislis Monastery and the Church of the Visitation during our vehicle transfer from Riga to Vilnius. It was closed by the time we arrived but our guide from Traveller Tours was able to persuade the nuns to let us in for a brief visit. The architecture and particularly the ceiling paintings are absolutely stunning and well worth a visit, even if it is a bit out of town. There is also a small crypt in the church but we did not have time to explore this or the main Monastery.
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