What to do and see in Kaunas County, Kaunas County: The Best Budget-friendly Things to do

April 24, 2022 Matilde Konrad

Discover the best top things to do in Kaunas County, Lithuania including Museum of History of Lithuanian Medicine and Pharmacy, Atomic KGB Bunker, Rumsiskes Open-Air Museum, Ninth Fort, National M. K. Ciurlionis Art Museum, Kaunas Botanical Garden, Sugihara House, Pazaislis Monastery, Old Town Kaunas, Akropolis.
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1. Museum of History of Lithuanian Medicine and Pharmacy

Rotuses a. 28, Kaunas 44279 Lithuania +370 37 201569 [email protected] https://www.muziejai.lt/Muziejus.en.asp?Db_kodas=2719&meniu=0
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5.0 based on 140 reviews

Museum of History of Lithuanian Medicine and Pharmacy

Reviewed By ramintapan

Very interesting exposition, super helpful staff. Loved it. Authentic details, much to learn ant to be surprised.

2. Atomic KGB Bunker

Raudondvario pl. 164a, Kaunas 47173 Lithuania +370 677 57736 [email protected] http://www.atominisbunkeris.lt/
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5.0 based on 92 reviews

Atomic KGB Bunker

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...

Reviewed By 275wiktorw - Vilnius, Lithuania

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.

3. Rumsiskes Open-Air Museum

L. Lekavichiaus g. 2, Rumsiskes 56337 Lithuania +370 346 47392 http://www.llbm.lt/
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4.5 based on 256 reviews

Rumsiskes Open-Air Museum

Open Air Museum of Lithuania is a unique and one of the largest (195 ha) open-air ethnographic museums in Europe. It has the biggest quantity of exhibits (90820 exhibits). The museum presents the mode of life, works, and traditions of peasants and townspeople of all Lithuanian ethnographic areas: Dzūkija, Aukštaitija, Suvalkija, Žemaitija and Lithuania Minor. It was established in 1966, in Rumšiškės on a picturesque coast of Kaunas Lagoon. There are fragments of the villages, authentic farms, century-old buildings with flower gardens, orchards and vegetable gardens, with crosses and wooden roofed poles, technical facilities - mills, forges, a fulling-mill and oil-mill lining along 7 km circular route, meandering between forests, meadows and hills. In the centre of the museum there is a fragment of a township with its typical buildings, where pots are shaped, amber and wood works are done and weaving process of linen is presented. The painful past of Lithuanian history is reminded in the sector of Deportation and Resistance. The guided tours, educational programs, calendar feasts, folk group concerts are being organized in the museum, horseback riding club.

Reviewed By LidijaM30 - Riga, Latvia

The Open-Air Museum of historical style of life of Lithuanians, the place where it is possible to bicycle and enjoy nature

4. Ninth Fort

Zemaiciu Plentas 73, Kaunas 47435 Lithuania +370 37 377750 [email protected] http://www.9fortomuziejus.lt/
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4.5 based on 459 reviews

Ninth Fort

Reviewed By andTilly - Bratislava, Slovakia

You can walk around the place even if the musem is closed. It takes at least 30 min to see everything just from the outside - and it’s nice to go after hours - less crowded and you get to see it anyway. The area is large, clean and cared for. From the top of the fort (it looks like a little hill) there is a nice view over the city, though it’s a very sad place, knowing that tens of thousands souls ceased the exist here, and the remains lay under your feet. P.S. Dogs are not allowed at all, and there are no trash bins on the site.

5. National M. K. Ciurlionis Art Museum

V. Putvinskio g. 55, Kaunas 44248 Lithuania +370 37 229475 [email protected] http://www.ciurlionis.lt/
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4.5 based on 182 reviews

National M. K. Ciurlionis Art Museum

Reviewed By PetraTre - Helsinki, Finland

I have never before been to a museum where a staff member comes to ask if I would like to hear music composed by the artist. The woman was very polite and advised me to sit down in the concert hall and listen to the symphony I had chosen. I spent about a half an hour listening to it. It was beautiful, and also relaxing after a long day. The artwork of Ciurlionis was touching and skillful, with many layers and interesting (also sad) themes. A great visit!

6. Kaunas Botanical Garden

Z. E. Zilibero 6, Kaunas 46324 Lithuania +370 37 390033 http://botanika.vdu.lt
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4.5 based on 44 reviews

Kaunas Botanical Garden

Reviewed By 817arts

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.

7. Sugihara House

Vaizhganto g. 30, Kaunas 44229 Lithuania +370 698 02184 [email protected] http://www.sugiharahouse.com
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4.5 based on 188 reviews

Sugihara House

Chiune Sugihara memorial museum is an institution dedicated to commemoration of the deeds of Japanese consul Chiune Sugihara. He was working in Kaunas in 1939-1940 and is mostly remembered for saving more than 6000 Jewish refugees.

Reviewed By OlivierH1041

What Sugihara did was exceptional especially knowing that his honor and respect To his superiors could have been tarnished in his society. Remember that if his wife did not push and support him saving Jews, would Sugihara still have done it?

8. Pazaislis Monastery

T. Masiulio G. 31, Kaunas, Kaunas 52436 Lithuania +370 37 458868 http://www.pazaislis.org
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4.5 based on 159 reviews

Pazaislis Monastery

Reviewed By CAPerth

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.

9. Old Town Kaunas

Kaunas Lithuania
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4.5 based on 1,132 reviews

Old Town Kaunas

Reviewed By UriusT - Vilnius, Lithuania

Kaunas Old Town is the heart of Lithuania, particularly Santaka and the confluence of the Neris and Nemunas rivers. The most spiritual, central core of the nation. This coming from a Vilnius resident. The Old Town proper is a distinguished collection of gorgeous and ancient structures and styles, pointing to the complex and diverse history of the city. Going through much renovations and restorations over the last decade in particular, the slow but steady gentrification of Kaunas Senamiestis is increasing at a break neck pace. While not nearly as gentrified and tourist focused as Vilnius Old Town, nonetheless the process is killing of some of the more organic cultural elements of the neighborhood in favor of concentrated capital and tourism.

10. Akropolis

Karaliaus Mindaugo pr. 49, Kaunas 44333 Lithuania +370 659 38262 http://www.akropolis.lt/index.php/akropoliai/kauno-akropolis/619
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4.5 based on 334 reviews

Akropolis

Reviewed By L9985ZRsimont - Silsden, United Kingdom

Great shopping centre for literally anything you want. In the main supermarket you can get a 100Gb data (for a week) for €5!! No more roaming worries ????????

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