Kaunas in Lithuania
Laisves Aleja in Kaunas - Lithuania
Kaunas (Polish: Kovno), is a city with a population of 358,111 (2007), marked the Russian border in the late 17th century and served as the capital of Lithuania between WWI and WWII. Today, it is the nation’s second-largest city. At the eastern end of Laisvės, the main pedestrian boulevard, the silver domes of the Church of St. Michael the Archangel sparkle over the city. (Open Monday – Friday 9.00 am-3.00 pm, Saturday – Sunday 8:30 am – 2.00 pm. entrance is free.) Nearby, the Antanas Zmuidzinavicius Works and Collections Museum, V. Putvinskio 64, exhibits more than 2000 depictions of the devil, who was revered as a guardian in Lithuanian folklore until Christianity rained on the Satanic parade. (Open Tuesday – Sunday 11.00 am – 5.oo pm. entrance 5 Litas, students 2.50 Litas.)
The western end of Laisvės merges with Vilniaus street and leads to the well-preserved Old Town. Walk west from Old Town Square to reach the meeting of the Neris and Nemunas rivers and the beautiful Santakos Park. Take a microbus to the Ninth Fort, where the Nazis killed 50,000 prisoners, 30,000 of them Jews. Take microbus 30 (2 Litas) and ask the driver for directions at the last stop, then walk about 20 minutes. (Open M and W-Su 10:00 am-6:00 pm. Each museum 2 Litas, students 1 Litas.) Stumble through the dark catacombs of St. Michael the Archangel at the Museum for the Blind, guided only by smells and sounds. (Open Wednesday 11:00 am – 3:30pm, Saturday 11:00 am – 1:30 pm. 3 Litas.)
Kaunas Archdiocese Guest House at Rotuses 21, offers pristine rooms with private baths. (Open Monday – Friday 8:30 am – 5:30 pm, Saturday 9:30am-3pm. Singles 80-120Lt; doubles 140-160Lt. MC/V.) Tables quake and chairs levitate without warning at the wacky Crazy House, Vilniaus gatve 16. It’s one of only two restaurants in the world where diners have to contend with moving furniture. (Entrees 6-26 Litas. Open Monday -Thursday and Sunday 11:00 am – midnight, Friday – Saturday 11:00 am-2:00 am.) Try the lunch special (main course and soup; 7Lt) at Dviese Vilniaus 8. (Live DJ on weekends. Open Tu-Th 9:00 pm-4:00 am, F-Sa 9:00 pm-6:00 am, Su 1:00 -5:00 pm. MC/V.)
To reach Kaunas from Vilnius, take a bus (1hr., 2-3 per hr., 20Lt). Branches of the tourist office are at the bus stop and at Laisvės 36. (Open Monday – Friday 9am-6pm, Saturday – Sunday 9am-1pm and 2-6pm.)
Recent history of Kaunas
Since 1994 rhe city of Kaunas is twinning city with the city of Brno in the Tjech Repeblic.
The Postal Code for Kaunas is 3000.
Kaunas can be reached by Kaunas International Airport
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