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Free Walking Tour Kaunas

Free Walking Tour Kaunas is a vibrant tour through the city of Kaunas located in Lithuania, famous for its rich history and cultural heritage. With a well-preserved old town and historic buildings, Kaunas offers visitors a glimpse into the city’s past and a chance to explore its cultural heritage. Visitors can also experience the city’s thriving arts and culture scene, with museums, galleries, and cultural institutions showcasing the works of local artists. In addition, Kaunas is home to a variety of restaurants and bars serving delicious local cuisine, and several parks and gardens, providing a peaceful escape from the bustling city. Whether you’re interested in exploring its rich history, immersing yourself in its cultural scene, or simply enjoying a relaxing break in its beautiful parks and gardens, Kaunas is a must-visit destination in Lithuania.

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2 hours 15 minutes

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Free Walking Tour Kaunas – Itinerary

Explore the enchanting journey through the heart of Kaunas, Lithuania, a city where history whispers through the cobbled streets and where each step tells a story. The 2.15-hour walking tour promises an exploration of cultural gems and hidden treasures, weaving through the tapestry of Kaunas’s past and present.

The adventure kicks off at the Antigua oficina de correos de Kaunas, a charming starting point that sets the tone for the architectural wonders that await. As we wander through the city, we’ll encounter the Sitio de autoinmolación de Romas Kalanta, a poignant reminder of the city’s resilience and the spirit of change.

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Prepare to be captivated as we step into the “Galería del patio,” a haven for art enthusiasts, showcasing the vibrant and diverse artistic expressions of Kaunas. The artistic journey continues as we visit the Central de Lituania, where the pulse of the city’s economic history beats.

Next on the itinerary are the Yars locales, where the city’s locals share their tales, adding a touch of authenticity to our expedition. We’ll then marvel at the Edificios de arquitectura modernista de entreguerras, a testament to Kaunas’s architectural prowess during the interwar period.

The cultural odyssey takes a spiritual turn as we visit the Iglesia de Santa Gertrudis, a place where faith and history converge. Uncover the mysteries of the “Capilla secreta,” a hidden gem that whispers tales of secrets and sacred moments.

The journey crescendos at the majestic Catedral de Kaunas, where the city’s soul finds its sanctuary. As the tour concludes, you’ll carry with you not just memories but a profound understanding of Kaunas, a city that seamlessly blends its storied past with the vibrant pulse of the present.

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Free Things to do in Kaunas

You don’t have to spend big bucks to have a kaunastic time. Not that you can’t, of course, haha! Let’s focus on less or even zero money this time – as the headline suggests, all of the things to do in our city we lined up below are free of charge. The list is not definite – you are welcome to explore our city on foot for hours without any extra costs!

Free Events

As Kaunas is getting ready to become the European Capital of Culture in 2022, the event calendar is getting more and more colourful. There are plenty of community art workshops, discussions and cultural happenings you can attend for free, including events held by Kaunas 2022 themselves, and a lot of traditional occurrences. One of the most important contemporary galleries in the city, Meno parkas , is free to attend!

On March 20, for example, Kaunas 2022 will invite everyone to celebrate the International Day of Happiness – dozens and dozens of different things will happen all around the city. Free of charge! For events during your visit, check kaunas2022.eu and our blog.

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Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #3 in Kaunas, Lithuania

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Explore Kaunas in Lithuania with this free self-guided walking tour . The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.

Sight 1: Church of Saint George the Martyr

Kaunas st. The Church of Jurgis Martyr is one of the first churches in Kaunas Old Town. The building stands in Santaka Park in front of Kaunas Castle. Next to the church there is a Monastery of Bernardines in Kaunas.

Wikipedia: Kauno Šv. Jurgio Kankinio bažnyčia (LT)

Sight 2: Town Hall of Kaunas

The Town Hall of Kaunas stands in the middle of the Town Hall Square at the heart of the Old Town, Kaunas, Lithuania.The structure dates from the 16th century. It houses a Museum of Ceramics.

Wikipedia: Town Hall, Kaunas (EN)

Sight 3: Kaunas Cathedral Basilica of apostles St. Peter and St. Paul

Kaunas st. The Basilica of the Archdiocese of The Apostles Peter and Paul is a church in Lithuania, which stands in Kaunas, in the Old Town, near the Town Hall Square. Gothic, after reconstructions acquired features of the Renaissance, Baroque, Neo-Gothic. The largest Gothic building in Lithuania. One of the places of Catholic pilgrimage in the Archdiocese of Kaunas.

Wikipedia: Kauno Šv. apaštalų Petro ir Povilo arkikatedra bazilika (LT)

Sight 4: Kauno pantomimos teatras

Kaunas pantomime theatre is pantomime theatre in Kaunas, Lithuania. Theatre was established in 1968. Founder and leader of Kaunas Pantomime theatre was artistic director Kestutis Adomaitis (1948–1996). Kaunas Municipality becomes the founder of Kaunas Pantomime Theatre in 2003. Kaunas Pantomime theatre is the only Lithuanian professional ensemble theatre with a repertoire of this genre only. The theatre performed in many foreign countries, such as Germany, Russia, Romania, Latvia, Syria, Jordan, China, Moldova, Ukraine, Belarus, Poland, Denmark.

Wikipedia: Kaunas Pantomime Theatre (EN)

Sight 5: Kauno Švč. Sakramento bažnyčia ir Domininkonų vienuolynas

Church of the Blessed Sacrament or Corpus Christi Church is a Roman Catholic church in the Old Town of Kaunas, Lithuania. The church was damaged by the Napoleonic Army in 1812 and together with the Dominican Monastery was closed in 1845 by the order of Russian tsar Nicholas I of Russia, in 1865 it was converted into an Orthodox church.

Wikipedia: Church of the Blessed Sacrament, Kaunas (EN)

Sight 6: Istorinė prezidentūra

The Historical Presidential Palace is a Neo-baroque building in the Old Town of Kaunas, Lithuania that served as the Presidential Palace during the interwar years. Today, the palace is a branch of the M. K. Čiurlionis National Art Museum.

Wikipedia: Historical Presidential Palace, Kaunas (EN) , Website

Sight 7: Kauno Šv. Gertrūdos bažnyčia

Kaunas st. Gertrūda's church is a Gothic-style church in the east of Kaunas Old Town, at the end of Laisvės avenue, in a small courtyard.

Wikipedia: Kauno Šv. Gertrūdos (Marijonų) bažnyčia (LT)

Sight 8: Kauno Tado Ivanausko zoologijos muziejus

The Tadas Ivanauskas Zoological Museum was established in Kaunas, Lithuania, in 1919 by Tadas Ivanauskas (1882–1970).

Wikipedia: Tadas Ivanauskas Zoological Museum (EN) , Website

Sight 9: Synagogue of Kaunas

Kaunas Synagogue is one of two operating choral synagogues in Lithuania. It is located in Centras eldership, Kaunas. The Neo-Baroque synagogue was built in 1872. In 1902, before the Holocaust in Lithuania, it was one of over 25 synagogues and Jewish prayer houses in the city. The radically designed synagogue claims to have one of the most beautiful arks in the entire Jewish world.

Wikipedia: Kaunas Synagogue (EN)

Sight 10: Philharmony of Kaunas

Kaunas State Philharmonic is located in the former Palace of Justice and the Parliament. The building was designed by the engineer and architect Edmund Fryk.

Wikipedia: Kaunas State Philharmonic (EN)

Sight 11: Kauno evangelikų reformatų bažnyčia

Kaunas Evangelical Reformed Church is located in Kaunas, in the center, at E. Ožeškienės str. 41, its tower is located on the hill of the beginning of Savanorių Avenue. On the steep slope next to the church there is a concrete staircase connecting Savanorių ave. with Ožeškienės st.

Wikipedia: Kauno evangelikų reformatų bažnyčia (LT)

Sight 12: Kauno valstybinis lėlių teatras

Kaunas State Puppet Theatre is a puppet theatre in Kaunas, Lithuania. The professional theatre was established in 1958. Each theatrical season it offers to the spectators twenty puppet performances, and 4–5 new plays are usually staged. There are two halls for spectators – 226 and 50 seats each in the theatre. Small museum of puppets characters is set at the premises of the theatre. The theatre performed plays in festivals of many foreign countries.

Wikipedia: Kaunas State Puppet Theatre (EN)

Sight 13: Kaunas State Musical Theatre

The Kaunas State Musical Theatre, formerly Kaunas City Theatre, is a theatre in Kaunas, Lithuania. It is home to a musical theatre company of the same name, established on 27 November 1940 in the former State Theatre hall on the Laisvės Alėja.

Wikipedia: Kaunas State Musical Theatre (EN)

Sight 14: St. Michael the Archangel Church

Kaunas st. The church of the archangel Michael (Crew) stands in kaunas new town, in the eastern part of Laisvės avenue, in the center of a specially formed square.

Wikipedia: Kauno Šv. arkangelo Mykolo (Įgulos) bažnyčia (LT)

Sight 15: Christ's Resurrection Church

Kaunas our Lord Jesus Christ's Resurrection Basilica is a monumental Roman Catholic church in Kaunas, Lithuania. The church was consecrated in 2004, and in 2005 it was finally completed. It is the largest basilical church in the Baltic States.

Wikipedia: Christ's Resurrection Church, Kaunas (EN)

Sight 16: Kauno Viešpaties Apsireiškimo cerkvė

The Orthodox Church of the Lord of the Novorosius Dragūnai Regiment - the Orthodox Church of the Soviet era in Kaunas, Žaliakalnis, Radvilenu pl. 1A, in the territory of the former barracks. Together with the Crew Church, St. The Orthodox Church of Sergius Radonežis is one of the six former departmental churches of Kaunas Fortress. 2014 entered in the Register of Cultural Heritage.

Wikipedia: Kauno Viešpaties Apsireiškimo cerkvė (LT)

Sight 17: Šv. Antano Paduviečio bažnyčia

Kaunas st. St. Antanas Paduvietis Church is a church that stands in Kaunas, Gričiupis.

Wikipedia: Kauno Šv. Antano Paduviečio bažnyčia (LT)

Sight 18: Gričiupio parkas

Gričiupis Park is a park in Gričiupis eldership, Kaunas.

Wikipedia: Gričiupio parkas (LT)

Sight 19: Kauno Pastarųjų dienų šventųjų Jėzaus Kristaus bažnyčia

Kaunas Latter-day Saints' Church of Jesus Christ is a Mormon church of a religious movement based on Christianity, operating in Kaunas, dainava microdistrict, Draugystės ave. 1. A modern meeting house was built here.

Wikipedia: Kauno Pastarųjų dienų šventųjų Jėzaus Kristaus bažnyčia (LT)

Sight 20: Draugystės park

Friendship Park is a 15 ha park in Dainava microdistrict, Kaunas, in the quarter of March 11th street, V. Krėvė and Taikos avenues.

Wikipedia: Draugystės parkas (LT)

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How to plan an architectural walking tour of Kaunas, Lithuania’s capital of culture

With its medieval Old Town and baroque monastery sitting alongside a modernist ensemble recently awarded World Heritage status, Kaunas is the perfect place to unravel the architectural paradoxes of the Baltic states.

Located 64 miles west of Vilnius, the Lithuanian capital, Kaunas is a small city of less than half a million people that often goes unnoticed. But to those in the know, its interwar architecture is every bit as valuable as Riga’s Art Nouveau gems or Tallinn’s gothic beauties. This was validated in late 2023 when UNESCO added Modernist Kaunas to the World Heritage register and in 2022 when Kaunas was awarded the title of   European Capital of Culture .

When Kaunas was chosen as Lithuania’s provisional capital in 1920, it ushered in two decades of rapid development, giving rise to an architectural golden age. The city’s history reaches much further back, however, and a survey of the skyline shows that Kaunas was able to embrace progress without turning its back on the past. Modernism flourished in the presence of gothic, baroque and neo-byzantine architecture, fusing the styles of the day with references to Lithuania’s rich vernacular.

To best discover the city’s architectural highlights, dedicate a full day to cover Kaunas’s core and the nearby Pažaislis Monastery on foot, calling on the funicular and trolleybus system as required.

Christ’s Resurrection Church

Start by orienting yourself with a sweeping view from the rooftop observation deck at Christ’s Resurrection Church. Positioned atop Žaliakalnis   (‘Green Hill’), the largest basilica in the Baltic states deviates from other Roman Catholic designs with its sharp lines and soaring skyscraper-like verticality. Sketched out in the days following Lithuania’s independence from the Russian Empire in 1918, the church’s cornerstone was laid in 1934, though its construction was halted by the Soviet occupation two decades later. Repurposed as a radio factory, its long overdue consecration only came in 2004. On nearby Ožeškienės Street, the 1937 Evangelical Reformed Church is a scaled-down version of Christ’s Resurrection, complete with a miniature duplicate of its 230ft-tall tower.

Putvinskio Street

Descend Žaliakalnis   by funicular to Putvinskio Street, where Kaunas’s unique brand of modernism is on proud display. An assortment of buildings were constructed in the New Town between 1919 and 1939, with architects synthesising deco, Bauhaus and functionalist tenants to carve out their own oeuvre. An easy stroll down tree-lined Putvinskio reveals a gamut of notable addresses, many of them private apartment houses for prominent physicians, lawyers and city officials. Highlights include the imposing MK Čiurlionis Museum of Art , dedicated to the Lithuanian painter-composer, and the Antanas Žmuidzinavičius residence , which now displays its patron’s unusual sculpture collection under the auspices of the Devils’ Museum . Further along the street, The Kaunas Artists’ House , designed in 1930 by Vytautas Landsbergis-Žemkalnis, features reading rooms and performance spaces.

The Amsterdam School Museum

From the eastern end of Putvinskio Street, skirt the park to find another iconic edifice. A lone example of the Amsterdam School architectural style, this convex facade was erected in 1928 by Jakub Peras. Set inside one of its 1,464sq-ft apartments, the Amsterdam School Museum , established by Karolis Banys and Petras Gaidamavičius — the same duo behind the Art Deco Museum two blocks away — offers visitors a chance to cross the threshold and experience a preserved period interior. The five-room exhibition is a window onto life in the First Lithuanian Republic and the optimism of the interwar years. Set aside two hours for the tour — tickets should be purchased in advance.

Laisvės Avenue

Cross the road and head one block west to Laisvės (‘Liberty’) Avenue, one of Europe’s longest pedestrianised streets. Each step down this one-mile, tree-lined boulevard highlights a different side of Kaunas’s urban identity. Start with the neo-byzantine Church of St Michael the Archangel and culminate with the Central Post Office, another example of interwar architecture that artfully incorporates traditional Lithuanian flourishes including carved wooden windows. Pause for a pick-me-up at one of the sidewalk cafes then continue past the National Kaunas Drama Theatre , the Puppet Theatre and the spectacular State Musical Theatre . The latter was built in 1892 and reconstructed in 1925 with a neo-baroque style in mind.

Perkūnas House

Leave the leafy avenues of the New Town behind and delve into the tightly wound cobbled streets of Kaunas Old Town. While here, make sure to visit the 14th-century, gothic Kaunas Castle , which houses an exhibition dedicated to its illustrious history. From here, pick a path through the low-rise buildings of the Old Town towards the riverfront, where the Perkūnas House immediately distinguishes itself with its ornamental red brick facade. Built in the late 15th century by merchants of the Hanseatic League, its name actually honours Lithuania’s pre-Christian traditions (Perkūnas being the Baltic god of thunder). The first drama theatre of Kaunas was established here in 1843, however at present Perkūnas House belongs to the Jesuit Gymnasium, who are still known to host occasional performances.

Pažaislis Monastery

To end the day, hop on a trolleybus and follow the Nemunas river east. Situated on a peninsula close to the Kaunas Reservoir, Pažaislis Monastery dates to 1667 and is a paragon of baroque ideals. Italian architect Giovanni Battista Frediani endowed the complex with its rich marble interiors, while the 140 surviving frescoes were painted by Florentine master Mikelios Arkangelo Palonio. The largest monastery ensemble in Lithuania, it contains various crypts, a museum and a hotel-restaurant all of which is surrounded by parklands with hiking trails and river beaches. Every summer, the Sisters of St Casimir , a Roman Catholic community of women founded in 1907, hold the Pažaislis Music Festival at the monastery. This is Lithuania’s biggest classical music gala, set to take place on 31 May until 25 August, 2024.  

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