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Kaunas

Kaunas at the edge of Sūduva region is the second-largest city in Lithuania, with a population of 304,000 in 2024. The main reason to visit is its Old Town, connected to the 19th-century New Town along Laisvės alėja. Wikivoyage

Population 305,120 (Wikidata)

Live guide From your hotel

Before you go

Emergency numbers in Lithuania

Visas and entry What your passport needs for Lithuania

Getting there

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Still gathering the markets around Kaunas. I'll let you know here when it's all in — or open the live guide.

Best-documented sights

All of them in the guide

Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.

Through the year

  1. Kaunas Jazz Fstival

    April

    Kaunas Jazz Fstival is in April

  2. Birthday of Kaunas city

    May

    Birthday of Kaunas city is celebrated in late May

  3. Pažaislis Music festival

    June – August

    Pažaislis Music festival is held June - Aug in the city and surrounding region

  4. Aura

    October

    Aura is a modern dance festival in October

  5. Kaunas International Film Festival

    October

    Kaunas International Film Festival (Lithuanian: Tarptautinis Kauno kino festivalis) is a film festival founded in 2007 and is held in October each year in Kaunas and Vilnius, Lithuania.

    Official site Wikipedia

Annual events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage (Kaunas); descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.

Eating nearby

All 3 places to eat

Somewhere to run

Getting around

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