Kretinga
Kretinga is a city in Samogitia in the west of Lithuania, with a population of 17,249 in 2021. It's one of the oldest cities in the country, but repeatedly wrecked, so what you see now is mostly modern. Wikivoyage
Population 17,207 (Wikidata)
Before you go
Getting there
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Still gathering the markets around Kretinga. 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-
Kretingos Šv. Klaros seserų vienuolynas Monastery · 900 m - Jan Karol Chodkiewicz monument Memorial · 40 m
- Lietuvos nepriklausomybės dešimtmečiui paminėti Memorial · 140 m
- Jurgiui Ambrozijui Pabrėžai Memorial · 160 m
- Lurdas Viewpoint · 310 m
- Kretingos vandens malūnas Attraction · 450 m
- Holocaust Mass Grave Site Memorial · 850 m
- Astronominis kalendorius Memorial · 930 m
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
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City Festival
August
City Festival and St Antony of Padua religious festival are also in early August
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Early Music Festival
August
Early Music Festival is first two weeks in August, with the monastery church organ the star of the show. All concerts are free
Annual events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage (Kretinga); descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.
Places © OpenStreetMap contributors, as of 9 October 2026. Description from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA). Events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage, population from Wikidata.
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