Kaunas

Introduction

Kaunas castle

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Kaunas is a city in the central west of Lithuania and is the second city in the country, after the capital Vilnius, which is a few hours by car or train. Recently Kaunas has become one of the Ryanair hub cities, with Kaunas airport now servicing flights all across Europe. The effect will be a growth in tourism and activities in the coming years. The old town of Kaunas is well worth the visit on any Baltic tour.

Neighbourhoods

Sights and Activities

Events and Festivals

Weather

Getting There

By Plane

Kaunas International Airport (KUN) is a small airport about 15 kilometres from the centre of the city. Although Vilnius has many more flights, Kaunas is gaining importance with low-cost airline Ryanair which has a wide range of flights, like the one to/from Alicante, Paris, Bergamo, Berlin, Bristol, Brussels, Dublin, Edinburgh, Gothenburg, Frankfurt, Liverpool, London Gatwick Airport, London Luton Airport, London Stansted Airport, Oslo-Rygge, Stockholm-Skavsta Airport, Tampere, Airport Weeze and seasonal to/from Birmingham, Girona, Kos and Rhodes. Air Baltic flies to Riga.

To/from the airport

• Bus: To Kaunas city centre, take bus #29, which operates from 5:00am to 0:30am. There are also buses to Vilnius and Klaipeda and even to Riga and Riga International Airport, with the FlyBus, stopping on the route in Bauska, Riga city centre and Riga International Airport. A one-way ticket costs €15.
• Car: taxis and rental cars are both available at the airport. If travelling by yourself, the airport can conveniently be reached by taking the A6 highway.

By Train

By Car

By Bus

Kautra Buses has services to Riga (3.5 hours), Tallinn (12 hours), Vilnius (1.5-2 hours) and most of the main cities in the country, and to Drushkininkai, famous for its castle.

By Boat

Boats travel between Kaunas and Rusne, and Kaunas and Nida (Curonian Spit). To the latter there are early morning and late afternoon boats taking 4 hours one-way.

Getting Around

By Car

By Public Transport

By Foot

By Bike

Eat

Drink

Sleep

Budget

Mid-Range

Upscale

Work

Learn

Keep Connected

Internet

Phone

See also International Telephone Calls

Post

Lietuvos Paštas is the national postal service of Lithuania. Postal services are generally not very fast, but fairly reliable. That is, most of the postcards and letters will eventually arrive on the foreign adress, albeit after some days or even weeks. If you want it to be sent the fastest possible, go for courier instead of ordinary (domestic post) or for airmail instead of surface (international mail).
Post offices are usually open from 8:00am to 6:00pm on Monday to Friday and 9:00am to 2:00pm on Saturdays, although these opening hours may vary depending on the office, with big central offices keeping longer hours, while small villages might have shorter opening times. Stamped mail (both national and international) can be dropped in the yellow post boxes for collection. Stamps are available at post offices and kiosks.