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Kaunas Castle
A 14th-century Gothic castle guarding the confluence of the Nemunas and Neris rivers at the edge of Kaunas Old Town: the first stone castle in Lithuania and a handy stop on the Vilnius–Klaipėda run.
6 km · about 10 min drive
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Dainava (Kaunas)
Kaunas, Lithuania · Europe
About Dainava (Kaunas)
Dainava (Kaunas) works well as a base: 10 minutes from Kaunas, 6km from Kaunas Castle.
Dainava (Kaunas) is in Kaunas, Lithuania, with about 70,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Kaunas, about 4 km away.
Dainava is a neighbourhood built in 1963, initially as a microdistrict, located in the north-northeast part of the second largest Lithuanian city of Kaunas.
It has an elderate status. Before 2005 it included the Gričiupis section (dalys), split into a separate elderate.
The borough borders Highway A1, and Kaunas FreeRead more
Economic Zone in the north, Petrašiūnai borough in the east, Gričiupis elderate in the south as well as Žaliakalnis and Eiguliai elderate s in the west.
Known for parks, most of them renovated since the late 2010s, a dense network of public transport, and many trolleybus lines cross the neighborhood. The largest park is Park of Friendship (Lithuanian: Draugystės parkas) completed in 1973. The neighbourhood was built in a typical soviet fashion. It is one of the largest elderates by population in Kaunas with over 70,000 inhabitants as of 2006 despite its small area of only 7.28 square kilometres (2.81 sq mi).
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Within an hour or so of Dainava (Kaunas): Kaunas Castle (6 km), Pažaislis Monastery (6 km), Ninth Fort (7 km), Nemuno Žiedas (17 km).
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Dainava (Kaunas) is in Kaunas, Lithuania, about 4 km from Kaunas.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 70,000
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Lithuania
- Region
- Kaunas
- Timezone
- Europe/Vilnius
- Coordinates
- 54.9153, 23.9683
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Worth the detour from Dainava (Kaunas)
5 notable places within an hour's drive.
landmark
Pažaislis Monastery
Lithuania's largest monastery ensemble and its finest Italian Baroque work, built from 1662 on a wooded peninsula in the Kaunas Reservoir: hexagonal church, frescoed cupola, and a summer music festival in the courtyards.
6 km · about 10 min drive
museum
Ninth Fort
Tsarist fortress on Kaunas's outskirts used as a Nazi killing site, now a memorial and museum with a large concrete monument.
7 km · about 15 min drive
racetrack
Nemuno Žiedas
Lithuania's oldest circuit, built in 1960 near Kaunas and the venue for Soviet-era championship racing. Still hosts the 1000km endurance race, the biggest motorsport event in the Baltics.
17 km · about 20 min drive
ancient ruins
Kernavė Archaeological Site
UNESCO-listed complex of five medieval hillforts above the Neris valley, Lithuania's first capital, with a car park and museum.
56 km · about 65 min drive
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