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.
2 km · about 5 min drive
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Šilainiai
Kaunas, Lithuania · Europe
About Šilainiai
Šilainiai works well as a base: 10 minutes from Domeikava, 3km from Kaunas Castle.
Šilainiai is in Kaunas, Lithuania, with about 41,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Domeikava, about 5 km away.
Šilainiai is a neighborhood in the Lithuanian city of Kaunas, consisting of mostly Soviet-built microdistricts completed in the 1980s. Part of larger Šilainiai elderate which is one of the largest elderates in the city, consisting of Milikoniai, Sargėnai, Šilainiai, Vytėnai and Romainiai neighborhoods, covering 25Read more
km2 and housing over 55,000 people as of 2021. Eighth and Ninth Forts of the Kaunas Fortress are located in the elderate.
There are several shopping malls, post offices, drug stores, book shops, Šilainiai hospital, Kaunas Holy Spirit Church and Chapel of Saint John Paul II. Near the elderate of Šilainiai, remains of historical estate of Linkuva, Vytėnai and Sargėnai can be found.
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What is there to see near Šilainiai?
Within an hour or so of Šilainiai: Ninth Fort (2 km), Kaunas Castle (3 km), Pažaislis Monastery (11 km), Nemuno Žiedas (11 km).
Where is Šilainiai?
Šilainiai is in Kaunas, Lithuania, about 5 km from Domeikava.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 40,600
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Lithuania
- Region
- Kaunas
- Timezone
- Europe/Vilnius
- Coordinates
- 54.9291, 23.8860
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Worth the detour from Šilainiai
4 notable places within an hour's drive.
castle
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.
3 km · about 5 min drive
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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.
11 km · about 20 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.
11 km · about 20 min drive
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