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Klaipėda


This venerable Armenian restaurant is a stalwart of Klaipėda's dining scene. Grilled meats are a joy here, cooked with flair and Caucasian herbs, but vegetarians needn't feel left out: the aubergines stuffed with walnuts and pomegranate and dolma (stuffed vine leaves) lend the city a touch of the exotic. Try the brandies, too.


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1. Pranas Domšaitis Gallery

0.13 MILES

This gallery is renowned for the bold works by the Prussian-born expressionist painter Pranas Domšaitis (1880–1965), who spent his last years in South…

2. Klaipėda Sculpture Park

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Established on the site of the main cemetery of the old Prussian city of Memel (Klaipėda in a former incarnation), in 1977, this L-shaped park became an…

3. Clock Museum

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If you want to know what makes things tick, look no further than this niche museum that explores human measurement of time, from the earliest sundials to…

4. Arka

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This monument commemorates the 1918 Act of Tilsit and 1923 Klaipėda Revolt, key stages in the incorporation of Lithuania Minor within the rest of the…

5. Farewell Statue

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This poignant statue of a mother with a headscarf, a suitcase in one hand, and the hand of a small boy clutching a teddy bear in the other, stand outside…

6. Švyturys

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Klaipėda is home to the country’s second-oldest brewery, where its biggest beer, Švyturys, has been brewed since 1784. Book through the tourist office or…

7. Blacksmith’s Museum

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This museum displays ornate forged-iron works such as ornate 19th-century stove doors and elaborate crosses salvaged from the town’s former cemetery …

8. Monument to Martynas Mažvydas

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This monumental 3.5m sculpture in granite depicts Martynas Mažvydas, author of the first book published in Lithuanian in 1547. It's located north of the…