Senasis Turgus

Klaipėda


A farmers market of inexpensive fresh produce is typically held daily on and just off the square.

Some days you'll find old coins, stamps, Soviet badges and other assorted bric-a-brac a block up from the food market, with such novelty WWII items as bayonets and Nazi helmets.


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Nearby Klaipėda attractions

1. 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 …

2. Baroti Gallery

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This gallery is partly housed in a converted fish warehouse dating to 1819. It has a lively program of visiting art and photography exhibitions.

3. History Museum of Lithuania Minor

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This creaky-floored little museum traces the origins of ‘Lithuania Minor’ (Kleinlitauen), as this coastal region was known during its several centuries as…

4. 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…

5. Simon Dach Fountain

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Dedicated to the Klaipėda-born German poet (1605–59) who was the focus of a circle of Königsberg writers and musicians, this fountain supports a statue of…

6. Ännchen von Tharau Statue

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A replica of the 1912 statue of Little Annie of Tharau sculpted by Berlin artist Alfred Kune (the original was destroyed in WWII) and inspired by a famous…

7. Klaipėda Castle Museum

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The castle museum is spread across four exhibition spaces around Klaipėda's castle – two of these are located in atmospherically lit tunnels and deal with…

8. Klaipėda Drama Theatre

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This fine neoclassical theatre, built in 1857, stages productions in Lithuanian. Hitler proclaimed the Anschluss (incorporation) of Memel into Germany…