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The Povilas Stulga Museum of Lithuanian Folk Instruments (Lithuanian: Povilo Stulgos lietuvių tautinės muzikos instrumentų muziejus) is located in the Old Town of Kaunas, Lithuania. Its permanent collection contains Lithuanian and international musical instruments, recordings, books, placards, photographs, and letters. [1]
Town Hall, Kaunas; Z. Žaliakalnis Funicular This page was last edited on 10 December 2016, at 00:17 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
If a tour has a guide who is "interpreting the cultural and natural heritage of an area", Lithuania requires the guide have a guiding license. This definition follows the European standard for tour guiding . Licensed Tourist Guides are the only professionals permitted to conduct tours in all sites and museums within a city.
Kaunas public transport has a mobile app Žiogas (English: Grasshopper) which allow to purchase and activate digital tickets using a smartphone. [253] After reaching the E-ticket card's monthly fee (28 Eur), the remaining trips are free of charge until the end of the month. [253] Kaunas has two funiculars: Žaliakalnis Funicular and Aleksotas ...
In Your Pocket City Guides is a publisher of free guide books for many European cities, available in print or electronically. It also publishes guide books for major events in Europe including the FIFA World Cup and the UEFA European Championship. It is based in Vilnius, Lithuania.
[15] [16] Until the Second World War, patriotic Lithuanian music was played on the Kaunas Carillon during flag ceremonies (e.g. Lithuanians we are born by Stasys Šimkus). [2] After the Soviet occupation of Lithuania, the flag of Lithuania was lowered from the tower of Kaunas Carillon on 1 August 1940 and the playing of music on the carillon ...
Lithuanian Zoological Garden (Lithuanian: Lietuvos zoologijos sodas) previously known as Kaunas' Zoological Garden (Kauno zoologijos sodas) is the oldest scientific zoo in Lithuania. [1] It is located in an Ąžuolynas oak grove park in the south-western Žaliakalnis elderate of Kaunas. [2] The territory of the zoo is 15.66 hectares (38.7 acres).
The plaque commemorating book smugglers and distributors Knygnešių sienelė is also situated alongside. The 35-bell Kaunas Carillon (range from as1 to as4) in the tower of the Vytautas the Great War Museum was completed in Belgium in 1935. Bell music from the tower was first played in 1937. Regular carillon concerts began in 1956.