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Things to do with kids in Kaunas

6 family-friendly places in Kaunas: zoos, aquariums, playgrounds and more.

Ranked with the travel guide's picks and well-known places first.

Things to do with kids in Kaunas

  1. See

    Church of St Michael the Archangel

    Garrison Church; Soboras

    This beautiful domed building closes off the prospect down Laisvės Aleja. Opened in 1895, it was built in neo-Byzantine style for Russian soldiers based here, and to remind the townsfolk who was in charge. However the main reason to visit is the Catacombs (accessible M-F 10:00-14:00). You descend a spiral staircase into total darkness then feel your way through an underground obstacle course, eventually re-ascending a similar staircase into the light. It started out as an art installation but is now run by the Museum for the Blind, donations welcome. Not for the fainthearted, small children or anyone with difficulty moving around.

  2. See

    House of Sugihara

    Diplomats for Life

    In 1940 thousands of Jews from Poland and Lithuania were desperate to get out, but they needed visas. The Dutch issued many visas for Curaçao and their Caribbean colonies, but getting there became much more difficult when Italy joined the Nazis and closed the Med. The main escape route was then across the USSR to the Pacific. In Kaunas the Japanese vice-consul Chiune Sugihara (1900-86) issued hundreds of Japanese transit visas, blithely disregarding orders to conduct all sorts of checks. He may have saved thousands of lives, as a whole family could travel on one visa; from Japan they moved on to North America and elsewhere. His mission ended when the embassy closed, Germany crushed Lithuania, and anyone who hadn't got out was exterminated. Sugihara spent his later years in obscurity in Japan; his Kaunas residence is now this museum.

    Adult €10, child or conc €5

  3. See

    Lithuanian Zoo

    Within Ąžuolynas Park, this was renovated in 2023 and now offers a better experience for animals and visitors.

    Daily 10:00-20:00Adult €10, conc or child €5

  4. Buy

    Mega

    A huge mall with shops, pharmacy, multiscreen cinema, a bowling and pool club, restaurants and a spectacular tropical aquarium. They feed the fish publicly on Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday.

    Daily 10:00-21:00, certain retailers open for longer

  5. Eat Not mapped

    55°

    55° refers to the proof spirit of samane - moonshine vodka. The restaurant walls illustrate the process, but it doesn't look like any illicit distilling is going on, as reviewers use terms like "quiet" and "good for kids". Good selection of local and European cuisine.

    Mon-Fri 11:00-23:00, Sat Sun 11:00-23:00

  6. Eat Not mapped

    Pas Stanley

    Good food, reasonable prices in a family-run restaurant with a 1960s atmosphere.

    Mon-Thu 11:00-22:00, Fri Sat 11:00-02:00, Sun 12:00-22:00

Listings from the Wikivoyage guide to Kaunas (CC BY-SA 4.0).