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Explore Giraitė
Giraitė in Kaunas District Municipality (Kaunas County) is a city in Lithuania about 59 mi (or 95 km) west of Vilnius, the country's capital.
Local time in Giraitė is now 03:50 PM (Thursday). The local timezone is named Europe / Vilnius with an UTC offset of 3 hours. We know of 8 airports in the vicinity of Giraitė, of which two are larger airports. The closest airport in Lithuania is Kaunas International Airport in a distance of 9 mi (or 14 km), East. Besides the airports, there are other travel options available (check left side).
There are two Unesco world heritage sites nearby. The closest heritage site in Lithuania is Kernavė Archaeological Site (Cultural Reserve of Kernavė) in a distance of 39 mi (or 62 km), East. We found 1 points of interest in the vicinity of this place. If you need a place to sleep, we compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.
Depending on your travel schedule, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Kaunas, Prienai, Kedainiai, Alytus and Kaisiadorys. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 22°C / 71 °F
Morning Temperature | 13°C / 55 °F |
Evening Temperature | 21°C / 69 °F |
Night Temperature | 16°C / 61 °F |
Chance of rainfall | 0% |
Air Humidity | 49% |
Air Pressure | 1018 hPa |
Wind Speed | Gentle Breeze with 8 km/h (5 mph) from West |
Cloud Conditions | Few clouds, covering 20% of sky |
General Conditions | Few clouds |
Friday, 3rd of May 2024
19°C (66 °F)
13°C (55 °F)
Overcast clouds, gentle breeze.
Saturday, 4th of May 2024
20°C (68 °F)
15°C (60 °F)
Light rain, gentle breeze, clear sky.
Sunday, 5th of May 2024
13°C (55 °F)
9°C (48 °F)
Light rain, moderate breeze, scattered clouds.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Park Inn By Radisson Kaunas
Daugirdas Old City
Amberton Cozy
Best Western Santakos
Hof Hotel
Kaunas
Perkuno Namai
Europa Royale
Best Baltic Kaunas
Magnus
Videos from this area
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Ninth Fort
The Ninth Fort is a stronghold in the northern part of Šilainiai elderate, Kaunas, Lithuania. It is a part of the Kaunas Fortress, which was constructed in the late 19th century. During the occupation of Kaunas and the rest of Lithuania by the Soviet Union, the fort was used as a prison and way-station for prisoners being transported to labour camps. After the occupation of Lithuania by Nazi Germany, the fort was used as a place of execution for Jews, captured Soviets, and others.
Hebron Yeshiva
Hebron Yeshiva, also known as Yeshivas Hevron, or Knesses Yisroel, is a yeshiva devoted to high-level study of the Talmud. It originated in 1924 when the roshei yeshiva and 150 students of the Slabodka Yeshiva, known colloquially as the "mother of yeshivas", relocated to Hebron.
Kovno Ghetto
The Kovno ghetto was a ghetto established by Nazi Germany to hold the Lithuanian Jews of Kaunas during the Holocaust. At its peak, the Ghetto held 40,000 people, most of whom were later sent to concentration and extermination camps, or were shot at the Ninth Fort. About 500 Jews escaped from work details and directly from the Ghetto, and joined Soviet partisan forces in the distant forests of southeast Lithuania and Belarus.
Lithuanian Veterinary Academy
The Lithuanian Veterinary Academy (Lithuanian: Lietuvos veterinarijos akademija), located in Vilijampolė neighbourhood of Kaunas, Lithuania, was a state-owned, autonomous institution of higher education, with university level status. It conferred degrees in veterinary medicine and provided scientific advice and scientific support in fields which have a direct or indirect impact on animal health, welfare, food and feed safety.
Šilainiai
Šilainiai is an elderate in the Lithuanian city of Kaunas, built as a microdistrict in the 1980s. It is one of the largest elderates in the city, covering 25.33 hectares, and housing over 70,000 people as of 2006. Eighth and ninth forts of the Kaunas Fortress are located in the elderate.
Vilijampolė
Vilijampolė (popularly known in Lithuania as Slabodkė) is an elderate in the city of Kaunas, Lithuania, located on the right bank of the Neris River and the Nemunas River, near their confluence. The elderate covers 1,720 hectares and houses about 32,000 people. It was the home of the Slabodka yeshiva, Knesses Yisrael, and the main site of the Kaunas Ghetto. The Lithuanian Veterinary Academy campus is located in the neighbourhood.
Kaunas massacre of October 29, 1941
Kaunas massacre of October 29, 1941 also known as the Great Action was the largest mass murder of Lithuanian Jews. By the order of SS-Standartenführer Karl Jäger and SS-Rottenführer Helmut Rauca, the Sonderkommando under the leadership of SS-Obersturmführer Joachim Hamann, and 8 to 10 men from Einsatzkommando 3, in collaboration with Lithuanian partisans, murdered 2,007 Jewish men, 2,920 women, and 4,273 children in a single day at the Ninth Fort, Kaunas, Lithuania.
Lampėdžiai Bridge
Lampėdžiai Bridge is a bridge in Kaunas, Lithuania. It crosses the Nemunas River to connect Marvelė in Aleksotas district and Lampėdžiai neighbourhood in Vilijampolė elderate. The bridge is 446 meters in length. It carries four lanes of automobile traffic, with two lanes in each direction. The bridge, completed in 1997, is also named after a Lithuanian roadman Česlovas Radzinauskas. Lampėdžiai Bridge is a part of Via Baltica and A5 highway of Lithuania, and western bypass of Kaunas.