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Toshioohsako Says: Strolling around the old town is a must activity. Its relatively a small area. You will encounter unique design houses and streets. Keep your camera in your hand always, there are many things to shoot!
Raimix Says: It is the oldest church in Kedainiai city, built in the 15th century, in Gothic style. One story tells that it was constructed by crusaders on pagan temple - saint forest. Church is located on small hill on another bank of Nevezys river (not in old town), so from that hill...
Raimix Says: Kedainiai is minaret is only one minaret in whole Lithuania. This structure was built in 1882 by landowner E. Totleben. After Russian-Turkish war (Lithuania was in Tsarist Russia when), someone needed to commemorate victory against Turkey, so it was a symbol of victory....
Raimix Says: The church was built in 17th century, it was the central cultural point of German people, who lived in Kedainiai. Some time ago there was cemetery of Germans as well. Church has some chapels around and built on a small hill a bit outside from old town.
Raimix Says: "Sviesioji gimnazija" - this way it is called in Lithuanian language. The light here is a symbol of education, new ways to approach life. Building itself is classicism style. This place is famous, as here in 1653-1864 was Kedainiai College, where most of teachers (lecturers)...
smilga Says: We would be delighted to organize Official Dinners or romantic dinner with candlelight for two as well as Private Parties, Weddings, Hen or Stag Parties, Family Gatherings, Christmas Parties, Christenings, Birthday Parties, ect. We would like to invite You to our Bar, 80...
Restoranas Gildija: My strong recommendation
matcrazy1 Says: Whenever you are in Kedainiai don't miss delicious, hot, Lithuanian pancakes in Gildija restaurant. They are called in a few ways in Lithuanian: blyneliai, blynai or lietiniai are synonyms for more or less the same thing. Warning: bulviniai blynai means potato pancake. We...
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I didn't stay at night in Kedainiai. Instead I drove to Riga, Latvia where people were walking around the old town at... 1.00 am.
I doubt whether there was any nightlife for a visitor in Kedainiai. There were no visitors and few locals there even on Saturday's afternoon. And I didn't find any discoes, night clubs, pubs etc. The only restaurant and pub I did find closed at 9.00 pm.
And I would be scared walking at night around some, neglected housing districts surrounding the old town of Kedainiai.
Updated Oct 22, 2006
Raimix Says: Instead of coming back to from Kedainiai to Vilnius with one bus, I took bus to Kaunas (3,18 euros one way, 2007 August) and later from Kaunas train to Vilnius was taken. The bus station in Kedainiai is under reconstruction now (they build new one in real), so here is...
Raimix Says: The train to Kedainiai could be possible if you take train Vilnius-Klaipeda or Vilnius-Siauliai. I took the first one, as it goes everyday. The train was very convenient; it started to move from Vilnius train station at about 6.45 AM and arrived to Kedainiai at 8.23 AM. The...
IKI, Maxima, RIMI shops: IKI, Maxima, RIMI
Raimix Says: There is no problem to find smaller or bigger shop in Kedainiai. There are such popular Lithuanian shopping malls as IKI, Maxima, RIMI, where you could find food and more things to buy. Some shops and also banks are concentrated in the centre, near Orthodox church and...
MAXIMA: The most expensive meat I ever tasted
matcrazy1 Says: Lithuania is (or at least should be) famous for its dry sausages and meat usually mixed with some secret herbs. I found a few kinds of dry both sausages and meat in a grocery on the ground floor of MAXIMA supermarket. Finally I bought plastic container with sliced, dry and...
matcrazy1 Says: Excuse, it's rather more Lithuanian than Kedainiai local custom tip.Driving around Lithuania at the beginning of May I saw meadows covered by numerous bright yellow flowers - common sow-thistles (Sonchus arvensis L. ssp. arvensis). They grew in Kedainiai as well. In Poland...
matcrazy1 Says: There was tradition of baking such pyramidal cakes ("sakotis" in Lithuanian, "sekacz" in Polish) as on my picture in Lithuania and north-eastern Poland (Suwalki district). In the past they were baked mainly for wedding ceremonies. There was special celebration of cutting the...
Thick sauces and NO low calory diet :-)
matcrazy1 Says: Generally Lithuanian cuisine definetely was NOT for low calory diet fans.They added thick sauces (made of flour) to most meat dishes in Restoranas Gildija in Kedainiai. There was no information about it in English menu. The waitress could speak fluently :-) Lithuanian, good...
matcrazy1 Says: Look at architectural details of the Russian Orthodox church in Kedainiai. There were four small towers like this one on my picture put on four sides of the roof of the church. I found them rather unique for these churches.
matcrazy1 Says: It was definetely off the beaten path. I found this living, doggy creature walking on a lawn full of yellow flowers close to the Russian Orthodox church. Try to guess where was his back?
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Excuse, I didn't fish in Kedainai. Instead, I saw quite many locals who did it. They were sitting along its banks and even... high above water level on the top of piers supporting the pedastrian bridge over the river. Hmm... it was not very active fun. What about playing cheese instead?
Equipment: The locals used simple fishing-rods and... alive worms or flies. Brr... :-))).
Updated Jan 27, 2005
Old town and Lutheran religion
Raimix Says: It is quite rare to find good preserved old town in any small Lithuanian city. There are only 7 cities with old towns, which have public significance. Old town of Kedainiai is small (about 87 hectares), but all main sightseeing things are concentrated here. Kedainiai was a...
Raimix Says: Kedainiai has some nice parks around old town and on opposite bank of Nevezis river. Some places are beautifully prettied up with flowers. There is one park on the way from old town to bus station, where most wooden statues are small or big heroes of Lithuanian tales....
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Still undiscovered little pearl of Lithuania
I visited Kedainai at least for the two reasons: first this town was marked with 1 star (interesting point) on my map and second: I knew that name (or more exactly Polish name Kiejdany) from "The...
Kedainiai - old city in the middle of Lithuania
The first time Kedainiai was mentioned in 1372. In the 16th century city was one of the first involved into the Reformation of church and centre of Lutherans. It was multicultural city - mostly in...
Kedainiai (pop: 30,000) is one Lithuania's old city known for the beauty of the old town. The city is approximately in the center of Lithuania, located on the Nevezis River. I do not say much about......
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