Day trips from Klaipėda
Neringa is not only the favorite day trip from Klaipėda but one of the most favorite destinations in Lithuania. This string of fisherman villages that became clean prestigous resorts boasts spectacular...
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Map of the Outer Districts of Klaipėda
This is the map of Seaside Klaipėda and the Soviet boroughs of Klaipėda. Map of outher districts of Klaipėda. ©Augustinas Žemaitis.
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Soviet Boroughs in Southern Klaipėda
As an important seaport Klaipėda was rapidly expanded during the Soviet occupation (1945-1990). Its population increased more than fourfold (from 45 000 to 203 000). Most of the newcomers of the 1960s...
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Seaside Klaipėda
While Klaipėda is a port city its downtown boroughs border the Curonian Lagoon rather than the Baltic Sea. Furthermore even this body of water is shetered from the urban life by rows of massive port...
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Naujamiestis (New Town) Borough in Klaipėda
New Town (Naujamiestis) is a borough to the north of the Old Town, separated by the Danė river. Many of its buildings dates to the late 19th century with large residentials, merchants residences and a...
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Senamiestis (Old Town) Borough of Klaipėda
Old Town is newer than those of Vilnius and Kaunas as it was largely consumed by the great fire of 1854. What you see now was rebuilt afterwards on a grid layout of narrow streets. The widest among...
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