--- title: "Dainava (Kaunas) – what is there, and how you get there | Mixroutes" description: "Dainava (Kaunas), Lithuania: Dainava is a neighbourhood built in 1963, initially as a microdistrict, located in the north-northeast part of the second…" url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/dainava" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/dainava.md" image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9e/Dainava_by_Augustas_Didzgalvis.jpg" --- Eldership in Lithuania # Dainava (Kaunas) Dainava is a neighbourhood built in 1963, initially as a microdistrict, located in the north-northeast part of the second largest Lithuanian city of Kaunas. ![Dainava (Kaunas)](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9e/Dainava_by_Augustas_Didzgalvis.jpg) Dainava (Kaunas) · Wikimedia Commons The place Dainava is a neighbourhood built in 1963, initially as a microdistrict, located in the north-northeast part of the second largest Lithuanian city of Kaunas. Adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dainava_(Kaunas%29), CC BY-SA 4.0. What is there ## Worth seeing in and around Dainava (Kaunas) 9 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name. 1. Darius and Girėnas Stadium Darius and Girėnas stadium is a multi-use stadium in Kaunas, Lithuania. With a seating capacity of 15,026, it is the largest stadium in Lithuania and the Baltic states. 3.5 km · football stadium in Kaunas, Lithuania · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darius_and_Gir%C4%97nas_Stadium) 2. Lithuanian Zoo Lithuanian Zoological Garden previously known as Kaunas' Zoological Garden is the oldest scientific zoo in Lithuania. It is located in an Ąžuolynas oak grove park in the south-western Žaliakalnis elderate of Kaunas. 2.6 km · animal park in Kaunas, Lithuania · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithuanian_Zoo) 3. Kaunas Sports Hall Kaunas Sports Hall, also known as the S. Darius and S. Girėnas Hall is the second largest arena of Kaunas, Lithuania. It is the first arena built in the residential Žaliakalnis neighbourhood of Kaunas specially for basketball in Europe and is referred to as a "Mecca of the Lithuanian basketball". 3.6 km · arena · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaunas_Sports_Hall) 4. Lithuanian Sports University Lithuanian Sports University or LSU is a university in Kaunas, Lithuania, specializing in sports, physical activities, and physiology. It is headquartered in Žaliakalnis neighbourhood, in close proximity to the Kaunas Sports Hall and the S. Darius and S. Girėnas Stadium. 3.5 km · university in Lithuania · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithuanian_Sports_University) 5. VII Fort The Seventh Fort or VII Fort is a defensive fortification built in Žaliakalnis district of Kaunas, Lithuania, during implementation of the first phase of the construction of the Kaunas Fortress. It is located near the Hospital of Lithuanian University of Health Sciences. 3 km · defensive fortification and museum in Kaunas, Lithuania · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seventh_Fort) 6. Modernist Kaunas: Architecture of Optimism, 1919-1939 Modern architecture of Kaunas, also known as interwar architecture of Kaunas or Kaunas modernism, is an architectural style that emerged in the interwar period of the Republic of Lithuania. It represents a Lithuanian branch of modernist architecture, which was widespread in many Western countries during the interwar period. 3.9 km · World Heritage site in Lithuania · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_architecture_of_Kaunas) 7. Ąžuolynas Ąžuolynas is a public park in Lithuania's second largest city, Kaunas, in the Žaliakalnis elderate. The park covers about 84 hectares and is the largest urban stand of mature oaks in Europe. 3 km · Oak wood park in Kaunas, Lithuania · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%84%C5%BEuolynas) 8. Kaunas Pantomime Theatre Kaunas pantomime theatre is pantomime theatre in Kaunas, Lithuania. The theatre was established in 1968. 1.5 km · theatre in Kaunas, Lithuania · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaunas_Pantomime_Theatre) 9. Pasaka Cinema Pasaka Cinema is an Art Deco style former cinema in Kaunas, Lithuania. At that time of the opening, the cinema was amongst the most modern in Kaunas. 3.7 km · movie theater in Lithuania · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pasaka_Cinema) Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0. Go there ## Getting to Dainava (Kaunas) **Airports:** Kaunas (KUN), 9 km · Vilnius (VNO), 90 km · Khrabrovo (KGD), 216 km\ - Vilnius → Dainava (Kaunas) 88 km · quickest by road, 1h 16m · €10–14 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/vilnius-to-dainava-kaunas) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Vilnius&to=Dainava+%28Kaunas%29) - Palanga → Dainava (Kaunas) 214 km · quickest by road, 2h 39m · €24–33 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/palanga-to-dainava-kaunas) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Palanga&to=Dainava+%28Kaunas%29) - Kaliningrad → Dainava (Kaunas) 223 km · quickest by road, 4h 11m · ₽930–1,240 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kaliningrad-to-dainava-kaunas) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Kaliningrad&to=Dainava+%28Kaunas%29) - From anywhere The planner compares every way there from wherever you are. [Plan a trip](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=Dainava%20(Kaunas%29) Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds. Not yet researched ## No local-transport research exists yet for Dainava (Kaunas) Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Dainava (Kaunas). What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more. The nearest places where the work is done 1. [Nagu / Nauvo and the Turku archipelago inner ring](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/nagu) FI 10 ways of moving, 19 sources 599 km 2. [Turku and the archipelago gateway](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/turku) FI 11 ways of moving, 13 sources 623 km 3. [Åland (Mariehamn and Fasta Åland)](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/aland) FI 12 ways of moving, 21 sources 624 km 4. [Kumlinge and the Åland archipelago](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/kumlinge) FI 11 ways of moving, 40 sources 624 km 5. [Iniö and the Turku archipelago ring road](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/inio) FI 9 ways of moving, 30 sources 628 km If you know how people move in Dainava (Kaunas) – the stand, the rule, the fare – [tell us](https://www.mixroutes.com/report?key=blog%7Cdainava&title=Dainava+%28Kaunas%29&sub=Field+notes&back=%2Fnotes%2Fdainava), and the note gets an entry. Around it ## Next door to Dainava (Kaunas) - [Kalniečiai](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/kalnieciai) suburb of Kaunas, Lithuania 1.2 km [The place page for Dainava (Kaunas)](https://www.mixroutes.com/places/dainava) [All the notes](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes) [Every note on Lithuania](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes#c-LT) --- This is the markdown version of https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/dainava, for search crawlers and AI assistants. The HTML page is the canonical copy. Mixroutes is made by Lascade LLC, Sharjah Media City, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. Index of every page: https://www.mixroutes.com/llms.txt