Marijampolė
Marijampolė is the capital of Marijampolė County in the south of Lithuania, bordering Poland and Russian Kaliningrad Oblast, and Lake Vištytis.
Marijampolė is the capital of Marijampolė County in the south of Lithuania, bordering Poland and Russian Kaliningrad Oblast, and Lake Vištytis. The city's population stood at approximately 48,700 in 2003. Marijampolė is the seventh-largest city in Lithuania and the sixteenth-largest city in the Baltic States. It is the cultural centre and largest settlement of the historical region of Suvalkija (Sudovia).
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Worth seeing in and around Marijampolė
2 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.
- 01Marijampole College
Marijampolė University of Applied Sciences is an institution of higher education located in Marijampolė, Lithuania. It was established in 2001 after merger of Marijampole Pedagogical High School, and Marijampole Agricultural High School.
1.6 km · college in Marijampolė, Lithuania · Wikipedia - 02ARVI Football Indoor Arena
Marijampolė Football Indoor Arena is indoor arena in Marijampolė, Lithuania, mainly used for football. For sponsorship reasons from 2011 to December 2019 was called ARVI maniežas.
3.4 km · arena in Lithuania · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
- 01Šv Arkangelo Mykolo
The principal Roman Catholic church in town.
- 02Muziejus Bulotų
Bulota was a lawyer and lived in this traditional timber villa with his family in genteel comfort.
- 03Popiežiaus Jono Pauliaus II
This is a modern chapel, but oak-built in traditional Baltic style.
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Things to do
Poetry Park is a green space with sculptures on the riverbank west of Mercure Hotel. Football: FK Sūduva play soccer in A Lyga, the top tier. Their home ground Marijampolė Arena (capacity 6250) is 2 km north of town centre. The playing season is March-Nov.
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Where to eat
Namų Restoranas, Gedimino g 7,. Mon Tue 11:00-16:00, Wed-Sat 11:30-23:00, Sun 11:00-20:00. Bright place with a good menu selection, dog friendly. Senamieščio Legenda is round the corner from Namų at Gedimino g 6. It's open daily 10:00-22:00. Hesburger is a Lithuanian fast food chain, with an outlet at Gedimino g 18 open M-Th 09:00-22:00, F Sa 09:00-23:00, Su 10:00-22:00.
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Getting to Marijampolė
- Airports
- Kaunas (KUN), 66 km · Vilnius (VNO), 125 km · Khrabrovo (KGD), 181 km
- Stations
- Marijampolė train station, 1.5 km
- Kaunas → Marijampolė52 km · quickest by road, 1h 14m · €6–9
- Vilnius → Marijampolė125 km · quickest by road, 2h 25m · €16–23
- Palanga → Marijampolė210 km · quickest by road, 3h 58m · €29–41
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
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Next door to Marijampolė
- Marijampolė Municipalitymunicipality in Suvalkija, Lithuania1.5 km
- Meškučiaivillage in Mokolai Eldership, Lithuania4.7 km