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Locality · Lithuania · Kaunas

# Šilainiai

What is there

## Worth seeing in and around Šilainiai

10 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. Vytautas Magnus University University in Kaunas, Lithuania (1989-) 3.9 km · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vytautas_Magnus_University)
2. Kaunas University of Technology Lithuanian university (1950-) 3.8 km · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaunas_University_of_Technology)
3. IX Fort Historic fort and temporary Nazi concentration camp in Kaunas, Lithuania 2 km · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ninth_Fort)
4. Kaunas Castle Medieval Gothic castle in Kaunas, Lithuania 3.4 km · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaunas_Castle)
5. Kaunas Cathedral Basilica Roman Catholic cathedral basilica in Kaunas, Lithuania 3.6 km · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaunas_Archcathedral_Basilica)
6. Kaunas Fortress Fortress complex in Kaunas, Lithuania 3.4 km · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaunas_Fortress)
7. Žmuidzinavičius Museum Museum in Kaunas, Lithuania dedicated to devil sculptures 3.5 km · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%BDmuidzinavi%C4%8Dius_Museum)
8. Church of Vytautas the Great, Kaunas Church building in Kaunas, Lithuania 3.8 km · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_Vytautas_the_Great)
9. M. K. Čiurlionis National Art Museum Art museum in Kaunas, Lithuania 3.6 km · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M._K._%C4%8Ciurlionis_National_Art_Museum)
10. Christ's Resurrection Church Roman Catholic church in Kaunas, Lithuania 3.5 km · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christ%27s_Resurrection_Basilica,_Kaunas)

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 Šilainiai

**Airports:** Kaunas (KUN), 13 km · Vilnius (VNO), 96 km · Khrabrovo (KGD), 210 km\

- Vilnius → Šilainiai 93 km · quickest by road, 1h 20m · €10–14 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/vilnius-to-silainiai) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Vilnius&to=%C5%A0ilainiai)
- Palanga → Šilainiai 209 km · quickest by road, 2h 32m · €23–32 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/palanga-to-silainiai) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Palanga&to=%C5%A0ilainiai)
- Kaliningrad → Šilainiai 218 km · quickest by road, 4h 4m · ₽930–1,240 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kaliningrad-to-silainiai) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Kaliningrad&to=%C5%A0ilainiai)
- From anywhere The planner compares every way there from wherever you are. [Plan a trip](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=%C5%A0ilainiai)

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Not yet researched

## No local-transport research exists yet for Šilainiai

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 Šilainiai. 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 597 km
2. [Åland (Mariehamn and Fasta Åland)](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/aland) FI 12 ways of moving, 21 sources 621 km
3. [Kumlinge and the Åland archipelago](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/kumlinge) FI 11 ways of moving, 40 sources 621 km
4. [Turku and the archipelago gateway](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/turku) FI 11 ways of moving, 13 sources 622 km
5. [Iniö and the Turku archipelago ring road](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/inio) FI 9 ways of moving, 30 sources 626 km

If you know how people move in Šilainiai – the stand, the rule, the fare – [tell us](https://www.mixroutes.com/report?key=blog%7Csilainiai&title=%C5%A0ilainiai&sub=Field+notes&back=%2Fnotes%2Fsilainiai), and the note gets an entry.

Around it

## Next door to Šilainiai

- [Vilijampolė](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/vilijampole) Borough of Kaunas 1.4 km
- [Žaliakalnis](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/zaliakalnis) Neighborhood of Kaunas 3.8 km
- [Kaunas Old Town](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/kaunas-old-town) historic part of the city of Kaunas in Lithuania 3.6 km

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