Panevėžys with children

The triangle-shaped heart of Panevėžys – once a horse market, now full of cafés, events and old buildings. The letter bricks under the hundred-year-old tree hide key dates of the city’s history.

Kids’ task: Find and read the words hidden in the letter tiles around the flowerbeds.

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The locals’ “milk bar”: milkshakes, ice cream, cottage cheese with whipped cream and pancakes. A favourite with children for decades.

Kids’ task: Pick the tastiest dessert for you and your parents.

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Lithuania’s top-rated visited attraction in 2021 (Travel Lithuania). Changing exhibitions and the largest collection of fireclay (chamotte) ceramics – over 700 works.

Unique: The largest fireclay-ceramics collection; voted Lithuania’s most attractive visited site in 2021.

Kids’ task: Count the fireclay ceramic works in the gallery courtyard.

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A 100-year-old library mixing historic and modern architecture, with old prints, manuscripts and events. Look for the largest children’s book in the library!

Kids’ task: Measure the biggest children’s book in the library.

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The largest park in the city along the Nevėžis: playgrounds, bike paths, an 18-hole disc golf course, observation decks and rest zones.

Kids’ task: Find a house with a coffee bean hidden in the park.

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A cosy café in the Culture and Recreation Park – try the šimtalapis pastry.

Kids’ task: Find the Nevėžis and follow the footpath to Senvagė.

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An oasis of peace in the very centre. Walk to the little island, feed the birds and, in the warm season, watch the light and music fountain show in the evening.

Unique: A light-and-music fountain show with no equivalent in the Baltic states.

Kids’ task: Find where Grand Duke Alexander is hiding.

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The founder of the city holds St. Apostles Peter and Paul Church in his hands. Granite sculpture by Stanislovas Kuzma, unveiled for the city’s 500th anniversary.

Kids’ task: Alexander holds a church – find where it really stands.

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The theatre that made Panevėžys famous. Classical and contemporary plays for all ages, tours, exhibitions and meetings with actors.

Kids’ task: Find the music box in the playground near the theatre.

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An ash tree hung with thousands of keys – it started with a box of 70 keys found underground. Newlyweds and truth-seekers leave their own key here.

Unique: Thousands of keys on one ash tree – struck by lightning four times.

Kids’ task: Choose your favourite key on the tree.

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A chamber theatre for adults and children, guarded by a Don Quixote statue. Hosts the biggest spring event in Northern Lithuania – an international performing arts festival.

Unique: Hosts the biggest spring performing-arts festival in Northern Lithuania.

Kids’ task: Say HELLO out loud to Don Quixote at the door.

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One of the oldest regional museums in Lithuania (1925). Exhibitions on city life 1953–1990, and a kitchen class where you make traditional Aukštaitija dumplings.

Unique: One of the oldest regional museums in Lithuania (1925).

Kids’ task: Tell your parents which exhibit you liked most.

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The oldest Lithuanian bookshop in the country, opened by a book smuggler after the press ban was lifted in 1905. The pre-war portrait of Masiulis still hangs inside.

Unique: The oldest Lithuanian bookshop in the country.

Kids’ task: In what year was the bookshop founded? Look at the building.

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The only travelling theatre of its kind in Europe – every summer a horse-drawn wagon tours Lithuania. Inside: a train on the ceiling and puppets you control with buttons.

Unique: The only travelling theatre on wheels in Europe.

Kids’ task: Guess who the man in the hat at the entrance is.

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