What we recommend to see in Panevėžys

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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A 400-year-old brick house and the oldest archive building in Lithuania, once storing the most important court documents.

Unique: The oldest archive building in Lithuania.

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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.

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A new-generation museum for contemporary art and creative industries, home to over 800 works of the world-famous artist Stasys Eidrigevičius.

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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.

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

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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.

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