If you visit the Sun city Šiauliai at least once in your life, you will definitely have to:
- Experience the magic of 1700 roses blooming in the Chaimas Frenkelis’ Villa-Museum park.
- Admire the city’s stunning panorama from the 60-meter-high tower of St. Apostles Peter and Paul’s Cathedral.
- Take a photo at one of the city’s symbols, the largest animal sculpture in Lithuania – the Iron Fox.
- Check whether the country’s highest sundial, located in Sundial Square, shows the exact time.
- Walk along the third oldest boulevard in Europe.
- Try on the “Baltic profession” in the Europe’s unique “Balts’ Road” centre.
- Find the inhabitants of Šiauliai “street zoo”.
- Say hello to the “director” of the Cats Museum, the mischievous cat Perlas, and evaluate the museum’s extensive collection.
- Hear the city’s "Cock" Clock, greeting the city’s guests in as many as 14 different languages of the world.
- See the largest collection of mountain plants in Lithuania at Šiauliai Botanical Garden.
- Enjoy the incredibly beautiful sunset, having settled yourself on the shore of Lake Rėkyva or on the 80-meter-long wooden bridge.
- Visit the Cents Room – the record holder, decorated with the most expensive “wallpaper” (as many as 157 130 Lithuanian cent coins).
- Step inside a camera in the “camera obscura” installed on the roof terrace of the Photography Museum.
- Participate in the Bicycle Museum’s race between a modern and an antique bicycle; i.e., the one made according to almost 500-year-old drawings.
- Taste a melting chocolate bubble at "Rūta" café, located on the territory of the oldest Lithuanian sweets factory.
- Experience the taste and aftertaste of probably the most delicious fermented bread drink in Lithuania, which is produced in "Gubernija" – the oldest brewery in the Baltic States.
- Try out the taste of exclusive boiled potato dumplings (cepelinai) with chickpea filling, made in the teahouse of one of the country’s oldest historical pharmacies "Valerijonas".
Recommended trip duration: 2-3 days.
Best time to arrive: May - September.
Tips for those planning to come:
- On the last Sunday of every month, visits to the divisions of "Aušra" Museum are free.
- Most of the main attractions are located in the city centre and can be reached on foot.
- On the last weekend in August, only in Šiauliai, the events of “Šiauliai Nights” take place, while the second weekend in September (Friday-Saturday) is the city’s birthday with its “Šiauliai Days”, which is the biggest event of the year.
- The largest selection of souvenirs with Šiauliai and Lithuanian symbols is offered at Šiauliai Tourism Information Centre.
- The tastiest and healthiest gifts from Šiauliai are the produce of the sweets factory "Rūta", the brewery "Gubernija" and the pharmacy "Valerijonas".
- You can rent bicycles only at Šiauliai Tourism Information Centre.
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