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1 Kaunas Lithuania

2 Kaunas is the second largest city in Lithuania.

3 Kaunas was the provinsional capital from , when Lithuania lost Vilnius following armed conflict with Poland.

4 Kaunas Coat of Arms

5 The oldest part of Kaunas city is the Old Town located to the east of the confluence of the Nemunas and Neris rivers.

6 Since Kaunas is located at the confluence of two rivers, there are 34 bridges and viaducts built in the city.

7 The city is located at the centre of Lithuania , making it centre of Lithuanian economic, academic, and cultural life.

8 Kaunas International Airport (KUN) is one of the biggest airports in the Baltic states.

9 Via Baltica is a highway running from Prague in the Czech Republic to Helsinki in Finland by way of Poland, Kaunas Lithuania, Riga Latvia and Tallinn Estonia

10 Kaunas is an important railway hub in Lithuania
Kaunas is an important railway hub in Lithuania. First railway connection passing through Kaunas was opened in 1962.

11 Kaunas University of Medicine
Kaunas is often referred to as a city of students. Kaunas University of Medicine

12 Central Kaunas is defined by two pedestrian streets: the 2-km-long Liberty Avenue and Vilnius Street

13 Kaunas Town Hall

14 Vytautas the Great War Museum
Kaunas is often called a city of museums, because of the abundance and variety of them. Vytautas the Great War Museum

15 Kaunas Jazz Festival 2010

16 is the cradle of Lithuanian basketball
KAUNAS is the cradle of Lithuanian basketball

17 Kaunas Basketball Club “Žalgiris”

18 Thank you for your attention 


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