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Klaipėda

Lithuania's port, with a timber-framed old town.

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📷 Andrzej Otrębski · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Klaipėda is Lithuania's only seaport, with a German-style old town, a castle museum and ferries to the Curonian Spit.

Museums in Klaipėda

Look inside, then pay your admission straight to the museum.

The story of Klaipėda

Walk the old town of timber-framed warehouses and the Theatre Square with the fountain of Ännchen von Tharau, the girl of a famous song by the poet Simon Dach. Visit the Castle Museum in the old castle bastions, then take the short ferry to Smiltynė for the Lithuanian Sea Museum and the beach.

  • 1252the Teutonic Order founds Memel
  • 1923Klaipėda becomes part of Lithuania

Klaipėda through time

The big moments, and where to see them today.

  1. 1807The Prussian king and queen take refuge in Memel from Napoleon.See it: Klaipėda Castle Museum

What to do in Klaipėda

  1. 01

    Lithuanian Sea Museum

    Sea animals and ships across the lagoon.

    Smiltynė3 hours
  2. 02

    Klaipėda Castle Museum

    The story of the castle and the town.

    Klaipėda1 hour
Getting there

Getting to Klaipėda

Almost every museum is easy to reach by public transport.

Getting around Klaipėda

Lines and timetables change. Check the operator’s website before you travel.

On the map

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Hidden story

Ännchen of Tharau

A statue of a girl from a song stands in Klaipėda.

Read the storyClose

On the Theatre Square stands Ännchen von Tharau, the subject of a love song written by Simon Dach, a poet born in Memel in 1605. The statue disappeared during the Second World War and a copy was put back in 1989, paid for by former inhabitants and friends of the town in Germany.