Globali kategorija: Naujamiestis

Sculptor Robertas Antinis: There was Orbita – a superb club. In that common context, it was special. They used to show short erotic movies there, and it was like a strip club. What I remember about cafes of Laisvės alėja [Freedom Avenue], is the fact that it was hard to get in there at the […]

Indrė Žakevičienė: The most memorable event for me was the commemoration of February 16 in 1989 in Santaka Stadium and the “analogue” of the Baltic Way 25 years ago in the Museum of War. The vehicle that was bringing us to the Baltic Way got stuck somewhere halfway. The driver got nervous, turned around, brought […]

Vitalijus: I remember Romuva from my childhood. A very long time ago, when my brother and I were little, we saw Phantomas here. Behind the cinema, there was an ice-rink, and we would go there to have fun with other children. Cinema was not an expensive entertainment option back then. It would cost 10 kopeks […]

Justė: Miesto Sodas always stirs a little rebel in me. This is precisely where alternative youth subcultures would gather every Friday after lessons in 2003–2004, which was where, us, “banglai” (youth subculture in Lithuania) from Šančiai wanted to be. I think that back then, we did not have any high ideals or aspirations. Neither we read […]

Sculptor Robertas Antinis sharing his memories about  people of Laisvės avenue and Kaunas (2014). Virtual route presented by R. Antinis can be found in section “Routes“.

Alvydas Vaitkevičius: I found this picture at booksellers next to Merkurijus without any inscriptions or signs… About the Parade. Throughout the Soviet Period in all the USSR, Lithuania and Kaunas included, there were “Joyful demonstrations of the working people” which were usually called parades organised twice a year (on May 1st and November 7th). Of […]

Alvydas Vaitkevičius: I am sending several photos by a famous photographer from the Soviet times, Stanislovas Lukošius which he gave me before he passed away. Photos feature explanations by Stanislovas Lukošius himself. He had a phenomenal memory and knew about the past of Kaunas in great detail. He wrote the texts himself, even though he […]

Alvydas Vaitkevičius: I cannot stop myself from sharing certain interesting pages with the memories about our old War Museum. I found this with my family in a wonderful book by Jonas Dovydaitis “Žmogaus sparnai” (1971) dedicated to the birth and development of Lithuanian aviation and to the famous aviation designer Bronius Oškinis. These are his first […]

Grafas: This photo hangs on a wall in my house. Interestingly, those who see it for the first time do not seem to understand what place and view it is. And this is the centre of Kaunas during the Soviet times, 1980. It is Janonio (Vienybės) Square and Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis Art Museum and War […]