Globali kategorija: Žaliakalnis

Video by students of Vytautas Magnus University: Justė Balytaitė, Monika Žekaitė, Agnė Muškietaitė, Kristina Jazdauskaitė, Natalija Žėkaitė.

Memories about Oakwood Park by people of Kaunas. Video by students of Vytautas Magnus University: Justė Balytaitė, Monika Žekaitė, Agnė Muškietaitė, Kristina Jazdauskaitė, Natalija Žėkaitė.

Alma: Some time ago, this university was called Kaunas Polytechnic Institute and the campus was built only around 1975.  Specific dorms were designated for students from specific faculties and they would not be mixed. Different floors were divided for ladies and gentlemen. The discipline was strict. There was a lot of stress for students, when […]

K. Laurinaitytė: I remember Dainų Slėnis since I was six, because this was when I started singing in the choir and participating in the Song Festivals. I have been spending time here since childhood, so this place seems so natural and maybe even commonplace, yet pleasant. Elvyra: It is so good to remember events that […]

Alma: It is very nice to remember how people would gather in the Oakwood Park. In summer, it was full of people. Even though there were no normal paths in there back then. Some would play the harmonica or guitar. Everyone would gather in groups or families to spend some time in nature. It is […]

Neringa: In childhood, our parents would bring us to Vytauto Park. Back then, the roofs of Orbita looked like the caps of amanita mushrooms. This carousel was perceived as big children entertainment. So, what was left for us? The slow-paced Saulutė. In my early memories, children’s festivals would take place in the park; it was […]

1 photograph Lili Kristina Vaičekauskaitė-Čepauskienė (2014): Me and my mother in the Oakwood Park in1947. A man next to us is my father’s coworker and my father is behind the camera. 2 photograph Lili Kristina Vaičekauskaitė-Čepauskienė (2014): This is how the Oakwood Park used to be. We are close to the Sports Hall. There is […]

Alvydas: Some time ago, before the monument for Darius and Girėnas, there was a “singing fountain”. Everyone really liked it… (2014)

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“.