The transition from the former military territory to the industrial innovation zone is the vision of the park explored in the urban feasibility study of the Aleksotas Innovation Industrial Park (AIIP). In the heart of Aleksotas district, the aim is to create a compact, green and communication-promoting innovation valley that would meet the modern principles[…]

The new European Bauhaus is an initiative based on sustainability, accessibility and aesthetics to bring Europe’s green course closer to the people. Visvaldas Matijošaitis together with the leaders of other European Capitals of Culture and European Innovation – Barcelona, ​​Galway, Rijeka, Cork, Esch-sur-Alzette and Leuven – presented today’s examples of Kaunas in the discussion initiated[…]

The Scandinavian Days Week in Kaunas, which has become an annual tradition, in Kaunas, in addition to cultural and entertainment events, traditionally offers business activities for representatives of various fields. Specialists from the Scandinavian countries, together with Kaunas teachers and heads of institutions, shared their mutual experiences and sought common solutions to solve a globally[…]

Can Europe be expected to have at least 100 climate-neutral cities by 2030, whose development will not affect the environment? Answers to this and other questions important for the cities of the future were sought at the Scandinavian Days Forum “Sustainable Cities. The Nordic Experience”. The event was honored by participation of H. E. Ambassador[…]

Unity Square in Kaunas won the world-renowned, international iF Design award in the category of architecture. This is a historic achievement, as the completed architectural object received such an assessment for the first time not only in Lithuania, but also in the Baltic States. The SBA renovated square project was developed and implemented together with[…]

Kaunas – the future European Capital of Culture – has everything to captivate the world’s attention. The city’s history, Fluxus movement, design, and community all went into creating the legend of a new Contemporary Capital that’s set to become a year-long cultural festival, promising more events than there are days in 2022. Lithuania’s second-largest city[…]

Rich extracurricular activities with complete freedom to choose from music, dance and theatre synthesis to stage technologies. Such an ambition was raised by Kaunas Municipality, which planned to establish a School of Performing Arts, which has no analogues in Lithuania so far. In addition to a critical and cautious approach, strong support for this aspiration[…]

Each day of a pandemic can present ever new challenges, but systematically planned processes make it possible to step up the fight against COVID-19 threats. Consistent work over the last few months, ensuring a fast, coordinated and safe vaccination process for the population, allows us to state: Kaunas is ready for mass vaccination. The electronic[…]

Kaunas City Municipality is completing the implementation of Kaunas city strategic plan for 2016–2022 period. During this period, the city changed significantly. In order to ensure harmonious and balanced further development of Kaunas and to strengthen the competitiveness of Kaunas in Lithuania and Europe, a new plan for the next decade is being prepared. Kaunas[…]

Celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, Kaunas Artists’ House (KAH) will celebrate its birthday renewed. From March, the building facade maintenance works will start, which are planned to be performed in the next 8 months. Listed as a European Heritage Label, the interwar building, designed in 1930 by architect Vytautas Landsbergis-Žemkalnis as the Vatican Embassy,[…]