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Historical Klaipeda Old Town -search for the lost City of Memel

By Klaipeda Free Walking Tour
9.6 out of 10
Exceptional
Free cancellation available
The previous price was €28 and current price is €21 per adult
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  • Free cancellation available
  • 1h 30m
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Overview

An interactive Historical Klaipeda Old Town tour explores the “lost” city of Memel, using 19th-20th century photographs and quizzes to connect visitors with daily life and the region's borderland history between East and West. The tour focuses on identifying Prussian artefacts, uncovering Soviet-era stories, and highlighting the distinction between Klaipeda and its historic name, Memel.
Our aim for the tour
♦️Understand the distinction between Klaipeda and Memel- find an artefacts of the old PRUSSIAN culture.
♦️Reveal remarkable stories from the SOVIET OCCUPATION ERA
♦️Enjoy your day in LITHUANIA

Activity location

  • Meridianas
    • embankment of the river Dane, Street Tiltu
    • Klaipeda, Lithuania

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • KLAIPEDA FREE WALKING TOUR
    • 17 Kurpių gatvė
    • 91249, Klaipėda, Klaipėdos apskritis, Lithuania

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  • Activity duration is 1 hour and 30 minutes1h 30m
    1h 30m
  • English

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Language options: English
Starting time: 12:00
Price details
€28.00
€21.00 x 1 Adult€21.00
Total
The previous price was €28.00 and current price is €21.00
25% off

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  • What's includedWhat's included
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Know before you book

  • Service animals allowed
  • Public transport options are available nearby
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • Due to the cobble-stone streets this activity Is notbWheelchair accessible
  • In accordance with EU regulations about consumer rights, activities services are not subject to the right of withdrawal. Supplier cancellation policy will apply.

Activity itinerary

Meridianas

  • 10m
OUR MEETING POINT- Look for a purple folder :) A short introduction about the country Lithuania and the city will lead to more detailed explanation of why it was almost never part of the modern Lithuania. A view over the river will enable to identify the transformation that the city went through and how it looks in comparison to modern days.

Chimney Sweep on the Roof

  • 10m
A sculpture- city plan of the Klaipeda Old town from which allows us not only locate us for the rest of the tour but also forsee what went missing. A city plan will allow us to introduce the upcoming tour and locate in on the sculpture(city plan). Before we will continue- a first quiz question will be raised...

Kepėjų gatvė

  • 15m
A stop at a narrow streets of Klaipeda where we will find a sculpture "Tower" will allow us do recognise how the structure of the Old town differs from other cities in Lithuania. The sculpture of Tower illuminates the daily life of Memel throughout the centuries. We will try to identify who were the real locals whilst leaving the tower through the street of messenger - BUT WHO NEEDS A MESSENGER...?

Klaipedos dramos teatras

  • 15m
It's not only the main square of the city, it's probably one of the most remarkable spot that was in an epicentre for the WW2 The balcony where the initiator of the war gave one of he's many speeches will point out the key aspects of the conflict and the role that the region has played...

Turgaus gatvė

  • 10m
A glimpse look into the past will help you imagine how the city of Memel looked, how the architecture of one of the high streets have changed and what role did it played for the castle of the Memelburg

Kalvystes Muziejus

  • 10m
An extraordinary stories that the museum and it's exhibition hides is worth a whole day to discuss. The artefacts which lays in the background of the Black smiths museums might shock you...

Jono Kalnelis

  • 10m
One of the last remaining fortifications that dates back XVII century...once build for to defend from the enemy was later used by the enemy. Over the ravelin we will finally be able to locate the tower of the only church that is in the old town. This discovery will allow us to explain the occupation era about the city...

Location

Activity location

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    Meridianas
    • embankment of the river Dane, Street Tiltu
    • Klaipeda, Lithuania

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLE
    KLAIPEDA FREE WALKING TOUR
    • 17 Kurpių gatvė
    • 91249, Klaipėda, Klaipėdos apskritis, Lithuania

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