Heads up – Look up! Part II - Neakivaizdinis Vilnius
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Heads up – Look up! Part II

For the most fun walks with children

Įrašo pavadinimas:

One of the most popular routes of ‘Neakivaizdinis Vilnius’ Heads up – Look up! returns with Part 2, designed especially for walking with children! We invite you to take a journey through the Old Town of the capital and discover interesting sights where the eye rarely strays. On the roofs and turrets of the houses, you’ll find lots of interesting details. You can find out how long a building has stood or who built it. Or maybe if you listen carefully, you’ll hear the oldest clock ticking, or unseen sculptures and other decorative elements that tell stories? Let’s raise our heads and get going! 

The route is easy, and even little people will manage to walk the 2-kilometre route on foot.

Binoculars or a camera with a decent zoom lens will be useful on this route. These tools can help you see some details that not everyone can see with the naked eye.

Start location

Cathedral Bell Tower Clock

Duration
1.30 h Without going inside
Distance
2,00 km
Means of travel
On foot
Terrain
Easy
Pet friendly
Additional information
  • Animals: route suitable for visiting with animals / pet friendly
  • Accessibility: people with reduced mobility and parents with children in pushchairs may find it difficult, as Pilies Street has uneven cobblestones and a slightly rising terrain. 

Routed by Milisenta Misevičiūtė; photos Milisenta Misevičiūtė

1. Cathedral Bell Tower Clock

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2. Sundial

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3. Pancake sign

Find the 1.2 m wide sign above the door, which shows hands holding a plate of pancakes! This…

4. The balcony of St. Johns’ Church

Stop in front of St Johns’ Church. Look above the skull and find the little balcony with a metal…

5. Bust of J. Słowacki

Find the bust of the poet Juljusz Słowacki (Julijus Slovackis) on the wings of a swan. The bust was…

6. House of the Signatories – a neo-Renaissance and neo-Baroque building

Stand in front of the House of the Signatories, and look up to the right by the signboard on the…

7. Neo-Baroque building

This building is also decorated with a man and a woman’s head on the facade. The façade is…

8. Modern style building

You can immediately spot the decorative sculptural balls on the roof, right? Until the mid-18th…

9. Vilnius Picture Gallery (formerly the Chodkiewicz Palace)

The Chodkiewicz (Chodkevičius) family was among the most powerful and influential noble families of…

10. Hotel Pacai (formerly the Pacai Palace)

Look at the top of the building. What do you see? It’s the coat of arms of the Pac family. …

11. Town Hall

Looking at Vilnius City Hall from afar, we can see the coat of arms and the flag of Vilnius,…

12. Former Resurrection Orthodox Church

The building at Stiklių g. 1 is the former Church of the Resurrection of Christ, whose Gothic…

13. Initials in the ‘Medeinės’ courtyard

Next, enter Medeinė’s courtyard, where you will meet Medeinė, the goddess of forests and…

14. Embassy of Poland (former Palace of the Pacas)

Like the Pacai Hotel, this building is decorated with the Pac family coat of arms, which you have…

15. VU Library Courtyard

In the library courtyard, raise your eyes to find planetary symbols and astronomical instruments.…

16. The President’s Palace

We invite you to end your walk with a unicorn! In the centre of the Presidential building, right in…