Klaipeda is a port of Lithuanian city with an ancient history that goes in the 16th century. Here, still on the territory of the historic part of the city (Old Town), you can see residential buildings in the traditional Germanic technique of urban planning - Fakhverk. After all, Klaipeda was the German city of Memel. The houses are so located nearby, which seems to form a labyrinth. Very nice to spend time here.
There is our Orthodox Temple - Pokrovo-Nikolsky in Klaipeda. It was built on the outskirts of the city in compliance with all architectural canons of the Russian school. Earlier, there was only one Orthodox church of all saints, but the parishioners of the Orthodox faith became much and therefore was decided to build a new church. The beginning of construction refers to 2000. Located the Pokrovo-Nikolsky Temple in Smiltyale. The choice of this place is defined with the nature of the soil. It was difficult to find the "island" with solid, durable soil. Now the temple has become a favorite place of parishioners. It has its own church library and Sunday School.
Many in Klaipeda monuments, museums telling about the past of the city, but I would like to tell about the modern appearance of this truly European city.
Each city has its own architectural "masterpieces" that can be considered a kind of business cards. There are those in Klaipeda. This is the famous hotel complex Klaipeda. It is the largest hotel in the city where there are several bars and restaurants, a gym, conference room, swimming pool, nightclub, beauty salon, flower shop. There are about 257 comfortable rooms. The evening can be held in the rooftop restaurant. True, the cost of living here is very high. If you look at the restaurant on the side, or rather on the building, you can see that it is not just a town-planning dress, but two letters "k" and "d". An interesting designer find.
The second no less remarkable construction is a sailboat Meridianas. This vessel was built back in the middle of the last century and was given to the former USSR for debts. It has decorated the city for a long time, but the time did not spare it and the sailboat's monument came to the dilapidation. One of the private investors of Klaipeda invested considerable funds and now Meridianas also decorate the city.
It is located on the right bank of the river Dana and it has a restaurant. Very great place. I liked the atmosphere itself and kitchen.
Very interesting can be seen in this port. The port, as well as sea landscapes, is very attractive. There is a huge number of ships, both small and giants.
Locals are especially like a sculpture park. Here they spend the weekend, and also come to any free time. Previously, quite a long time, there was a cemetery, where Russian soldiers were buried. Later it became the place of burial Lutheran and Catholics. Already in the Soviet period, the administration of the city was decided to "split" the park here. Strange, of course, the decision. Cemetery graves and crosses were compared with the Earth, and their place was taken by sculptures. Moreover, these sculptures are very unusual, they are called modern. Either several distorted proportions or very stylized figures. Creative approach of local sculptors in the decoration of the park. There are a lot of deciduous trees in the park. Nature here truly possesses rest. True, local residents did not perceive the park for a long time and this is understandable. Over time, it became apparently forgotten by his past and now the townspeople cannot imagine themselves without a sculpture park. There is no better place for Vic-End in the city.
What else can I see in Klaipeda? Here the mass is still attractions that you should see. This is the famous museum of hours, which contains the most interesting exposition of different hours - mechanical, water, sandy, fire, quartz, electronic and others. Here you can see the entire world history of the stages of clockwork development.
There is in the city and its fortress, lighthouse, as well as known not only in Lithuania, but also Germany, Austria Fountain Simon Daha. The head of the fountain composition is a modest figure of the girl Ansh. Simon Dakh composed poems for a wedding celebration and dedicated her to the bride and groom. The poems liked so much that they were shifted to music and it became a very popular song. If you throw a coin to the fountain, then you should expect a happy marriage.
Being in Klaipeda, you should think in advance routes for excursions. Of course, all the places can not get around, but here are the iconic ones worth visiting. There is excellent rest for adults and, of course, children.