Fruma: "My first childhood memories connected to Kaunas are very warm.

Gintaras: "One detail stuck to my mind from the dismantling of Leninas monument: next to Donelaičio Street, under a tree, I saw an elderly couple, probably of Russian nationality.

Memories about Oakwood Park by people of Kaunas.

In December, 2018 The lions that are protecting the entrance to Vytautas Magnus War Museum commemorate their 85th anniversary.

Riddle for our website visitors:What place is this?

Gintaras Vitulskis: These pictures are from the 1930s: in one of them, there is a festive formation of yachtsmen (or maybe sea scouts) captured as seen from Aleksotas, and the other one with Aleksotas in the background. In 1932, the yacht club was established next to Aleksotas bridge in a building floating on a pontoon platform, the so called brandwacht.

Birutė: "It was a long time ago...When in 1955 I‘ve settled down in Kaunas together with my parents and saw the sculptures of lions in the Garden of the War Museum, I was so surprised.

Asija: “When the family got too big, we received a room in Laisvės Ave.

Alvydas (50): When my then-future wife was studying in Kaunas Polytechnic Institute, we would often walk around the Oakwood Park...

Neringa: In childhood, our parents would bring us to Vytauto Park.

Gintaras: In Vilniaus Street, next to the underground passage, there is a building with niches, in which three little sculptures were placed.

Liuda Riaukienė: “My grandparents Povilas and Vanda Tarnauskai were shareholders of Versalis company.

Alvydas: Some time ago, before the monument for Darius and Girėnas, there was a “singing fountain”.

Dobrė: “The action was held in November 1941: at 6 pm we were lined up.

(Operating from 2011 to 2013).

Rūta: "In the spring, 1958 we said our goodbyes to Kaunas VI Secondary School.

Jonas: “At the beginning of July 1962 and after graduating the 1st High School of Ukmergė (now the High School of Jonas Basanavičius), My classmate Vytautas Juknys and I, Jonas Navikas, arrived at Kaunas for the first time (!).

Laumė café that was working during the Soviet times was famous for its good coffee and sweets but the most important thing there was the sense of community.

Kęstutis: „Augau Aleksote, S.

Audronė: „Namas priklausė Zabielų rūmams. Ir pats namas – dabar jis supaprastintas – buvo labai įdomus, ypač architektūra apačioje, visur – skliautai, didžiuliai praėjimai, sraigtiniai laiptai.