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Sakiai (Lithuania)

Description: A city in the Marijampolė County, Lithuania

Newest Review: ... (both Lutheran and Catholic) but not much else in the way of old buildings due to the Germans destroying everything in WW2. The town overlooks two small lakes and is amongst very nice countryside, it's worth a visit for the authentic regular Lithuanian small country town experience but there is no reason to choose a visit over other small towns apart from perhaps cheap cigarettes smuggled ... more

... over the river from Kaliningrad. There are a few supermarkets, a post office, a couple of bars which people remain sat outside of after closing hours following a visit to the night shop for drinks but all the action is in Kaunas or at house parti...more

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Sakiai (Lithuania): A Joe Bloggs kind of place (277 words)
by - written on 05/11/08 (Very useful, 43 readings)
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Sakiai is a small town in the west of Lithuania with a population of about 6,000 the majority of who commute to Kaunas (65km) for work or study. Well off the beaten path and with no real reason to go there, it's a pleasant little town close to the border with Russia (Kaliningrad), it has some nice churches (both Lutheran and Catholic) but not much else in the way of old buildings due to the Germans destroying everything in WW2. The town overlooks two small lakes and is amongst very nice countryside, it's worth a visit for the authentic regular Lithuanian small country town experience but there is no reason to choose a visit over other small towns apart from ... Read the complete review

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