Arriving in Kaunas – AnswerMBA

You can fly to Kaunas from Turku, when you arrive 14 kilometers from the core, and you can also travel there from Finland via Vilnius Airport, where you have to take a couple of hours by bus or minibus to Kaunas. The city can also be reached by bus from Riga or Poland, for example, and like the train station, the bus station is on the outskirts of the city center, just over a couple of kilometers from the old town’s main locations.

There are surprisingly long distances in Kaunas, and you should walk there enough to bring proven Walking Shoes with you. If you want to use the public, buses and trolleys are fast and cheap rides. Getting around by taxi in Kaunas is cheap, you can rent a bike there and you can get there by car, so it is worth getting acquainted with the rules and also the complex parking arrangements in advance.

Arrival

The majority of Finns either fly to Kaunas or Vilnius airports, and some can arrive in Vilnius, Riga or Poland from Kaunas by bus. The airport is quite close to the core and can be reached cheaply by bus or more expensive taxi to the rest of the city. The bus station is on the outskirts of the city center, and you may have to take a taxi elsewhere, as the Old Town, for example, is just over a couple of kilometers away. If you arrive in Kaunas by train, the railway station is in the same area as the bus station.

From Kaunas Airport to the rest of the city

Kaunas Airport is located 14 km from the core, and it is easy to get to the city center and the rest of the city.

The most economical ride is the bus line 29G , which runs through the new parts of the old town and the city center to the bus station and the train station. It’s a quick, hassle-free ride, and a euro-priced ticket is available for a flat fee from the driver. If you plan to use the public in Kaunas continuously, you can buy a card priced at one and a half euros from the Narvesen kiosk, where you can load a three-day card for just over five euros or a week card for ten. The third option is an app that can be downloaded to a phone or tablet, and with it, the person buying their ticket costs only 0.70 euros for it. From the airport, the bus leaves right in front of the terminal.

From the airport you can take a taxi exactly where you want, and the best thing is to take the Bolt app on your phone or tablet in advance . Taxis are very cheap, and to top it all off, you get a seven euro discount on the first taxi ride, which means that a taxi ride from the airport costs little.

From Vilnius Airport to Kaunas

Vilnius Airport is located about 100 km from Kaunas. Both Finnair’s and Air Baltic’s flights land there, and you can go directly to Kaunas if you wish.

From Vilnius Airport, you can get to Kaunas in just over two hours by a bus that runs 1–3 times an hour, although it passes through the center of Vilnius. In Kaunas, the bus stops at the bus station, which is just over two kilometers from the Old Town. Timetables and tickets can be viewed on the Lithuanian bus website , where you can also buy a ticket.

It is possible to get from Kaunas to Kaunas faster and more comfortably with Ollex minibuses, for which tickets cost only 10 euros. The journey takes 75-80 minutes and the ticket can be purchased in advance on the website. This is a good ride in many ways, but it leaves you in a rather remote place, from where you can still travel to other parts of the city on several different bus lines.

From the bus station to the rest of the city

The new bus station (Autobusų stotis) , which was completed in Kaunas in the 2010s, is a great place in every way, where you can eat something, there are other services and there is a storage room in the office next to it. From there you can walk for about half an hour to the old town, and if you want to walk the walk, you should first head to the Akropolis shopping center creates and walk along the coastal road, because it is a shorter route than the current flowing through the new side of the city center route.

If you like to take a taxi from the bus station to another part of the city, you should download the Bolt app to your phone or mobile phone , the discount for the first trip will probably make the trip free. Even if you pay for the trip, the trip to the main places of the old town costs about 3 euros.

Another possibility is to use buses for which you can get a euro ticket from the driver. Their movements can be viewed on KVT’s website , and it is also possible to use the Trafi pages , where you can download the application to your phone or tablet.

Connections between Kaunas and the rest of the world can be viewed on the Lithuanian bus website .

From the train station to the rest of the city and by train to Vilnius or Poland

The relatively little used railway station in Kaunas is quite close to the bus station, but further away from the core. From there, it’s easiest to take a taxi to the rest of the city, and it’s worth downloading the Bolt app on your phone or tablet .

The train is actually a better connection than the bus for those traveling between Kaunas and the heart of Vilnius, as the train connection is half an hour faster and tickets are cheaper. From Kaunas you can also take a train to Poland (Białystok), which is also well accessible by bus. Connections can be viewed on the railway company’s website