Theatre Square and the Anikė sculpture

An old town square by the Drama Theatre with a fountain and the sculpture of Anikė from Tarau.

Theatre Square is a lively place for meetings, celebrations and culture in the old town of Klaipėda: concerts, events and the Sea Festival take place here. The square’s history began in 1819, when part of the castle moat was filled in and the New Market opened; a market hall followed in 1860. The Fish Market alongside took the catch fishermen brought across the lagoon. Though the square dates only from the nineteenth century, theatre has lived here since the seventeenth, when passing actors invited townspeople to open-air shows. In the early twentieth century it merged with Market Street into one trading area of carts, stalls and attractions. Today it is among the liveliest places in the city. (source, checked 2026-10-09)

Theatre Square and the Anikė sculpture on the map (OpenStreetMap)Route to Theatre Square and the Anikė sculpture (OpenStreetMap)Website

Other places in Klaipėda

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  Klaipėda Castle Museum

  An exhibition on the history of the castle and the city in the vaults of the castle bastions.

  On the mapWebsite

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  Ferry to Smiltynė

  A short ferry ride across the Curonian Lagoon to Smiltynė, where the Curonian Spit begins.

  On the mapWebsite

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  Clock Museum

  The history of clocks in a nineteenth-century suburban villa: the only museum of its kind in Lithuania.

  On the mapWebsite

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  Lithuanian Sea Museum

  An aquarium and sea mammals at Smiltynė, in a former nineteenth-century fortress building.

  On the mapWebsite

More about the city: a weekend in Klaipėda.