Klaipėda by train: the sea, the dolphinarium and Smiltynė

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Half-timbered buildings with red tiled roofs in the Klaipėda old town — Photo: Derbrauni, CC BY

Klaipėda is a weekend by the sea: the Lithuanian Sea Museum with its dolphinarium in Smiltynė, the Clock Museum in the old town and a ferry ride across the Curonian Lagoon. The ferry takes you to Smiltynė, where the Curonian Spit begins. The Sea Museum aquarium and its sea mammals are in a former nineteenth-century fortress building. The Clock Museum tells the history of clocks, and from there you can walk through the old town to the ferry quay. Leave on Friday and come back on Sunday. It suits autumn and winter. Practical tip: from October to March the Lithuanian Sea Museum is open only Friday to Sunday 10:30–17:00. Direct trains from Vilnius take from 4 h 16 min to 4 h 32 min.

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Photo: Lee Vilenski, CC BY-SA
Lithuanian Sea Museum
An aquarium and sea mammals at Smiltynė, in a former nineteenth-century fortress building.
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Photo: Alexey Komarov, CC BY-SA
Clock Museum
The history of clocks in a nineteenth-century suburban villa: the only museum of its kind in Lithuania.
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Photo: Hajotthu, CC BY-SA
Ferry to Smiltynė
A short ferry ride across the Curonian Lagoon to Smiltynė, where the Curonian Spit begins.
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Klaipėda by train: the sea, the dolphinarium and Smiltynė

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Clock Museum

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