Kaunas is Lithuania's second city, at the meeting of the Nemunas and Neris, with a compact old town and a famous interwar modernist centre. Laisvės alėja, the castle by the rivers, and the Ninth Fort are the usual stops. It was the interwar capital and still feels like a cultural counterweight to Vilnius.
From Gdańsk the route runs through Poland into Lithuania. Many travellers combine it with Vilnius; others come for Kaunas itself.
