Klaipeda

Klaipėda is the third largest Lithuanian City located on the confluence of the Curonian Sea and the Baltic Sea, a massive not freezing sea port.
Official day of the city – 1 August (birthday of the city). The annual Sea Festival takes place in the end of July, moreover, Klaipėda’s name is proclaimed by the annual international Castle Jazz Festival.
Danė river flows through Klaipėda and mouths the sea.
Klaipeda is situated 311 km to the Northwest from the capital city.
The old name of Klaipėda - Memel- is of hydronimic origin. It is believed, that the local Baltic Tribes (Svalvian and maybe Curonian) called the flow of Nemunas in the lower reaches in this way and the German Order took this name. The Castle and the town were given the same name because it was believed that the isthmus beside Danė river is the gape of Nemunas.
Klaipėda Old town extinguishes from the other Lithuanian city old towns by its compact space, correct net of streets still remaining from the German Order times, old fachwerk construction architecture common to German towns, but still well remaining fragments of the 17th - 18th century defense Wall of the Klaipėda Fortress.
The Old (First) crossing, drama theatre and Theatre Square, exhibition palace, Castle Museum, Minor Lithuania History Museum, Clock Museum, Evangelist Lutheran Prayer House, Center of Ethnic Culture, Smithery Museum, Market Square are located here.