Kaunas usually is a safe place but everyone should take some precautions against pickpockets and baggage theft, especially in public transport and at stations.
Opposite of the central train station there is a "Stationâ marketâ - a rough area, especially on evenings. The baggage lockers in Kaunas railway station are a cheap and secure place to store bags and other items.
tourist information
Internet
Free Wi-Fi hotspots all over the city, especially in restaurants. Since June 2009 free Wi-Fi available on all Laisves aleja. According to some resources (http://www.cisco.com/web/...), Kaunas is 3rd city in the world with highest broadband Internet speed in 2009.For tourism information there is Kaunas region tourism information center functioning since 1999. It also has offices at Kaunas airport, Central train station, Kaunas Bus station, and "Park Inn by Radisson Hotelâ.
The official contacts are:
Kaunas Region Tourism Information Center
(http://visit.kaunas.lt/W3...), Laisves aleja, 36. Tel.: +370 37 323 436; fax:: +370 37 423 678, mail: [email protected]. Working hours: June-August: Mo-Fr 9AM â 6 PM, Sa 10AM- 6 PM, -Su 10 AM - 3 PM; September âMay Mo-Fr 9 AM â 6 PM, Sa 10AM- 3 PM, October-April: Mo-Th 9 AM â 6 PM, Fr 9AM-5PM.Kaunas Old Town Tourist Office
(http://www.kaunovartai.lt...), Rotuses sq. 29. Tel./fax.:+370 37 321 112; mail: [email protected]. Working hours: Mo-Fr 9 AM â 8 PM, Sa-Su 10 AM- 6 PM.Kaunas International Airport
Tel.:+370 616 50991; mail: [email protected] Open:1 hour 30 minutes before and after the company`s "Ryanair" flight.
Kaunas Train Station
M.K. Äiurlionio str. 16; Tel.:+370 37 272 955; mail: [email protected] Working hours:Mo-Fr 9.10AM - 5.30PM; Lunch break: 1PM-2PM.
Kaunas Bus Station
â Vytauto av.24; Tel.:+370 37 322 222; mail: [email protected] Working hours:Mo-Sa 8AM - 7PM; Su: 8PM-3PM.
Park Inn by Radisson Hotel
â K. DonelaiÄio str. 27; Tel.:+370 37 306 100; mail: [email protected] Working hours: Mo-Sa 6 PM â 9 AM; Sa-Su: all day and night.
hospitals
Kaunas' hospitals offer generally high quality services at a small price if compare to the cost of a Western hospital. Probably the best-regarded is Kaunas University of Medicine Hospital (http://www.kmuk.lt/UK/ind...) - the largest medical institution in Lithuania. The hospital was established in 1939 as major hospital complex built near the 7 th fort. The hospital was designed by the French architects Urbain Cassan and Elie Ouchanoff. The hospital address â Eivieniu str. 2. Tel.: + 370 37 326 375; Fax.:+370 37 326 427.