Teenagers want more than a playground and less than a lecture. These are the plans we'd pitch to a 13-year-old who would rather stay on their phone: climbing walls, laser tag and VR arenas, high viewpoints, and museums that tell the city's harder history. Most work in any weather, and plenty suit a group of friends while you wait nearby with a coffee.
The museum fills the building where the Soviet NKVD and KGB worked from 1940 to 1991, opposite Lukiškės Square. Upstairs, rooms of documents, photos, maps and personal belongings cover deportations to the gulags and the partisan war in the forests.
The basement holds the preserved prison: the cells, a padded isolation cell and the former execution room. The subject is heavy, so it suits teens more than younger kids.
Labyrinthus runs actor-led group games in a 700 m² dark maze and a two-floor house called Joker House. The kids' games are milder: in Ghost Hunters, teams search for a ritual candle, solve puzzles, crawl through hidden tunnels and meet the ghost, while Maze Adventure has kids crack coded chests and dodge bell traps in dim light with a guide. Teen and adult games lean into horror.
PEW PEW VR is a free-roam virtual reality arena. Players wear headsets and move through a 120 m² space in teams of up to three, hiding behind virtual cover across six game rooms.
The fantasy version drops kids into pirate, medieval and cyberpunk worlds, a co-op mode with some horror elements pits the team against attackers and a boss, and the military version is a realistic shooter with weapon recoil.
An indoor climbing gym with a bouldering area over thick crash mats and high walls climbed on a rope with full safety gear. Staff show first-timers around and explain how the routes are marked, and shoes and harnesses can be rented.
Kids' classes mix climbing games with technique, some taught in English, and themed birthday parties come with a host. A café area lets parents sit and watch.
Megazone is a laser tag arena with a two-level maze of about 700 square meters, sound and light effects, and room for up to 32 players. Players wear vests with sensors and use laser guns that leave no bruises, unlike paintball. Each booking is private to the group, so it suits a class birthday or a family outing. Games run in 10-minute rounds after a short safety briefing.
ACTION! by Apollo is a games center inside the Ozas shopping mall, with bowling lanes, a space-themed laser tag maze, a Hologate virtual reality arena and a BLITZ VR simulator. Billiards, darts, table curling and karaoke round it out.
School-age kids and teens get the most from bowling and laser tag. There is little here for toddlers.
Montis Magia Pikas is a full-service climbing gym run by the Montis Magia climbing club, with about 1,187 square meters of wall. Tall rope walls take up most of the hall, and a separate bouldering area has lower walls climbed without a rope.
Training boards cover stronger climbers. The club also runs a climbing school whose instructors teach rope technique and mountain skills.
BONOBO is a climbing gym with more than 100 bouldering problems and a 10-meter lead wall fitted with four auto-belays. A team of route setters changes the problems every week, so repeat visits stay fresh.
There's also an adjustable Kilter Board, a separate training area, and a bar with coffee, drinks and snacks where parents can sit while kids climb.
Teenagers want more than a playground and less than a lecture. These are the plans we'd pitch to a 13-year-old who would rather stay on their phone: climbing walls, laser tag and VR arenas, high viewpoints, and museums that tell the city's harder history. Most work in any weather, and plenty suit a group of friends while you wait nearby with a coffee.
The museum fills the building where the Soviet NKVD and KGB worked from 1940 to 1991, opposite Lukiškės Square. Upstairs, rooms of documents, photos, maps and personal belongings cover deportations to the gulags and the partisan war in the forests.
The basement holds the preserved prison: the cells, a padded isolation cell and the former execution room. The subject is heavy, so it suits teens more than younger kids.
Labyrinthus runs actor-led group games in a 700 m² dark maze and a two-floor house called Joker House. The kids' games are milder: in Ghost Hunters, teams search for a ritual candle, solve puzzles, crawl through hidden tunnels and meet the ghost, while Maze Adventure has kids crack coded chests and dodge bell traps in dim light with a guide. Teen and adult games lean into horror.
PEW PEW VR is a free-roam virtual reality arena. Players wear headsets and move through a 120 m² space in teams of up to three, hiding behind virtual cover across six game rooms.
The fantasy version drops kids into pirate, medieval and cyberpunk worlds, a co-op mode with some horror elements pits the team against attackers and a boss, and the military version is a realistic shooter with weapon recoil.
An indoor climbing gym with a bouldering area over thick crash mats and high walls climbed on a rope with full safety gear. Staff show first-timers around and explain how the routes are marked, and shoes and harnesses can be rented.
Kids' classes mix climbing games with technique, some taught in English, and themed birthday parties come with a host. A café area lets parents sit and watch.
Megazone is a laser tag arena with a two-level maze of about 700 square meters, sound and light effects, and room for up to 32 players. Players wear vests with sensors and use laser guns that leave no bruises, unlike paintball. Each booking is private to the group, so it suits a class birthday or a family outing. Games run in 10-minute rounds after a short safety briefing.
ACTION! by Apollo is a games center inside the Ozas shopping mall, with bowling lanes, a space-themed laser tag maze, a Hologate virtual reality arena and a BLITZ VR simulator. Billiards, darts, table curling and karaoke round it out.
School-age kids and teens get the most from bowling and laser tag. There is little here for toddlers.
Montis Magia Pikas is a full-service climbing gym run by the Montis Magia climbing club, with about 1,187 square meters of wall. Tall rope walls take up most of the hall, and a separate bouldering area has lower walls climbed without a rope.
Training boards cover stronger climbers. The club also runs a climbing school whose instructors teach rope technique and mountain skills.
BONOBO is a climbing gym with more than 100 bouldering problems and a 10-meter lead wall fitted with four auto-belays. A team of route setters changes the problems every week, so repeat visits stay fresh.
There's also an adjustable Kilter Board, a separate training area, and a bar with coffee, drinks and snacks where parents can sit while kids climb.
