Days out with a baby or toddler run on a different clock: a feed, a crawl, a nap, repeat. These are the play rooms, parks, baby theater and seasonal fairs that welcome kids up to age 3, so you can pick something that fits between naps. Indoor play rooms carry you through winter, and the parks and gardens take over in spring and summer.
ARTI is a small, privately run play room built for babies, toddlers and preschoolers. Kids jump in a ball pit, climb a wooden play ship, take the slides, push ride-on cars and bake sand cakes in an indoor sandbox.
There is also a sensory wall, a toy kitchen, race tracks, a workbench corner and a drawing area. Parents sit in a snack area behind a glass wall and watch.
Dansema is Lithuania's only theater company making dance shows exclusively for children, and Unseen World is built around how babies take in the world, detail by detail. Dancers in textured costumes move through a set of pom-pom strands, soft striped rolls and bold black, white and red patterns. Babies are free to watch or crawl in and join the dancers whenever they choose.
An open play area on the ground floor of the Akropolis mall, right beside the shops. Low dinosaur-shaped climbing and balancing pieces, a slide and play boards with mazes sit on a soft rubber floor.
It suits toddlers and preschoolers who need a run-around break during a shopping trip. School-age kids will find it small.
Kikilio lizdas (Finch's Nest) is a family cafe with a children's play room, inside the BIG Vilnius shopping center. Kids play while parents sit down at the cafe, which makes it a break during a mall trip as much as a destination of its own.
A play room on the fifth floor of the CUP mall, built around a ball pit, a spiral slide, a trampoline, swings and a climbing spider tower, with toys and books for quieter play. Parents can stay and play, or leave kids with staff.
Two party rooms (for 25 and 50 guests, or up to 80 combined) host birthdays and christenings, with food, entertainers and balloons booked through the room.
Sapieha Park is one of the oldest Baroque parks in Lithuania, laid out in the late 1600s beside the Sapieha Palace. A wide, straight alley runs from Antakalnio Street to the palace at the east end, framed by geometric paths and old trees.
Across its 4 hectares there is a children's playground, about 30 benches, cafes, a small outdoor library and bird feeders.
Bernardine Garden fills a loop of the Vilnia river at the edge of the Old Town, across from the slopes of Kalnai Park. Kids get two playgrounds, a carousel, a pond and a musical fountain, plus a giant chessboard and a petanque court. There are cafes and a summer library and reading room. The oldest oak in Vilnius stands in the corner by the footbridge to the Art Academy.
Days out with a baby or toddler run on a different clock: a feed, a crawl, a nap, repeat. These are the play rooms, parks, baby theater and seasonal fairs that welcome kids up to age 3, so you can pick something that fits between naps. Indoor play rooms carry you through winter, and the parks and gardens take over in spring and summer.
ARTI is a small, privately run play room built for babies, toddlers and preschoolers. Kids jump in a ball pit, climb a wooden play ship, take the slides, push ride-on cars and bake sand cakes in an indoor sandbox.
There is also a sensory wall, a toy kitchen, race tracks, a workbench corner and a drawing area. Parents sit in a snack area behind a glass wall and watch.
Dansema is Lithuania's only theater company making dance shows exclusively for children, and Unseen World is built around how babies take in the world, detail by detail. Dancers in textured costumes move through a set of pom-pom strands, soft striped rolls and bold black, white and red patterns. Babies are free to watch or crawl in and join the dancers whenever they choose.
An open play area on the ground floor of the Akropolis mall, right beside the shops. Low dinosaur-shaped climbing and balancing pieces, a slide and play boards with mazes sit on a soft rubber floor.
It suits toddlers and preschoolers who need a run-around break during a shopping trip. School-age kids will find it small.
Kikilio lizdas (Finch's Nest) is a family cafe with a children's play room, inside the BIG Vilnius shopping center. Kids play while parents sit down at the cafe, which makes it a break during a mall trip as much as a destination of its own.
A play room on the fifth floor of the CUP mall, built around a ball pit, a spiral slide, a trampoline, swings and a climbing spider tower, with toys and books for quieter play. Parents can stay and play, or leave kids with staff.
Two party rooms (for 25 and 50 guests, or up to 80 combined) host birthdays and christenings, with food, entertainers and balloons booked through the room.
Sapieha Park is one of the oldest Baroque parks in Lithuania, laid out in the late 1600s beside the Sapieha Palace. A wide, straight alley runs from Antakalnio Street to the palace at the east end, framed by geometric paths and old trees.
Across its 4 hectares there is a children's playground, about 30 benches, cafes, a small outdoor library and bird feeders.
Bernardine Garden fills a loop of the Vilnia river at the edge of the Old Town, across from the slopes of Kalnai Park. Kids get two playgrounds, a carousel, a pond and a musical fountain, plus a giant chessboard and a petanque court. There are cafes and a summer library and reading room. The oldest oak in Vilnius stands in the corner by the footbridge to the Art Academy.
