• Bell tower exhibition inside the 57-meter tower tells its history and opens onto a view over the Old Town
• The stebuklas stone is small and set into the paving, said to mark where the Baltic Way human chain began, so let kids search for the word
• Winter holiday hub: the city's tallest Christmas tree and outdoor nativity scenes go up here, and the public New Year's Eve celebration fills the square

The Old Town's main square opens in front of the neo-classical cathedral, with a 57-meter bell tower standing apart from it and the Gediminas monument nearby.

Kids can hunt for the stebuklas (miracle) stone: local legend says step on it, turn around three times, and a wish comes true. Red granite in the paving traces the old Lower Castle fortifications. Winter brings the city's tallest Christmas tree.