Exploring Lukiškės Prison 2.0: From Incarceration to Cultural Hub

Greta Vilčiauskaitė

Greta Vilčiauskaitė

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Exploring Lukiškės Prison 2.0: From Incarceration to Cultural Hub

Lukiškės Prison operated until 2019. Reopened as 'Lukiškės Prison 2.0', it now hosts concerts, cinema nights, art installations, and food markets inside the old cell blocks and exercise yards.

What to Expect

  • Check the events calendar — programming changes weekly.
  • Summer evenings are best — outdoor stage and food trucks.
  • Guided tours explain the prison's darker history.
  • Easy walk from the Old Town — five minutes from Gedimino.
Greta Vilčiauskaitė

About Greta Vilčiauskaitė

Greta Vilčiauskaitė is a Vilnius-born travel writer and food enthusiast. She has spent a decade mapping the capital's courtyards, markets, and trailheads — and still discovers something new every week.

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