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City in Samogitia, Lithuania
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Mažeikiai is a city in Samogitia in the northwest of Lithuania. It's the country's eighth largest city, with a population of 32,470 in 2020.
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Small but informative museum of local history, which you'll probably have to yourself.
Staciatikiu Dievo Motinos emimo i dangu parapija
Charming little wooden Orthodox church erected in 1933.
Sv Pranciskaus Asyziecio baznycia
This striking modern building, completed in 2005, is now the main RC church.
Evangeliku liuteronu baznycia
This was completed in 1940 but promptly destroyed in the war. The Soviets rebuilt it as a fire station and it only completely returned to church use in 1998.
Clean and convenient, with restaurant, no aircon. They got dire reviews to 2022 but are much improved.
Drab exterior but smart and clean within. Some noise from street and railway.
Simple clean place a short walk to town centre.
Relaxing place on the edge of the forest in Tirkšliai village.
Mažeikiai is on Highway 170, which parallels the border with Latvia; Highway 163 branches north and crosses it to Ezere. From Vilnius or Kaunas drive via Šiauliai then take A11 west onto Highway 155.
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