Utena Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
city and administrative center of Utena district and Utena County in north-east Lithuania
About Utena
Utena is first documented in 1261. It was a provincial capital and market town which grew from the 1830s when the St Petersburg-Warsaw highway was built this way, now the A6. It industrialised, and was rebuilt in stone after two fires ravaged its wooden structures in the 1890s. Utena was occupied by Germany from 1915 to 1918 then by the Soviets until 1919. It had a Jewish population of 2000 until 1941, when the Nazis wiped them out. Since World War II the town industries have been food processing, brewing, knitware and engineering. Tourist information centreis at Bažnyčios g 1, just off Utenio Aikštė the main square, open M-F 09:00-18:00.
Top Attractions in Utena
Explore the best things to see and do in Utena:
- ★Chapel of the Holy Virgin Mary, Queen of Martyrs
- ★Church of the Ascension of Christ
- ★Church of the Ascension of the Lord
- ★Old Railway Station
- ★St Michael Old Believers Church
- ★Utena Regional Museum
Where to Stay in Utena
- 🏨Hotel Angelas
- 🏨Komfortita
- 🏨Utrana
Utena Travel Guide Sections
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