Lukiškės Prison in Vilnius | GO Vilnius

The notorious prison in the centre of Vilnius has been reborn as Cultural Hub. Although the building complex stopped functioning as a prison in 2019, now it is inhabited by 250 artists and has been repurposed for artistic and cultural events as “Lukiškės Prison 2.0” to host concerts, festivals, and exclusive tours.

The daytime tour highlights the prison’s history, architecture, and daily life of inmates, including political prisoners. For instance, the prison held some of the famous 20th century Lithuanian authors, and even Menachem Begin, Israel Prime Minister and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, who was imprisoned in Lukiškės for a year in 1940.

The nighttime tour displays the unseen side of the century-old buildings illuminated by the beam of a flashlight.

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