Quirkat Tournament

Name: Quirkat Tournament
Start: 2024-12-21
End: 2024-12-21
Location: Kaunas Castle

Did you know that Kaunas Castle is the oldest brick castle in Lithuania? It is even older than Kaunas itself. The castle not only stood strong in defending the country against the Crusaders, but also served as a place for Lithuanian rulers to receive nobles, foreign envoys, and other distinguished guests. We have put together the colourful history of Kaunas Castle like a mosaic of different periods and invite you to explore it.

Kaunas Castle, Pilies St. 17

5th to 12th grade schoolchildren

from 2 to 30 people

60 min.

Groups of schoolchildren (in Lithuanian): €2 per person Groups of schoolchildren (in a foreign language): €3 per person

Passport to Culture activity

Opening Hours

About the tour

A barrel’s broken lid, into which a board game had been carved, was found on the territory of the Palace of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania. The board game pieces found by archaeologists in Kaunas Old Town can be viewed in the Kaunas Castle’s permanent exhibition. Today, we all are familiar with chess and draughts, but have you ever heard of quirkat? We invite you to explore with this interesting and quite easy board game and compete with your friends for the title of best strategist!

Learn about the history of strategy board games, see the game pieces found by archaeologists and learn how to play quirkat. This game builds information processing skills, critical and creative thinking, and memory.

This activity is also available in English and Russian.

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Tuesday to Friday 10:00–18:00, Saturday 10:00–17:00