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Naujamiestis, Vilnius — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Naujamiestis is the Vilnius district of the MO Museum and the Dominican Church of the Holy Spirit, five square kilometres thick with museums.
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Where to stay in Naujamiestis
The right area depends on your trip — here's what each neighbourhood is best for.
The MO Museum and the Frank Zappa memorial stand inside the same district, and a bed in Naujamiestis puts a visitor among them rather than a ride away. Museums do the work here. Guests who want the Vilna Gaon Jewish Museum of Jewish History and the Museum of Occupations and Freedom Fights on foot book in this part of Vilnius; those after quiet look outward to the elderships.
Few places to stay in Naujamiestis — most visitors book in Vilnius nearby.
About Naujamiestis
What are the main landmarks in Naujamiestis?
Count the museums first. The MO Museum, the Vilna Gaon Jewish Museum of Jewish History, the Museum of Occupations and Freedom Fights and the Railway Museum in Lithuania all keep addresses inside the district, with the Museum of the Radvilas Palace and the Automuseum Vilnius adding two more. Churches thicken the list: the Dominican Church of the Holy Spirit, the Franciscan Monastery and the Church of St. Catherine.
The Frank Zappa memorial draws its own visitors.
What is the history of Naujamiestis?
Nothing in the file says when Naujamiestis began. What Naujamiestis carries instead is a set of institutions that hold the city's memory for it, the Vilna Gaon Jewish Museum of Jewish History, the Vilna Gaon monument, the Museum of Occupations and Freedom Fights and the Venclovų namai-muziejus among them. Older fabric survives too.
The Franciscan Monastery and the Dominican Church of the Holy Spirit belong to an earlier layer of the district than the museums do.
Where is Naujamiestis?
Close to five square kilometres of Vilnius fall inside Naujamiestis, whose streets take in the Vilniaus lengvosios atletikos maniežas.
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What is the best area to stay in Naujamiestis?
Vilnius: plans that reach well past the Naujamiestis museum streets.
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Updated September 2026