The ice rink in front of the State Institute of Physical Education was a favourite place for the youth of Žaliakalnis

Gintaras Vitulskis: The first victory.

Jonas: “At the beginning of July 1962 and after graduating the 1st High School of Ukmergė (now the High School of Jonas Basanavičius), My classmate Vytautas Juknys and I, Jonas Navikas, arrived at Kaunas for the first time (!).

Fruma: "My first childhood memories connected to Kaunas are very warm.

Elvyra: “When me and my husband arrived at Linksmakalnis, the soldiers were still there.

Greta: To me, VMU equals study years.

Eugenija: "I remember, when they destroyed Stalin’s monument.

Roberto: When ice hockey was the most popular winter sport in Kaunas, the teams of Kauno Jachtclubas, LFLS and Makabi had their own ice-rinks.

Siegfried: “Just at the outskirts of Kaunas, I was dug up by locomotive firemen and picked up like some kitten.

Lolita: "Gimiau ir augau Kauko alėjoje (kai gimiau, ji tuo metu dar vadinosi S.

Petras Vileišis Square (or Smėlynė, as it was called by the residents of Kaunas) was a place famous for horse racing.

Alvydas Vaitkevičius: A note on the monument of Salomėja Nėris: I remember it standing there.

Gabrielė: Early morning.

Eugenija: "I saw the graves of Darius and Girėnas in the institute.I was admitted to the medicine institute in 1945.

Sculptor Robertas Antinis sharing his memories about  people of Laisvės avenue and Kaunas (2014).

Birutė: "It was a long time ago...When in 1955 I‘ve settled down in Kaunas together with my parents and saw the sculptures of lions in the Garden of the War Museum, I was so surprised.

Aleksandra: “I lived just next to Laisvės Alėja.

Arūnas: “I spent my childhood and youth in Kaunas.

„Ne kiek to baisiausio žmonijos istorijoj karo Tadas ir beprisimena – keli paveikslai, ir tie neaišku, ar paties prisiminimai, ar vėliau išgirsti žmonių pasakojimai, pavirtę prisiminimais, keli pablukę vaizdai: vienas iš Kauno, antras iš Vilniaus, trečiasis iš Veprių.

Writer Markas Zingeris: for me as a child, Laisvės Avenue was both freedom and a promise.