LRT shows Pagėgių kraštas sites across Lithuania's Mažoji Lietuva
lithuania's Pagėgių kraštas moves to the center of LRT's “Atrask Lietuvą” program, which invites viewers to travel through the country and follows Rambynas, Bitėnai, Piktupėnai and Vilkyškiai in Mažoji Lietuva. The episode is scheduled for Saturday at 15.05.
The route links a regional park visitor center, a museum, a manor homestead, an evangelical Lutheran church and rural tourism stops in one compact district. It also places the area inside the memory of the Skalviai tribe and the legacy of Martynas Jankus.
Rambynas and Bitėnai
Lina Krūminienė, administratorė, presents the Rambyno regioninio parko lankytojų centrą. The stop gives the episode its opening frame: Pagėgių kraštas is not presented as a single landmark, but as a set of places that carry historical memory and local tourism together.
In Bitėnai, Lina Macijauskienė, senior collections curator, presents the Martynas Jankus museum. Martynas Jankus is described as a patriarch of Mažoji Lietuva, a signatory of the Tilžės act, a printer and an aušrininkas.
Vilkyškiai and Piktupėnai
Ilona Meirė, director of the Pagėgių krašto turizmo ir verslo informacinis centras, invites viewers to the “Istorijos inkubatorius” in the Vilkyškiai manor homestead and the Evangelical Lutheran church. Her appearance links the cultural route to the local tourism office, which helps explain how the sites are presented as part of one visitor trail.
A new modern space called “Piktupės slėnis” has opened in Piktupėnai village, and Edgaras Girčys, one of the owners, presents it. The program then turns from heritage to a newer site that expands the region's visitor offer beyond the older landmarks.
Mociškių palivarkas and Gamtos slėnis
At the family rural tourism homestead “Gamtos slėnis,” Kęstutis Nausėda from Lumpėnai offers coffee, desserts, rest, entertainment and hiking or cycling trips. The stop adds a practical layer for visitors who want places to pause between the cultural sites.
“Mociškių palivarkas” adds another stop in the same tourism chain. Sigitas Stonys and his wife Rasa run educational activities and tastings there, and Sigitas Stonys presents an activity about bees and honey.
Reda Tamašauskienė, chairwoman of the Kriokiškių village community, speaks about the Vilkyškiai community's organic tea education “Senosios Prūsijos lobiai.” For viewers, the episode now points to a full route across Pagėgių kraštas rather than one isolated attraction.
That makes the Saturday broadcast at 15.05 the clearest guide to the region's next public presentation: anyone planning a visit can use the episode as a map of which places, hosts and activities are being shown together in Mažoji Lietuva.
