Neris
The river Neris or Vilija rises in northern Belarus. It flows westward, passing through Vilnius and in the south-centre of that country it flows into the Nemunas from the right bank, at Kaunas, as its main tributary.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Lithuania and Belarus
- Also known as: “Neries”, “Neris River”, “Nyaris”, “Veliya”, “Vialla”, “Vilija”, “Viliya”, “Villa”, and “Wilja”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Town Hall of Kaunas and House of Perkunas.
Town Hall of Kaunas
Town hall
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The Town Hall of Kaunas is the former Town hall of the Kaunas city government. Today, the building houses a branch of Kaunas City Museum and a wedding hall.
House of Perkunas
Museum
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The House of Perkūnas is one of the most original and Gothic secular buildings, located in the Old Town of Kaunas, Lithuania. Originally built by Hanseatic merchants and served as their office from 1440 until 1532, it was sold in the 16th century to the Jesuits who had established a chapel there in 1643.
Kaunas Cathedral Basilica of apostles St. Peter and St. Paul
Church
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Archcathedral Basilica of Apostles St. Peter and St. Paul of Kaunas is a Roman Catholic Archcathedral basilica in Kaunas, Lithuania, the seat of the Archbishop of Kaunas.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kaunas Old Town and Linksmadvaris.
Kaunas Old Town
Suburb
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Kaunas Old Town is the oldest part of Kaunas, next to the confluence of the Nemunas and Neris rivers and Santaka Park. The Old Town had industry in the past, but it is primarily a residential, retail and leisure area in the 21st century.
Neris
- Categories: river, transboundary river, and body of water
- Location: Lithuania, Baltic states, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Venetian—“Neris” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Neris”
- Afrikaans: “Vilija”
- Arabic: “نهر نيريس”
- Arabic: “نيريس”
- Armenian: “Վիլիա”
- Asturian: “Ríu Neris”
- Azerbaijani: “Neris çayı”
- Azerbaijani: “Vilija çayı”
- Belarusian: “Вілія”
- Belarusian: “Вялля”
- Belarusian: “Вяльля”
- Belarusian: “Нярыс”
- Belarusian: “Рака Вілія”
- Bengali: “নেরিস”
- Bengali: “ভিলিয়া”
- Bulgarian: “Вилия”
- Catalan: “Neris”
- Cebuano: “Neris”
- Chinese: “內里斯河”
- Chinese: “内里斯河”
- Chinese: “涅里斯河”
- Chinese: “维利亚河”
- Chuvash: “Вилия”
- Croatian: “Neris”
- Croatian: “Vilija”
- Czech: “Neris”
- Czech: “Vilija”
- Danish: “Neris”
- Dutch: “Neris”
- Dutch: “Vilija”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر نيريس”
- Esperanto: “Neris”
- Esperanto: “Wilia”
- Estonian: “Neris”
- Estonian: “Vilija”
- Finnish: “Neris”
- French: “Neris”
- French: “Néris”
- French: “Vilija”
- Georgian: “ვილია”
- German: “Neris”
- German: “Wilija”
- Greek: “Νερίς”
- Hebrew: “נריס”
- Hungarian: “Neris”
- Indonesian: “Neris”
- Irish: “Neris”
- Italian: “Neris”
- Japanese: “ヴィリヤ川”
- Japanese: “ニヤリス川”
- Japanese: “ネリス川”
- Kirghiz: “Вилия”
- Korean: “네리스강”
- Kotava: “Neris (kuksa)”
- Kotava: “Neris”
- Kotava: “Vilija”
- Kurdish: “Nerîs”
- Kurdish: “نەریس”
- Latin: “Vilia”
- Latvian: “Nere”
- Latvian: “Nēre”
- Latvian: “Neris”
- Latvian: “Vilija”
- Lithuanian: “Neris”
- Lithuanian: “Vilija”
- Macedonian: “Вилија”
- Macedonian: “Нерис”
- Macedonian: “Њарис”
- Mingrelian: “ვილია”
- Nauru: “Neris”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Neris”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Vilia”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Wilia”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Neris”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Vilia”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Wilia”
- Norwegian: “Vilia”
- Ossetian: “Вилия”
- Ossetian: “Нярис”
- Persian: “نریس”
- Polish: “Wilia”
- Portuguese: “Neris”
- Portuguese: “Rio Neris”
- Romanian: “Râul Neris”
- Russian: “Вилия, приток Немана”
- Russian: “Вилия”
- Russian: “Нерис”
- Russian: “Нярис”
- Samogitian: “Nerės”
- Samogitian: “Nėris”
- Samogitian: “Vilėjė”
- Serbian: “Вилија”
- Serbian: “Нерис”
- Serbian: “Река Вилија”
- Slovak: “Neris”
- Slovenian: “Neris”
- Slovenian: “Vilija”
- South Azerbaijani: “نریس چایی”
- Spanish: “Neris”
- Spanish: “Río Neris”
- Spanish: “Vilija”
- Swedish: “Neris”
- Swedish: “Vilija”
- Swedish: “Viliya”
- Swedish: “Wilia”
- Thai: “Neris”
- Thai: “แม่น้ำเนริส”
- Turkish: “Neris Irmağı”
- Turkish: “Neris Nehri”
- Turkish: “Neris”
- Ukrainian: “Няріс”
- Upper Sorbian: “Neris”
- Upper Sorbian: “Wilija”
- Uzbek: “Neris”
- Uzbek: “Viliya”
- Venetian: “Fiume Neris”
- “Nerės”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Santaka and Vilijampolė.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Santakos parkas and Kaunas Castle.
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