When the May sun warms your cheeks, and the fragrance of delicious vimba breams springs up in the air, it is the time of "Žiobrinės", an annual festival bustling in Kriūkai, surrounded by the Nemunas and the soughing forests . Cheerfully minded and having tasted the small tasty fish, let’s look at the superb small town in Šakiai district, which has been live for more than 400 years.

Walking around the Kriūkai, one is attracted by Sviatošinas Manor. In the past the noble family of Rene used to walk here, now the pupils of the town and visitors of Krūkai Region History Museum are merrily pace around. Located in Paežerėliai, a remote place from the town, we enjoy the beauty of the 150-year-old wooden St. Guardian Angels Church. Local elders remember another church, which stood in Krūkai in the third decade of the 20th century. the Kriukas, who stood in the 1990s. It was a prayer house of the Mariavites the community of which did not recognise the celibacy, confession, worship of relics and ecclesiastical punishment, whereas women. Unfortunately, the life of these believers was not sweet, they were persecuted by the Catholics, and after the Second World War the community eventually ceased to exist.

While travelling further we continue to reach Žemoji Panemunė Mound. The view from it is simply breathtaking with the Nemunas, the king of the Lithuanian rivers, beneath your legs, and the long-lived trees soughing in the horizon. However, this mound does not just reveal the extraordinary landscape. Local residents are still telling about the mysterious underground tunnels located next to Žemoji Panemunė Mound, which connect the Nemunas and Žemoji Panemunė Manor.

Let's move to the world of fantasy and turn to the "Hill of Beetles", which makes a child’s wish to appear in a favourite fairy tale come true. this place houses the characters of the tales created by the writer Vytautas Tamulaitis. On the occasion of the 100th birth anniversary of this writer of children's classic literature, the characters revived in sculptures which decorate the park in Kriūkai.

The "Špykėrė" also has a wonderful story! In this two-storey warehouse of cereals, next to which "Žiobrinės" is bustling in the spring, the cereals intended to be shipped to Germany were kept. The cereals were transported to the West, and the Lithuanian press was secretly transferred from Prussia.

Now, Kriūkai attract visitors with its interesting history, unforgettable nature and fish-fragrant festivals.