The Hill of Crosses (Kryžių kalnas) is a small mound rising barely ten metres above the surrounding plain, twelve kilometres north of Šiauliai. On and around it stand more than 200,000 crosses, crucifixes, statues, and rosaries — wooden, iron, bronze, paper, painted, plain, of every size from finger to four metres. New ones are added daily by Lithuanian and foreign pilgrims. Even the cynical visitor finds the place affecting.
Wear sturdy shoes; the paths weave between dense thickets of crosses. The visitor centre at the foot of the hill sells small crosses to add. The site is open at all hours and free; come either early in the morning or in evening light, when the crosses cast long shadows and the busloads have left. A regular city bus from Šiauliai's bus station runs to the village of Domantai, about a kilometre's walk from the hill.