[2] Located on the north bank of the river Neris, it became the site of a modern business district with skyscrapers which, however, mix with some historical wooden architecture.

[4] An area with late 19th- and early 20th-century wooden houses, popularly referred to as the Shanghai district, is now under cultural protection and preservation.

Šnipiškės was named after a rich merchant Povilas Šnipka (Šnipis), who lived in the 16th century, and owned the land plots in the area.

In 2013-2015, a Mosaic Route was developed in the historic part of Šnipiškės, addressing the area's connection with the ceramic workshops, for which the district was well-known in XVII-XVIII centuries.

The location of the collective exhibition "Cities, Grow in Difference", dedicated to the phenomenon of the urban village was Nantou (historic town).