Written by michaelhudson on May 14, 2009
- Ninety-seven kilometres long by no more than four kilometres wide and split between two countries, Russia and Lithuania, the Curonian Spit is arguably the single most memorable landscape in the whole of the Baltic Republics.From...
Written by Owen Lipsett on January 2, 2005
- Although the Dr. Jonas Sliupas Memorial House features an exhibition on the history of Palanga and the surrounding area, like many other museums in Western Lithuania it suffers from something of a dearth of information...
Written by Owen Lipsett on December 14, 2004
- While the History Museum of Lithuania Minor offers interesting exhibitions on the cultural and social history of Klaipeda, it provides relatively little insight on the city’s political history and almost no information of any sort...
Written by Owen Lipsett on December 4, 2004
- Like the Old Town, Kaunas’ New Town has a main square (Nepriklausomybes aikste), centered on a striking building, the Church of St. Michael the Archangel. Fortunately, you won’t have to twist your tongue asking for...
Written by Owen Lipsett on December 4, 2004
- Rotuses aikste (Town Hall Square) forms the heart of the Old Town. It’s a pleasant place to sit and to look at the buildings. The area’s baroque character testifies to the prosperity the city enjoyed...
Written by Owen Lipsett on December 2, 2004
- Sprawling attractively along three kilometers of the Curonian Lagoon’s shoreline, Nida is the largest town and capital of the Curonian Spit. Although its permanent population numbers a mere 2,000, it apparently plays host to...
Written by Owen Lipsett on January 10, 2005
- You may want to exercise caution in making your way to the Hill Park, a wooded recreation area that is Vilnius’s second-finest vantage point after Gediminas Hill, whose 91 meter summit is crowned with three...
Written by Owen Lipsett on January 10, 2005
- While it’s hard to find an uninteresting building in Vilnius’ sprawling Baroque Old Town, if you only have limited time in the city, your visit will be incomparably richer if you visit these three churches....
Written by Owen Lipsett on January 10, 2005
- Although the Lithuanian State Jewish Museum and National Museum of Lithuania hint at elements Vilnius’ multiethnic past, I have yet to encounter a guidebook or a museum that presented it in an a straightforward or...
Written by marif on April 12, 2004
- Don't expect to feel Old Town charm; neither should you expect to see historical buildings and wonderful architecture. Yet walking along Gediminio prospektas gives visitors the opportunity to taste the city's administrative and commercial centre...
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