Lituania
Historic Places of Interest in Lithuania
The complex and varied history of Lithuania has meant that there are many influences which can still be seen today both in the buildings and the culture of the country. This means that there are many interesting and beautiful places to visit in order to help to understand Lithuania and its people. With far too [...]
Music in Lithuania
Lithuanian culture includes a long musical tradition in both folk and classical genres. Folk Music Sutartines are unique Lithuanian examples of traditional music dating back hundreds of years. These usually take the form of two or three part polyphonic forms with simple melodies. Originally these would have been sung by women, particularly in the North-Western [...]
Historic Kaunas
Kaunas is today Lithuania’s second largest city and, like Vilnius, it has a long and varied history. In 1408, Kaunas became a city with a charter granted by Vytautas the Great. In 1441, after the signing of the Hansa agreement, Hanseatic Merchants established an office in Kaunas which was to remain active until 1532. The [...]
Vilnius The Capital of Lithuania
In 1323, The Grand Duke of Lithuania, Gedimin, appointed Vilnius as the capital city of Lithuania although it wasn’t until 1387 that Vilnius was granted city status. The influence of the European renaissance can be seen in the architecture of parts of the old town to this day and it was during this flowering of [...]
Lithuanian History 1386 – 1796
The new kingdom created by the alliance of Lithuania and Poland immediately became the most powerful state in Eastern Europe. The arrangement guaranteed that Lithuania would still maintain its own separate identity with a Grand Prince of its own that may or may not at the time also be the King of Poland. Such was [...]
Central Europe
What’s the difference between central and eastern europe?
The difference between Eastern Europe and Central Europe is a matter of point of view and private definition. Put simply there is not any clean cut, universally-accepted definition obviously outlining which nations are included in Central Europe and which are in Eastern Europe. In a number of cases, some states may make both lists, further [...]
Travel Advice
Why do airlines have boarding passes?
Boarding passes are documents issued by airlines and some other transport services. The pass is a key document that makes it possible for the passenger to lawfully board the mode of transport. A boarding pass is most commonly linked with plane flights, and aids in facilitating the boarding process so the process is accomplished in [...]