Lithuanian regions
Lithuanian regions
A gateway to Lithuania through its ethnographic regions: Aukstaitija, Zemaitija, Dzukija, Suvalkija, and Lithuania Minor.
Region guides
English region-level guides will appear here as coverage expands.
Aukštaitija is Lithuania's largest ethnographic region, stretching across the country's north-east and east. It is known for lakes, forests, hillforts, manor estates, and the sutartinės polyphonic singing tradition.
Dzūkija, also called Dainava, is Lithuania's south-eastern ethnographic region, known for pine forests, sandy soils, mushrooms, the Dzūkian dialect, the Nemunas loops, Trakai, and Dzūkija National Park.
Kaunas is Lithuania's second-largest city at the confluence of the Nemunas and Neris rivers, the interwar temporary capital, and home to Modernist architecture inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2023.
Klaipėda is Lithuania's only seaport and the centre of Lithuania Minor, historically known in German as Memel, where an Order castle, half-timbered old town, German heritage, and the route to the Curonian Spit meet.
Lithuania Minor is the historic land of the Lietuvininkai and the coast in former Prussia; within Lithuania it is represented by the Klaipėda Region with the Curonian Spit, Nida, the Nemunas Delta, and Rambynas.
Suvalkija, also called Sūduva, is Lithuania's fertile south-western ethnographic region across the Nemunas, known for prosperous farmers, the Kapsai and Zanavykai speech groups, manor estates, and national-revival history.
Vilnius is Lithuania's capital at the meeting of the Neris and Vilnia rivers, the former heart of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, known for one of Central Europe's largest surviving old towns and a historic centre inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1994.
Žemaitija, or Samogitia, is Lithuania's north-western ethnographic region, known for a strong dialect, cross-crafting, Žemaičių Kalvarija, lakes, and the Baltic coast.