https://lietuva.love/en/ English guides to Lithuanian culture and travel: folk songs, sutartinės, mythology, narrative folklore, traditions, crafts, food, architecture, and places to visit. en-US Mon, 29 Jun 2026 16:13:13 GMT https://lietuva.love/en/things-to-do/anyksciai/ https://lietuva.love/en/things-to-do/anyksciai/ Things to do in Anykščiai: Anykščių šilelis, canopy walk, narrow-gauge railway, Puntukas, St. Matthew Church, Baranauskas' granary, and Anykščiai wine. Things to do Sat, 27 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://lietuva.love/en/regions/aukstaitija/ https://lietuva.love/en/regions/aukstaitija/ Aukštaitija: Lithuania's lake and upland region, Aukštaitian dialect, sutartinės, manors, hillforts, national park, and places to visit. Regions Sat, 27 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://lietuva.love/en/things-to-do/druskininkai/ https://lietuva.love/en/things-to-do/druskininkai/ Things to do in Druskininkai: mineral-water resort, spas, M. K. Čiurlionis Museum, Grūtas Park, Snow Arena, cable car, and Raigardas Valley. Things to do Sat, 27 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://lietuva.love/en/regions/dzukija/ https://lietuva.love/en/regions/dzukija/ Dzūkija: Lithuania's forest and mushroom region, Dzūkian dialect, Trakai, Nemunas loops, Dzūkija National Park, Druskininkai, and places to visit. Regions Sat, 27 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://lietuva.love/en/things-to-do/ignalina/ https://lietuva.love/en/things-to-do/ignalina/ Things to do in Ignalina: Aukštaitija National Park, Palūšė, Ladakalnis, Ginučiai, Stripeikiai - a land of lakes and ethnography. Things to do Sat, 27 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://lietuva.love/en/regions/kaunas/ https://lietuva.love/en/regions/kaunas/ Kaunas guide: river confluence, temporary capital, UNESCO Modernism, Kaunas Castle, Town Hall, Laisvės Avenue, Pažaislis, IX Fort, and FAQ. Regions Sat, 27 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://lietuva.love/en/regions/klaipeda/ https://lietuva.love/en/regions/klaipeda/ Klaipėda guide: Lithuania's seaport, Memel and Lithuania Minor, half-timbered old town, castle museum, Theatre Square, Sea Museum, and Curonian Spit. Regions Sat, 27 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://lietuva.love/en/regions/lithuania-minor/ https://lietuva.love/en/regions/lithuania-minor/ Lithuania Minor guide: Lietuvininkai, Curonian Spit, Nida, Klaipėda, Nemunas Delta, Rambynas, Lutheran heritage, and places to visit. Regions Sat, 27 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://lietuva.love/en/things-to-do/nida/ https://lietuva.love/en/things-to-do/nida/ Things to do in Nida and the Curonian Spit: Parnidis Dune, lighthouse, fishermen's houses, Thomas Mann House, Juodkrantė, and UNESCO landscape. Things to do Sat, 27 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://lietuva.love/en/things-to-do/palanga/ https://lietuva.love/en/things-to-do/palanga/ Things to do in Palanga: pier, Amber Museum, Birutė Hill and park, J. Basanavičiaus Street, Šventoji, and Baltic Sea beaches. Things to do Sat, 27 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://lietuva.love/en/things-to-do/plunge/ https://lietuva.love/en/things-to-do/plunge/ Things to do in Plungė: Oginski Manor, Žemaičiai Art Museum, Plateliai, Cold War Museum, and Žemaitija National Park. Things to do Sat, 27 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://lietuva.love/en/regions/suvalkija/ https://lietuva.love/en/regions/suvalkija/ Suvalkija/Sūduva: fertile Užnemunė, Kapsai and Zanavykai, manors, skilandis, Vincas Kudirka, and places to visit. Regions Sat, 27 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://lietuva.love/en/things-to-do/trakai/ https://lietuva.love/en/things-to-do/trakai/ Things to do in Trakai: Island Castle, Peninsula Castle, Lake Galvė, Užutrakis Manor, Karaim Kenesa, kibinai, route tips, and FAQ. Things to do Sat, 27 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://lietuva.love/en/things-to-do/varena/ https://lietuva.love/en/things-to-do/varena/ Things to do in Varėna: Dzūkija National Park, Marcinkonys, Čepkeliai Mire, Zervynos, Merkinė, mushrooms, and Dzūkian culture. Things to do Sat, 27 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://lietuva.love/en/regions/vilnius/ https://lietuva.love/en/regions/vilnius/ Vilnius guide: Lithuania's capital, UNESCO old town, Baroque churches, Gediminas Tower, Gates of Dawn, Užupis, Jewish heritage, routes, and FAQ. Regions Sat, 27 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://lietuva.love/en/regions/zemaitija/ https://lietuva.love/en/regions/zemaitija/ Žemaitija/Samogitia: Samogitian dialect, cross-crafting, Žemaičių Kalvarija, Plateliai, Hill of Crosses, coast, and places to visit. Regions Sat, 27 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://lietuva.love/en/travel-spots/aleksandras-griskevicius-memorial-museum/ https://lietuva.love/en/travel-spots/aleksandras-griskevicius-memorial-museum/ Aleksandras Griškevičius Museum in Viekšniai: home of the Samogitian Daedalus, with a Žemaičio garlėkys model. Travel spots Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://lietuva.love/en/travel-spots/aukstagire-observation-tower/ https://lietuva.love/en/travel-spots/aukstagire-observation-tower/ Aukštagirė Observation Tower: 15 m tower on a high Samogitian hill in Varniai Regional Park, with views toward Medvėgalis. Travel spots Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://lietuva.love/en/travel-spots/babtynas-zemaitkiemis-manor/ https://lietuva.love/en/travel-spots/babtynas-zemaitkiemis-manor/ Babtynas-Žemaitkiemis Manor near Kaunas: Tiškevičiai and Gen. V. Nagevičius estate, privately restored, with concert barn. Travel spots Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://lietuva.love/en/travel-spots/beatrice-kleizaite-vasaris-art-gallery/ https://lietuva.love/en/travel-spots/beatrice-kleizaite-vasaris-art-gallery/ Beatričė Kleizaitė-Vasaris Art Gallery in Marijampolė: 470+ Lithuanian diaspora artworks in a restored synagogue. Travel spots Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://lietuva.love/en/travel-spots/birstonas-sacral-museum/ https://lietuva.love/en/travel-spots/birstonas-sacral-museum/ Birštonas Sacral Museum in the old wooden rectory: Blessed T. Matulionis, Cardinal V. Sladkevičius, and the 1957 secret consecration site. Travel spots Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://lietuva.love/en/travel-spots/doll-house-museum-bajorai/ https://lietuva.love/en/travel-spots/doll-house-museum-bajorai/ Doll House Museum in Bajorai near Rokiškis: about 1,500 dolls worldwide and ČIZ puppet theatre with handmade dolls. Travel spots Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://lietuva.love/en/travel-spots/utena-freedom-fights-museum/ https://lietuva.love/en/travel-spots/utena-freedom-fights-museum/ Freedom Fights Museum in Utena: old narrow-gauge station, 1940-1965 Soviet occupation, deportations, partisan war, and FAQ. Travel spots Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://lietuva.love/en/travel-spots/lazdijai-freedom-fights-museum/ https://lietuva.love/en/travel-spots/lazdijai-freedom-fights-museum/ Freedom Fights Museum in Lazdijai: interactive partisan and repression exhibition in a former NKVD-MGB house with authentic basement cells. Travel spots Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://lietuva.love/en/travel-spots/gargzdai-area-museum/ https://lietuva.love/en/travel-spots/gargzdai-area-museum/ Gargždai Area Museum in a 1938 house tells the borderland history of Samogitia and Lithuania Minor, with Interwar Gargždai 1918-1939. Travel spots Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://lietuva.love/en/travel-spots/ginuciai-oak-grove/ https://lietuva.love/en/travel-spots/ginuciai-oak-grove/ Ginučiai Oak Grove: relict wooded pasture in Aukštaitija National Park, rare plants, Lakes Linkmenas and Asėkas, cattle grazing, and FAQ. Travel spots Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://lietuva.love/en/travel-spots/girios-aidas-forest-museum/ https://lietuva.love/en/travel-spots/girios-aidas-forest-museum/ Girios Aidas Forest Museum in Druskininkai: fairy-tale wooden museum with Lithuanian forest animals, forestry tools, folk carving, and sculpture trail. Travel spots Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://lietuva.love/en/travel-spots/glynas-landscape-reserve/ https://lietuva.love/en/travel-spots/glynas-landscape-reserve/ Glynas Landscape Reserve near Merkinė: 281 ha protected lake hollow in Dzūkija National Park, rich Stone Age settlement cluster. Travel spots Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://lietuva.love/en/travel-spots/green-lakes-balsys-nature-trail/ https://lietuva.love/en/travel-spots/green-lakes-balsys-nature-trail/ Green Lakes Nature Trail near Vilnius: Balsys lake, green water, deep tunnel-valley lakes, roughly 10 km loop, viewpoint, and swimming. Travel spots Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://lietuva.love/en/travel-spots/house-of-illusions-eureka/ https://lietuva.love/en/travel-spots/house-of-illusions-eureka/ House of Illusions Eureka in Palanga: about 50 interactive optical illusions in historic Tiškevičiai Villa Aldona by Basanavičiaus Street. Travel spots Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://lietuva.love/en/travel-spots/jonava-regional-museum/ https://lietuva.love/en/travel-spots/jonava-regional-museum/ Jonava Regional Museum in an 1833-1835 horse-post station: local history, Skaruliai Manor archaeology, Jewish history, free entry. Travel spots Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://lietuva.love/en/travel-spots/jukainiai-nature-trail/ https://lietuva.love/en/travel-spots/jukainiai-nature-trail/ Jūkainiai Nature Trail in Raseiniai District: circular forest boardwalk, folk-art wooden sculptures, wetland, viewing tower, and FAQ. Travel spots Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://lietuva.love/en/travel-spots/jurbarkas-synagogue-square-memorial/ https://lietuva.love/en/travel-spots/jurbarkas-synagogue-square-memorial/ Jurbarkas Synagogue Square Memorial: 2019 Holocaust memorial on the synagogue site, with about 1,000 Jewish family names in granite waves. Travel spots Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://lietuva.love/en/travel-spots/kazimieras-banys-fishermans-homestead/ https://lietuva.love/en/travel-spots/kazimieras-banys-fishermans-homestead/ K. Banys fisherman's homestead in Rusnė: 200+ year Pamarys museum with fishing gear and Nemunas Delta household objects. Travel spots Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://lietuva.love/en/travel-spots/kalniskes-gargzdai-hillfort/ https://lietuva.love/en/travel-spots/kalniskes-gargzdai-hillfort/ Kalniškės (Gargždai) Hillfort by the Minija: Curonian castle linked with Garisda in 1253, viewpoints, stairs, paths, and folklore. Travel spots Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://lietuva.love/en/travel-spots/kalote-lake/ https://lietuva.love/en/travel-spots/kalote-lake/ Kalotė Lake in Seaside Regional Park: shallow coastal lake of lagoon origin, important bird-migration site, reachable through forest from Giruliai. Travel spots Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://lietuva.love/en/travel-spots/karkle-coast-and-health-trails/ https://lietuva.love/en/travel-spots/karkle-coast-and-health-trails/ Karklė coast: wild, undeveloped Baltic shore in Seaside Regional Park with dunes, boulder shore, old fishing village, and colour-marked health trails. Travel spots Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://lietuva.love/en/travel-spots/lake-fishing-museum/ https://lietuva.love/en/travel-spots/lake-fishing-museum/ Lake Fishing Museum in Mindūnai: Lithuania's only such museum, with 15th-century dugouts, old fishing gear, and hunting display. Travel spots Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://lietuva.love/en/travel-spots/lake-orija/ https://lietuva.love/en/travel-spots/lake-orija/ Lake Orija near Kalvarija: largest local lake, about 86 ha, steep tunnel-valley shores, beach, events, fishing, and water-quality cautions. Travel spots Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://lietuva.love/en/travel-spots/nightingale-valley-akmena-trail/ https://lietuva.love/en/travel-spots/nightingale-valley-akmena-trail/ Lakštingalų slėnis in Pagramantis Regional Park: Akmena river-bend recreation area, circular trail, two suspension bridges, outcrop, visiting tips, and FAQ. Travel spots Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://lietuva.love/en/travel-spots/laukminiskiai-village-museum/ https://lietuva.love/en/travel-spots/laukminiskiai-village-museum/ Laukminiškiai Village Museum near Kupiškis Reservoir: traditional homestead, village ethnography, and Petras and Unė Babickas memory. Travel spots Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://lietuva.love/en/travel-spots/lituania-restituta-monument-ukmerge/ https://lietuva.love/en/travel-spots/lituania-restituta-monument-ukmerge/ Lituania Restituta: 1930 Ukmergė independence monument, demolished and buried in 1951, dug up and restored in 1989-1990. Travel spots Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://lietuva.love/en/travel-spots/maironis-birthplace-pasandravys-historical-reserve/ https://lietuva.love/en/travel-spots/maironis-birthplace-pasandravys-historical-reserve/ Maironis Birthplace in Raseiniai District: Pasandravys birth site, Bernotai childhood home, memorial museum, oak trail, and FAQ. Travel spots Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://lietuva.love/en/travel-spots/marijampole-railway-station/ https://lietuva.love/en/travel-spots/marijampole-railway-station/ Marijampolė Railway Station: ornate 1923-1924 red-brick station by Edmundas Frykas, active rail hub, memorials, and visiting tips. Travel spots Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://lietuva.love/en/travel-spots/meironys-ethnographic-village/ https://lietuva.love/en/travel-spots/meironys-ethnographic-village/ Meironys Ethnographic Village in Aukštaitija NP: living street village between three lakes, Pentecost cattle swimming, trail, and FAQ. Travel spots Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://lietuva.love/en/travel-spots/mergeliu-akys-lake/ https://lietuva.love/en/travel-spots/mergeliu-akys-lake/ Mergelių Akys Lake in Druskininkai: two round forest basins, a resort legend, and a memorial to Dainava District partisans. Travel spots Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://lietuva.love/en/travel-spots/priekule-freedom-fights-and-deportation-history-museum/ https://lietuva.love/en/travel-spots/priekule-freedom-fights-and-deportation-history-museum/ Priekulė Freedom Fights and Deportation Museum: former Soviet security headquarters, partisan-war exhibition, cellar cell, wagon, bunker, and FAQ. Travel spots Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://lietuva.love/en/travel-spots/nalsia-museum/ https://lietuva.love/en/travel-spots/nalsia-museum/ Nalšia Museum in Švenčionys: old Nalšia local history, 60,000+ exhibits, archaeology, ethnography, nature, Tiger partisan archive. Travel spots Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://lietuva.love/en/travel-spots/novaraistis-ornithological-reserve/ https://lietuva.love/en/travel-spots/novaraistis-ornithological-reserve/ Novaraistis Ornithological Reserve near Lekėčiai: Lithuania's largest bird reserve, autumn crane gatherings, bog waters, and viewing tower. Travel spots Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://lietuva.love/en/travel-spots/obeliai-freedom-fights-history-museum/ https://lietuva.love/en/travel-spots/obeliai-freedom-fights-history-museum/ Obeliai Freedom Fights History Museum: Andrius Dručkus collection, 12,000+ exhibits, partisan bunker, Obeliai. Travel spots Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT