14 May 2021

Day 139. Breathtaking views in Vilnius. Pučkoriai.


Breathtaking views in Vilnius 

No 1 Breathtaking view in Vilnius is definitely Pučkoriai exposure.

with 65 metres it is the highest Exposure in Lithuania! And the views are really impressive, no matter if you come here in green May , golden October or snowy white December.

Just step down the exposure and take your time and listen to sounds of fast flowing Vilnelė on a Pučkoriai Cognitive trail.

And if you are still restless, you can not miss full of adventures Tuputiškės serpantine.

and the next Spot: Ribiškės hiking trail!

Day 138. Lunch at DOWNTOWN Food Hall

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Not a bad choice to eat at any time in the city Centre is Downtown, with 14 different kitchens and a spaciuos and nice terrace.


Day 137. Kairėnai Botanical Garden




A perfect place to spend a beautiful spring or summer afternoon is Kairėnai Botanical Garden.

Throughout the warm season diffrent plants are blooming and it depend what time you you choose to visit  you will enjoy diffrent views and experince different scents.

Addmission fee: 4 eur / adults.

Next spot: Pavilniai Regional Park ! 


12 May 2021

Future Visions Episode VI: A new hight school building in Pilaitė

Series of: #FutureVisions

Series: #Pilaitė

A new hight school building will be built in Pilaitė.






CONSTRUCTION:

Architects: DO architects studio

Project budget: almost 17 mln euro

Project Executor: Jungtiniai projektai

Duration: 15 months

End date: September 1, 2022.

Start: May 2021

To be continued ...

9 May 2021

Day 136. A perfect Day at Balsys Lake beach

series of: #VilniusBeaches

series of: #VilniusLakes

series of: #VerkiaiRegionalPark

One can spend a perfect day on a Balsys Lake Beach.

It's super nice, super tidy, but super crowded.

Even on 27 September at 18:00 it could be full of people.

On 26 April we had a breaking news that this beach was awarded a  Blue Flag ( the Ecological Mark meaning  that awarded beaches are of the highest). In total seven Lithuanian beaches were awarded the Blue Flag.

Grinda is taking care of the beach. 




Next Spot: Old Villages Hiking trail!

Day 135. Sunday visit to Liubavas Manor.

Series of: #aroundVilnius

From the Europos park you can go straight to Liubavas Manor.

It's located 15 km away from the Park, and reachable on foot from Skirgiškės bus stop in 43 min walk on Saulės aleja and then trought the the Tartokių forest. That was a really nice walk with no wet places. :)

NOTE!

When Google Maps shows that something is quite away,  always check map.lt!

Maps.lt knows all passages, all paths and all so called dog-paths!

It will lead you by picking the shortest way available to anywhere. 

From my point of view Liubavas Manor turned out to be a little dissapointing.

Manor consists of 3 remaining buildings: a building of Orangery, an officine, and a building of a Watermill. The museum is located in the Watermill building (a shop also). 

I wanted to get a Magnet, like I always do, but they do not have magnets at all!!!

Hey, what kind of tourist spot shop you are, if you do not have magnets!!!

Like Mr Trumps would say: I was very very dissapointed.

The Officine is on the left and the Orangery on the right

There are no rest benches there :(
And you can not get into these 2 buildings. 

Next spot: Balsys Lake beach!

8 May 2021

Day 134. Old Kalvarijų Street.

Kalvarijų street (5,5 km) is one of the Oldest  (16th century) streets in Vilnius. It has existed since always :D

It starts at the Green Bidge and leads to Verkiai and the Verkiai Calvary 

It was formed in the 16th Century, together with Ukmergės street, as two main streets of the Šnipiškės suburb. 

Few things that I would like to point out:

1) Bronius Laurinavičius Square 

Sculpture of Antanas Kmieliauskas


Bronius Laurinavičius - Lithuanian priest, a memeber of  Lithuanian Helsinki Group  who in strange circumstances died on the Kalvarijų - Žalgirio streets crossing  on 24 November 1981.