City of Kaunas – heart of Lithuanian culture, tradition and history

Updated June 10, 2026 by europeexplored No Comments

Interwar optimism lingers in the wide boulevards and functionalist facades of Kaunas, a city that became Lithuania s provisional capital and poured all its creative energy into architecture that still feels futuristic a century later. Laisvės Alėja, one of Europe s longest pedestrian streets, hums with the rhythm of daily life, past lime trees and […]

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Lithuania – country of amber

Updated June 10, 2026 by europeexplored No Comments

Lithuania is the country of amber, Baltic gold, the fossilised tree resin that washes up on the shores of the Curonian Spit in quantities unmatched anywhere else on Earth, which has been traded along the Amber Road from the Baltic to the Mediterranean since the Roman Empire and remains the defining symbol of this proud […]

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