Lithuania – sightseeing
Lithuania is a must-see country, as a large number of different attractions. Visit printerhall for Lithuania National Parks. This is how you should definitely see Nida. The city is the most famous place in the whole country. Famous artists like Max Pechstein, Thomas Mann etc. were here around to spend in the country.
The highlight of the city is the former house of Thomas Mann. There’s a museum in the house today. The Thomas Mann Festival also takes place here every year, attracting thousands of visitors to the city.
Some of the sights of Lithuania are also listed as UNESCO World Heritage Sites. These include the old town of Vilnius, the Curonian Spit, the archeological site of Kernave and the Struve Arch.
But there are also enough sacred buildings in Lithuania. You should definitely not miss the St. Kasimir Chapel in Vilnius. The chapel dates from the early baroque period. The church building also includes a mausoleum that houses the remains of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Casimir Jagiellone.
Also worth seeing is the St. Anna Church, which is the absolute highlight of the country’s sacred buildings with the Berhardin Church. The church was built at the end of the fourteenth century and is one of the most impressive ensembles of Gothic architecture in the country. Even Napoleon was delighted with her when he was there during his campaign in Russia.
A typical Renaissance building is St. Michael’s Church in Vilnius. It was built between 1594 and 1625.
Other interesting sacred buildings would be the Church of the Holy Spirit and the Vytautas Church in Kaunas.
But not only the religious buildings of Lithuania are worth a visit, there are also several other historical buildings that visitors are sure to be impressed by.
So you shouldn’t miss the Queen Luise Bridge. The bridge was built in 1946 and serves as a connection between Sovetsk (Russia) and the Lithuanian town of Pagegiai.
The most important ferry and trading port in the entire Baltic region, Klaipeda, is also worth a visit.
The Trakai moated castle is something special. The Gothic island castle is located in the Galvasee and was built in the fourteenth century.
The Europapark, which was founded in 1991, is impressive. A small pyramid was erected in the middle of the park to represent the geological center of Europe. Around the pyramid, plates have been embedded in the ground, on which the distance to the main European sites is carved.
The already mentioned sights, which were built by human hands, are only a small part of what the country has to offer.
Nature lovers also get to see a lot in Lithuania, such as Aukstaitija in the east of Lithuania, Zemaitija in the west, the Curonian Spit with the sand dune near Nida, or Trakai and Dzukija in the southwest of the country.
Lithuania climate
Lithuania lies in the transition zone between maritime and continental climate. Overall, the Lithuanian climate is relatively mild. The average temperatures on the coast are around -2.5 ° C in January and around 16 ° C in July. In Vilnius, the average temperatures are -6 ° C in January and 16 ° C in July.
On warm summer days more than 20 ° C are often reached (14 ° C at night). Sometimes also kick maximum temperatures from 30 to 35 ° C.
The winters in Lithuania can sometimes be very cold, almost every winter reaches -20 ° C. Winter extremes are -34 ° C in the coastal areas and -43 ° C in the east of Lithuania.
The average annual rainfall is 800 millimeters on the coast, 900 mm in the Samogitia highlands and 600 millimeters in the eastern part of the country. Snow falls every year, mostly between October and April.
Storms are common in coastal areas and less common in the eastern part of Lithuania.
