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• Thomas Mann Memorial Museum

  
  Nida » Sightseeing » Museums & Galleries

  The Nobel Prize-winning German author of Death in Venice, Doctor Faustus and scores of other novels, short stories and essays, Thomas Mann (1875-1955) spent the summers of 1930 and 1931 in Nida, and this is the building he had constructed in which to do it in. Read on
  

• Evangelical-Lutheran Church

  
  Nida » Sightseeing » Churches

  Dating from 1888, this classic red brick Gothic beauty functioned as a museum during Soviet times and was handed back to the Church exactly a century after its construction. Read on
  

• Prospekto Galerija

  
  Vilnius » Culture & Events » Photography

  Owned and run by the Lithuanian Photographers’ Union, Prospekto Galerija is a hit and miss affair but really worth the effort just in case. Read on
  

• B.O.

  
  Kaunas » Nightlife » Bars

  Supposedly taking its name from the poem The World Is Blue As An Orange by the French Surrealist poet Paul Éluard, this place has been around forever and long may it continue to be open. Read on
  

• Pabo Latino

  
  Vilnius » Nightlife » Clubs

  Featuring three halls and two bars of sheer class, Pabo Latino is an oasis of Latin culture in a country where human warmth is far from overwhelming. Read on
  

• Kybynlar

  
  Trakai » Dining & Nightlife » Karaite

  In a word, magnificent. This hugely popular Karaite restaurant is a must-see for anyone visiting Trakai. Alongside their delicious Read on
  

• Druskininkų Vandens Parkas

  
  Druskininkai » Sport & Leisure » Water parks

  Converted from the town’s most extraordinary Soviet-era architectural masterpiece with no attention to aesthetic detail, Druskininkai’s number one tourist attraction panders to the local hoi polloi as well as the masses from further afield. Read on
  

• Pavlovo Respublika

  
  Vilnius » Sightseeing » Out of town

  Lasting a little under 30 years, the tale of the Pavlovo Respublika is about as strange as it gets. The brainchild of the Polish priest and politician Paweł Ksawery Brzostowski (Lith. Read on
  

• Juonė Pastuogė

  
  Šiauliai » Restaurants & Cafés » Lithuanian

  Come to Šiauliai, don’t come here, and consider yourself a sinner. Arguably the city’s most famous if not notorious establishment, Juonė Pastuogė’s genius is manifold. Read on