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Šiauliai In Your Pocket
Lithuania’s fourth city, Šiauliai was first mentioned in rhyme in 1236 in reference to a savage battle between the then Lithuanian tribes and the Sword Brothers, a particularly nasty bunch of monks working for the Bishop of Riga.
OUR Šiauliai HIGHLIGHTS
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Southern Germany meets the fall of the Roman Empire inside a modern shopping centre no less. It’s all lederhosen, gurgling fountains and the strains of oom-pa-pa here, providing a worryingly au
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An outlet for some of the work of the Lithuanian Folk Artists’ Society, this charming little shop is the best place in the city to buy traditional gifts and souvenirs you won’t find anywh
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The irony may be lost on its owners, but the fact that you enter via the kind of turnstile usually found at a zoo leaves little else to be written about this place. Brimming with exotic creatures, th
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Established in 1923, this is the home of Šiauliai’s Aušros Museum, which has several branches throughout the city. This particular building houses several permanent exhibitions includ
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Proof that you don’t need a converted power station or banks of computer screens to make a great museum, Šiauliai’s exemplary Bicycle Museum offers three floors of over 250 bicycles
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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
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i see one mistake : heigh of the pole is 17 meters (more than four-metre).[...]
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