A presentation for Vilnius!... Come see to find out :)

1. Vilnius
The Capital of Lithuania

2. Lithuania
• Population: 3,2 mln.
(2011)
• At the intersection
between North, East
and Central Europe
• Member of EU,
NATO, UN, OECD
and WTO

3. Vilnius
• The South East of Lithuania
• 312 km to the Baltic Sea
• On the bank of the river Neris
• First mentioned in 1323
• Geographical centre of Europe is located
26 km to the North of Vilnius
• 656,700 inhabitants (2010 city municipality
and district)
• Continental climate: warm summers (16°C
average) and cold winters (- 6°C average)
• Four seasons

4. Getting here
Flight times to Vilnius:
• London 2 hrs 20 min
• Moscow 2 hrs 15 min
• Frankfurt 1 hrs 45 min
• Berlin 1 hrs 10 min
• Copenhagen 1 hrs 10 min
• Warsaw 1 hrs 10 min

5. Competitive Zone
16 mln people within 300 km radius

6. Vilnius exhibition and fairs city
• LITEXPO is the largest exhibition center in the
Baltic
• Access to cultural events all year round
• Vilnius is strategically positioned and has a
well developed infrastructure

7. Shopping
• Vilnius has the biggest
shopping mall in the Baltic-
AKROPOLIS
• Amber is Lithuania‟s
national craft, jewellery
from amber is a specialty
• Vilnius has typical “turgus”,
or markets- a blast to the
past!
• Posh shopping street on
Gediminas Avenue with
the latest fashion

8. City of Art and Culture
• Around 40 churches, most of the architecture is baroque and classicistic
• Great variety of cultural events, such as Culture Night, Street Musician Day, Vilnius
Festivals, ArtVilnius, etc.
• The Ministry of Fluxus – a unique private contemporary art incubator for young
artists: 200 artists, thousands of visitors

9. The Republic of Užupis
• Artists district in
Vilnius‟ old town
• On April Fools Day
1997, proclaimed
itself an independent
republic with its own
constitution
• “The Montmartre of
Vilnius”

10. Cultural diversity
• Ethnic Lithuanians, Poles,
Russians, Belarusians,
Jews, and other ethnic
backgrounds make for a
cosmopolitan city with an
Eastern flavor
• Once called the “Jerusalem
of Lithuania”, Vilnius hosts
places of worship of multiple
religions

11. Amazing Lithuanian food
• Potato based dishes, black
bread and soups
• Cepelinai- potato dumplings
filled with meat
• Fried black bread with cheese:
Kepta duona, the national
snack, served with beer
• Saltibarsciai, or “pink soup” a
cold beetrout soup

12. Green and Clean
• Parks, public gardens, reserves and other
green areas cover over 46 percent of the
city‟s area.
• Absolutely clean drinking water! Vilnius
has one of the best drinking water
qualities among European cities.
• 2.1 % of area covered by water in 30
lakes and 16 rivers

13. Fastest Internet in the World
• According to the Business
Insider‟s Net Index Vilnius has the
fastest internet in the world
• Average internet download speed
– 36.37 Mbps, upload speed –
28.51 Mbps
• World‟s average speed is 9.43
Mbps, EU average – 12.99 Mbps.
• Fast internet available for free at
numerous wi-fi hotspots in the
center

14. Rent & Share: E-Orange
• First in Europe to launch
electric bike “Rent and
Share” system – E-orange
• First in Europe to launch
touch-sensitive digital maps
at bus stops

15. The Strongest Man in The World
• Žydrūnas
Savickas is a
professional
strongman and is
usually titled the
all-time strongest
man.
• Six times in a row
he has won the
most prestigious
contest - “Arnold‟s
Strongest Man”
• The strongest man in the
world not only lives in
Vilnius, he is a member of
Vilnius city council, too.

16. Are They Crazy? (1)
• In 1991 tens of thousands of crazy Lithuanians armed only by songs and flags
gathered in Vilnius to defend the state‟s independence in front of the Soviet army
forces

17. Are They Crazy? (2)
• It is widely known that one of the major religions in Vilnius is… basketball

18. ‘Don’t Make Me Get The Tank’
• In 2011 mayor Artūras Zuokas raised the world‟s attention to illegal parking by
staging the destruction of the car parked in a city‟s bike line with a tank
• He was awarded with Ig Nobel Peace Prize for „demonstrating that the problem
of illegally parked luxury cars can be solved by running over them with a tank‟

19. What About Buying an Island?
• Vilnius mayor Artūras Zuokas suggested businesses and companies to raise money
and buy a Greek Oxia island in the Mediterranean. In Lithuanian the island would be
called „Dausuva‟ and could become a 22nd neighborhood of Vilnius

20. Ačiū!
Iki!
Thank you!
See you in
Vilnius!
Pictures in this presentation belong to the Lithuanian Press Photo Agency – www.fotobankas.lt and Vilnius City Municipality.
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