Vapiano

Design of counter at Vapiano restaurant in Europa shopping Center

Об'явления - Skelbimai

Russian language in Lithuania has its own features ;) E.g. interesting translation of Lithuanian word Skelbimai (ads) to Russian is Об'явления.
Found in some apartment house of Naujamiestis.

Nida Houses

Nida houses is a new building complex located on 9A Juozapavičiaus gatvė. It is quite prestigious place to live due its proximity to Downtown and Old Town.

Helicopter at Belmontas

I had never flown on helicopter, so you can imagine my disappointment when I found out that heli parked at Belmontas is not for riding :(

Restaraunt Markus

Restaraunt Markus in Old Town is famous for its stakes, the best ones in town, people say :)

Vintage Cars

Exhibition of vintage and exotic Cars in Panorama Shopping Center.
Please keep in my mind that all photos in this blog are made from my phone, therefore quality is not the best one :)

Storm is Coming

The storm, which yesterday hit Poland, now is coming to Vilnius. And it is clearly visible from my office window ;)

Viršuliškės twins

Viršuliškės twins are 24-floor apartment buildings and were built in 2006. Each tower is 74 meters high, which make them listed in TOP 10 tallest buildings in Vilnius.

Empty Stage

Vilnius Town Square is the best place in city for mass events and demonstrations.
For example this photo was taken few minutes after honoring of National Basketball team, the winner of the world U19 Championship, which was held in Riga. I was a bit late :(

Fountain at Belmontas

Fountains at Belmontas, the little nature park.

Downtown

Vilnius downtown is located in Šnipiškės area. Because of all these skyscrapers gathered in one place, Vilnius looks like any other American city with downtown in the middle.
Interesting fact is that Lithuanian currency Litas was pegged to USD from 1994 to 2002, which shows some very close connection between Lithuanian and US, I just don't understand which one and why? :)

Building of National Stadium

Building of Nacionalinis stadionas (National Stadium) has been started in Soviet times, then stopped due SU fall. Building started again in 2007, but then another crisis came. So the building is frozen again till undetermined date.

Šnipiškės roofs

Šnipiškės roofs on Kalvarijų gatvė, which are almost the same orange color as Old Vilnius.

Tiesto at Palanga

This photograph is not really related to Vilnius, but rather to Lithuanian resort city Palanga and its famous Friday's guest Tiesto.
At background you can see Tiesto's personal transport Cessna XLS parked in Palanga International Airport next morning, which is worth a bit less than 10,000,000 USD.
Private planes look always impressive and motivating for me. Only powerful country leaders have own plane and now Tiesto :)

Graffiti

Somebody already managed to put his own tag on social ad against graffiti :)

View from Kalnų Park Stage

A view towards City Downtown from Kalnų (Hill) Park Stage

Profsąjungų rūmai

Profsąjungų rūmai (Palace of Labour Unions) is an abandoned building located on Tauro hill.

Ratonda Hotel

Ratonda is one of many hotels located on the most central street of Vilnius - Gedimino prospektas

BMW Z4

Another picture of contrast in Vilnius. BMW Z4 and sidewalk. See also Limo in Vilnius.

North Star

There are many nice-looking modern business centers in Vilnius, one of them is Šiaurinė žvaigždė (North Star)

Vilnius Towers from Tauro Kalnas

Vilnius Towers as seen from Tauro Kalnas (Taurus Hill) and bottle picker.

Nan Bei

Nan Bei for me sounds like copy to Gan Bei (popular Latvian Sushi place), but I don't see any logic here as in case with Kabuki/Labuki.
Update: Chinese Nan Bei restaurant in Vilnius is not related anyhow with Japanese Restaurant Gan Bei in Riga. On top of that, the service and prices here could be much better.

Vilnia River

Vilnia River is small fast river running in between Vilnius and the Republic of Užupis. It is a nice promenade place right in city center.