Smolensko gatvė

Smolensko gatvė is a short but wide street, which runs from Ševčenkos till Naugarduko. It is named after a small city Smolensk, which previously was Eastern province of Lithuania.

Žemaitės gatvė

Žemaitės gatvė is a wide street which serves as a border between two areas in Vilnius Vilkpede and Naujamiestis.
It is named after famous Lithuanian female writer Žemaitė. See similarity to Latvian writer Aspazija.

Alps

Tauro Gatve in snow always reminds me a twisting racing track called Alps from the famous game Need For Speed Porsche Unleashed.

Church of Michael and Constantine

Orthodox Church of St. Michael and St. Constantine (aka Romanov's Church) is located on 27, Basanavičiaus gatvė.
The church was built in 1913 in order to commemorate the 300th anniversary of the Romanov Dynasty, the latest house ruling the Russian Empire

Roofs towards Downtown

Today nothing specials, just another panorama of Vilnius looking from Gostauto towards Downtown.

Tauro Hill in Winter

Spending more time in the same city it is a great opportunity to see the same places during different seasons. Check Tauro Hill in summer. P.S. I remind that all photos on this blog are taken from simple phone camera, so the quality is not always as good as I wish :)

Railway Station

Railway Station (Geležinkelio stotis) in Vilnius was opened in 1860 as part of Petersrburg - Warsaw railrod. The building itself was built in 1949.

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.

Vasario 16-osios gatvė

Vasario 16-osios gatvė (February 16 st.) is a street in Vilnius Center named after the day when Lithuania was declared as independent state in 1918.

Vilnius Train Station

Vilnius Train Station and surrounding neighbourhoods