Guide to Lithuania
Must See Lithuania
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At a glance
Lithuania owes much to the rich cultural currents of central Europe: it once shared an empire with neighbouring Poland that stretched from the Baltic Sea almost to the Black Sea. Its capital Vilnius boasts a Baroque Old Town that is the largest in Eastern Europe and praised as the 'New Prague'.
Fast Facts
- Full name:
- Republic of Lithuania
- Capital city:
- Vilnius
- Area:
- 65,200 sq km / 25,174 sq miles
- Population:
- 3,425,324
- Time Zone:
- GMT/UTC +2 (Greenwich Mean Time)
- Language:
- Lithuanian (official)
One of only two surviving languages of the Baltic branch of the Indo-European language family. The other is Latvian.
Russian (other)
- Religion:
- Roman Catholic, Lutheran, Russian Orthodox, Protestant, evangelical Christian Baptist, Islam, Judaism
- Currency:
- Litas
- Electricity:
- 220V 50Hz
- Electric plug details:
- European plug with two circular metal pins
