My Vilnius

Trinapolis Abbey Church

2008-05-19T12:53:00.000+03:00

The Trinapolis abbey church view from another side of Neris.
History in brief:
built 1704 (wooden);
burnt 1710;
rebuilt 1722 (brick);
closed <1831;
reorganized to orthodox church 1849;
returned to Catholics 1917;
closed 1948 - 1997 06;
(source)
See Trinapolis abbey church on the map.

Colorful bird apartments

2008-05-12T16:28:00.002+03:00

Here you can see some nice colorful wooden apartments for the birds in Verkiai park.

Lithuanian song and dance celebration „Dainų Šventė“

2007-07-17T00:10:00.000+03:00

In this video you can see our national song and dance celebration „Dainų Šventė“ taking place in Vingio Parkas, Vilnius a week ago. The weather was awful, but still it was very exciting to see thousands of singers from all around Lithuania singing national songs together. My son was there singing too…

Light show over the river Neris during Joninės in Vilnius

2007-06-27T22:33:00.000+03:00

Here you can see the light show over the river Neris during Joninės (some info in English) and “Tebūnie naktis!” fest in Vilnius 2007.06.22. Sorry for an image being so dark...

Biggest basket in the world

2006-08-24T12:45:00.000+03:00

Here you can see Vilnius TV tower became the biggest basketball basket in the world! Good luck Lithuanian team in the World basketball championship!

Lazy Sundays

2006-07-13T00:16:00.000+03:00

Lazy and sunny Sundays in Vilnius. Few people spending their time in Žvėrynas near Vingio Parkas.

Construction of Vilnius south bypass

2006-05-10T00:28:00.000+03:00

You see construction of Vilnius south bypass (Pietinis aplinkkelis) near Subačiaus street. I liked the place before constructions started more, but at least it would be useful for the old town (hopefully). You can find official information here (in Lithuanian).

Personal tree

2006-03-19T00:14:00.000+02:00

When I walked down Liejyklos street in Vilnius Old town I noticed this building with a tree in a balcony. Of course it was not a first time I’ve noticed it, but now I had my camera…

Lost Vilnius

2006-03-10T10:42:00.000+02:00

Here is a very interesting Vilnius related blog, that I‘ve found. It‘s called „Dingęs Vilnius“ (Lost Vilnius) and contains lots of old-times Vilnius photos. Blog is mainly in Lithuanian and Russian, but that has no impact on photos :)

The lights of Vilnius

2006-02-25T12:24:00.000+02:00

This photo was made last winter from the hill of the Three Crosses.

Green Lakes

2006-02-08T21:16:00.000+02:00

Let‘s remember summer time. :) Here is a photo of “Green Lake” in Vilnius. It looks realy green!

Vėlinės

2005-11-02T21:44:00.000+02:00

Here is a photo of Rokantiškių graveyard in Vilnius during Vėlinės. Vėlinės as an ancient, even pagan, festival dedicated for remembrance of the dead. More about Vėlinės…

Center

2005-10-22T12:12:00.000+03:00

Here is a view to central part of Vilnius from the parking on the roof of CUP.

The Green Bridge (Žaliasis Tiltas)

2005-10-20T23:34:00.000+03:00

Here is the night photo of the Green Bridge. Some bridge at this place stood since 1536. The current version is 103 meters long and was built in 1952.

Vilnius at night. King Mindaugas bridge and Gediminas castle

2005-10-18T23:37:00.000+03:00

Here is another night shot of Vilnius. King Mindaugas bridge and Gediminas castle.

Vilnius cathedral

2005-10-09T22:04:00.000+03:00

The first cathedral was built by the Lithuanian King Mindaugas in Vilnius in the middle of the 13th century. This exact building was build by Laurynas Stuoka-Gucevicius at 1783. You can read more here

SODRA building, Karoliniškės

2005-10-01T20:09:00.000+03:00

Here is SODRA (social insurance) building located in Karoliniškės district. Karoliniškės district is 400 hectares large (that makes 1% overall Vilnius’ territory ) and holds 331 thousand citizens. I took this photo from the TV tower at May 20, 2004

Shining blue

2005-09-29T00:09:00.000+03:00

Here comes another shining building - Lithuanian Energy office. I took this photo November 29, 2003.

Purple Town Hall

2005-09-27T23:35:00.000+03:00

I took this photo October 18, 2003. That is how Vilnius’ Town Hall looked on purple ribbon day.

Intro

2005-09-22T13:25:00.000+03:00

Here goes the first post dedicated to my beloved city VILNIUS. I sincerely hope that I will manage to expose the beauty of living there in this blog. So, let’s get started…