Come winter, Vilnius' historic Baroque and Gothic buildings are often snow-covered, creating a stark yet magical contrast with their colourful facades. Younn Zahary, meanwhile, faces a very ...

Cosy, colourful, charming capital The charming capital has it all: a wide range of sights and a delicious food scene, all in walking distance! A great place to start exploring the magical city is the ...

On 21 June, a performance titled "Refugee Flight" demonstrating the plight of refugees was presented to the general public in Vilnius. Later on, a camp was set up down the Gediminas hill in the city ...

VILNIUS, Lithuania – According to Lithuanian legend, when Grand Duke Gediminas went hunting and killed a wild ox, he fell asleep at the foot of a hill and dreamed of an iron wolf that howled ...

So in the 1320s, Gediminas had built the castle _ on what is now Gediminas Hill. And at the foot of the hill he founded Vilnius, named after the Vilnia River that flows through its heart.

VILNIUS, Lithuania – According to Lithuanian legend, when Grand Duke Gediminas went hunting and killed a wild ox, he fell asleep at the foot of a hill and dreamed of an iron wolf that howled ...