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The city is truly vibrant and alive with bustling and buzzing students and twenty-something's drinkin thinkin, talkin and walkin and generally making innocent revelry anywhere and everywhere. The comparisons between Krakow and Vilnius are aplenty but the biggest and most immediate is the carefree innocence of an up and coming glorious ancient Central European city growing, expanding and moving at an eccentric pace. There is so much too sea and the more you see and converse, the more you want to be and traverse. Out of the three Baltic capitals this is the most welcoming and befittingly the hardest to get to and easiest to get lost in. . . . . . . .

....................................e-guesthouse- high tech guesthouse-apartments Offering more amenities & luxuries than most 4 star hotels (sauna, fitness room, wireless I-net in every . . . . . . . VB- Sleep innHostel, . . . Primo location aside, this place knows what being a real Hostel is all about. Atmosphere, comfort and . . . . . . . . . Litinterp- guesthouse-apartments, Smack dab in the center of the old town & they offer quite cool, comfy & affordable. . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . With an endless array of great nightlife options, many of Vilnius' venues seem to be competing as the end-all-be-all, with an all-bases-covered approach offering food, drink, DJs or live music & huge dance floors that stay packed well into the wee hours. Still, with the focus of much of the activity centering around the Old Town, bar/club-hopping is an attractive option, hard as it may be to pull yourself out of some venues or organize your cohorts in one cohesive direction. . . . . . . . . . One of the most gratifying aspects of the city's nightlife is that it might not always be so self-evident where the party is, but trust us, even on the coldest Sunday night of the year with a little detective work you can find a few full-on debauches. Just ask one of the many charming locals to point you in the right direction... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Woo club-bar-restaurant This is it people! Look no further this is where you want to be… experience 'the' ..... Thelonious- underground music shop well stocked with an ultimate range of jazz, blues, rock, classical music, avant-garde & noise recordings on CDs & LPs . . . . . .

.. . . . . . . . . . . . So the legend goes….. After felling a great Bison, Grand Duke Gediminas took a kip at the top of what is now the Vilnius castle complex. In a dream he saw an armored Wolf that "howled as if 100 wolves." The wise sage Krive-Krivaitis Lizdeika was called to the current Capital Trakai and told him that the Gods had ordained he build a city on this spot that would some day howl with the fury of his dream and become a great capital of Europe. In 1323 he moved the Capital of Lithuania to Vilnius, much howling ensued.. . . . . . Coffee Inn- cares as much about the atmosphere they create as they do for their offers. . . . Bruisly- bar,lounge, pan Asian restaurant, delicacies from noodles to rolls to soups at incredible prices.!! . . . . . . . . . Blusyne- bistro-restaurant-bar. It doesn't get much cozier & cool then this so grab a seat (if you can).. make yourself at. . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Lithuanians were technically the last "Pagan" nation in Europe. The Teutonic Knights and the Livonian Brothers of the Sword found this a convenient excuse to make a royal mess of the place in the name of Christianity. Savvy Ruler that he was, Gediminas wrote the Vatican and invited them personally to come and preach all they wanted if they'd just stop killing and burning stuff. . . . . . . . . . . .. . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

. . . . Language- Our apologies to the Lithuanian people and your unique and tongue defying language but there really is no other way to put it… Lithunian is the ASS language. Ok for phonetics and decency sake we'll call it the "as" (sounds like ahss) language. You got about an 18 out of 27 chance of guessing the name of a Lithuanian noun by simply adding the suffix "as" to the English word. Take bar [baras] restaurant [restoranas], grass [grassas]… you get the idea. False friends everywhere. See dictionaryas for moras helpas with languagas. . . . . . . . . . .. .

. . . . . .. . . . . . .. Here you can see the exclusive . . . . Spy Map Dictionary for the city of Vilnius . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . .. . . . . .. . . . . .. . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . If that's not counter-culture enough for you; if you're a crusty squatter with a crustier canine looking for like-minded hardcore kids & activists that self-publish zines on do-it-yourself acts of anarchy, there's a scene for you too: We recommend you go hardcore.lt to find local establishment-fighters & pick the most incendiary battles in Vilnius.

Angis Tattoo& Piercing , Self expressions in all the rainbow or transformations in shades of grey… . . . . . . . . . The Mythological scandal sheets say either Saule (the Sun) cheated on Perkunas (afore mentioned Thunder God) with Menulis(the Moon) on their wedding night and in a fit of jealous anger Perkunas split the Moon in half with a sword, or the Moon was diddling the Morning Star behind the Suns back and Perkunas punished him… Either way the Sun and Moon now have split custody of their daughter, the Earth but tend to try and avoid each other if possible… . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . Brodvejus club pub, A downtown joint with an uptown feel… Cruisin' for a blues-in or Salsa shimmy sha sha? . . . . .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... . . Fire Walk With Me . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .An air of mystery and secrets permeates the streets of the Vilnius old town. There are legends,.,,,,,,,,,,,, ........................................ . . . .....................................................................Food- Hope you like root crops…
Cozy cafe-club-restaurant , Two suave venues under one roof & enjoyed by the smooth liberal types.. . . . . . . . . . . . ....................................................... The Dubliner restaurant-bar, catch all the day time sport events on the big screen, it's bright & airy, The food is ceoul agus craic at the. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . One very popular way to avoid bad luck is to spit over your left shoulder three times (actually, projecting spittle isn't really necessary, it's more the gesture of pretending to spit...). Knocking on wood is also popular, of course. If you say something condemning like, "Man, I'm never going to get laid in this town!" the best recourse is to spit, knock, spit, knock, spit, knock. Crisis averted. . . . . . . . . . . .BoBo- winebar-pub, This place has secured its niche as a hot spot for revelers of all shapes & sizes . . . . . . Café De Paris- café, bar, club, bistro the ambience of this place has carved such a unique niche on the Cultural & Nightlife scene that . . . . . . Havana Social Club- restaurant, lounge, concert venue the high road in terms of concept & design. an authentic pre-revolutionary 1940's Havana look & feel without all the . . .. . . . . .

. . . It's a common gesture to deny a request or respond in the negative by making an 'X' of one's forearms & tapping them together. This gesture commonly takes the place of shaking your head side-to-side & has a much more damning impact. You'll see. . . . . . . . A popular favorite is the old 'wooden head,' which we encourage you to work into your repertoire. You'll see this done more as a self-depreciating gesture than an insult, & there's no need to execute it slyly. It basically involves knocking on your head with one fist, while you knock on the underside of a table with the other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . Another strange custom occurs when two people say the same thing at the same time. Both parties must instantly make a wish, lock pinky fingers & count to three out loud. After 'three,' each person says either 'Adomas' or 'Iewa' (Adam or Eve); if you both say the same thing - your wishes come true. If not, well...no one really knows what happens, but you wouldn't wish it on yourself.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ibish lounge restaurant-bar-club , the quintessential ice-cold milk Kefir. Now. . . Party time!! Each evening hosts ambient/animal entertainments this place is pretty great . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . .. . . . . . .. . . . .. . .. . .. . .. . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Rise of a New National Obsession, children grow up developing not their minds or locomotive skills, but their wrist and thumb muscles: Perhaps decades of futility at non-table football - "the beautiful game" - has caused this inclination toward miniature athletics... While a heated worldwide debate about the origins of foosball - where it was first invented (France, Germany, and Spain all contending) and who made the first table - rages on, we can say with utter certainty that it was not here in Vilnius. Yet here the level of play of these young men and women, both, is more staggering and the passion more unbridled than anywhere else. And, yes, it is a sport played with equal frequency and proficiency by both sexes; it can even at times be a strange sort of mating dance, entire romances playing out in the between-point glances, the flirtatious heckling and accusations of spinning. Tarantino- bar, nightclub, music venue The 3 bars serve up sassy cocktails that will keep you twisting like Travolta all night long. Most of the crowd is. . . . . . . . . Vasaros Terasa- terrace, club, pub, performance venue Comfy sofas dot the yard & invite you to while away the hours drinking, board gaming, socializing & . . . . . . . . . . . . MILK BAR club-space-venue , . Music: Indie / Electronic / Techno. As these are guys in the know, then here u will enjoy . . ....................................................................... . . . . . . . . . Museum of Genocide Victims . . . . . . . Raw presentation of a sore subject . . . . . . .......................................................................................................................................................................... The 16th century "Gate of Dawn" or "Aušros Vartai" in Lithuanian attracts Lithuanians, Poles, Byelorussians, Russians, Catholics, and Russian Orthodox. "Recent" celebrity pilgrims include Pope John Paul II and Alexy II Patriarch of Moscow and Greater Russia. The "miraculous" painting of the Blessed Virgin Mary is considered a guardian of Lithuania and given credit for fending off many attempted invasions. It's also said to give safety and guidance to travelers. P.S.: It's polite to take off your hat. & keep your pants ON!! . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The legend of Jurate and Kastytis, the Mermaid Goddess of the sea and her Handsome Fisherman beau might be considered the pinnacle of Lithuanian romanticism. It's spawned cartoons, books, more than a few offspring, and a rock opera. Jurate was just doing her normal job of wreaking havoc on the high sea… Kastytis was just too hot to sink. They lived in conjugal bliss in a castle made of amber 'til Perkunas the Thunder God decided that a mortal just wasn't good enough for a goddess. He destroyed their Castle and chained the poor git to the sea floor… They say after a storm you can still find bits of their amber love nest washed up on shore… . . . . . . . . . . . . . PLAY CLUB, bar-'club'-lounge , Unpretentious indie rock bar with a kick . . . This place is fucking great . . !! Dubbed . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . Photographer Saulius Paukstys is a huge Frank Zappa fan (and also the President of the local fan club). After writing repeated letters he received something he probably didn't expect… a personal reply. Some time later he was invited backstage at a gig in California and met his longtime idol… When Zappa died a year later of cancer he decided to do what Lithuanians do to memorialize great artists and poets… Collecting signatures and endorsements from the local arts community he went about convincing the local authorities it was a swell idea. They agreed that it sure was a swell idea, provided they didn't have to pay for it. Proper funds were raised and now the bust and memorial to Zappa can be seen at Kalinausko 1 in the center................ . . . . . .. . Sanga Juice bar fresh-&-fruity , with your best at heart.. U know it's what u need ..enough of the vitamin B&S&F . . . . . . . . . .

. . . You can't live on piss alone… Try sucking some local grub with your suds… It's not a bad menu translation, it's a healthy portion of smoked pigs ear and chicken stomach… It's that special taste on your new lovers lips and pub-grub of choice for young and old. The more timid or potentially less intoxicated may prefer the fried bread with garlic and cheese sauce. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Republic of Užupis
Hope you haven't lost your passport yet because you will definitely need it when you cross the Vilnia River and enter the Independent Republic of Uzipas….
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Can you say Eurocentrism? Inexplicably, in 1989, some French scientists with lots of funding & little of use to do declared the geographic centre of Europe to be located at 54 degrees 51 north & 25 degrees 19 east, pinpointing the spot some kilometers north of Vilnius. Being the geographic centre of Europe must in turn make them the cultural centre as well (an argument they surely used to win hosting honors for 2009's 'culture capital' ceremonies). . . . Europos Parkas covering 55 hectares displays almost one hundred works of art. 27 countries are represented by the artists whose work is in the park. . . . .

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. Very fat pigs ear thanks to Eva K(is)S Graphic all night'er. Researchers -spy's.. Thymn -www.memusik.net. Garret Van the man " . Noah www.blindeye.cz . Wilma … Ahh-choo !! Allass!!! Dear map readers, this is our first map in Vilnius… It was a hard one (hehe) to convince them that u map holders was cool people… so let them know.. & maybe throw this map on the table now & then when u are out… Next year we get them respect …. Word! Love & enjoy.. Mr. Gordonsky. mapman@cityspy.info

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