No beer tour around the Baltics would be complete without a stop-off in Biržai in northern Lithuania. The town has a long and distinguished brewing history, and the traditional styles from the region are still popular today. They take their beer pretty seriously around here; apparently, after the Swedish destroyed Biržai in 1704, the locals …
Panevėžys, Lithuania’s fifth largest city by population, is not a place you’ll find in most guide books. I don’t think they get many British tourists out this way; even the local tourist information office only offered maps of the city in Lithuanian, Latvian and Russian. Nevertheless, we booked a couple of nights in town and …
We arrived in Šiauliai from Klaipėda on a very comfortable Lithuanian Railways train – UK train operators could definitely learn a thing or two from them! Šiauliai is a university town but is best known for the Hill of Crosses a few kilometres away. Most people just visit for the day apparently, but we decided …
If you are to read any guidebook on Lithuania the most notable site to visit is the Hill of Crosses, an area of pilgrimage in the north of the country. Most recommend visiting the hill as an excursion from Vilnius, however as we were travelling through the north of the country we decided to stop …
Another day, another country. Our first stop in Lithuania brought us to Klaipėda, the country’s third largest city. Summer has definitely arrived too, with temperatures pushing 30° every day during our stay. After a couple of days exploring the old town and relaxing on the beach, we decided to spend an afternoon cooling off in …
Prior to our arrival in a city myself and Dom put some time aside to work out our ‘cultural agenda’ for the duration of our stay. For every bar or brewery that Dom recommends, I attempt to find an exhibition or museum to even up the plans. My personal interest is in 20th Century European …
