Lithuania doesn’t really do street food but if it did you could bet potatoes, dumplings and dill would be in there somewhere. Big cities like Vilnius, Kaunas and Klaipėda, are too cosmopolitan for that sort of thing and you’re more likely to find chic café culture on Parisian style boulevards as opposed to the stereotypically dull delights of the Soviet era.
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The quirky and open minded big brother of the Baltics has in common with neighbour Poland than with its northern siblings, although appearances might tell you otherwise.
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Outside of the cities, thick pine forests, inhabited by elk, boar and mushrooms, fringe vast lakes and lost villages, where wooden churches and water mills are safely situated within the confides of Lithuania’s five national parks: Aukštaitija, Dzükija, Žemaitija, Trakai and Curonian Spit. Crossing into Latvia and Estonia brings the entire Baltics into being with multi-country tours offering a unique glimpse at life over the borders. If the weather’s fine, head to the Lithuanian coast for 100km of sand-whipped shore with dunes forming protected picnic spots and waterfront restaurants promising bulviniai blynai (potato pancakes), kibinai (pasties), marinated herring and potato dumplings, with dill, of course. Find out more in our Lithuania travel guide.
