People travel from all over the world to the Hill of Crosses to leave their rosary beads or crucifixes.

Today, there are over 100,000 crucifixes standing on the mound, but the question remains, why do they come?

We’ve heard about the Scandinavian Vikings who went West across the Sea to England and Ireland, the Rus who travelled upriver of the Eastern Baltic shores to take root in Kyiv.

What about Vikings in Lithuania?

Few names capture the Lithuanian spirit better than Kęstutis. But why does it hold such significance?

In the anglophone world, if you called your son or daughter Æthelstan, Godric or Wulfhild you would probably turn a few heads - and raise a few questions at the registration desk.

For just seven short years in the 14th century, Trakai stood as the capital of a rising nation.

There was not ‘Kingdoms’ as such, but tribes and groups of peoples who etched out smaller carvings for themselves, until Mindaugas.

For Lithuanians, he represents the perfect blend of art, music, spirituality and national pride, akin to Lithuania’s own Leonardo da Vinci.

Dense forests, mystical swamps and sweeping beaches.

Lithuania has many faces, but nature, good food and the elements plays a role in all of them.

1988 was a year of hope and awakening

Industrialisation & Sovietisation

A response to Soviet repression

The chaos continues

The tug-of-war for the Vilnius region

A furnace for forging a Lithuanian cultural identity

What’s the deal with Poland?

Mongols in the Baltics?

What were the Baltic crusades?

When did Lithuania become, Lithuania?

Why is the city’s mascot an iron wolf?