Erasmus Plus Project ”The citizen of the future facing climatic change”: 2019-1-RO01-KA101-061949

1. ABOUT LITHUANIA
FROM ROMANIAN TEAM
”The citizen of the future facing climatic
change”
No. Project 2020-1-RO01-KA229-080194_1

2. Lithuania is a country that’s easy to love.
it has been through some amazing
history, and quite a few interesting places
and traditions

3. Basketball is the most popular sport in this country.
several lithuanians have gone on to nba fame, the
greatest star being Arvydas Sabonis
HERE IS SOME INTERESTING FACTS

4. One of the most
famous lithuanian
dishes is cepelinai.
it was named so
because of its oval
shape which
resembles a
zeppelin airship.

5. Easter eggs are not
brought by cute and
fluffy animals, it’s granny
velykų bobute who does
it. bunnies just help her
decorate the eggs and
load her cart. she has a
sunbeam whip to urge
her small pony forward.

6. Every year the river vilnia is
dyed bright emerald green for
st. patrick’s day. the idea
originated in chicago in the
sixties, when irish plumbers
discovered an entirely
harmless way of dyeing
water.

7. There is an oak in
Lithuania that has
survived the
crusades. the
stelmuze oak is the
oldest tree in
europe…

8. Miesto sienos gatvе –
the town wall street, a
tiny alley inside a
residential building,
hides an uncovered
medieval wall fragment.
even when the building
is closed, you can sneak
a peek through the
gates.

9. The country even has its
own aroma, called ‘the
scent of Lithuania’, with
notes of wild flowers,
ginger, raspberry,
sandalwood and musk.
now you know the scent
of this nation.

10. Vilnius has an anonymous
swing foundation. it’s a
group of people who install
swings all around the city,
often changing their
locations.

11. Lithuanians celebrate
two independence
days: there is one on
february 16, and
another, the day of
the restoration of
independence, on
march 11.

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