NORDPLUS

INTENSIVE COURSE ON SUSTAINABLE

TOURISM MANAGEMENT
Lithuania/Lietuva April 12th-17th 2010 Supported by
the Nordic Council

SCHEDULE & INFORMATION

MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY

12.04 13.04 14.04 15.04 16. 04 17.04

ARRIVING in 8 am Pusryčiai 8 am Pusryčiai 8 am Pusryčiai 8 am Pusryčiai Pusryčiai

VILNIUS (Lithuanian breakfast) (Lithuanian (Lithuanian (Lithuanian
AIRPORT breakfast) breakfast) breakfast)
F
9:00 moving to ISLB
facilities 9:00 moving to ISLB 9:00 Visit Kaunas
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From the facilities Old Town and the 9:00 Lets take the R
airport to the 9:30-13:00 Intensive village of Ferry to Nida… E
Central Train Course: First seminar 9:30-13:00 Rumšiškės one of W
station there Intensive Course: the biggest We will visit the
amazing Curonian E
are direct Second seminar ethnographic
trains and lot open museums in spit till the Russian L
of buses. The Europe border L  
trip last 5 If
minutes. 11:00 Arriving in
somebody
Nida.
wants to
The cost of
the trip is Visit the House of stay for
2.50 litas Amber in Nida longer
period just
Visit to the house of
Tomas Mann
tell us.
We will be (optional)
waiting for Miquel can
you at the Visit and walking on host one or
airport!!! the dunes till the two
border with
Kaliningrad
persons for
some
Lunch in Nida (or nights in
Klaipeda) Kaunas.

13:00-14:00 pm 13:00-14:00 pm Pietus (Lunch) Special activity:

Transport to Pietus (Lithuanian Pietus (Lunch) at somewhere  buccaneers in the
the hotel. lunch) at ISLB fantastic ISLB fantastic Curonian Spit
canteen canteen 15:00 Lets go to
Klaipeda, former (Note: We can take a
14-14:30 pm. Free- 14-14:30 pm. Free- Memel, temporary boat, sailing and
Time Time capital of Prussia become Baltic
buccaneers !!!!) It’s
up to you….

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 14:30-16:30 Visit TV We take microbus Stop in a typical
Vilnius Tower to visit the castle Lithuanian village
Television of Trakai in the countryside.

Visit Trakai Break for some

16:30 and the Karaite beers and
community sandwiches Around 4 pm lets
Walking around Vilnius take the microbus to
Old-Town. 18:30. Arriving in Vilnius
Lithuanian Sauna Klaipeda.
18:00 Visit the and traditional
Republic of Užupis , barbecue
the Montmatre of (saslikas). We must Lets go to Memel
Vilnius prepare barbecue the former capital
and buying the of Prussia  Visit
20:00-Vakariene saslikas, the beer the Old Town
(Dinner) in a and the vodka at 8.00pm arriving in
fashionable and the supermarket Vilnius
inspiring restaurant in
Užupis (or alternatively Don’t forget your
in other place). bath clothes !!!!

Dinner in Vilnius la Nuit  10:00 pm The participants last vakariene

Vilnius & Clubbin’ (optional) Arriving in Kaunas, with energy (dinner) together
the former capital enough are
(we will of Lithuania welcome to “El Clubbin’ (optional)
have some Calor”, the best
sandwiches, Hotel latino club in
cookies and Klaipeda. In Old
juices for Town.
the people
that is
arriving in
Vilnius at
night)

Mermaid at Vilna river

Maths in Kaunas
Cats in Klaipėda
Dunes in Nida
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U s e f u l I n f o r m a t i o n

Welcome to Lithuania chicos y chicas !  Probably you will feel lost at the
beginning of your experience with us. But at the end you will not want to
come back to your countries. All the information of Lithuania and the places
we are going to visit you can get for free from the site
www.inyourpocket.com/lithuania.

a) Getting to town from Vilnius Airport:

Vilnius Aiport is very small. And it is just five km from the centre of the city, so
getting to town is quick and inexpensive. Getting through immigration and customs
is also very quick. Once you’ve been released into the arrivals hall, turn right to find
an ATM against the wall which will happily issue Lithuanian litas.

By bus : There are buses from the airport to the old town. The bus stop is just to the
left as you exit the arrivals hall. Bus 1 goes to the Gelenzikelio Stotis (Central
Station of Vilnius) as late as 22:47. But 2 goes to Old Town as late as 23.44 on
weekdays.

By train: There is also a direct train from Vilnius Airport to Vilnius Gelenzikelio
Stotis. The last one from the airport to is at 19:44 pm. You can check at the Lietuvos
Gelenzikeliai (Lithuanian train national company) site: www.litrail.lt

By taxi: I don’t recommend you taking a taxi. There is only one taxi company,
Martonas, that has been granted a licence to allow its drivers to be at the airport. A
trip from the Aiport to the center it will cost around 40-50 litas (around 15 euros).

Vilnius central station is very small. There are no metro or other train stations. On
the left of the train station you will see the central bus station. Getting to town from
the train station is very easy. You can just walk and in 10 minutes you will be in Old
Town,. Troleybuses 1, 2, 5 or 7 head off to different destinations via the city centre.

At the station there is a Tourism Information Office that is open till 18:00.

b) Money:

The unit of currency is the lita (Lt) which comes in denominations of

10,20,50,100,100 and 500 Lt notes. There are coins of 5, 2 and 1 lita. And nearly
worthless coins of 50, 20,10 and 1 cents of lita. The value of the lita is locked to that
of the euro at 3.4528 LT to 1 euro. If you are going to change money the banks get
a commission of around 2/3 litas. I recommend Nordea or DnB bank. Medicinos
bankas does not charge any commission. An office of Medicinos bankas can be
found at the bus station.

Banks are opened till 6 pm (workdays). But at the malls often you will find bank
offices opened till 7 pm and they are working Saturdays and Sundays as well. After
7 pm is possible changing money only at the Casinos. They give you good change
(approximately the official).

You will not find people changing money at the streets or at the train station
(Lithuania is not Hungary or Bulgaria ;)).

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c) Prices:

One half of liter of local beer in a “nice” Baras (Lithuanian bar) or Kavine (Lithuanian
cafe) it costs between 4-6 litas.

Bus/Trolebus ticket: 2 litas (in Vilnius) if you buy at the “Lietuvos Spauda” (the
kiosk). If you buy the ticket at the bus it cost 2’50 litas. Don’t forget to cancel the
ticket immediately! There are usually controls. And they will can get you to the
police station in you don’t pay de fine (100 litas).

One big pizza in a medium-range pizzeria: between 10 and 20 litas

One big kebab (Lithuania is a kebab-nation, really! ): 6-8 litas

One local newspaper 2-3 litas

d) Weather:

Lithuania (Lietuva) means the country of the rain. One of the bad things of the
country is the weather. That can be very cold, dark and wet in winter. Anyway April
is one of the best moments for coming to Lithuania. You will enjoy the Baltic
spring !!! We can have days with sun but also it can rain. Don’t forget coming to
Lithuania with your coat and umbrella !!!

e) Safety:

Lithuania is a safe country. Lithuanian people, in general, respect the law and the
life and properties of the foreigners  Anyway exercise common sense. Don’t
flaunt your wealth and flash your cash. Don’t walk home from a nightclub along
dark streets. And try to avoid guys that come telling you sad stories about their life.
Probably they will ask you for money. Vilnius is no more dangerous than Oslo,
Barcelona or Helsinki.

f) Clothes:

A warm coat can be useful. We will visit the countryside and also the beach. And
places where there is lot of water. I recommend you to come with comfortable
shoes for trekking or boots. Don’t forget your bath clothes for the sauna in Trakai.

g) Mini-dictionary:

Lithuanian language is one of the oldest languages in Europe. And it is really

difficult to learn. Lithuanian and Latvian are the only two living Baltic languages.
Their closest traceable root is Sanskrit. Anyway you will manage around with your
English since many persons, specially young people, speak English here. Russian
and Polish are also widely spoken.
Hello: Labas Good morning: labas rytas
Good evening: labas vakaras Good bye: viso gero
See you: Iki Yes: taip
No: Ne Thank you: ačiu (Č it sounds
something like church or shampoo)
Vienas bilietas: this sentence is very useful if you want to buy the trolebus ticket at
the “Spauda” (kiosk)
Vienas alus: one beer (this sentence is essential in Lithuania  )

,,,and don’t forget to respect the Constitution of Užupis… where

everyone has the right to make mistakes 

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 Participant institutions:

University of Akureyri (Iceland)

www.unak.is
Handelssokolen i Randers
(Denmark)
www.eaminerva.dk
Savonia Ammattikorkeakoulu
(Finland)
www.savonia.fi
Hogskilen i Hardstad (Norway)
www.hih.no

Hosting organization:

International School of Law and

Business (Lithuania)
www.ttvam.lt

Useful w e b s i t es:

www.ttvam.lt Hosting organization: International School of Law and Business

www.litrail.lt Lietuvos Gelezenkelliai (Lithuanian rail company)
www.inyourpocket.com/Lithuania guides “In your pocket”.

Info about the places we are going to visit:

www.vilnius.lt Municipality of Vilnius

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U%C5%BEupis Republic of Uzupis
www.trakai.lt Municipality of Trakai
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crimean_Karaites Karaite community in Trakai
www.kaunas.lt Municipality of Kaunas
www.llbm.lt Open Air Etnographic Museum in Rumsiskes
www.klaipeda.lt Municipality of Klaipeda
http://www.nhpfund.org/nominations/curonian_spit.html Curonian Spit
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nida,_Lithuania Town of Nida in the
Curonian Spit

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Brochure designed by Peliukas Mykoliukas

KAUNAS 2010