Rija Domus Hotel, hotel Tirgoņu iela 9, Rīga, LV-1050 +371 67358254
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Radisson Blu Latvija Conference & Spa Hotel, hotel Elizabetes iela 55, Rīga, LV-1010 +371 67772222
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Baltic Beach Hotel & SPA, hotel Jūras iela 23/25, Jūrmala, LV-2015 +371 67771400
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Valmieras novada Tūrisma pārvalde, public authority Bruņinieku iela 1, Valmiera, LV-4201 +371 26332213
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Radisson Blu Ridzene Hotel semināru telpas, conference room Reimersa iela 1, Rīga, LV-1050 +371 67093333
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Rixwell Elefant Hotel semināru telpas, conference room Kalnciema iela 90, Rīga, LV-1046, Latvija +371 67225560
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Grand Hotel Kempinski Riga, hotel Aspazijas bulvāris 22, LV-1050, Rīga Latvija +371 6767 1111
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Rija Bauska Hotel , hotel Slimnīcas iela 7, Bauska, LV-3901, Latvija +371 29999272
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Bellevue Park Hotel Riga, hotel Slokas iela 1, Rīga, LV-1048 +371 67069000
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Le Dome, restaurant Miesnieku iela 4, Rīga, LV-1050 +371 25441551
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Find out about Vilnius in your Mobile Phone
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Starting from February, 2009 Vilnius Tourist Information Centre is taking part in the project Top10intheCity. Participating in this project provides a great possibility to spread the information about Vilnius virtually as well as in the mobile area. Theproject is dedica
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Skybar renovation at Reval Hotel Lietuva
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After six years of great success, the SkyBar, located on the 22nd floor of the Reval Hotel Lietuva, has been completely renovated. Come up and see the results! First unveiled together with the opening of Reval Hotel Lietuva in 2003...
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International Contemporary Dance Festival "New Baltic Dance’09"
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The International Contemporary Dance Festival “New Baltic Dance” during 10 years of existence became one of the main and most prestigious dance festivals in the North of Europe. In 1997 it gathered participants mostly from post-Soviet countries where contemporary da
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Ryanair Increases Number of Flights from Kaunas to the UK
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Ryanair brought the first passengers on the renewed flight Kaunas – Liverpool this summer. Ryanair Marketing executive for Nordic and Baltic market Laszlo Marozsi has no doubts that Liverpool is an important destination for Lithuanian travellers as over 300 hundred pe
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International Culture and Ecology Festival Birštonas Gryn Park
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On 3-5 April 2009, the first international festival of petit art forms BIRŠTONAS GRYN PARK will take place in Birštonas. The aim of this festival is to create a cultural landscape perfect for creating and living in...
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The VI International Baltic Jewellery Show "Amber Trip"
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“Amber Trip” is the major specialised jewellery exhibition in the Baltic States, a significant annual event for the whole jewellery society: professionals and designers, production organisers and practitioners, jewellery companies, and manufacturers of technological
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Nomination of the best SPAs in Lithuania
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Yesterday in Trakai the best Lithuanian SPAs were nominated and awarded. The judges of the competition awarded Amber SPA complex of the hotel Vanagupė in Palanga as the best project of the last year...
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Tallinn’s Tourism figures for December released
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In December 79 900 tourists stayed in Tallinn’s accommodation establishments (-10% or 8 500 less tourists compared with December 2007.) Eighty four per cent of accommodated visitors were foreign tourists. The number fell among both; foreign and domestic tourists...
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Birštonas was presented in Riga
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Lithuanian tourism opportunities were presented at the international tourism exhibition "Balttour’09" in Riga which lasted for three days (6–8 February). Focus was placed on the most important events which commenced this year...
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The Shrovetide (Užgavėnės) carnival
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The Shrovetide carnival is a traditional holiday, one of the merriest events in Lithuania. This year it is held on the 24th of February 17.00 on Town Hall Square. Shrovetide was first organized in Vilnius in 1995...
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Winter will conclude with Vilnius baroque frozen in ice
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On February 21-28, the City Hall Square in Vilnius will feature Icy Baroque. It is a glowing city of ice. It is four or five metre-high ice copies of the most spectacular baroque buildings of Vilnius. It is also magnificent visual projections and the whole bunch of the
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A quarter of million spectators watched the events of the European Capital of Culture in January
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More than a month passed since the day Vilnius and Linz (Austria) became the European Capitals of Culture. Ten projects of culture and art were organised in Vilnius during the first month of the year of the European Capital of Culture that attracted some 250,000 spectat
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Estonian chef competes in Bocuse d’Or
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On 27 and 28 January 2009 the SIRHA gastronomic trade fair was held in Lyon, France. Not only was Estonian food promoted at the event with chocolate truffles, liqueur and cheese, but an international contest for chefs was also held which saw the country represented by E
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Kaziukas Fair invites Vilnius citizens and tourists
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Each year on the first days of March, Vilnius Old Town streets are flooded with the uproar of weekend of Kaziukas. It is abound with the attendance of folk artisans and craftsmen...
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J. S. Bach Music Festival in Vilnius
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J.S.Bach Music Festival in Vilnius is an annual event celebrating artistic inspiration, providing the stage for exciting initiatives and featuring conceptually compelling programmes, with particular focus on the music of the great German composer...
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"Vilnius Heritage of Handicrafts" – reviving spirit of the capital's crafts
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Vilnius opens the project “Vilnius Heritage of Handicrafts” to revive its old handicraft tradition, including twelve educational events, a two-day Bartholomew Fair and publication “Handicrafts in Vilnius: Tradition and the Present”...
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Year of the Museum calendar full of events
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2009 has been designated Year of the Museum in Estonia, with the aim of promoting the country’s almost 250 museums and showcasing their role in the preservation of cultural heritage...
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Estonian chef to compete in Bocuse d’Or
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On 27 and 28 January 2009 the SIRHA gastronomic trade fair will be held in Lyon, France. Estonian food will be promoted at the event with chocolate truffles, liqueur and cheese, while an international contest for chefs will see the country represented by Egoist’s head
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Tallinn Light Festival Will Brighten January Up
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The capital of Estonia will be the seat of several cultural events in the framework of the Light Festival which will take place in Tallinn until 25 January 2009. The festival opened with turning on the lights in the light sculptures designed by the main guest of the fes
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Contemporary visual art, cinema and jazz will be presented in Vilnius
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January 2009 marks the start of large-scale project ARTscape, which will present the contemporary culture scenes of European countries. Helsinki became the first European Capital of Culture of the 21st century, therefore ARTscape not accidentally starts its program with
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Exclusively safe welcoming of the New Year in Vilnius
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Events of the Programmes of “Vilnius – European Capital of Culture 2009” and Commemoration of the Millennium of Lithuania’s Name attracted record numbers of people to the streets of the capital city on the New Year’s Eve...
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The center of European cultural life will be transferred to Vilnius and Linz
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On the morning of 1 January the city of Vilnius awoke having become the European Capital of Culture. This title which Lithuania was striving to achieve for more than five years while preparing for the country’s Millennium celebration will belong to Vilnius and Linz (A
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On the New Year‘s Eve the eyes of the world will be cast on Vilnius
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At midnight of the New Year’s Eve attention of the whole world will be drawn by the show of lights and fireworks illuminating the sky above Vilnius – the show will be broadcasted by almost 50 foreign TV companies, and more than 30 media representatives from 12 count
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Plungė will be crowned as the Lithuanian Capital of Culture 2009
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Next year, Plunge will inherit the title of the Lithuanian Capital of Culture from Zarasai. In the national competition Lithuanian Capital of Culture 2009 organised by Public Enterprise Vilnius – European Capital of Culture 2009, this Samogitian town outrivaled 16 cit
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Is there a way to preserve Lithuania’s historic opportunity in the times of economic crisis?
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In view of the country’s increasingly burdensome economic situation and of the need for budgetary savings, PI Vilnius - European Capital of Culture 2009 suggests revising the 2009 budget of the national programme “Vilnius - European Capital of Culture 2009" approved
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Staff of Vilnius service providers will learn hospitality
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Nearly five hundred taxi drivers, waiters, hotel staff and managers of service companies in the capital city started learning better customer service. They attend free-of-charge sessions offered by the hospitality project “Vilnius’09 Invites” of the National Progr
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Lithuania’s special 2009 to be perfused with light
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On the eve of 2009, Vilnius residents and visitors can witness the unique musical fiesta of dance, sound and light. On the occasion of the opening of the national programme “Vilnius – European Capital of Culture 2009” and Millennium of Lithuania events, the last n
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Lithuanian capital of culture 2009 contest kicks off
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All Lithuanian cities and towns can already file applications for the national contest Lithuanian Capital of Culture 2009. Plans are to allocate 300,000 litas to implement the best project, which will earn the title of Lithuanian Capital of Culture 2009. The contest...
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Vilnius – European Capital of Culture 2009 gains special attention in Riga
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On Friday, the 17th of October, PI Vilnius – European Capital of Culture 2009 delivered the sculpture of a White Angel to Latvian capital Riga as a gift inviting Latvians to visit the events of Vilnius – European Capital of Culture 2009. This event gained special at
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World Music Days in Vilnius to feature world-known celebrities
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On the 24th of October, Lithuania’s largest festival of contemporary music to date, World Music Days, will start in Vilnius. World Music Days 2008 is the first contemporary music event on this scale not only in Lithuania, but also in the Baltic States...
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Night-time song festival to mark Estonian independence holiday
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“Märkamisaeg” will be one of the main events marking the 90th anniversary of the Republic of Estonia. A night of song at Tallinn’s Song Festival Grounds between the 19th and 20th of August, it will celebrate the country’s regaining independence in 1991. The fes
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Events July/ August in Riga
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New in Lithuania – medical tourism
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Foreign tourists more often choose Lithuanian not only like a tourist destination. Being in Lithuania they can have a benefit: to combine tours around a beautiful country and to recover them. Nowadays there are different types of treatments such as amber therapy, amber
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Hanseatic Days in Estonian Towns
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Everyone is welcome to visit Hanseatic Days in Pärnu and Tartu, which offer the chance to enjoy Estonian culture through several centuries, in June and July this year.Pärnu Hanseatic Days are held from 27 to 28 June in the park behind the Tallinn Gate and on the Valli
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Culture night "Let There Be Night!" in Vilnius
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This midsummer night fiesta is a celebration of culture and art, of museums and music. Vilnius residents and guests are invited to a cultural nighttime visit of Vilnius, during which they will get dance lessons at night, watch movies under the stars, attend...
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The Residents of Ten European Cities Will be Able to Greet You in Lithuanian
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Hello, we have discovered you, now you should discover us” read 900 posters that appeared in the public transportation stops of Riga (Latvia), Tallinn (Estonia), Stockholm (Sweden), Oslo (Norway), Helsinki (Finland), Paris (France), Hamburg and Stuttgart...
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International music festival "Interest 2008"
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For the first time time in the festival we will introduce original and world-wide known performers from abroad who have not performed in Lithuania yet, as well as some unexpected ideas from Lithuanian musicians. Thus, we honeslty hope Interest 2008, the...
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Lithuanian Hot Air Balloon Championship
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The exclusive ballooning Event – 1st International Hot Air Airship championship and 16 Open Lithuanian Hot Air Balloon Championship will be held in Vilnius on 21-25 May, 2008. This will be the biggest balloon event in Lithuania and all the Baltic’s since 13th
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Great Cultural Events Can Be Enjoyed in Estonia in Summer
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This summer gives the opportunity to enjoy different cultural events and festivals with well-know Estonian musicians taking to the stage. Rabarock 2008 will take place in Järvakandi on 13 and 14 June. This year, the festival offers its guest a varied selection of Eston
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Ammende Villa hotel and restaurant wins international award
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The exclusive award was issued to Ammende Villa Hotel and Ammende Villa Restaurant on the 7th of April in Pärnu at a gala event by Thorsten Buehrmann, the founder and president of Seven Stars and Stripes, who travelled to Estonia especially for the occasion...