• January 31, 2004
  • Posted by Marc

THE ESSENTIALS #28 - The Essentials of Vilnius City (Lithuania) by Meq

Essential Guide to Vilnius City (Lithuania) by Meq from Icu Productions


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/>what you should do first, is buy “vilnius in my pocket” just to find
everything easier ...

1. graff supplies. “nasa
skateshop” is in the city center and it’s the only real skate/graff/hiphop shop
in Vilnius. you can find paint, magazines, markers, caps there ... it’s in the
yard of gedimino ave.39 (main avenue of vilnius)

2. place to
see art.
Contemporary Arts Center (vokieciu str.) for sure. there are
some dope exhibitions of the modern art. you should check that for sure! it’s
near the city hall, so it shouldn’t be hard to find it.

3.
places to eat. there are few great places to eat here. my fav.
is “mano kavine” (in english it would sound “my cafe”). it’s also in the oldtown
of vilnius, boksto str. ... it’s kinnda hard to find it, but it’s worth i ! 
“cafe de paris” (didzioji str. 1) is also one dope cafe. you can hear some djs
play there from wednesday to saturday nights ... good atmosphere, good
people…

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4.
places to party. first if you want to find a good party, go to
www.ore.lt/kal.php and check for all
good lithuanian parties list and then choose one or go to one of the clubs here
in vilnius. there are only few good clubs here, it’s “gravity” (jasinskio str.)
and “intro” (maironio str.). both sometimes makes real shitty parties, so you
better check what music will they be playing that evening.

5.
place to stay. youth hostel in filaretu str. VERY cheap. you
have to live with more people in one room, but it’s the way to hook up with some
dope people, it’s interesting.

6. places to make
art.
the whole city. but watch out for cops, they will fine you hard if
you’re doing graff, but they’ll only tell you to remove your pasted poster or
sticker. in lithuania there is almost no street-art so they don’t fine you for
few posters or stickers.

7. places you must check
out.
of course the whole old-town, it’s very pretty place, very good
for street-art, good for partying and just for a walk to see what lithuanian
people are like.

cheers ! Meq from href="http://www.icuproductions.tk">Icu Productions