B Haus

Since I’m sweets addict, I’m always looking for new places where I would be able to satisfy that addiction. My newest find – small bakery/cafeteria “B haus”, situated in the middle of Totorių street. Chocolate  croissants are simply unforgettable!

B haus offers variety of home made bakery goods and also coffee. Really worth coming if you find yourself in the city centre J

B Haus

B Haus webpage and another one

Totorių str. 7

Bambalynė

If you are in Lithuania you already heard that phrase at least one time  - „in Lithuania there are two religions – bear and basketball – everybody drinks beer and everybody knos how to play basketball“, so where to look for good local beer? While in most pubs you can find only most popular beer brands like Švyturys, Kalnapilis, Utenos, there are few places you can try small breweries’ beer (in Lithuania beer is probably most popular drink and there’s about 70 small breweries and abou 10 bigger ones ) and one of them is situated just few steps from town hall. Bambalynė is beer basement which offers some snacks and also variety of local beers – about 50 different kinds of beer (it was counted that in Lithuania there are about 300 kinds of local beer). Cozy atmosphere, friendly staff and no mobile connection gives perfect chance to enjoy that. Also it is possible to buy some bottles – perfect gift for friends or family members at home.

Bambalynė also offers degustations – price is 40 lt (about 13 euro) for person. Degustation contains stories about chosen beer, snacks – fried bread, smoked Lithuanian meat, cheese and so.

Bambalynė (name is not fully translatable to english, but bambalis is russ-ianian phrase for plasti bottle containing alcoholic bewerages, usually 1 liter and alus means beer, so Bambalynė – plane where you can fiind beer in bigger than usual 0,33 liter bottle)

Stiklių str. 7

http://www.bambalyne.lt/?page_id=11

Church of St. Johns (lt. Jonų bažnyčia)

One of most interesting churches in Vilnius  (in tourist map i counted 31 church ) as it belongs not to the church as it is understood in Christianity, but to Vilnius university. Built in 1426 m, after baptism of Lithuania.

After Vilnius university’s beginning as Jesuit academy church was used mainly by proffesors, students, also as space for debates, defending theses, place to meet visiting kings. Nowadays all Vilnius university students gets their diplomas there, church also used as a place for some concerts.

In September 5^th of 1993 church was visited by then pope Jonas Paulius II.

Vilnius bishopric once wanted St. Johns church to belong to them, but didn’t succeed . Almost all the time during it’s history church belonged to university and after regaining independence it was returned to Vilnius university. Nowadays church’s events are organized by Vilnius university and rectors of church.

In summer of 2011 church tower was opened for tourists and now it’s possible to climb to 45 meters height and get wonderful view of all old town.  Inside tower you will also see Foucault's Pendulum, a device to demonstrate the rotation of the Earth (it’s the only one such device in Lithuania).

St John the Evangelista and St John the Baptist church (Jonų bažnyčia)

Šv. Jono st. 12

Open 10 – 17 every day

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Cukatos

Like coffee and homemade sweets? There’s a perfect place just for you (and me J ). Cukatos is small cozy coffee in the city center that offers variety of pies and coffees. Maybe lack of space and piles of pillows gives the sense that you are at home, sitting on soft couch, reading good book and enjoying warm pie and cup of coffee.

Cafeteria “Cukatos “ also offers free wireless internet, some books to read and possibility to order sweets. Don’t forget to try carrot pie – taste is unforgettable J

P.S. Just next door to “Cukatos” is second hand shop “Humana” which is the only second-hand shop in the city which has basement dedicated to original vintage clothes. Definitely worth sticking nose if you like that.


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