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Discover. Location Language P eople. Develop. Second religion (Basketball ) Education & Science Vilnius university. Enjoy. Food & drinks Cultur e: music, festivals UNESCO & Places to visit. Our Team . ...and . Lithuania. Area: 65 300 km 2 Population: 3, 39 million - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Discover
Develop
Enjoy
• Location• Language• People
• Food & drinks• Culture: music, festivals• UNESCO & Places to visit
• Second religion (Basketball)• Education & Science• Vilnius university
Our Team
...and
Area: 65 300 km2
Population: 3, 39 million
Language: Lithuanian
Currency: Litas (EUR 1 = LTL 3, 4528)
Capital: Vilnius
Lithuania
• The oldest living Indo-European language • Some phrases in Lithuanian:
Lithuanian language
Hello! [Laa-bas] Labas!
Cheers! [i: svei-kaa-ta] Į sveikatą!
Thank you! [A-chyoo] Ačiū!
I love you [Ash tave meeloo] Aš tave myliu
See you later! [iki] Iki!
• Famous players: o Saboniso Jasikevičiuso Kleiza
Basketball
Basketball
• European champions: 1937 1939 2003
• 2010 World Championship 3rd place
Basketball
Many victories = many celebrations
Food & Drinks
Blues festival
Rock nights festival
Mėnuo Juodaragis festival
UNESCO and tourism
• Vilnius Oldtown• Curonian Spit• Trakai Castle• Kernavė• Song celebrations
Vilnius oldtown
• Europe's greatest architectural styles• Built in medieval period
Curonian Spit
• Highest drifting sand dunes
Trakai Castle• Built in 1409• 200 lakes
Song celebrations
• Thousands of people
Vilnius University
• One of the oldest university in Eastern Europe• Largest in the country• 23 000 students
Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics
• The largest faculty• 2 super computers• MIFSA
… and the celebrations
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