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Vilnius: 10 fun things to know Here with us in Vilnius

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We have the world’s You can start
fastest public WiFi. a business here Nobel prize winner We have a
in three days. Czesław Miłosz monument dedicated
is a graduate of to rock musician

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Vilnius University. Frank Zappa (well,
why not?).
Russian writer
Fyodor Dostoyevski
lived in Vilnius
for a time.

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We are the
happiest capital

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in the European

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Union, according
to a European
Commission report.

Jascha Heifetz,
whom many
consider to be the
greatest violinist
The Užupis district of all time, grew
is a self-proclaimed up in Vilnius.
Unlike most capitals, Award-winning republic of artists with
you can fly over the French novelist its own constitution,
City Centre in a hot Romain Gary anthem, and president.
air balloon. was born here.
Getting online and Here with us in Vilnius

getting mobile

Mobile Broadband
€3–8

€10

Prepaid SIM cards with Prices for broadband start

plans for data, calls,
and SMS cost €3–8.
SIM cards are available
from all Narvesen and
Lietuvos Spauda news
kiosks, plus supermarkets.
at around €10/month, with
installation time taking up
to 2 days. You will need to
provide ID and proof of
address upon purchase.

Signing a contract for

monthly service is possible,
but requires a residence
permit and a €100 deposit.

Main mobile phone providers

You can find the fastest
Bitė
Ežys
broadband service provider
Labas in your district by using
Omnitel this link:
Pildyk
Tele 2 www.myplan.lt
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for that in Vilnius!

We’re a tech-friendly crowd in Vilnius, so we have
an app or a website for almost everything you need.

Food Social E-payments Accommodation Transport

www.en.aruodas.lt

www.domo.plius.lt
www.kurgyvenu.lt

Barbora Foodout Meetup Show around Paysera Worapay AllBikesNow CityBee Etaxi

Emergency
services
www.epolicija.lt
MealDeal LikeALocal* Mparking Mticket Spark

Taxify Uber UniPark

The telephone number www.traukiniobilietas.lt

for emergency services www.autobusubilietai.lt
(police/fire department/
ambulance) is 112.
Help us take
care of Vilnius

* Offline city guide & map.

** A crowdsourcing app used
for alerting the municipality
about issues in the city. Tvarkau Vilnių**
Getting around
Public transport
Buses and CycloCity bikes are
the most common forms of
public transport in Vilnius.
A CycloCity Vilnius account
can be added to your Vilnian
Card and will allow you to use
bikes all over the city for €20.
This can be done online at:
www.en.cyclocity.lt
You can check bus schedules on:
www.stops.lt
www.trafi.lt
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Taxis and ride-sharing
eTaksi Jazz Express
www.etaksi.lt www.jazzexpress.lt
For more convenient access
to public transport, obtain a UBER
Vilnian Card (“Vilniečio kortelė”)
– a prepaid travel card that can
be used on all public transport.
These can be bought at Taxify
supermarkets and newsstands.
Smart Taxi www.taxify.eu/cities/vilnius
www.smarttaxi.lt
Individual tickets can also be
bought for €1 and are valid for
an hour. 30-minute tickets
are offered at some locations
for €0.50.
CycloCity Vilnius cards are also
available at Vilnius Tourism
Information Centres. CycloCity
Short-term car rentals
bikes are only available during the for city trips
summer months of June-August. Spark
www.espark.lt/en
CityBee
www.citybee.lt
or by downloading
the Trafi app (made
in Vilnius!).
Registering a personal vehicle Here with us in Vilnius

Personal vehicle
Personal vehicles are registered Regitra also administers driving
by Regitra. Locations can be licence examinations. More
found here: information on obtaining a
licence and converting your
www.regitra.lt licence to be valid in the EU
can be found here:

www.regitra.lt/en/driving_
licences/driving_license_
info_/validity_exchange

Vehicles must pass a

technical inspection once
every two years (or upon
import into the EU). You
will need to:

1. Insure your vehicle.

2. Have Regitra carry out
a technical inspection
on the vehicle.
3. Register your ownership
of the vehicle.
Planes, trains, buses Here with us in Vilnius

Trains
An intercity train service
is offered by Lithuanian
State Railways („Lietuvos City Centre
geležinkeliai“). A trip to nearby
Kaunas costs around €6 one &
way and takes about one hour. Old Town
A trip to the Baltic Coast takes
about four hours.

Trains are comfortable, and Buses

some have coffee machines,
Vilnius Central Bus Station
WiFi, and convenient electrical
offers trips to other towns and
outlets. Tickets and schedules
cities in Lithuania, plus other
are available at the station or at:
destinations in Europe. Buses
www.traukiniobilietas.lt*
are comfortable, and those
used for long-distance and trips
abroad are fitted with bathroom
Planes and refreshment facilities. The
price to neighbouring Riga
Vilnius International Airport is costs around €30 return and
about a 10-minute drive south takes approximately four hours. from the
City Centre
of the City Centre. You can Tickets and schedules are
also get there by train from the available at the station or at:
Central Railway Station
www.autobusubilietai.lt
or by bus. Vilnius International
Airport is a gateway to more
than 50 destinations. Additional
flights are available from
Kaunas Airport, which is
about 1 hour away.
* For online purchases, a payment card
issued by a Lithuanian bank is needed
Finding a place to live Here with us in Vilnius

Property listings: Find out more

about them and Baltupiai

www.aruodas.lt
others here:
Baltupiai

www.domo.plius.lt www.kurgyvenu.lt

www.edomus.lt

Old Town Žvėrynas Naujamiestis

Historic, well-located,
easy to reach everything,
popular among international
residents.
Price: €€€
Very green, attractive
architecture, close to the
City Centre, popular among
international residents.
Price: €€€
Žirmūnai
Close to the Old Town,
good infrastructure, quite
popular among students.
Price: €€
Žirmūnai

Šeškinė Užupis Žirmūnai Šeškinė

Residential, a number of
shopping centres, quiet,
good infrastructure.
Žvėrynas
Antakalnis
Very artsy, close to the Old Good infrastructure, good
Town, calm, popular among facilities, popular among
international residents. families.

Price: € Price: €€€ Price: €€ Užupis

Žvėrynas
Baltupiai Senamiestis
Old Town
Antakalnis

Good infrastructure, Very quiet, very green. Naujamiestis

many green spaces, every Užupis
part of the city easily Price: €
reachable, popular among
international residents.
Price: €€
Naujamiestis
Get a job in Vilnius Here with us in Vilnius

Lithuania's most popular job sites: Recruitment agencies that

If you're a
work mainly with international
freelancer, you
www.cv.lt companies:
can find out more
www.cvonline.lt about shared
www.afr.lt working spaces
www.manpower.lt
International companies
already with us: www.s3i.strategicstaff.com Coffice

www.facebook.com/
www.investlithuania.com
cofficevilnius

MKIC
Get to know our startup
www.mkic.mb.vu.lt
community and see who's hiring:

www.startuplithuania.com
Vilnius Tech Park
www.vilniustechpark.com

Namas
www.menufabrikas.lt

NVO Avilys
www.nvoavilys.lt

Pakrantė
www.pakrante.eu

Rise Vilnius
www.thinkrise.com
Starting your business in Here with us in Vilnius

Vilnius

A guide on procedures, required documents, taxes, and days

everything else is provided by Enterprise Lithuania Starting a business in Vilnius
takes just three days. Here’s
what you need to do:

www.enterpriselithuania.com
STEP 1.
Open a bank account, which
costs €30, and takes one day.
Your bank card will arrive within
5 working days.

Banks operating in Lithuania

are listed here:

www.lb.lt/banks

STEP 2.
Have your company documents
notarised, which takes one day.
Find a notary here:
STEP 3. www.notarurumai.lt
Register your company at the
Center of Registers. They will
help you make your business
legally recognised by the state,
which takes three days.

www.registrucentras.lt
Registering as a resident Here with us in Vilnius

(EU citizen)

If you are an EU citizen and are planning to stay here for more
than 3 months, you need to register and get a residence permit
at the Migration Centre.
The Migration Centre is located
at 100 Naugarduko g.
www.goo.gl/maps/3WbQCbvg9PT2
Remember:
Bring at least 3 copies of everything.
If you are renting, you will need to have your landlord
write a letter of confirmation and have it notarised.
Alternatively, you can bring her or him to the
Migration Centre to sign your residence permit.
Your residence permit application takes up to 10
days to process. Your residence permit will be valid
for 3 years, when approved.

You will need to bring:

Your passport
Your work contract with a
Lithuania-based company or see
migracija.lt for other options
Three copies of your residence
permit application forms*
Proof of your place of residence

* www.migracija.lt
Registering for the EU Blue Here with us in Vilnius

Card (non-EU citizen)

If you are not an EU citizen, you need to register at the

Migration Centre at 100 Naugarduko g.* to take up residence
in Lithuania. Remember:
Bring at least 3 copies of everything.
If you are renting, you will need to
have your landlord write a letter of
confirmation and have it notarised.
Alternatively, you can bring her or
him to the Migration Centre to sign
 To apply for an “EU Blue Card”,** your residence permit.
Your residence permit application
you will need to bring: takes up to 10 days to process. Your
residence permit will be valid for 3
years, when approved.

Passport
A passport-sized photo
Note:
 our Schengen visa or other proof of
Y Visas for startup founders are
permission to be in Lithuania currently being approved by the
Police clearance from your country of origin Lithuanian government. They will
University degree certificate come into effect in 2017.
Work contract with a Lithuanian company
3 copies of your migration application forms
Proof of your place of residence
Note:
Step-by-step guides for other
circumstances regarding residence
* www.goo.gl/maps/3WbQCbvg9PT2 permits can be found here:
** More information here: www.eubluecard.lt www.migracija.lt
Meeting up in Vilnius Here with us in Vilnius

Find friends and Attend conferences

join communities and meetings
Code 4 Vilnius International Women's Forum One Login
Association of Vilnius
www.facebook.com/ www.facebook.com/ www.login.lt
code4vilnius www.iwavilnius.com forumone.co

TEDxVilnius #Switch
Creative Mornings Vilnius Product Tank Vilnius Vilnius Language Exchange
www.tedxvilnius.com www.switchit.lt
www.facebook.com/ www.meetup.com/ www.meetup.com/
creativemorningsvilnius ProductTank-Vilnius Vilnius-Language-
Exchange

Host your conference

Internations Vilnius JUG
(Java community)
Vilnius Rotary Club
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www.internations.org www.virc.lt
www.vilnius-jug.lt
Vilnius offers around 100 different venues
suitable for conventions, events, and
meetings of various sizes. The Go Vilnius
Convention Bureau can help you choose
the one that is right for you. The most
popular locations include:

Lithuanian Exhibition and Palace of the Grand Dukes Radisson Blu Lietuva
Congress Centre LITEXPO of Lithuania

LITEXPO Palace of the Grand Radisson Blu Lietuva

Dukes of Lithuania

Further venues can be found For more information, please

with the Go Vilnius Convention send your message to:
Bureau event finder:
www.vilnius-convention.lt convention@vilnius.lt
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Vilnius hosts the Baltic Pride

The LGBT community in Vilnius celebration every three years,
continues to grow, and more sharing the honour with the
LGBT-friendly events take other two Baltic capitals. Each
place in the city each year. year the Vilnius LGBT festival
“Kreivės” brings people together
for film screenings and other
cultural events. SOHO club
hosts popular weekend parties
and brings in international
LGBT-friendly stars.

50 businesses
The "Friendly Vilnius" project
now features over 50 businesses
that have declared themselves
LGBT-friendly. They also
aspire to be friendly in other
ways, including categories
for wheelchair access,
speaking multiple languages,
accommodating various
dietary needs and more.
Find more information at:

www.friendlyvilnius.com
Leisure in Vilnius Here with us in Vilnius

Entertainment Sports
Go Vilnius Events lists
current and upcoming events
venues activities
in the city on Facebook at Go
Vilnius Events, or:
Theatres Canoes Wake parks Skate parks
Domino Adrenalin wake park Baltasis tiltas skatepark*
www.vilnius-tourism.lt
Jaunimo Splash wake park Pilaitės skatepark**
www.vilnius-events.lt
Keistuolių Wake Republic 55 S. Stanevičiaus Street***
Mažasis teatas WakeWay 152 Architektų Street****
Menų spaustuvė Beaches
Event tickets can be Nacionalinis dramos teatras Green Lakes (Žalieji ežerai)
booked on: OKT Valakampiai Beach
Žirmūnai Beach

www.bilietai.lt Cinemas
Marathons
Forum Cinemas Akropolis
www.bilietupasaulis.lt NIKE moterų bėgimas
Forum Cinemas Vingis
www.tiketa.lt Multikino NIKE WE RUN
Pasaka Vilniaus maratonas
Skalvija
“Tasty Vilnius” has drawn
Cycling competitions
two culinary maps of the
Concerts Baltic Chain Tour
city’s best restaurants – you
Compensa Velomarathon
can download them here: Kongresų rūmai
(Vilnius Symphony)
Lithuanian National Skiing and snowboarding
www.vmgvilnius.lt Philharmonic Liepkalnis
Loftas
Operos ir baleto teatras
(Opera and Ballet)
English-language media Gyms
Siemens Arena
for Vilnius' international Forum Fitness * Across the White Bridge, opposite the CUP
community: www.forumfitness.lt shopping centre
Night clubs
** Įsruties Street
Matérialiste Impuls
Mojito Nights *** Baltupai district
www.baltictimes.com www.impuls.lt
Mojo  **** Karoliniškės district
www.en.delfi.lt Opium
Pabo Latino Lemon Gym
www.vilnius.lt SOHO www.lemongym.lt
Social security and Here with us in Vilnius

health care

Social security SoDra takes care of the Lithuanian Health insurance

retirement pension system and
ensures that anyone who loses all
SoDra or part of their ability to work is
compensated. Everyone who works
with a work contract in Lithuania
is automatically insured by SoDra.
Freelancers are required to make VLK
payments to SoDra themselves.

The VLK is the Lithuanian state

health insurance company,
and is there to help you when
you need to see a doctor.
Every person with a work
contract in Lithuania is insured
automatically by SoDra, which
transfers all your personal
information to the VLK and
ensures you appear in its
system. As a result, most
health services are free of
charge under this national
health insurance.

If you are covered by SoDra,

public healthcare treatment is
free, but medicines need to be
paid for. Under circumstances
such as allergies and disability,
they are covered by the state.

Laisvės Prospektas 28 www.sodra.lt (available only in Lithuanian) Ž. Liauksmino g. 6 www.vilniaustlk.lt

+370 5 250 0883 +370 5 266 1364

Social security and Here with us in Vilnius

health care

If your condition
is urgent, call the
emergency number 112 Most institutions take
or go to any of appointments through
the online system:
these hospitals:
www.sergu.lt

Public Private These private healthcare

healthcare healthcare institutions provide
services in English:
institutions institutions
www.vilniaustlk.lt* www.medicina.lt

VšĮ Vilniaus miesto Respublikinė Vilniaus VšĮ Antakalnio poliklinika** Baltijos Amerikos Klinika Northway
klinikinė ligoninė universitetinė ligoninė
www.bak.lt www.nmc.lt

Antakalnio g. 57 Šiltnamių g. 29 Antakalnio g. 59

(8 5) 234 45 19 (8 5) 216 9140 (8 5) 234 2515 Kardiolita St. Christopher's dental clinic

www.vmkl.lt www.rvul.lt www.antakpol.lt www.kardiolita.lt www.kristoforoklinika.lt

* Not all offer

Santariškės Centro poliklinika** Medicinos diagnostikos centras
services in English.
** Most of the services www.medcentras.lt
are offered in
Santariškių g. 2 Pylimo g. 3 either Lithuanian,
English, Russian,
(8 5) 236 5000 (8 5) 244 2244 Polish, or German.

www.santa.lt www.pylimas.lt
Private schools and Here with us in Vilnius

kindergartens*

Kindergartens Prices of private Schools

kindergartens
range between Some examples
€165-€420/month. of international
Some examples of private private schools:
kindergartens offering care in
languages other than Lithuanian: American International
School in Vilnius (AISV):

English
Antano Mockaus Vilnius Montessori Lycée international
Asociacija: pre-school: français de Vilnius:
International Meridian
Russian English French School (VIMS):
Polish Lithuanian

€100
English Sniego Liūtas: Saulės gojus:
English
German Russian English
Turkish
German

French Lycée international français

de Vilnius:
The municipality provides
French
a €100/month subsidy for
each child to families that
choose to send their child Marina Mižigurskaya
to a private kindergarten. private gymnasium:

Lithuanian

Russian

Polish

Vilnius International
School (VIS):

English

* It takes one month to enrol your child in a private school or kindergarten.

Talk to us
at Go Vilnius.

Drop us a line. We’d

be happy to talk and
help get you settled
in Vilnius. Go Vilnius www.govilnius.lt go@vilnius.lt