Outdoor sights in Lithuania
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Nemunas Delta Regional Park
The soggy cluster of islands form a savage but serenely beautiful landscape protected since 1992 by the Nemunas Delta Regional Park. One-fifth of the park is water - which freezes most winters, exposing hardy residents to extreme weather conditions. Rusnė Island, the largest island, covers 48 sq km and increases in size by 15cm to 20cm a year.
Boat is the main form of transport, villagers being transported in and out of the park by an amphibious tractor from March to mid-May, when merciless spring floods plunge about 5% of the park under water. In 1994 flood waters rose to 1.5m in places, although 40cm to 70cm is the norm. Dike-protected polders (land reclaimed from the…
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Martynas Mažvydas Sculpture Park
In true Lithuanian style, Klaipėda is studded with great sculptures, including 120-odd from the late 1970s in the Martynas Mažvydas Sculpture Park and a monumental 3.5m one in granite of the geezer the park is named after - Martynas Mažvydas, author of the first book published in Lithuanian in 1547 - on Lietuvninkų aikštė.
Martynas Mažvydas Sculpture Park was a German cemetery in the 1820s.
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Botanical Park
Lush greenery and swans gliding on still lakes make Palanga's Botanical Park a haven of peace after the frenetic-paced beach and town centre. The 1-sq-km park includes a rose garden, 18km of footpaths and Birutė Hill (Birutēs kalnas), once a pagan shrine. A 19th-century chapel tops the hill. But the highlight of the park area is the Amber Museum which showcases 20,000-odd examples of Baltic gold.
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Vytautas Park
Vytautas Park occupies the slope up from the end of Laisvės alėja to the stadium, along which stretches the lovely Ažuolynas Park.
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Ramybės Park
South along Vytauto prospektas is Ramybės Park, home to the Old City Cemetery until the Soviets tore up all the graves in the 1960s.
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Trakai Historical National Park
Trakai is protected by the Trakai Historical National Park, spanning 80 sq km, since 1991.
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