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Dangers & annoyances
Vilnius is provincial compared to most other world capitals. That said, it definitely pays to be streetwise here. Avoid walking alone on dark streets at night, stash your wallet in a front pocket, and watch for pickpockets in Old Town and on buses linking the airport with town. Don't hop in a taxi direct from the street; ask your hotel or the restaurant/bar you are leaving to call one for you.
Resident beggars are notorious for hassling tourists on Pilies gatvė. If someone asks for money, give them a yellow pocket-sized card (free at the tourist office) with information in Lithuanian on how they can find help.
Unsavoury tap water (you should drink bottled), crammed trolley buses, minibuses that don't stop when hailed and snail-slow service in some restaurants are minor irritations.
While you're there
Medical services
Baltic-American Medical & Surgical Clinic (234 2020; www.bak.lt; Nemenčinės gatvė 54a; 24hr)
Euro vaistinė (270 4704; Gedimino prospektas 8; 8am-8pm Mon-Fri, 9am-8pm Sat, 10am-5pm Sun)
Gedimino vaistinė (261 0135; Gedimino prospektas 27; 24hr) Pharmacy.
Gintarine vaistinė (Geležinkelio gatvė 16; 7am-9pm Mon-Fri, 9am-6pm Sat & Sun) At the central hall of the train station.
Vilnius University Emergency Hospital(216 9140; Šiltnamių gatvė 29; 24hr)
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