Yellow plane - Vilnius, Lithuania

Lynx have a short tail, characteristic tufts of black hair on the tips of their ears, large, padded paws for walking on snow and long whiskers on the face. Under their neck, they have a ruff, which has black bars resembling a bow tie, although this is often not visible.

EUROPA stamp 2021 - "Endangered national wildlife"

 

Lufthansa Airbus A340-200 - Vilnius, Lithuania

The −200 is one of two initial versions of the A340; it has seating for 261 passengers in a three-class cabin layout with a range of 13,800 kilometers or seating for 240 passengers also in a three-class cabin layout for a range of 15,000 kilometers.

 

#56 GF - Vilnius, Lithuania

In Lithuania there is one of the oldest trees in Europe. The oak in Stalmujża is about 2000 years old and is considered a natural monument. Oak is the national tree of Lithuanians.

 

Air Baltic - Vilnius, Lithuania

Legally incorporated as AS Air Baltic Corporation, is the flag carrier of Latvia, with its head office on the grounds of Riga International Airport in Mārupe municipality near Riga.

 

Poppies by Ina Lukauskaite - Vilnius, Lithuania

Almost all species are found in the Northern Hemisphere, while in Australia and South Africa only one species grows wild - Papaver acuelatum.

The opium poppy seed (Papaver somniferum) is the raw material from which heroin, morphine, and opium are made.

 

View of Vilnius - Vilinus, Lithuania

Cold beet soup - cold soup based on boiled beetroot mixed with sour milk or sour cream (nowadays often replaced by kefir, yogurt, or buttermilk) with additives such as raw cucumber, dill, hard-boiled egg, and in the classic version - crayfish necks. A dish of Polish and Lithuanian cuisine.

Modern recipes do not add meat, meat, or fish to Lithuanian cold soup, but add radishes or chives as an addition.

 

#4 FOTW - Vilnius, Lithuania

In 1994 the Old Town of Vilnius was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List. 

There are 40 churches in Vilnius, the most impressive of which is the baroque church of St. Peter and Paul in Antokol containing over 2,000 sculptures and a chapel at Ostra Brama with the famous image of Our Lady of Ostra Brama.