Facts About Vilnius
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Vilnius is classified as a Gamma global city according to GaWC studies, and is known for the architecture in its Old Town, declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1994.
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The name of the city originates from the Vilnia River, from the Lithuanian for surge.
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Before the Magdeburg rights were granted to Vilnius in 1378, the city was overseen by the ruler’s vicegerents.
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Vilnius is one of the host cities for the 2020 FIFA Futsal World Cup.
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New-season of the web television series Stranger Things will be filmed in the now-empty Lukiškės Prison in 2020.
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Historical drama War & Peace was filmed in Vilnius by the BBC.
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The Population of Vilnius is 580,020 as of 2020.
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In the City Costs Barometer 2019, Vilnius was ranked as number one among the European capitals for offering the best value to visitors.
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The climate of Vilnius is considered as Humid Continental or Hemiboreal by Köppen climate classification.
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Vilnius is Lithuania’s major economic engine, ranks among the biggest Baltic financial centres and represents its country’s wealthiest region.
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The Capital of Lithuania is Vilnius.
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Vilnius is the major economic centre of Lithuania and one of the largest financial centres of the Baltic states.
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Vilnius is the starting point of the Vilnius-Kaunas-Klaipėda motorway that runs across Lithuania and connects the three major cities.
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Vilnius is twinned with: Aalborg, Denmark; Almaty, Kazakhstan; Brussels, Belgium; Budapest, Hungary; Chicago, United States; Chișinău, Moldova; Dnipro, Ukraine; Donetsk, Ukraine; Duisburg, Germany; Edinburgh, Scotland; Erfurt, Germany; Gdańsk, Poland; Guangzhou, China; Joensuu, Finland; Kyiv, Ukraine; Kochi, India; Kraków, Poland; Łódź, Poland; Madison, United States; Minsk, Belarus; Moscow, Russia; Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan; Oslo, Norway; Pavia, Italy; Piraeus, Greece; Reykjavík, Iceland; Saint Petersburg, Russia; Moscow, Russia; Salzburg, Austria; Stockholm, Sweden; Strasbourg, France; Taipei, Taiwan; Tallinn, Estonia; Tbilisi, Georgia & Warsaw, Poland.
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In 2017, Vilnius started the historically largest upgrade of its buses by purchasing 250 new low-floor buses.