Let’s start with the traditional. Beautiful yellow stone is truly a symbol of the Baltic. Fossil resin of Scandinavian pines is also called Lithuanian gold. Sounds and looks beautiful. What only the Lithuanians do not do from amber! Gold jewelry with amber is expensive, but if you are set up to buy, look for shops away from tourist streets, and possibly away from Vilnius. In addition to gold jewelry on the windows of Lithuanian shops, you will find jewelry made of multi-colored amber. It is light, almost white, as well as dark, brown. Buy beads from different amber stones for your younger sister.

Flax for Lithuania is a historically traditional culture. It was cultivated on these lands even before our era. Songs and legends composed about him. The names derived from its name, male Linas and female Lina, are still popular.There are countless shops with linen products (clothes, tablecloths, aprons, kitchen napkins, bed linen, etc.) in Lithuania. On the main street of the old city of Vilnius Pilies, linen shops are found literally on every corner. Admittedly, flax prices are higher than we would like. But in general, spending money on a beautiful tablecloth made of organic material and summer lightest dress is not a pity at all, especially, in Lithuanian quality you can be one hundred percent sure.

Shakotis is a Lithuanian national cake of a strange shape, it looks like a stalagmite or a New Year’s tree. The word “shakotis” itself in Lithuanian means “branching.” It is prepared from egg dough on open fire. Lithuanians have a legend, but it is always told in different ways. The approximate plot is such that once during the Commonwealth, Queen Barbara arranged a reception, presumably in Trakai. And there was either a culinary competition, or one of the cooks just decided to give her a pie. The salt is that the cook accidentally turned out to have a cake in the form of stalagmite when he spilled the dough on a trochanter, which at that time was spinning over the fire. The dough did not freeze immediately, managed to drain slightly, forming bizarre “branches.” In general, the recipe was invented, and since then the shakotis has been adorning every Lithuanian festive table, especially at weddings. Shakotis is large, small, with a variety of additives such as chocolate glaze or with spices, but its shape is unchanged. Honestly, you can’t eat a lot of such cake pie, and the taste of shakotis is too… ordinary, or something. But in any case, it looks impressive, so the demand for it is great.