Lithuania on the Baltic Sea

Lithuania is the largest of the three Baltic States and it has a checkered history. Lithuania was once one of the largest states in Europe. It stretched from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Black Sea in the south. Everything about the currency, bells, national holidays and the Lithuanian language. Geographic, demographic information and Lithuania on the map.

Language in Lithuania

The capital of Lithuania is Vilnius and the official language is Lithuanian. In addition to Lithuanian, Polish, Russian and, occasionally, Belarusian are spoken in Lithuania. Lithuanian, together with Latvian and the extinct Prussian language, belongs to a unique language family, which is most closely related to Sanskrit. Lithuanian has a Latin spelling.
200 Litas banknote – Lithuania

Currency, money and payment in Lithuania

The national currency of Lithuania is the Litas (Lt). There are banknotes of 10, 20, 100, 200 and 500 Litas. The Litas is further subdivided into 100 centas (ct). Coins have a value of 5 Lt., 2 Lt, 1 Lt and 50 ct, 20 ct, 10 ct, 5 ct, 2 ct and 1 ct. The Litas has been pegged to the US Dollar since its introduction in 1993 and has since February 2002 a fixed exchange rate against the Euro (1 Euro = 3.45 Litas). Foreign money can easily be exchanged at banks (usually open between 8am and 6pm, later in the large shopping centres).
The introduction of the Euro in Lithuania was planned for 2007, but the European Commission decided that Lithuania was not ready for this, mainly because inflation exceeded the allowed limit by 0.1%. Lithuania still has the ambition to adopt the Euro, this time on January 1, 2015.

National holidays in Lithuania

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