Things to do in Vilnius, Lithuania: Three-minute guide

Napoleon Bonaparte described Vilnius as the Jerusalem of the North.

• by Andrew Bain

New beat in the Baltic

With a song in his heart, Adrian Bridge revisits Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia 20 years after independence.

Search for Baltic roots

Angie Schiavone finds a family story in the turbulent history of mittel-Europe.

24 hours in Vilnius

Tim Richards enjoys the 'new Europe' in a pint-sized nation with ale, amber and a magic tile to wish upon.

If these walls could talk

Belinda Jackson enters the grisly monument where scores of Lithuanian freedom fighters lost their lives.