Utena, Lithuania · Europe
Visaginas sits on the route: 20 minutes from Zarasai, 36km from Aukštaitija National Park.
Visaginas is in Utena, Lithuania, with about 18,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Zarasai, about 19 km away.
Visaginas () is a city in northeastern Lithuania. It is the centre of Lithuania's youngest municipality, located on the north-eastern edge of the country. It was built as a town for workers engaged in the construction of the now decommissioned Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant. Visaginas is the only city in Lithuania whereRead more
the majority of the population speaks Russian as their first language. Originally the aerial view of Visaginas was designed to resemble a butterfly. However, after work on the nuclear power plant was cancelled, so was further construction of the town. Currently Visaginas consists of three residential regions that locals refer to as the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Microdistricts. Visaginas has 14 streets. The city grew up in a pine forest by Lake Visaginas. Tourism is currently an area of great potential, as is the possibility of a new nuclear power plant.
The administrative centre of Visaginas municipality is situated near the country's biggest lake, Drūkšiai. Its administrative boundaries are in the process of being defined. The Vilnius–Daugavpils (Latvia) railway runs alongside the city, providing convenient communication with those cities.
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Within an hour or so of Visaginas: Daugavpils Mark Rothko Art Centre (32 km), Aukštaitija National Park (36 km).
Visaginas is in Utena, Lithuania, about 19 km from Zarasai.
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museum
Original Rothko paintings hang in the arsenal of the vast 19th-century Daugavpils fortress: the abstract master's birthplace city. The only place in Eastern Europe to see his work, paired with contemporary exhibitions.
32 km · about 35 min drive
national park
Lithuania's oldest national park: 126 lakes threaded by quiet forest roads and wooden villages. The Ladakalnis hill viewpoint surveys six lakes at once: a classic slow-drive loop from Ignalina.
36 km · about 40 min drive
May to September
Far northern latitude: short daylight hours outside summer make long drives harder.
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