Lithuania National trivia you didn t know

Mondo Social Updated on 2024-01-31

1. Lithuania has implemented a "deposit return system" to strengthen the recovery of plastic containers, and customers have to pay 0A deposit of 1 euro, which is only refundable when the air container is returned. Two years after the implementation of the system, the ** rate of plastic containers has increased from 30% to 92%.

2. The historical Grand Duchy of Lithuania, with a territory of nearly 1 million square kilometers in the 14th century, was the largest country in Europe at that time, including present-day Lithuania, Belarus, Ukraine, Poland and part of Russia.

3. In the late 18th century, most of the Lithuanian lands were annexed by the Russian Empire, and after a brief period of independence after the end of World War I, it joined the Soviet Union in 1940 and became its republic.

4. There is a theme park in Lithuania where people can experience life in the original Soviet period. The park is built in a bunker six meters underground, where visitors are confiscated of their belongings, uniformly dressed in moldy clothes, learn to sing the national anthem of the Soviet Union, and undergo interrogations by the "KGB"...The reward for sticking around to the end is a glass of vodka.

5. The HBO TV series "Chernobyl" was filmed almost entirely in Lithuania. In order to reflect the sense of the times, the crew set the residential area in a miniature Soviet community built in 1986 in Novelis, and the nuclear power plant was set at the Ignalina nuclear power plant, which was built at the same time as Chernobyl.

6. The terrain of Lithuania is flat, only some hills in the east and west, the highest peak, Okustoyas Mountain, is only 294 meters, the landform is dominated by meadows, wheat fields and forests, and there are many altars that offer offerings to the gods during the period of polytheistic beliefs.

7. Located near 55 degrees north latitude, it belongs to a humid continental climate, with four distinct seasons, large interannual temperature variation, cool summer, very cold winter, the lowest can reach minus 40.

8. The white stork is the national bird of Lithuania, except for the wings, the whole body feathers are white, the beak and legs are red, the white stork often nests on the eaves, Lithuanians believe that the white stork nesting can bring harmony to the family.

9. Lithuania is a high-income economy assessed by the World Bank, with an average monthly salary of $1,200 and average personal assets of $50,000, and the cost of living is at a low level among EU countries.

10. 66% of Lithuania's electricity ** is dependent on foreign imports, mainly relying on Russia for power supply in the past, and in 2015 the grid was connected to Sweden, Poland and other EU countries, and vigorously developed renewable energy, reducing dependence on Russia.

11. Laser and biotechnology is a key scientific and technological field in Lithuania, and the femtosecond laser system developed by it has a market share of 80% in the world, and is widely used in molecular cancer**, biological research and nanotechnology and other fields.

12. Lithuania's road freight is very developed and has attracted much attention because of the order of a large number of trucks, and there are currently 100,000 truck drivers in the country, and about ninety percent of the drivers are engaged in international transportation, accounting for the highest proportion in the European Union.

13. Lithuanians eat rye bread and dairy products as the staple food, which is a typical Baltic eating style, and is also deeply influenced by the German diet, eating many pork and potato products, and the diet is generally oily, but the national obesity rate is very low.

14. In order to promote tourism, Lithuania has made a special magnet map, on which each city is represented by a beautiful landmark or mascot, and can only be bought in the corresponding city, which means that you have to run all over Lithuania to put together a complete map.

15. Kaunas, the second largest city in Lithuania, has a shopping mall that preserves an old house built in 1914, surrounded by new buildings without demolishing the old buildings, so that people can visit the local historical sites while visiting the mall.

17, There is a ghost bronze statue in the dock of Klaipeda, it wears a robe, a hood, no face, holds a lantern in one hand, and supports its body in the other, exuding a strange aura, and at a glance it really looks like a terrifying ghost.

18. The Hammer Museum in Lithuania has 1200 hammers on display, not only hammers used to hammer nails, but also cheese tester hammers, glass hammers, railway workers' hammers, pneumatic hammers, multi-purpose hammers....It is also one of only four registered hammer museums in the world.

19, Hill of Crosses near Siauliai, built after the anti-Russian uprising in Lithuania in 1831 and said to consist of 100,000 crosses, is really a creepy place at night.

20. The appearance of Lithuanians can be roughly divided into two types. One is the appearance of Eastern Europeans, with earthy yellow hair color, a strong figure and unrestrained facial features, and the other is more like Russians, with a white gold hair color, long eyelashes, and delicate and three-dimensional facial features.

21, Lithuania restricts the purchase of alcohol, you can't buy alcohol after 8 p.m. from Monday to Saturday, you can't buy alcohol after 3 p.m. on Sunday, September 1 is the legal day to buy alcohol, the purpose is to avoid young people drinking at night after **, so it is often seen that people rush to the supermarket to buy alcohol when it is close to 8 p.m.

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