Jaunted

Vilnius Silliness

1/31/2006 at 9:16 AM
Tags: Europe, Travel Media (all tags)

Sometimes it is oh-so-very-hard to keep track of those pesky multinational organizations/watering holes. Here's what the NY Times recently reported about Vilnius' embrace of its past:

Gray Soviet-era buildings have been converted into sleek hotels, agitprop statues of Socialist workers have become Kodak moments for amused tourists, and trendy restaurants play off the borscht past. NATO, a bar in Vilnius, the capital, for example, was decorated with military hardware, while other bars played old Politburo conferences on their TV's.

Sounds great, except NATO bar has been closed for quite a while, according to a Jaunted tipster, who just so happened to write a travel guide to Vilnius:

There is no NATO bar in Vilnius. It closed about six years ago. There are also no bars that play old Politburo conferences on their TV's. If there were, I'd know about 'em. The article is half a decade out of date.

Which leads us to ask--is anyone clamoring for televised Politburo conferences at the neighborhood pub?

Hat Tip To Andrew

[Image via Shauna/Flickr]