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In 1989 it was announced that the geographic centre point of Europe is located in Lithuania, close to Vilnius. The area is recognised as a tourist site thanks to its beautiful landscape and the monument erected at the centre point location.
Meškonys and Paliepiukai, small villages of Vilnius region, have just a few dozen inhabitants. However, both are famous for the World Heritage Sites of outstanding universal value: triangulation chain points of Struvė Geodetic Arch.
Vilnius District Ethnographic Museum in Nemenčinė offers exhibitions, conferences, guided tours and more. What is more, they have the world's biggest written sign growing in the vicinity!
