In the warm and bright season, the sky is much less often decorated with multi-colored fiery fireworks, and the summer alternative to them is refreshing and eye-pleasing fountains. Travel to Lithuania portal pamatykLietuvoje.lt and the Association of Lithuanian Tourism Information Centers (LTICA), which unites 45 Lithuanian tourism information centers, invite you to learn more about the fountains scattered all over the country, to visit them during your travels around Lithuania and to choose the most beautiful one.
In the beginning, having only a very simple and only function - to conveniently serve water for use - in the long run, fountains turned into a favorite element of architecture and decoration in mansions, parks and city squares. With the advent of water pumps, fountains shot to new heights. For example, the world's highest fountain located in Saudi Arabia waters shoots up to a height of 260 meters! Meanwhile, the height of the highest fountain in Lithuania, Zaras Lake, reaches 30 meters. Modern technologies have turned fountains into special works of art combining water dance, lights, and music. According to the company that designs and installs fountains in Lithuania UAB "Poolservice. Lt" director Mantvydas Šakalys - "currently efforts are being made to modify the fountains in such a way that the observer can control them himself and receive feedback, rather than being observed". Such interactive fountains are already operating in Vilnius Lukiškiai square, Palanga, Elektrėnai, and soon Kaunas and Raseiniai will be decorated with new interactive fountains. Interactive projections on the water will be used in the already installed fountain in Raseiniai. This will be the first fountain of this type in Lithuania, which is planned to be opened already this August.
The first fountains in Lithuania were installed during the Renaissance in Verkii and Palanga manors. Many of them appeared in various urban spaces during the Soviet era. And recently, fountains have again become a fashionable element of urban architecture and an attraction for both their residents and guests. "A fountain is a symbol of well-being, so it is natural that as the quality of life increases, the number of fountains in Lithuania increases," says M. Šakalys. Currently, more than 100 of the most interesting fountains operating in various public spaces of Lithuania are marked on the tourism map of the travel portal pamatykLietuvoje.lt. There are many more fountains in Lithuania, so the map continues to be filled.
We invite you to familiarize yourself with several unique fountains in Lithuania:
Whirlpool fountain in Butrimony
The whirling fountain became the main highlight of the reconstructed Butrimoniai city square this year. It is the only one of its kind in Lithuania: in the shape of an acrylic flask, inside there is a huge whirlpool of water. Water flows through the wall of the fountain, which creates a unique sight.
Lukiškės square interactive fountain
The uniqueness of the interactive fountain, which has no analogues in the Baltic countries, is that the area of the fountain is monitored by special cameras that activate water currents according to human movements or the direction of movement.
Fountain "Family shower"
Another very popular and photogenic fountain in Vilnius with its unique appearance. It has become a favorite pastime and a place to refresh not only for its small visitors.
Fountain in Lake Zaras
The highest fountain in Lithuania. The height of its stream reaches 30 m.
Fountain of the National Opera and Ballet Theatre
The largest fountain in terms of its surface area, which was opened just a few weeks ago after reconstruction.
Palanga musical fountain
Palanga Jūratė st. the existing light and music fountain is special in that the choreography of water currents and lights changes according to the music playing in real time, and not according to a predetermined operation algorithm. Therefore, "hitting the beat" is absolute. This is the only such fountain in Lithuania.
Fountains fulfilling the wishes of visitors
Perhaps the most famous and most visited musical fountain, the melody of which can be ordered by the visitors themselves, is located in Druskininkai. By sending an SMS message, you can also order the desired melody and fountain dance according to it in Kupiškis, Palanga, Utena, Telšiai.
Dancing fountains
In addition to the aforementioned fountains that fulfill the wishes of visitors, the fountains in Radviliški, the Šakiai carillon, the musical fountain in Ančias lake in Veisiejai, the fountain in Ludvinav are distinguished by their impressive sound, light and water dance installations.
Election of the most beautiful fountain in Lithuania
The Lithuanian travel portal pamatykLietuvoje.lt, together with the Association of Lithuanian Tourism Information Centers, has selected 35 fountains from the entire list of Lithuanian fountains, which they think are the most worthy to compete for the title of the most beautiful, and invite you to vote. The list of the most beautiful fountains participating in the election and the link to the electronic voting form can be found at https://www.pamatyklietuvoje.lt/fontanai.
The elections will be held throughout the month of August, and after counting the votes, the most beautiful fountain in Lithuania will be announced on the last day of this summer.
