2025 in Lithuania

(land #39) visiting a Soviet nuclear weapons site
2025-06-20 23:59 // updated 2026-03-05 21:09

the Norwegian Dawn ship stopped at the port of Klaipėda, Lithuania on June 20:

took a "bus excursion" about 2 hours northeast of Klaipėda to:

  • Plateliai lake
  • Plokštine missile base
    • a former Soviet nuclear weapons site
    • located within the Cold War Museum

this trip-within-a-trip also had a Lithuanian midday meal with

  • cold, pink beet soup (šaltbarščiai)
  • potato dumplings (cepalinai)
  • Lithuanian beer (Šyvturys)

did not have too much time in Klaipėda but might look into the town another time

trip markers

  • 39th "country"
    • 28th "European country"
    • 26th "continental European country"
    • last (3rd) Baltic country
  • 1st time in Lithuania
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