Among best locations to live

The two reasons Lithuania is such a nice place to do business are: it is easy to reach by plane (1-2 hours)  from any European country and it is a terribly nice place to live: it is pretty and enjoyable; it has a benign sense of a strong national identity; it’s full of people who are lively and healthy and diligent; and it has a culture that is familiar to you whether you’re Russian or American or Danish.

Lithuania offers a comfortable space for a family from abroad to enjoy life with easy access to all sorts of social services. Lithuanian universities welcome foreign students eager to enrich their knowledge. Furthermore, private healthcare services are available to Lithuania’s visitors in all cities and towns.

In the International Living 2011 Quality of Life Index, Lithuania was ranked 36th in the world based on nine different criteria: the cost of living, culture and leisure, economy, environment, freedom, health, infrastructure, safety, risk, and climate. Lithuania was also listed among 43 countries with very high human development in the Human Development Report 2011 released by the United Nations.

Lithuania offers a comfortable space for a family from abroad to enjoy life with easy access to all sorts of social services and highest-quality necessity goods:

• University education in 5 largest cities
• Secondary education in international schools in largest cities
• World-class treatment and healthcare services in public hospitals and private clinics in all cities and towns by multilingual professionals doing internships in Western European countries (more than 13 thous. doctors, 400 doctors for 100,000 inhabitants)
• Ecologic production – Lithuanians cherish their ancestors’ tradition to produce or grow a lot of daily-consumption products by themselves, even in cities. Lithuanians’ healthy and natural lifestyle is deeply encrypted in their blood.

Cultural life

A large variety of festivals take place during the year in major cities and resorts. These include classical and jazz music festivals, folk, and theatre and film festivals. Music and theatre performances have always been world-class in Lithuania. Foreign theatre groups, opera and ballet companies, and popular music groups include Lithuania in their world touring schedules as well.

Unique nature

5 national parks, and 30 regional parks filled with virgin forests and unspoilt marshlands, are found in Lithuania. They are inhabited by protected wild animals and rare birds.

Lithuania has 22,000 rivers and rivulets and over 3,000 beautiful lakes. There are plenty of opportunities to learn more about Lithuania and its lovely, unspoiled countryside. Relaxing in countryside tourism homesteads by a tranquil lake is one of the options.

Various SPA centers in Lithuania provide high quality beauty and medical treatments for a reasonable price. Ancient traditional methods of treatment are combined with modern technologies. For example, Druskininkai is one of Lithuania’s oldest resorts. This type of relaxation is popular not only among Lithuanians, but also among foreign tourists – Russians, Poles, and Germans.

Also, there are four ski resorts in Lithuania. The newest and the most modern Druskininkai Snow Arena is the only winter activities complex in the Baltic countries open for skiers and snowboarders all year round. The overall length of the slopes in the Arena is more than 2 kilometres. All ski resorts rent equipment and use modern funiculars and are popular among tourists from Poland, Russia and other countries. Tennis players are welcome to enjoy the game in modern indoor and open tennis courts in Lithuania, and golf lovers may choose from 5 outdoor golf courses, of a total length of more than 110 kilometres.