Images from Norway

Between the two world wars, when the capital of Lithuania, Vilnius, was annexed by Poland, Kaunas became the capital of Lithuania. This resulted in both a political and urban bombshell for the otherwise medium-sized reality. New public buildings were needed, a new population arrived with needs for modern architecture. Between 1919 and 1939, over 12.000 buildings in modernist style were built in Kaunas, and over 6.000 of them still exist today.

The beautiful Neoclassical building of the Radisson Blu Royal Astorija in the Old Town of Vilnius is currently undergoing a full renovation with the purpose of relaunching the hotel as the second Radisson Collection hotel in the Baltic countries.