Uploaded January 2022 | Updated September 2026, 3 hours ago
Aukštaitija National Park is a national park in north-eastern Lithuania, about 100 km north of Vilnius. Established in 1974, it is the oldest of the five national parks in Lithuania. More than 70 percent of its area is covered by woods ; some threes are 200 years old. One hundred and twenty-six lakes are scattered between the woods and hills. There are 116 villages in the park with about 2300 residents in total. Random findings show that the area was inhabited about 11,000 years ago. The first villages are mentioned in the 14th century. Stripeikiai is the oldest village in the park, now known for its unique Lithuanian Museum of Ancient Beekeeping. The church in Palūšė , built in 1750, is thought to be the oldest surviving wooden church in Lithuania .
We visited Lithuania on our overland trip by car (a Toyota LandCruiser 4WD campervan) from the Netherlands to the Nordic countries in Europe; see our channel youtube.com/user/JanvanBekkum for hundreds of clips. More clips of Lithuania can be found here: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMYlw_C7EP8JhuIsv9sIoOrTkKtkCIcrw.
Music and/or sound effects:
'Easy Lemon' by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com).
Software used to create this video includes:
- iZotope post production software (izotope.com/)
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Aukštaitija National Park is a national park in north-eastern Lithuania, about 100 km north of Vilnius. Established in 1974, it is the oldest of the five national parks in Lithuania. More than 70 percent of its area is covered by woods ; some threes are 200 years old. One hundred and twenty-six lakes are scattered between the woods and hills. There are 116 villages in the park with about 2300 residents in total. Random findings show that the area was inhabited about 11,000 years ago. The first villages are mentioned in the 14th century. Stripeikiai is the oldest village in the park, now known for its unique Lithuanian Museum of Ancient Beekeeping. The church in Palūšė , built in 1750, is thought to be the oldest surviving wooden church in Lithuania .
We visited Lithuania on our overland trip by car (a Toyota LandCruiser 4WD campervan) from the Netherlands to the Nordic countries in Europe; see our channel youtube.com/user/JanvanBekkum for hundreds of clips. More clips of Lithuania can be found here: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMYlw_C7EP8JhuIsv9sIoOrTkKtkCIcrw.
Music and/or sound effects:
'Easy Lemon' by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com).
Software used to create this video includes:
- iZotope post production software (izotope.com/)
- Vegasaur toolkit (vegasaur.com/)
