Vilnius skylines and views
- from the Belfry, Gediminas Castle and Mindaugo Bridge

The skyline of Vilnius, that can be seen from the top of the historic Gediminas Tower and the hill where the Upper Castle is, is pretty interesting. That is because of the intact old town with it's beautiful church towers, the two rivers (Neris and Vilnia), the Lower Castle, the beautiful parks and the modern skyline with the 129m tall Europe Tower that dominates it, as well as the 329m tall Vilnius TV Tower from 1980, that is the 2nd tallest freestanding tower in the Baltic countries. Among all this beauty you can see many grey highrises and rundown buildings from the Soviet times. The modern skyline, part of the Snipiskes district just opposite Neris River from the Old Town, was created as late as in 2004, while the ancient skyline derives from more then 800 years back. The 33-storey office scraper Europe Tower from 2004 is Lithania's tallest skyscraper (153m to the mast, 129m to the roof). Before 2004, the 23-storey Hotel Lietuva (now Radisson Lietuva) was Lithania's tallest highrise buildings ever since 1980. The second tallest building today, the 27-storey Helios City Tower 1 from 2006, is not situated in the main cluster, but in another modern highrise cluster, just to the West of the city center.