Harlem 2012 on May 17-20!

Harlem, Vilnius traditional jazz dance festival, for the seventh time in a row will happen on May 17-20 this year!

If you haven't had a chance to try it yourself yet, Harlem is:

• four hot social dance parties
• concerts of traditional jazz bands and orchestras from Lithuania and abroad
• three intense days of dance classes with the best instructors on the Planet
• Jack & Jill and Jazz Battle dance competitions
• shows of the world's best dancers
• the Lindy trip on Vilnius streets
• old good and new friends

There will be much more, so make sure you don't forget to follow the news at www.harlem.lt and Facebook:

See you on May 17-20 in Vilnius!

Accommodation

During the past HARLEM workshops we managed to find hosting at Vilnius lindyhoppers homes for most of our guests. If you need hosting, please mark that in your registration form.

There are many options for accomodation in Vilnius including youth hostels, guest houses, B&B and hotels. You can find more information about them here (at http://www.vilnius-tourism.lt/topic.php?tid=62&sid=75)

The map

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Transportation

International

Lithuania is situated near the Baltic Sea and has borders with Latvia, Belarus, Poland and Kaliningrad (Russian Federation). There are planes, trains, busses and ferries going to Lithuania. More so, most of the roads have been fixed during the past decade.

By plane

There are two main international airports in Lithuania: Vilnius International Airport www.vilnius-airport.lt and Kaunas International Airport (100 km away from Vilnius) www.kaunasair.lt. You might as well find it cheaper to fly to Riga International Airport, Latvia (300 km away from Vilnius) http://www.riga-airport.com. All the mentioned airports have connections to Vilnius city. Information about getting to and from the airport can be found in English on the websites of the airports.

You can buy most of the flight tickets to Lithuania online at www.greitai.lt, and to Riga at www.flysiesta.lv. There are also Ryanair flights going to Kaunas from the United Kingdom, Germany, Ireland and Belgium. These can be bought at www.ryanair.com.

By train

Information about domestic and international train connections can be found at www.litrail.lt

By bus

Information about domestic and international bus connections can be found at www.autobusubilietai.lt

By ferry

Lithuanian seaport is situated in Klaipėda (300 km away from Vilnius). There are connections from Klaipėda to Sweden and Germany. More information online at www.krantas.lt/lt/keltu_bilietai_/ You can as well take a ferry to Riga, Latvia (300 km away from Vilnius) that has a connection line to Stockholm, Sweden. More information online at www.tallinksilja.com

Transport in Vilnius

You can get a lot of useful information about public trasport, taxi, car rental, car parking in Vilnius here (at http://www.vilnius-tourism.lt/topic.php?tid=62&sid=76)

Vilnius trolley buses and buses start running at 5 in the morning and stop at midnight. For bus timetables visit www.vilniustransport.lt.

Tickets for trolley buses or buses costs 2 Litas (0,60 Euro) if bought at newspaper kiosks and tickets costs 2.50 Litas (0,70 Euro) if bought on the troleey/bus.

You can also buy a one-, three- or ten-day ticket at certain places i the city. You can find the list here (at http://www.vilnius-tourism.lt/topic.php?tid=62&sid=76&aid=459)

A trip on a minibus costs 3-4 Litas (1 Euro), and you pay to the driver. The minibus stops at request, at any place in the street. To save time, drivers stop at your request only, so, remember to tell the driver in advance where you want to get off.

The taxi fare is from 1.50 to 3 Litas (from 0.50 to 1 Euro) per kilometre in the city. Do not get surprised if you are charged a taxi fare (1 Euro) for getting on a taxi. It is cheaper and safer to call a taxi by telephone. You can find some taxi numbers here (at http://www.vilnius-tourism.lt/topic.php?tid=62&sid=76&aid=460&more=y)

Contacts

All gereral questions, including questions about performances:
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All questions about accomodation/hosting and visas:
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All questions about registration, levels and classes:
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+37067587176 (after 6pm)

All organizational questions:
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+37061571003