Vilnius TV tower

Vilnius TV Tower is one of the tallest structures in Europe. It's 326.5 meters (1071 ft.) height. It has transmitters mounted inside and outside the tower to transmit radio, television signals and data for provision the internet and other services. TV Tower is also a place for leisure and entertainment. 





The Milky way restaurant

The upper level of TV Tower contains 80-person restaurant Paukščių takas (Milky Way), which is the observation deck with rotating floor. It's the only observation installed in Lithuania in such high level (165 m.) The observation deck makes one full rotate in 55 minutes. 

If the weather is fine, the panorama of Vilnius and its suburbs can be seen at a range of 50 kilometers. 
There are a lot of people who wish to see the panorama of Vilnius. Around 70-90 thousand tourists visit Milky Way every year. During the warm season, restaurant manages to receive from 600 to 700 guests in one day. The interesting thing is that more and more engagements and weddings are celebrated at the Milky Way. Other celebrations, meetings and other events are frequently arranged here as well. The Milky Way offers dishes of European cuisine and specialty dishes. You can have here a tasty lunch or dinner, or just have a cup of tea or coffee which can be a bit unusual and made of oak nuts. It's a great place if You want to enjoy the romantic atmosphere. 

Original projects

Lately the TV Tower of Vilnius has become a place of achieving personal records; it constantly attracts the attention of citizens of Vilnius and guests of the city implementation of  various projects:

On the occasion of the 37th European Basketball Championship taking place in Lithuania from August 31 till September 19th 2011, the basketball  hoop once time again was hung on the highest construction of the Country - the Vilnius TV Tower. The hoop was installed at the height of 170 meters. The diameter of the rim was 34.7 meters and its length was 109. The net of 40 meters high consisting of 2,560 glowing wires and 545 bulbs was attached to the rim. The last time till then the hoop was hung on 19th August 2006, on the first day of the World Men's Basketball Championship. The TV Tower became the largest lit basketball hoop.

On 18th March 2009 one of the most famous B.A.S.E. jumpers Cedric Dumond completed a jump with a parachute from the top of the TV Tower. 

On 6 July 2000 to commemorate the day of Independence of Lithuania the largest national flag was hung on the TV Tower. The weight of the flag was 80 kilograms and with ropes - 130 kilograms. The area of it was 1,215 sq. meters. 

http://www.tvbokstas.lt/