Svencelė islands 128 Svencelė is probably the fastest developing modern settlement in Lithuania, and is special because its key element is water. Building houses near water channels, on artificially formed islands, is a novelty in Lithuania and there is no other place like it in our country.
People who live, holiday or work in Svencele during the summer season joke that they are all windswept, and some people who are fascinated by the place even say they have quit their jobs and changed their lifestyles to spend more time in this corner of the coast.
Even if she doesn't live here permanently, she says she can't live without Svencelle anymore. 128 "This place was a very unexpected discovery," says Edmundas Jakilaitis, a journalist who has been holidaying in Svencelė for a dozen years and returned to the seaside again this year. - We are used to holidaying here and it has become a family tradition. The weather in the Svencelė coast is very changeable, with wind, sun and water.
If you are into water sports, this is the ideal place to go kiteboarding and sailing without risking your life. This is especially true for those who are studying, because it is very shallow. You can walk 300-400 metres until you reach a water depth greater than your height.
That alone brings a lot of people here to kiteboard or windsurf." When Edmundas discovered Svencelė, a favourite with kitesurfers, it was just a meadow on the shore of the lagoon. No buildings for living or recreation. Therefore, the Jakilaitis family initially spent the night in tents or campers.
"Then container houses started to be built here, then they started to build this beautiful town, which became a Lithuanian Venice: a shoreline lined with many canals, there is nothing else like it in Lithuania. It is a place where the eye rests, where there is no more of the kind of waste that you can see somewhere along the seaside towards Palanga. But here everything is neat and tidy," the journalist shares his impressions. E. Jakilaitis, a TV producer who has crossed Lithuania and Europe by water with the National Expedition, points out that the Pomeranian region is exceptional not only in terms of its natural beauty, but also in terms of history.
Linas Songaila, a lawyer from Vilnius, who has bought a holiday home in the island village of Svencelė, invites his guests to arrive in winter, in mid-January. In Vilnius, the sun shines that day, but in the Pamari Islands, a blizzard greets you as you approach Svencelė. The village, covered in a thick blanket of snow, seems to be sleeping the sleep of winter.
If it weren't for the monotonous rumble of the excavator digging a canal nearby, it would be so quiet that you could hear the snowflakes falling. 49 In winter, there is only one other permanent resident in Svencelle. But the construction of the emerging town does not stop. And when the winter chill sets in, it's even better: no heavy machinery is thrown into the frozen ground, and the work moves forward apace.
In May, a small boat harbour is already planned to be opened here, where the resort's guests will be able to moor when they arrive. The port will be surrounded by a growing commercial infrastructure and more services for visiting kitesurfers and holidaymakers.
