<h3>Can I do Scandanavia plus north Eastern Europe in 1 week?</h3>
I am planning a holiday in October on going to the following countries: Norway, Sweden, Finland, Lithuania and Poland
Is it possible to visit these places in within 7 days, or are there any specific countires that you think aren't really worth it?
<strong>Lithuania best answer:</strong>
<p><i>Answer by FT</i><br/>Taking into account the time needed to travel, seven days is a very short time. Sweden to Finland and then take the ferry to Tallinn in Estonia would be enough.</p>
<p><strong>Lithuania-Kaunas Ninth Fort Memorial</strong>
<img alt="Lithuania" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3278/2651584606_a4b70db351.jpg" width="400"/><br/>
<i>Image by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/91421035@N00/2651584606">Stellas mom</a></i>
Built at the end of the 19th century, the fort was the ninth in a series of forts constructed by the Russians to defend the western border of their empire. The Ninth Fort is a stronghold in the Lithuanian city of Kaunas. When the city was controlled by the Soviets, the stronghold was used as a prison and way-station for prisoners being transported to the Gulag. After the Nazis occupied the area, they used the fort as their place of execution for Jews, captured Soviets, and others. Jews from France, Austria and Germany were also brought to Kaunas and executed in the Ninth Fort. "We are 900 Frenchmen", Abraham Wechsler of Limoges inscribed in the wall immediately before his death. Today the mass burial place of the victims is a grass field, marked by a stark but frankly worded memorial in several language including both Yiddish and Hebrew – "This is the place where nazis and their assistants killed more than 30000 jews from Lithuania and other European countries". An impressive monument to commemorate the victims of Nazism was erected in 1984.
After the Second World War, the Soviets again used Ninth Fort as a prison for several years. It is now a museum.
More photos of this & rest of Lithuania at: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lithuania2008/sets/72157606057905456/">www.flickr.com/photos/lithuania2008/sets/72157606057905456/</a>
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