Trakai Water Castle (2025)

Trakai is a town and the seat, but not the largest, of the Trakai District Municipality in Lithuania. Its typical, brightly painted wooden houses are particularly striking.
There are 200 lakes in the area. The town is famous for its ancient Trakai Castle, located on an island between Lake Galve, Lake Luka, and Lake Totoriskes.
Trakai Castle is a late medieval moated castle in Lithuania.
The first castle was built in the second half of the 14th century under Prince Kęstutis. In 1377, it was attacked by the Teutonic Knights. Among the castle's owners was Prince Gediminas, who used the castle in Trakai as his residence for a time before founding the new capital, Vilnius.
In short: definitely worth a trip, as is the entire Baltic States.