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The tiny republic where visitors must smile
HERE’S THE INTERESTING PART
Most border crossings involve stern officers and aggressive baggage checks, but Vilnius’s bohemian breakaway republic operates with entirely different priorities. The Republic of Užupis, an unrecognized micro-nation of artists in Lithuania, requires visitors to smile to cross its whimsical border on April Fool's Day. If only real international diplomacy could be solved by a mandatory cheerful stamp and a local pint.
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