• The Constitution wall on Paupio street shows the republic's 38 articles in many languages, including "A dog has the right to be a dog"
• Swing of Destiny hangs under the Užupis Bridge by the river, with the Užupis Mermaid close by, so start at the water
• Užupis Day on April 1 marks the republic's tongue-in-cheek independence, the day the angel statue went up in 2002

Užupis is the smallest district of Vilnius, a hilly artists' quarter across the Vilnelė River from the Old Town that declared itself an independent republic, half as a joke, in 1997.

Kids can find the trumpet-blowing Angel of Užupis in the main square, ride the Swing of Destiny under the Užupis Bridge, look for the Užupis Mermaid by the river, and wander the Užupis Art Incubator's changing open-air sculptures.