Užupis Quiz: Vilnius's Artist Republic and Its Constitution

This Užupis quiz crosses the little river into Vilnius's self-declared republic of artists in Lithuania. Play 10 interactive questions on the name meaning beyond the river, the 1 April 1997 declaration, its constitution on mirrored plaques, articles about happiness and dogs, its flag and tiny army, the Angel of Užupis, its border sign and the artists who revived it.

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🎯 Daily Trivia Challenge • 🧠 10 Questions • ⏱️ 150 Seconds

Question 1 / 10 Time: 150s

City
Which city is Užupis in?
Name
What does Užupis mean?
Date
On which day was the republic declared in 1997?
Who
Who mainly founded the playful republic?
Constitution
Where can visitors read its constitution?
Dog
Which right does the constitution give a dog?
Happy
Which right do people have according to it?
Angel
Which statue is the district's symbol?
Army
About how big is its playful army?
Sign
What greets visitors at the bridge?

Explanations: answer key for all 10 questions

Q1: Which city is Užupis in?
Answer: Vilnius
It is Lithuania's capital.
Q2: What does Užupis mean?
Answer: Beyond the river
The Vilnia River separates it.
Q3: On which day was the republic declared in 1997?
Answer: 1 April
April Fools' Day suited the humor.
Q4: Who mainly founded the playful republic?
Answer: Artists and residents
The district had been run-down.
Q5: Where can visitors read its constitution?
Answer: On mirrored plaques on a wall
It is shown in many languages.
Q6: Which right does the constitution give a dog?
Answer: To be a dog
Its articles are witty.
Q7: Which right do people have according to it?
Answer: To be happy, and also unhappy
It celebrates freedom.
Q8: Which statue is the district's symbol?
Answer: The Angel of Užupis
It stands on a column.
Q9: About how big is its playful army?
Answer: About a dozen people
It is part of the joke.
Q10: What greets visitors at the bridge?
Answer: A border sign of the republic
Some joke about passports.

An Artists' Republic With a Playful Constitution

Užupis, whose name means beyond the river, is a district of Vilnius across the small Vilnia River. Once run-down, it attracted artists after Lithuania's independence. On 1 April 1997, residents declared it the Republic of Užupis, with its own flag, president and a joke army of about a dozen people.

Its constitution is displayed on mirrored plaques on a wall, translated into many languages. Its articles are witty and kind: everyone has the right to be happy and also to be unhappy, and a dog has the right to be a dog. Visitors stop to read them all.

A border sign greets people at the bridge, and the Angel of Užupis, a statue blowing a trumpet on a tall column, became the district's symbol in 2002. Studios, galleries and cafés fill its streets, and each 1 April the republic celebrates its independence day.

What This Quiz Teaches

Travel fans will enjoy these questions.

Where Užupis is
When it declared independence
What its constitution says
Which symbols it has
Who lives there

Did You Know?

A mermaid sculpture sits by the river.
Visitors can get a passport stamp on independence day.
Swings hang under the bridges for fun.
The district has a small art academy nearby.
Vilnius's old town is a UNESCO site.