A New English Translation of the Constitution of the Republic of Užupis

with my love, after looking deep into the eyes of its mermaid

I was a brief resident of 1 Užupis g., the apartment above the Border Patrol of this delightful micro-republic.

view from my window of Vilnelė, the river that separates Užupis (“beyond the river”) from the rest of Vilnius, Lithuania

I loved everything about the place, especially the fact that the constitution is posted publicly in more…