Creative guide, educator and author of colourful books. More than anything, she loves to tell stories and always finds someone to listen. Rūta Norkūnė leads interactive tours of Vilnius for children and adults, one of which she has put together in the book "Vilnius. Vija and Bear Go City Hopping.
Rūta Norkūnė was born in 1990 in Vilnius. She studied Lithuanian and Spanish philology at Vilnius University, but she considers education and city history as her great vocation. In her spare time, she reads books, draws, travels, cooks, and most of all enjoys going out with her curious curly-haired pet poodle, Freya, who also likes to call her by the name of Bear.