Don't miss the chance to visit the impressive Church of St Matthew the Apostle and Evangelist and look out over the town and its surroundings from above. The towers of this neo-Gothic church, built in 1899–1909, can be seen from far away in Anykščiai. It is the tallest church in Lithuania, with towers a full 79 m high. You can climb to the observation deck 33 metres up one of the towers, from where you'll see the whole town of Anykščiai and its beautiful surroundings laid out before you. One of the highlights is the Šventoji river flowing right next to the church, the bridge across it and the dam a little further on. The deck was built in 2012 with European Union funding. As you climb the 186 steps to the deck, you can look around the impressive interior of the tower and admire its huge, unusually shaped windows. On the way, information boards on the walls describe and illustrate the history of the church and its towers. If you need a rest on the way up, there are benches on the intermediate landings. After looking out of the tower windows, you can make a wish and leave a coin in a special box in the middle of the deck. Coins of every kind, from the most distant countries, show that not only Lithuanians but also visitors from abroad love looking down on this wonderful Aukštaitija town. Before heading back down, glance down from the top of the stairs to get a sense of how high you've climbed. After your visit to the deck, don't forget to step inside the church itself. The three-nave interior, cross vaults, soaring white columns and an altar in a similar style create an extraordinary sense of rising upwards. There are plenty of other memorable works of art here too – the glass-block stained-glass window "St Matthew", a granite bust of Antanas Baranauskas, bishop and author of "Anykščių šilelis" ("The Forest of Anykščiai"), the most famous 19th-century Lithuanian poem, a bust of the Jesuit Konstantinas Sirvydas, compiler of the first Lithuanian dictionary, and a bas-relief of the priest and poet Klemensas Kairys. The churchyard also has many works of art.