Is LITHUANIA Still GOOD VALUE in 2024?
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- Is Lithuania Still GOOD VALUE in 2024?
Join me as we delve into the cost of living in Lithuania in 2024
We check out foods, transport, accommodation, eating out, markets and supermarkets, to see if prices are still attractive in Lithuania
Shot in Vilnius, we get a good idea of what living and vacationing in Bulgaria could cost.
If you enjoy adventure videos from the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, then grab your vodka, some zakusky and join me as we investigate current prices of everyday goods and services in Lithuania.
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your pronunciation for "I Sveikata" Is spot on!
Thank you so much! 🙂👍
As native Estonian mercantile approach to our countries is just one possibility, but for many of us it's something secondary. We just love our countries, we are ready to fight for their independence, we are used with our nature, langue, culture, we will not change that so easily - there are many countries far richer, with higher living standards etc - I don't care absolutely at all - I can visit them but return to my home. I have sometimes feeling that for many cultures? individuals? the word "home" have different meaning - home here or there or there -no difference! Have they ever felt what "home" really means? You just cannot change it. And prices? Who cares!
I love Estonia beautiful country respect Brother from Kaunas Lithuania 🇪🇪🇱🇹
Hello from Florida. Thank you for reviewing my beautiful city. As russian speaker I say you have very impressive russian language!
Very nice video 😊 Greetings from Lithuania ❤
Thank you so much 👍🙂
Thank you dear Justin
Thank you so much for watching and commenting. 👍👌
Thank you my friend. I can’t wait to visit Lithuania in one month👍🏻👏🏻✌🏻🤙🏻
You won't regret it!! 👍😃 Thanks for watching, my friend!!
Braliukas🇱🇻❤️🇱🇹
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Mano kaimynas ❤
Great video my friend! I hope you had a great time in Lithuania! I Sveikatą, Justin!
Mr. Justin, why your vlogs are so fenomenal, since I'm watching this vlog for the second time)). I sveikata!
Thanks a lot, i am so happy to hear that! 👍🙂
great video justin friend
Thank you mate 👍🙂
Į sveikatą! 🥂
Welcome🙌
Thank you so much! 👍🙂
I visited ten years ago and it was really cheap then. Prices have just gone sky high since. Inflation has hit hard. A lot of those items you mentioned are cheaper in Italy where I live.
He is in Vilnius, this region is above the EU average in terms of GDP per capita, and from quick google its around the same level as Liguria or Tuscany (from 2022) statistics, and has grown further since, so would guess its now similar to Veneto. And salaries have grown with it. Lots of tech companies here. Which ofcourse drives up prices. If he went to Siauliai the prices would be cheaper. Maybe not supermarkets, because those tend to be similar across the country, but restaurants and local markets would be quite a lot cheaper. Housing is also much cheaper in other regions because lots of migration is happening to Vilnius.
So yes, 10 years ago Lithuania was much cheaper, but in 10 years Lithuania has almost doubled its gdp and average salary, while Italy was actually richer 10 years ago than it is now. At least according to the trading economics website.
This is what economic growth looks like. In early 2015, minimal monthly salary in Lithuania was 300 EUR. It is 924 EUR now and is expected to go up to 1070 Eur next year. We're talking almost 360% rise in 10 years. Similar dynamics with the average salary. How much did salaries in Italy rise since 2015? On the other hand, independent of what a video like that shows or says, it cannot, by definition, be treated as a serious analysis of prices in the country, and if you're interested, you should always seek official data.
Salaries went up also 3 x times.
nice review
Thank you so much! 🙂👍
Very cool video, keep going mate.
Thank you mate! 👍🙂
Useful informative video
Thank you, i am glad it was helpful! 👍🙂
Very informative! The restaurant looked good! The supermarket proces for some stuff seemed a little expensive
Thank you very much 😊
People in Lithuania dont smile, just like people in Hungary. They Forget that they are no longer in Soviet Union. Hahahahahah
Good Job Mate
Greetings from Australia
Thank you so much! 🙂👍
Great video. I also love cepelinai with mushroom sauce. And by the way traditionally Saltibarsciai (cold beetroot soup) always comes with potatoes on the side.
Thank you so much for your input, i really appreciate it!👍🙂
good job Justin stay positive 😎
Thank you mate, always a pleasure to get your feedback.
16 years ago i been in vilnius , nice place
Now it's different bro
@@hardo6948 I can imagine,
@@hardo6948 who cares ...........
Me and my girlfriend love your channel Justin! She is from Riga, I am from The Netherlands and wil be visiting Riga next month for a couple weeks. We would love to have a beer if you are up for that my man! Thanks and much love!
Omg, so expencive😮
@@robirobi7300 'expensive.'
Good day from accra, Ghana. Lovely videos. I will soon come to Latvia for a conference and will hit you up bro. Stay fabulously blessed 🙌
Welcome to my country🇱🇻 i hope you will like it. But please watch your wallet, phone when walking through tunnels in Rīga and the central market😊
Don't get mixed up.Latvia and Lithuania are different countries.
Love Vilnius Justin, the tower you were at you can go inside for an underground tour if the cathedral and discover where they found the king buried etc.
Just behind that cathedral is the palace museum there is also a museum to do with freedom where you can see the kgb cells etc.
Great vid ! Hope you had fun in Lithuania. If you want to compare more prices, you could add some talks with locals about the rent prices, or check them on local renting sites. I traveled throu some countires and thats the big thing that changes living. Even in Lithuania top 4 cities haw a very diferent rent prices, but similar salaries.
I SVEIKATA :)
Thanks for the idea, i really appreciate it! 👍🙂
After a semester in France for studies, I just came back and haven't been shopping yet, this is weirdly informative haha but the prices have increased a bit :DD
great video . which hotel did you stay justin?
Thank you mate! Here it is:
www.booking.com/Share-A4QAiM
Just saying but when I lived in Peterborough and Spalding I noticed Sansburys usedf to have small sections of Polish and Lithuanian dairy in there (bigger ones), and you could find "Surelis" there as well from Lithuania.
👋🏼 Small struggling Travel Channel here. I love your content, thanks for this great video! You inspire me to keep grinding my channel, maby one day I’ll grow as big as you 🥲
Welcome to Lithuania !👍
Thank you so much! 👍🙂
What a struggle with a busses 😂 Į sveikatą!🎉 great video
Thank you so much! 👍🙂
Public transport not taking a card in 2024 seems like an oversight by the transport company. Some of the pricing in the supermarket seems pretty close to Australia. However that hotel room would have been 3x as much here at least.
Į sveikatą mate🤘
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I love Hesburger. Cucumber sauce is so good. Nice video about our southern brothers. Greetings from Riga.
Hey brother :}} Cucumber sauce
@@zilvinaspaura7221 Sorry to say, I don't know, bro! Never tried any.
bro took that shot and said i sveikata perfectly btw
Thank you so much, i am happy to hear that! 👍😃
Justin my friend… Excellent video but that pink soup made me think like you were eating a bowl of Pepto Bismol…! 😂Whew, I would have to pass on that one…💯❤️👍 Greg
That pink soup is Number 1 in the world of cold soup. 😏
Prices are high since 2022 inflation, when it was 20%. And still high. ,,Селёдка под шубой,, is the best with vodka. the buckwheat at the supermarket is 0.01€ only that way, if you spend 30€ or more at the store. You have good speak in russian Justin.
Antras vairuotojas
-Ką jus norit? :)))))
Justin so did you try Šakotis, Vytautas best sparkling water in the world or Kastinis with boiled potatos?
Thanks for the advice, i will try it next time!! 👍😃
its same prices like switzerland, just salarys 5x lower than switzerland in lithuania
Justin say something about newest advertising about Vilnius. What is your opinion?
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12:19, this dish is called "didžkukuliai". Similar but not quite "cepelinai". Made out of boiled potatoes rather than raw shredded potatoes like cepelinai.
Accordingly, if "mėsos kukuliai" goes as meatballs, "didžkukuliai" should go as big balls. Maybe he even knew, just didn't want to admit he just ate a pair of big balls.
Didžkukuliai are made from raw shredded potatoes by adding a little boiled n potato starch. Cepelinai are made only from boiled potatoes.
Dear Justin, Great review from our hometown. Speaking of food, I would like you to taste the products of our beloved, but not necessarily famous, brands. I would suggest very simple ~ 55-year-old Soviet Lithuanian recipe "Gaidelis" cookies, which are only made of flour (there can be several types) without large additives and flavor enhancers. Next - real black chocolate products from the "Pergalė" factory, also established in the Soviet era. Chocolate products of this brand are exported even to some African countries, not to mention Western Europe. I would also suggest a product of this brand or the brand "Naujoji Rūta" - the so-called "zefyras", which is made mainly from the heavy mass of apples by drying it and adding specific binders and sugar. The multi-chemical "marshmallows" you usually imagine from western companies are, I would say, a poor copy... I'm not a fan of the Soviet era, but I always post what's good and something to brag about. In conclusion, I would like to confirm that the cold soup "šaltibarščiai" widely heard and offered in our country is not a Lithuanian brand. My mother comes from the middle of Lithuania, she spent her youth there in yr. 1942-1963, and no one ever made such soups there. It is a modernization of one of the soup types of the western Black Sea and Pre-Balkan regions.
btw I have not live in the country for 4 years now but you will never miss out on local foods and beer in a Snekutis Bar
still looks like good value to me i was worried when i heard abot inflation highs but 500g chicken still costing around 3.5 euro is survivable
Grill london is nice Justin lovely steak and chicken freshly cooked low fat and not badly priced too
Thank you very much for your input!
Hi, Justin, very nice and interesting video, even for me, as a Lithuanian. I just wanted to provide you with some small and not very essential facts for better knowledge:
a) your name Justin in Lithuanian would be Justinas - the pronunciation would be something like ‘youstinus’;
b) Lithuania is not Eastern Europe - it’s Northern Europe;
c) “Samanė” (which in Russian is called ‘samogon’, what literally means ‘self-ran’) - is not vodka!!! Calling “Samanė” as ‘vodka’, is a big insult for “Samanė” 😀;
d) Lithuanian ‘cheers’ “į sveikatą” - literally means ‘to your health’.
P. S. Have a nice stay in Lithuania and Vilnius - the city of low flying angels.
Lietuva yra pietu europa
BS, we are eastern europe, definitely not northern!!!
@@arturasrugys171 na... Jei žinotum, kad Europos žemynas baigiasi ties Uralo kalnais, o tada pažiūrėtum į žemėlapį... Kas žino...
@@arturasrugys171 Lietuva, oficialiai Lietuvos Respublika (LR) - valstybė Šiaurės Europos dalyje, Baltijos jūros pietrytinėje pakrantėje. Plotas 65 300 km².[4] Lietuva - viena iš Baltijos valstybių. Šiaurėje ribojasi su Latvija (sausumos sienos ilgis - 588 km, jūros siena - 22 km), rytuose ir pietuose - su Baltarusija (sienos ilgis - 677 km), pietvakariuose - su Lenkija (sienos ilgis - 104 km) ir Rusija (Kaliningrado sritis; sausumos sienos ilgis - 255 km, Kuršių mariomis - 18 km, jūra - 22 km). Baltijos jūros pakrantės ilgis - 90,66 km. Lietuvos-Baltarusijos ir Lietuvos-Rusijos siena yra ir Europos Sąjungos siena. Lietuvos ekonominė zona Baltijos jūroje (vakaruose) siekia Švedijos ekonominę zoną. Didžiausias šalies miestas yra sostinė Vilnius. Kiti didieji miestai: Kaunas, Klaipėda, Šiauliai, Panevėžys.
@@arturasrugys171 You are wrong and your knowledge is outdated
Welcome
Thank you mate 👍🙂
you're a cool guy, I'm a bit jealous specialy all those traveles and eating a delicious local food... :)
Thank you so much, i appreciate the nice comment! 👍🙂
the prices are quite small for a good retail chain and in such a mall, you did not choose the cheapest alternatives and did not use a discount card, which gives even more offers and discounts. Thanks for the good review. I Sveikata!🍻
Thank you so much for your input, i really appreciate it! 👍🙂
You were picking quite random things. And then you went to Hales Turgus, which is notoriously expensive.The banana price you quoted, those are rare premium bananas, regular ones are about 1.39. Maxima prices can be checked at barbora grocery delivery service, prices are identical, they just deliver from maxima. Lithuania is not good value, also for not savvy shoppers it can be terrible value . The standart prices are very high, but there are lots of temporary (changes weekly) discounts. Imported branded products usually expensive (e.g. Oreos are half price in Poland)
Justin if i meet you in Vilnius i will buy you a ticket :)
If the inspectors are Russian, just speak Russian like I did!
I love u man
Thank you so much, i really appreciate the support! 👍🙂
Why didn’t you take the classic Cepelinai with pork meat, spirguciai and sourcream sauce?
greetings! I'm impressed by your Lithuanian impression!)) see yah more in real Lithuania!
When you put the market prices on the screen, it would hav been good if you put the shop price next to it so the viewer could compare. You went fairly fast so could not take in and memorise for the comparisons. Also would be good if you put the county's minimum wage up too in the comparisons. The Lithuanian minimum wage is less than the UK, so everything is cheaper in the UK.
Thank you very much for your input!
Lithuanians are not slavic, anr russian language is not in theri blood - its propaganda fron russia and belloruss. Old russain language was only for writing ii miidle age Great Duchies of Lithuania
I am Latvian, sometimes i see Russians saying that my language is a dog language and they say the same thing about Lithuanian language. Russians are imperalists :)
Actually, Mr. Putin, the dear leader/protector of all slavic peoples begs to differ. A nice little russian re-liberation and subsequent re-education to a version of history more aligned to master amateur historian Putinha's tastes will make your slavophobia go away. Ura! 💪🇷🇺💪
@@user-qu6qg7sk4vej dirst, jobanais orku loh.
A lot of people speaks Russian in Lithuania no problem with that, just younger generation now speaks english instead of.
@@vaidasbmwreview1516people over 45
you should visit Kaunas too
Brilliant idea, stay tuned! 👍🙂
Nice you visited Lithuania mate, at all is no cheap country anymore😁😁😁
Im in riga for drum bass festival 10th may can we meet ?))
happy happy
National food is best to "Žemaičio ąsotis" I promise. Big porcions and best tastes ❤, try cepelinai and žemaičių blynai 🎉
I can confirm :D, one of better options for sure
Thanks for the advice, i will try it next time!! 👍😃
The food prices are high, because the market is small and there is almost no competition. So to attract customers, shops make discounts for lots of products. There are so many items on sale (which is typically 25-40% off) so majority of people only buy items which are on sale. And if you need specific product, which is at full price in one shop, usually it is on sale in another shop. And we have lots of grocery shops. For example in small town with 12000 residents, there are 14 grocery shops + bazaar.
Thank you so much for sharing, i really appreciate it! 👍
Samane (Samagonas) Moonshine but you need to try homemade
I looked it up, Tupla is Finnish. Hesburgers and Tupla are making me think that Finns have great taste for food. A few days ago went to McDonalds - it was so bad! Hadn't had it for years and I ain't going there again, the burgers are so bad. And meanwhile - Hesburger is sooo good! The BBQ burger, Double cheese burger, the main Hesburger it self, all of those are so good! And Tupla is the best chocolate bar out there imo.
Come on, a Canadian media personality just said that Hesburger is crapola.
@@praisane I went 20 years of my life thinking I disliked burgers, cus every time I tried them, they tasted so bad to me (the McDonalds). And then I tried Hesburgers and I was blown away! They are really good imo.
Hesburger tortillias are sooooooo good
One thing , Maxima cost has 3 colors markings, blue mean a discount using maxima card / maxima app , red means for everyone And where they say 2 vnt . they meant you can buy 2 or more for that price , the white one its the normal price . waned to mention this
Thank you so much for sharing, i appreciate it! 👍🙂
13:00 spoken like a true lithuanian :Dd
You are amazing, with best wishes from Lithuania. ;)
Thank you so much, i really appreciate the nice comment! 👍🙂
I sveikata ! 🥃
Thank you so much mate... I appreciate the support👍👌
13:47 - That's like 1/2 bottle of Vodka, right?
Is "unyanz" a British version spelling of onions or a Northeastern American?
In Latvia there's a myth that Lithuania is much cheaper. But from your video it seems that it's on par.
That's curious, we tend to have the opposite myth in Lithuania about Latvia. I guess it all goes back to the saying "the grass is greener of the other side".
Have been in Latvia 3 or 4 times in last 2 years and I think that in Latvia prices are higher. At least in supermarkets. I'm Lithianian by the way.
@@sabakag I guess it depends what you want to buy. I heard some people go to shopping trips to Lithuania, so I decided to go there 2 years ago to buy some materials for renovation. The prices were mostly a couple of cents lower. In the end I spent around 1000 eur and the savings were barely enough to cover the gas.
he says looks clean. the baltic countrys are always clean everythere .in shops in small shops or any cafe.they working with gloves..I living in UK 10 years and if you compare lithuanian and UK clean. So lithuania is 9 from 10 .uk is 2 from 10.some there is even minus 3 from 10
Thanks for sharing, i really appreciate it! 👍
It's funny when you say if you speak good English, and then saying your english is good. and I doubt you mean it. We speak at least 3 languages. You don't sound like a Brit. But please enjoy the Lithuania and traveling. Best thing what we can do! have fun!
Another great video, Justin! There is another way to say cheers in Lithuanian:) So easy to remember! " Buk Sveikas! " In English you pronaunce it as : BOOKS WAKE US.
Thanks for the tip! 👍🙂
Į sveikatą !!!
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is he in the same lithuania as us?
Į Sveikata !!!!❤
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U should try kebabas brother
Thanks for the advice, i will try it next time!! 👍😃
Yes Vilnius bus are sometimes brutal not gonna lie 😂
Most items in the super market seem expensive.
Food and utilities are expensive if you are on a Lithuanian wage. It was cheap in the 90s but prices increased and wages didnt.
Even coming from other parts of the Eurozone to visit, it isnt that cheap these days though diesel fuel is a bit cheaper.
Also at the end of the day you cant compare Vilnius to the rest of the country. You need to visit the rest to get the true feel for the country.
Wages didn't? Where do u get that info?🤡 and what is different compared to rest of Lithuania? Personally i don't feel any different except lots of tourists in capital...
@@xtp-knight7418 I lived there and have family there. The switchover was a bit of a con.
Try going to a small town compared to Vilnius.
And lay off the emojis Gaidys.
@@xtp-knight7418 Wages didn't increase in line with food prices at the introduction of the euro and some professions and jobs are still playing catch up.
As it is Lithuania is now 6th out of EU countries for food inflation. Lithuanians are paying almost the same as richer EU countries for food but have lower salaries. You can see that when you live abroad and return to Lithuania. It isn't cheap and I wouldn't want to be paying those prices, and rent and utilities out of an average Lithuanian salary, which is about 1000 euros less than elsewhere. If someone on an Irish salary and having to pay Irish prices says that Lithuania isn't cheap then it isn't cheap.
Food prices in Lithuania sky high by minimum wage. People can’t afford buy what they want in shop. Prices same as in Uk , but Uk minimum wage twice higher
Yeah but in UK we paying way more for rent even bills higher, all type of
insurance and prices of food slightly less UK then Lithuania
It's still looking like better value than the UK supermarkets. Keep up the great work, Justin.
It all depends on how much you earn though.
@@michaelmckelvey5122 Very true.
17:34 Samane 17.99 euro :)
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Zeppelins (different names used in Poland) have different shapes. They look like Zeppelin (the airship).
Didn't know you have Zeppelins as well. At least I haven't seen them in menus anywhere in Poland.
@@sabakag They are more popular under the name "kartacz". But in some regions (Lublin, Krakow) they are called Zeppelin - cepeliny.
Cepelinai should be oblong shaped like a zeppelin (cepelinai means zeppelins). The round ones are weird to me. lol
Interesting...Thank you so much for sharing! 👍🙂
and good food
Agreed, the food was great… thanks for watching my friend! 👍👌
Best Cepelinai in Vilnius for me: Žvejų smuklė, Liubarto st. 3, Vilnius
Thank you so much for the tip, i will try it next time! 🙂👍
We really like fud
"Samanė"- means moonshine!
Plus, when the passengers said that he is a brit troll on the third bus he was on... Content killed :)
Hey there, are you still in Lithuania?
Samane is 50% when vodka usually is 40%, but homemade samane is 60-80% :D
Thanks for sharing 👍🙂
More expensive than I was expecting.
I never order at food cafe's vodka too pricy for locals
Thanks a lot for sharing!
Everything is so inexpensive comparing to US. A lot of items you showed I pay between 100-200%+ more in US.
Lithuania is not cheap at all
Hi,thanks for the video.The prices are quite high compared to prices in the UK and here there is only food, let alone clothing and we should not forget that salaries in Lithuania are half as low.
if you compare prices, be honest and compare the prices in the capital of the UK and at the supermarket in the shoping mall of the same level, but not with London's prices in the cheapest supermarkets. You obviously don't know and don't see that he didn't choose the cheapest options but took everything he wanted to take😁 Then lets talk about discount card from Maxima. Later tell us how much does a cab cost in London, public transport ticket and rent of apartment, how much do other services cost. So you have to remember that the people who writing here have been to many countries. This is not russia, wata.
@@alaskapollock8750hey I live in Leeds North of the UK and nowhere near London. Lithuania is an awesome country been 5 times but there is no denying your supermarket food is more expensive than the UK
@@Nunos645cgh Thank you for your kind words 😀 OK. I can agree that some prices in Lithuania are higher. But you certainly cannot say that food prices are generally higher in Lithuania. We can compare prices on the internet. Barbora/Maxima vs Sainsburys. For example todays prices, whole chicken 1 kg. Barbora 2.89€, Sainsbury's 2.70£ ie 3.15€, sunflower oil 1.25€ and 2.51€ for 1l. butter 6.81€ and 7.9€/1 kg. We can continue for other food items, bread, milk, pork, beef, various air-dried or smoked meat products, i.a. sausages etc.
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