A Winter Weekend in Vilnius, Lithuania
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- A weekend in Vilnius, Lithuania.
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I spend 5-6 months a year in Lithuania and the rest in Switzerland. I'm not very good with language yet (it's one of the oldest languages apparently) but my gosh how Lithuanians appreciate you saying something in Lithuanian :) Great spirits! Each visit Vilnius is getting more and more beautiful, lots of constructions going on, lots of good cafes and restaurants. Guys, visit Labanoras and Neringa, those are wonderful. Pure nature. Lithuanian friends usually take me to Labanoras in winter. We make campfire, hike, make coffee, food. They just love nature like no one else :D :) Greetings from Switzerland, coming back in Summer!
Finland is the same. Finns speak English, but if you go to the trouble of speaking in Finnish, the level of service rises from excellent to out of this world.
Evrything is gigantic? wait until inflation hits and USD comes. You will own nothing but you will be happy. hahahahah... USA USA USA... Say again... USA USA USA... This is why we are the greates and strongest country in the world
Willkommen!
Lithuanians are not nice nation, jealous, collaborated with Germans during war
Thanks.
I’ve always wanted to see the Lithuanian forests & lakes. They’re meant to be stunning in the summer
Same as Finland. It doesn't go dark, and the summers are hotter and dryer than the UK czcams.com/video/CN-wGt97NBY/video.html
@@nigelwatson2750 ok buddy, we see you love Finland, but you dont need to advertise it everywhere, we Lithuanians love Finland already.
Haha bro loves his country. I never been in Finland but I love them movies and history. White Death wheare are you at times like this?
I'm really glad that Lithuania has started to get some of the recognition that it deserves. There's so much more to Lithuania than Vilnius. Take some time to do some research and you'll find lots of lovely places, you will definitely be happy if you love nature . Head to the other side of Lithuania during the summer, along the Baltic coast.
I love, love, love Baltic countries. If you appreciate kind people who mind their own business, you’ll love Estonians, Lithuanians and Latvians. Don’t be fooled by their distanced attitude: if you need a hand or seek help, they’ll get out of their way to lift you up.
I had a little contract there for a couple of months. If things were easier to immigrate, I would’ve sell all my stuff and move there.
Thanks Freddie & Monica for giving this insight into Lithuania. Looks like a wonderful place to visit and very reasonable flight prices
So beautiful! In the 1980s I visited the Baltic states. They were still under Soviet control. Most of our time was in Latvia. The contrast of pre Soviet architecture made by craftsmanship and quality, and the Soviet stuff was startling. So many Soviet buildings were crumbling into pieces, then glued together with dripping tar. Absolutely hideous!
I’m so glad the Baltic countries are free. I hope they stay that way!
Probably not for much longer...😅
@@paulheydarian1281 Russians surely like to share their wet dreams in public🤣
@@paulheydarian1281 if russia attacks us its gonna be the start of ww3 they arent that stupid the only reason they attacked ukraine is because ukraine were about to join nato
Beautifully made video Freddie. Thanks for the kind words about my home city
it's always interesting to see my city through different eyes, Thank you. Greetings from Vilnius. :)
Always the same in the Baltic country’s everything is so nice. Like you I’ve been to Tallinn (Estonia) and Riga (Latvia) and the people are fantastic. Food is excellent beer is nice and the service everywhere is brilliant too. Enjoy your weekend
I hope they all stay the same- they’re stunning places. Thanks very much🙂
Much higher living standards than the UK - even the posh, private schoolie places, like Bath and Guildford. @@FreddieDobbs
I grew up in Cardiff in the 60s and we had trolley buses. The connecting arms were always jumping off but our trolley buses were double deckers so the driver couldn't re-connect them as the bus was too tall. I'm off to Vilnius in July to my nephews wedding. His future wife is Lithuanian. Appreciate your insight into the city.
The trolley buses where I lived we all double deckers but a single man (driver or conductor) could re-connect them with a long, telescopic pole thing.
I’m sure you are right. I was well under 10 and my memory is probably playing tricks with me
Sadly, neither of us will see another again unless its in museum@@dbharrold
Manchester too, remember as a kid visiting my parents’ friends.
@@stevetaylor8698Plenty in living museums like Beamish, County Durham.
Vilnius is now on the list of places I will visit this year! Looks really nice
You’ll love if Martin!
I love Vilnius and cannot wait to get back in April.
Looks like a great place to visit. In some cities, you just feel comfortable from the off and this, I think, may be one of them.
My Son is looking for somewhere to have weekend break. I will let him know about Vilnius, it looks nice there but hopefully the snow would have gone come March. Cheers.
Actually it's better to start from the second half of April if you're awoiding the winter.. :)
Looks lovely as are most Baltic countries, and trolley buses too…old enough to remember them in Manchester in the sixties. Spent a sleepless night in Bucharest in the seventies, kept awake by the sparking of buses going past the hotel.
Never considered a weekend away to Vilnius before but now on the To Do radar thx
after watching another video i would not go looks like another ukraine part 2 such a nice place
Looks beautiful. Great coffee, great food, no tourists. Well I’m sold!
It's good to be back in Lithuania, the last time with the renovation & the beautiful scenery absolute favorite
Thanks Kaizen🙌🏻 We’ll hopefully be back in the summer for a week or two also🤞🏼
Loved this. Vilnius looks amazing.
My old Russian teacher used to say that trolleybuses are a good metaphor for life: there’s a certain amount of freedom to steer your own path, but if you move too far away from the guidelines the sparks fly.
Wonderful!
Does not apply now as Lithuania got its freedom back :) I am Swiss, got Lithuanian heritage. I spend half a year every year in Vilnius and love Labanoras forests and lakes. There's also Neringa, beautiful peaces of pure nature :) And the people are so Western and European compared to 20 years ago! Lithuania is growing rapidly recently :) Each visit it feels more like home
good saying. :)
Being a Lithuanian, reading a quote by a Russian teacher, makes me interpret it differently :) One of the reasons Lithuania got its independence and its life back was exactly because of the immense desire and will to steer away from the soviet guidelines.. there were "sparks", but all was endured thanks to our Freedom Fighters.
@@monikac807 Apologies for any confusion. ‘My Russian teacher’ in this context means a British man who was teaching me (also British) the Russian language.
In informal English, we normally refer to ‘a geography teacher’, ‘a maths teacher’ etc. In the case of languages, ‘my French teacher’ or ‘my German teacher’ would usually refer to the language being taught, not the nationality of the teacher.
This was a comment about life in general, not the history of the Soviet era. The fact that he was teaching me Russian is only relevant because the UK at the time did not have trolleybuses. When we learned the word троллейбус, the class had a discussion about them and what they were.
I feel I must clarify because the teacher in question was a decent gentleman who would not have dreamed of saying anything which would be offensive to Lithuanians or anyone else.
This is a place that i never concidered to visit. I am going to book a nce weekend away for my wife and I . Looks very nice . Thanks for yet another great stream Freddie. Please keep them coming . I love your streams and never miss anyone of them. I always look forwards to your Tuesday evening. Your getting better and better. Your relaxed style makes for easy watching.Thanks again 👍👍👍
Ohh Freddie & Monika, another fantastic adventure in Lithuania! It is so beautiful to see Vilnius covered in winter snow parks & bare trees and yet slushy mud on the roads with those classic electric buses. Sadly, a short trip but so energetic. The balaclava makes you look so gangster 😎
I did get a lot of concerned looks walking into shops😆🥷
Hello from Kaunas. Its the humidity that makes the cold feel even worse here in Lithuania.
What an amazing place, thanks for taking us along Freddie and Monica ❤
Thanks for sharing Freddie! I had the good fortune of spending a few days in Vilnius in October, one the greatest cities in Europe. I was blown away by the architecture both old and new, a beautiful river and so much history. Hope you do another summer ride around the city in 2024!
Looks fantastic. Definitely worth a visit and not crowded with tourists.
Looks beautiful! The streets are so pretty and love what the locals do in the stairways! And shock horror life is going on as normal despite the snow 🌨. The UK closes down when ther is 2 cm of snow and a bit of frost😮. Monika's home country is beautiful and plan to visit Vilniusc soon. ❤
It’s so true, Lynn. It’s currently -10 degrees with a thick fresh covering of snow and everything works as normal (airports, roads shops and schools etc)
How did the Baltic states remain beautiful under the Soviet era ? Next time you visit it would be nice to hear Monika ordering the food and drink in her own language. I had to smile as you were eloquently describing the beautifully kept communal stairs at the start of the video whilst paint was peeling off the walls ! 🇬🇧
The mentality and the culture of the people. Though soviets either outright killed or exiled to do backbreaking labor in the siberian tundra all our best and brightest, the culture remained.
My European vacation days are behind me now, sadly. But as I refuse to fly anymore and going any other way from the US takes too long, well, that's that. However, I have had many wonderful visits and I must say, the East is my favorite. And my favorite place of all is Prague. The old central part of the city is breathtakingly beautiful and walking down the hill into it from the overlook at the government palace brings you further and further back in time to where the Saint Charles bridge crosses the river into Old Prague. Thankfully, Prague was never bombed during WW 2 so the buildings and streets are original and lovely. I missed out on Vilnius and from what I see here, I'd love to visit.
I can't thank you both enough for filming your trips for us, they're beautifully done and very entertaining.
Having a view towards a brutalist building would be a dream come true for me. I really love those.
My Norway currently has an “electric bus-crisis” this winter. Charging issues and the batteries don’t last long enough. I’m sure the buses of Vilnius keep going through the winter.
It's nice to know you both are here again. I guess it's a matter of time you both will move to Vilnius. Cheers!
I am a gigantic fan!🇱🇹❤️
Trolly buses are great, they were used in various UK cities until the 1970s including Cardiff where I grew up. If late for school we would use the standard excuse that the trolly bus was “de-polled” which did happen occasionally and would mean the driver having to re attach the pole to the overhead wires. Brilliant vehicles, no idea why they were got rid off.
I just put a post on about the Cardiff trolley buses. I remember one being stuck outside Gladstone School on Crwys Road 🙂
Watched Your old videos about bikes and found this video today. Greetings from Lithuania! Happy You found it wonderful 😊
Relaxing video Freddie & Monica (or Monika?).
Have to disagree with you:- “in UK people wouldn’t take care of their stairways”….my mum and others in her apartment block in Cambridge put pictures up, placed small tables with indoor plants around….etc. I guess other places in UK would do the same. Seems that some of your subscribers love ‘talking UK down’; it certainly isn’t perfect but, speaking for myself it’s a pretty good place to live!
Thank you Monica and Freddie, I've learnt about a good destination today.
Hey Freddie and Monika. Since I began watching your channel , I have become more and more intrigued by Lithuania and Vilnius in particular, after watching your various tips there. Now on my “ places to see” list. Thanks for your insights and for Monika’s excellent videos. Cheers.Dan. ✌️🏍🇨🇦
Awesome, what a beautiful city.....and Electric transport....
Nice video as usual Freddie I'm with you with any old buses I remember trolley buses in hull 50s I suppose thanks again for video
The trolleys are of Czechoslovak origin, Now Czech, mostly from the 80s, I believe over half of them were built specifically in 1986. They still work great for how ancient they are, there is a running joke that the government can't get rid of them because the mechanics know how to fix them so well, but as you probably noticed, they are slowly getting replaced by new trolleys.
For a while the government even wanted to get rid of them entirely and replace them with battery powered busses, but that never went anywhere and I'm really glad actually. The have a sort of nostalgic beauty.
Wow! A real treat for the senses! Those cakes look delicious.
Certainly an improvement of a glowering Yorkshire sky.
Thank you for such an interesting and enjoyable video in Vilnius i so love the look of this city ,
Hi Freddie and Monica what a spectacular place it looks great thanks for showing us places that I would love to visit one day. So clean and it looks like the people have a lot of respect for there country. I would love Britain to hopefully get there one day as it looks like they have lost it over the years. Maybe I am wrong. But Lithuania looks great. Have a great time regards Martin
Absolutely beautiful, loved the music, great 👍
Thanks Freddie and Monica, great video, hope you had a great time 👍
Thanks for showing us a little of Vilnius. it looks great!.
Finally!! Freddie. Its just as cold where you are as it is here in Kentucky. It’s -3 degrees with 6inches of snow on the ground. I’m so happy. Usually your on a beech in Bali or the Tenerife, or Lake Como. I bet those Carhartt clothes you got on kept ya warm. That’s all we wear here in out in the country. Lithuania looks like a nice place.
I loved how atmospheric your video is, some sort of visual poetry for sure :)
I'm going in a few weeks to Vilnius, been to Lithuania a few times ,just love it
I continue to be very impressed with the visual quality of these videos. The management of the lighting is really amazing.
Lovely, my lovely lady and I stayed in Beccles, Suffolk this weekend.❤
Why?!
I visited Tallin, Riga with my wife on a city break, was fantastic. But the ultimate was last year, riding up through the Salwalky gap. Up through the Baltic states, boat to Helsinki and up to Nordkapp ! Summer of course !
I made a 5 part video which is here on CZcams ! 🎉
Gonna do a lap of the Baltic states come spring. Tallinn - Ventspils clockwise as it were. Was going to do the Suwalki gap but sadly, there was not enough time this year. Well, there was time but then my mate decided he wanted to tag along on a Vespa and I recon we’ll have more fun if we skip those extra 500km. Next year, quite possibly.
@@903lew well worth the trip. Ride safe
Vilnius is a great city with nice people too.
Looks lovely. One day of snow in the UK and we're on stop !
Exactly what I was thinking. Minus 15 and snowing here, and everything works as normal (airports, roads, schools- everything)
You are always so positive and interesting cheerfully looking on the bright side of life. Thank you.
Don't remember you ever going to Ipswich Transport museum.
Ipswichs old trolley busses are in there.
I had no idea!🤯
I loved Vilnius when I was there and I definitely agree about the great quality of coffee shops. Tallinn is also well worth a visit
Oh great! Glad to see you again in Vilnius:) Those series with off-roading in Lithuania were epic:) Good luck!
we have a very good friend who moved over here to the uk about 6 years ago . thanks for letting us share your break . keep safe both .
You can make trip in summer with bike through Baltics, lots of forests, lakes, tasty food.
This sounds stunning, I really want to do this!
I live in Riga. I would suggest go by coastline, sea is always pretty in summer.@@FreddieDobbs
Thanks Freddie and Monika for another great video
One of those places I want to ride to, and hopefully will this yeat, just rode from Barcelona to San Sebastian on a 10 day riding holiday and I have to say as always I am so impressed with Europe values of looking after their towns and cities, we have a lot to learn in the UK. Lithuania looks no different, everyone there for everyone else, such a refreshing view on life
Freddie,Monica what a beautifully warm, wrap me up in a cardigan video that was 🤗 this is exactly what was needed on a stormy Sunday afternoon. Thank you
We have cruised more times than I can remember but probably the best experience was our Baltic cruise visiting countries we would never normally visit, two days in St. Petersburg Russia was the icing on the cake for us absolutely fantastic, shame it's no longer available.
Lovely as it is Dalia' was completely baffled as to why you chose to go with the weather so appalling.
Nope not for us so we're probably going back May time again
Glad you enjoyed it but it brings back memories of uk winter and tbf l don't tend to reminisce about being freezing cold and wet😂
Freddie, it looks beautiful and amazing value. I recently took my partner on a short break for her birthday to Rye after watching your video. Crazy that a trip here could be cheaper!
You should definitely go to Gdansk, Poland.
lovely stuff
How cool.. Nice one guys enjoy 👌🍻
Great winter sun there.
No chemtrailing up here - I live in Finland
I am now thinking of going there!
Freddie it's so beautiful country just like a white serene, absolute heaven and a beautiful bike like your classic 350 would make it a whole another level fun
So jelly, that you two get carrot cake every time. I see you both are experts on carrot cake as I am!😊
It’s consumer research😆🍰
We go to Bulgaria a lot and It seems really silly that we can fly to Sofia cheaper than getting a couple of meals in Weatherspoon's, long may it continue . And if you go visit Plovdiv oldest city in Europe.
I’ve saved Plovdiv to my list, thanks Malcolm. It’s cheaper to fly to Lithuania than it is to get a train from Ipswich to London- that always blows my mind🤯
Not in Bulgaria we went from the Black Sea coast to Bansko approx 3/4 across the country for £15 ea.
These places now have a higher standard of living than Britain. Clean, tidy, safe, stylish, and people look far healthier and better dressed.
Looks a wonderful place to visit
Thanks for sharing Freddie and Monica. But we heed to see more of the prettiest of you two!
I'm old enough to remember trolley busses running on London's streets. They were double-deckers but were beset by exactly the same problem of accidental disconnection. It was the bus Conductor's job to deploy a long pole to reconnect the trailing arm and get the bus going again. Unlike today's busses, the trolley bus was pollution free and also much quieter than their diesel engined brothers.
I remember the trolley buses from my childhood. They were discontinued sometime in the’60s I think. They seemed problematic in the harsh winters we have as those contact poles couldn’t cope with ice build up on the lines.
Greetings from Alberta Canada to you both Freddie and Monika.... we are inside enjoying your videos, it is -33c here..... that’s a lot of Carhartt !
I'd love to go there in summer, hate snow. Enjoyed Freddie good luck.
What nice surprise! You showed my beloved capital! I mean your clothes should be warmer😊
I do need a proper North Face style jacket I think. It feels great to be back❤️🇱🇹
Freddie I can almost hear your teeth chattering over the video !! 🥶Knowing of your penchant for so many decent warm and w/p motorcycle jackets you may have been better off wearing one of those bad boys in your collection!.., especially one of your classic looking padded wax type ones, rather than that small summer jacket?!! ….I bet Monika was draped head to toe in some technical outdoorsy parka or wool overcoat etc!….”when in Rome…🤣🤣👊
I just love Monikas giggles.
Hello from Vilnius! Very nice video 🙂 I hope next one will be about motorcycles in Vilnius 😉
We’ll be back in the summer I think, and I want to ride over🏍️
@@FreddieDobbs You won't do that for £17. I know airlines don't pay tax on aviation fuel, but I'll never understand how they do it for such little money.
Yet again another great video
Whenever I see you abroad I think wish I could leave the uk. Love the channel plus the bonny refurb.
Brilliant , Freddie And Monica story and the is like Ljubljana ❤️🎶🌿 you’re place coffee and the BEERS 12% nice choices safe me a table next to yours ❤️🌍🎶🌿🏍
It's been -20 with the wind chill in the mtn's of TN. 48 tomorrow....time to get the speedo out!!!!!!!
Hi Freddie another very interesting insight into Vilnius, it looks a great place to visit. You two are great together but why do we never see Monica??
I root for you and Monica, Freddie.
Thanks Ravi🤜🏼🤛🏼
I am moving to Vilnius at the end of this month. Watching this reaffirms that I have made the right choice. Good bye Blighty!
I hope youre enjoying summer Vilnius, i love living here!
@@PeanutBrn Loving it thank you! Yes I'm not surprised, it's a fantastic city :)
We had trolley busses in Bournemouth till the late 60's.
Vilnius looks so nice in the winter. My girlfriend's birthday is coming soon, I'm thinking a city break would be a nice gift. Any places you or Monika recommend to visit?
Taurus wine bar’s very nice, but genuinely, every bar and restaurant, and cafe’s perfect. Book a table in the morning to confirm your spot as they can get full. And an airbnb or hotel I. The heart of the old town will mean you’re a 10 minute walk from everywhere🙂
@@FreddieDobbs thank you, I appreciate it!
A hallway like that in Switzerland would be considered a fire hazard and is therefore not allowed. I lived all my 20s (several moons ago) in a Swiss town that had a large network of Trollys and I was facinated by them. Part of that facination is when the sparks fly with all those crackling sounds that accompanies them, that makes me stand with dropped jaw, like a small child.... Notice to Monika - try and get the sparking on camera, and watch it back in SloMo. Best done evenings, as the light fades! I^ve been facinated by the Baltic countries for a long time, especially as I know of a few lituanians, but i've unfortunately never been there... this video has at least got me online looking for possibilities, thanks.
Looks amazing!!
I'm a retired expat livjng jn Thailand. When I left the US I vowed i would never see another snowflake. So far, so good.
Now visiting Phu Quoc, Vietnam. Awesome place. Nice and warm here.
Have a great trip!!
I don’t blame you Bruce- I do prefer the warmth, too. Happy travels!
Love your videos. You guys are great!! Always look forward to the next one.
Stay safe!!!
a lovely city - Stayed in The Shakespeare Hotel, v good. You just need to make sure you know which airport you are landing in
Spent 1/2 a day in Vilnius in August 2022, would have loved to spend more time there but had to go back to my truck and head for Klaipeda to catch a ferry, its a lovely city, but would also like to spend sometime looking round other parts of Lithuania as it looked lovely from the cab of a truck.
Ah come on Freddie we had -56c wind chill last week in Alberta Canada. Minus 5 is like a heat wave in the winter 😎😎😎😎
First, you created my itch to visit the Isle of Wight. Now youve piqued my interest in Vilnius and other Baltic cities! Plus of course you regularly get me fixated on every single motorcycle you have on the channel. Says something about your infectious enthusiasm. Cheers from Alabama
Freddie, your hooded self reminds me of a figure in the modern swedish folklore, called Elnour. Are you somehow related? (Look it up 😂).
That is proper winter in Lithuania! The town looks amazing and there aren't too many people, which is a plus. Thanks for the fantastic tour!
I just googled this😆
Looks beautiful. Somewhat surprised at the high prices for food and drink - a small group of us have just been out biking in rural Portugal for the day and four coffees and a single cake cut into four slices cost us just under £5. Not in the same taste league as yours though, it must be said.
Yes ,, Lithuania is becoming expensive country but there all is full of clients- shops, cafes, sport and concerts arenas and flights to others countrie. Despite the war is near us
Very interesting- that is phenomenal value🇵🇹
Same here in southern Spain. €1.30/€1.40 for a coffee in a non-fancy, basic coffee shop of which there are many in every small town.
The busses are all electric they dont have engines that break thats why they will be on the road in 30 years probably 🙏