Differences Between Germany & Lithuania

With thousands of Germans set to come to Lithuania over the next few years, I thought it would be helpful to discuss the differences between Lithuanian and German living. Doing the explaining are Djamila & Asta!
Djamila (Žodžiu Mišrainė):
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[@fidenemini111]

Sometimes (not always) Lithuanian accent sounds similar to a German one when we speak in English. Long time ago I even had an argument with my British boss in Vilnius caffee about a nearby sitting man. He spoke by phone in English and my boss decided that a man is a German . I heared the guy spoking before, and it was a perfect Western Aukshtaitian Lithuanian dialect.

[@shinetalent]

Being Lithuanian I love German culture and I find them very, very similar too. Great video showing the small differences that our cultures do have.

[@Xenu321]

As a German living in Lithuania since 2021 I agree 100% Lidl has the best buns

[@UtamagUta]

Promo has a surprising fresh bread section (French, Spanish, German buns). Although overall bread section is pitiful considering it's the only store i saw truffle being sold on a shelf next to other canned goods

[@Giedriusification]

As lithuanian I agree that Lidl have best bakery

[@ovidijusbacevicius2081]

Hi! Ich bin Litauer, Ich wohne in Panevėžys, wo wohnst du? Ich wollte ein bisschen Deutsch üben hier mit Leute in Litauen 😊

[@Xenu321]

@@ovidijusbacevicius2081 Hi, Ich wohne in Vilnius also leider nicht direkt in der Nähe :D

[@ovidijusbacevicius2081]

@@Xenu321 warum, von Vilnius nach Panevėžys nur 2 Stunden mit bus und 1 und halb mit auto:)

[@UtamagUta]

I nod to strangers while passing in remote locations and walking with a dog leads to a small talk. So not all Lithuanians are butts when it comes to greeting strangers. Although I met few Lithuanian families very obviously turning away from me when I greeted them in Italy as we passed on stairs.

[@justasrandom6609]

Germany is way more bureaucratic and depend on physical paperwork, while most stuff can be done online in Lithuania.

[@Marci2110]

German with Lithuanian Girlfriend moving from Berlin to Vilnius in June. So looking forward to it!

[@zodziumisraine]

OMG! Awesome 😍 You will love it!

[@MFrrFrr]

been to Berlin many many times, believe me, Vilnius is much much better place..

[@SirTato1992]

Believe me, you will love it here, I moved to Vilnius from Hamburg 3 years ago, and I don’t regret a single second, I don’t miss Germany at all😂

[@dice3000]

As a Lithuanian I do greet or at least nod to people in remote places like forests - want to establish that im friendly and not some psychpath 😂

[@SpardauDebesi]

Ironically I would be more worried about the ones that smile and great me then the ones that keep on walking... Specially if it happens in a forest lol 😂

[@tomiskundelis2321]

Agree with everything they said. 30 years in LTU, 15 in Germany...

[@gabrielesieliunaite761]

The greeting thing is also different in villages in Lithuania. For the Easter hike we went to a hillfort in the national park, and I have never said "Sveiki, su šventėm" (Hi, Happy Holidays) so often in my life. One guy even gave us a nicely done Easter egg out of his pocket :|

[@eaglea8554]

Hey may I ask you for a favor

[@villsonthong1654]

I travel to both of countries, I like the Lithuanian people more than German. Those rude ppl in Lithuanian usually are Russian decent people from Belarus, Russia, Ukraine and etc.

[@eveningabused5123]

Maybe you are right about the rude people but I honestly think it might be Russian infuance with the rudeness. Usually if it's Lithuanians who is rude it's when they are still quite young.

[@UtamagUta]

I was always of an impression that Lithuania is very German like country in terms of mentality, orderly, rules, regulations, even our traffic laws are based on German rules.

[@modisp]

Dont forget that parts of current Lithuania were parts of Prussia for quite some time. And German Prussia was neighbor for centuries too. So cultural osmosis was experienced for centuries. Germany used to be very close to Lithuania :"(

[@lithuanian_guy]

Prussian is also 3rd lost Baltic language who left something behind - namely written things. There were more yet nothing survived. Currently only Latvia and Lithuania stands (not to mix with "Baltic countries" - Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania). In our Lithuanian maps we still use Prussian names for cities next to whatever they are called now.

[@ovidijusbacevicius2081]

Lithuania is definitely something very different from Germany, I am Lithuanian, I lived in Germany more then 3 years. I can really tell. There are plenty of big differences!

[@songrada1]

​@@modisp actually german made genocide to prussians, exterminating them. They were occupants of Balt lands.

[@edvibal]

The greeting in germany is also out of trend in bigger cities, yes, you find it in Villages or smaller towns that people greet eachother, but not in biggger cities.

[@MrSarkasm]

Then we're not that far apart. The whole public greeting bit is also somewhat of a thing in smaller towns/villages here, I think it's generally a familiarity / out there where there are fewer stranger sort of thing.

[@anzelmasmatutis2500]

I applaud subtitles in German :)

[@P1kaSans]

hallo meinen Deutsche freunde!

[@PotatoCannon-fy2sm]

I bought brötchen in Lithuania. Maxima (in Vilnius) has a food section with an awesome bakery.

[@Mendogology]

Very nice!

[@PartosAtos]

Thanks for nice video!

[@suevialania]

I want visit again the Baltic States by train ! TransBaltic TGV! 🇵🇹👍💚❤️

[@pauliusliberis8723]

There’s quite noticeable difference in driving culture outside of cities. And not in favor for LT. 😕

[@fidenemini111]

It changes, and in a positive way.

[@Blu3Sky-sz3yp]

yeah ppl driving 30 km/h on 50 roads and taking fk time to turn, its annoying ngl.... (not everyone)

[@seanshepard2000]

#8 hits me hard :) - As an American, we don't greet random strangers on the street, however, when I lived in Holland it was completely normal! I got used to it and loved it! The only thing that would have made it better would have been if everyone wore nametags! I also have very friendly parents - the 1st (and only( time they were ever in Lithuania, my dad would say "hi!" to everyone he saw on the street as we walked around - the looks he got were ... well ... as you might expect from a Lithuanian - a sort of "why the heck are you talking to ME?" kinda look - it was funny, but also, honestly, a bit scary as we got some VERY strange looks in certain parts of town ...

[@pauliusb2550]

Lithuanian here, from bigger city. If someone random says Hi to me in the street I instantly assume they want/need something from me, so I either completely ignore them if i'm in a hurry and that person looks suspicious or stop and start talking to that person. I don't understand why would you like say random Hi to a person in the street. :D

[@eglunasklimavicius9771]

❤Aciu

[@irinakapustina1915]

German bread is very tasty🤗

[@Janzius1]

Nop

[@Sofus.]

DB's unreliability reputation probably has something to do with it, the shitload of passes 7.3 million they transport daily 🚂

[@LukasSRR]

Somehow people don’t talk bad about other countries railways unreliability as much as about german db. Actually few years ago I made two train trips in Germany and once we had a problem going from Koln to Berlin in overnight train. We stopped for 2hours in the middle of the night. So yeah maybe I just unlucky as others 🙃

[@eqwerw484]

It still will be faster then typical shitty lithuanian train.Check the articles about train to bialystock,bloody embarrassing

[@user-tq9pz4nu2s]

Mataiiiii 47 metus Lietuvoi gyvenu ,o nežinojau kad če taip gerai.🤣

[@Giedriusification]

Ai žinai, ten gerai kur mūsų nėra :)

[@SaturnNova]

Not recommending to relocate to Lithuania.

[@SaturnNova]

As a Lithuanian

[@djdioga]

The best bakeries are in IKI 😍