Elektrenai - GRIMMEST Town in Europe? 🇱🇹

[@Silainis-xe8cd]

One note, the power plant in Elektrenai is thermal power plant, not nuclear. There was only one nuclear power plant in Lithuania and its in Ignalina, but that one is no longer functioning. But it could be a nice tour, its also quite interesting city.

[@CarltheScouser]

Yes I think I’ll do that when I’m back in Lithuania

[@otherdimension5891]

I born there. Nice to see that place.In the summertime that huge lake looks very impressive. It is small but compactible city. Thanks for video.

[@mikeromadin8744]

It's artificial lake for power plant cooling which is created flooding several lakes and building the dam on Streva river

[@aircraft2]

As a lithuanian if you ever wonder why we're thought of as cold and depressed just remember this town... Visaginas is another good example although much farther from Vilnius or any other big cities. I live abroad but still fall into that stereotype exactly, lol

[@CarltheScouser]

I loved it 😁

[@ernisj.8087]

It makes me smile , watching a scotsman exploring random Lithuanian town. 😊

[@CarltheScouser]

Thank you 😁 but I’m actually from Liverpool, England

[@ernisj.8087]

@@CarltheScouser Oh, sorry, my mistake😊. I thought "r" pronounciation is almost silent for all Englishmen.

[@CarltheScouser]

The Liverpool accent is similar to Scottish, Irish and even Welsh. It’s very different from the South of England 😁

[@jimmyl7511]

A Scotsman! 🤣

[@mikeromadin8744]

@@CarltheScouser i'm a Scotchman - drink a single malt only! LOL

[@SA_bluemonday]

The power plant in Elektrenai is not, and to my knowledge never has been, nuclear. I camped on the outskirts of this city last summer on my motorcycle tour in eastern europe and looked in to this. I can say that the city looked at least a bit better in summer time 😃

[@CarltheScouser]

Its a charming little concrete town 😄

[@ernisj.8087]

It has power plant.Not nuclear.It uses natural gas to steam turbines.Cheers😊!

[@durnastelikas5314]

Yea, it is not nuclear power plant. Ignalina nuclear power plant of Lithuania is near the city of Visaginas in Norteastern corner of the country. It's another grey newly build Soviet city built for workers of power plant. Famous HBO series Chernobyl was filmed there and because of that now it's kind of touristic place

[@LITHSOF]

great video, thanks for visiting, mate👋the plant is a hydro not nuclear though.

[@Brazauskas123]

Omg, this completely flew over my head when he said it! I'm a Lithuanian who doesn't know the difference between Elektrėnai and Visaginas, I guess.. :D Tho, the plant in Elektrėnai is conventional thermal plant, not hydro. The hydro ones are in Kaunas and Kruonis.

[@mikeromadin8744]

​@@Brazauskas123Kruonis is a pump storage

[@TheLordx7]

just found your channel, great video, would love some more content of similar places like this one

[@CarltheScouser]

Thanks mate. More to come!

[@juliette1017]

that man showing of his fish was so wholesome

[@WhereDoWeTravelNow]

Looks like an adventure, mate. Loved it!

[@CarltheScouser]

Thanks mate. Glad you liked it

[@CRVideos0877]

Welcome back in Europe! Each city has its own beauty!❤ I don't think many of the city's residents would move from there! Thank you for filming and sharing, have a good weekend!❤

[@CarltheScouser]

Thanks mate

[@ingridasvilainyte8783]

Thats how it looks in Summer kzbin.info/www/bejne/p4TdZ6GFm72Eo5Y

[@potamitispublishing4374]

Great take on a little, charming town. Well done!

[@CarltheScouser]

Thanks. Glad you enjoyed it!

[@THC42O]

Man nice video i born and grow up in this town awesome! Thanks for Video😅

[@CarltheScouser]

Thanks for watching mate

[@BongoNr9]

You missed the Chernobyl style ferris wheel by about 4 years.

[@jackisonthemap]

Great video mate, nice to see different towns off the tourist radar. 👍

[@CarltheScouser]

Nice one mate 😁

[@jackisonthemap]

@@CarltheScouser just subbed pal keep up the good work. 👍

[@FIREMEN]

Elektrėnai power plant is not a nuclear power plant it is a Thermal power plant, and your video is a bit old bycase Elektrėnai now is one of the nicest and cheapest place to live in Lithuania.

[@mikeromadin8744]

Could you advise source where you get info from? I disagree it's cheapest place in lithuania

[@megaotstoy]

as a matter of fact in a winter time most of the Lithuanian, Latvian and Estonian post-WWII towns are equally grim and depressing

[@CarltheScouser]

I quite like it 😁

[@mbrown4778]

​@@CarltheScouserI like it too! For some reason these cities give me a feeling of nostalgia & warmth.

[@garyrigby21]

You don't half get around carl haha brilliant

[@dansharpe2364]

It's a tad grim for sure but it's certainly nicer than Skelmersdale. Great video!

[@CarltheScouser]

Cheers mate. A lot safer than any area in Merseyside

[@Monte80]

Oh no, Elektrenai is far from a grim town. Maybe twenty yers ago it was such. :) Wet winter and fog definitelly creates such atmosphere. There was enormous Thermo Plant in Elektrenai. Specifically to support Visaginas Nuclear power plant with electricity and all Lithuania in case of immediate shutdown. Today it is a convenient town to live with good communication with both biggest cities.

[@mikeromadin8744]

Unfortunately local authorities are lazy and corrupted bellends. They've lost opportunity to build railway station for Rail Baltica 2 extencion

[@jasbasra7967]

@7.34....."I found a way in".....love the scousers! 😂 (Although I'm a red Carl...😊)

[@CarltheScouser]

Cheers for watching mate (even if you are a red 😂)

[@BernardLatham-c6d]

I believe Carl, that Elektrenai has recently been twinned with Rotherham!! 🤷‍♂️

[@CarltheScouser]

😂😂 Chucklevision Soviet edition..now that would make some great TV

[@BernardLatham-c6d]

😂 Yeh, “ I could imagine having the Chuckle Brothers on that arena playing Ice-Hockey passin’ the puck! …..”To me!” “To you! “To me!” 😊

[@CarltheScouser]

😂😂

[@westkarl91]

You’ve charmed me

[@Matzgier]

Are you gonna visit Poland too?

[@CarltheScouser]

I love Poland and I’ve been all over the country however I’ve only made a couple of videos of Poland. I’ll be back for sure!

[@garyrigby21]

Ive always wanted to go to Nosy be island just cos of the name so i couldn't believe it when i found a KZbin channel from there and the guy is a scouser! Lol you couldn't make it up

[@TaduxSlowbouncer]

I can't believe this guy thinks "Elektrenai" is more depressing than "Chernobyl" 💀

[@mikeromadin8744]

I rose in this town and finished school there in 1993. Regarding power plant - that's thermal power plant with initial capacity 1.8GW. Initially run on oil, later in 90-ies converted to natural gas. In the beginning 21 century a new combined cycle gas turbine was built 450MW i suggest it's used for secondary frequency control ("hot reserve"). At the moment 6 old units are completely decommissioned, unit 7 and 8 works on cold reserve and start up on predicted demand. Use to work in the power plant after uni around 2000 it was full of soviet narrow minded bellends luckily most of them already mooved to the better world.

[@CarltheScouser]

😂😂😂

[@mikeromadin8744]

@@CarltheScouser we use to drink at work a quarter century ago and pinched cables for the scrap copper due to miserable salaries LOL

[@CarltheScouser]

@@mikeromadin8744 don’t blame you mate 😂

[@mikeromadin8744]

@@CarltheScouser perhaps now the tables are turned and lithufvckinganian life quality is getting way better rather than british... perhaps salarywise britain still better for the certain jobs including mine

[@vytenisadmin]

It is not a nuclear plant, but fossil based.

[@mikeromadin8744]

Use to be, now partially decommissioned, partially run on natural gas.

[@luizasvaitunovasd3774]

Žuvies kioskas geras👍🏻

[@dainiusm5436]

Lithuania 👍👍👍

[@luizasvaitunovasd3774]

Saulės gatve jiega💪😉

[@luizasvaitunovasd3774]

Apie atominė elektrinė tu čia gerai užstumei 😁👍🏻

[@cal-efc8062]

Yesss lad where you are is better than Kirkby

[@CarltheScouser]

😂😂 not wrong there mate

[@haroldasgailius3689]

U should go summer pal ❤ Thanks

[@CarltheScouser]

Yes I’d love to go back

[@mikeromadin8744]

​​@@CarltheScouseri would really recommend to come during the summer. Lithuania unfortunately quite grim and depressive circa 2/3 of the year, perhaps in the late spring, summer and early autumn it's beautyful.

[@newlife2281]

Bad idea travel to Lithuania at winter.

[@CarltheScouser]

I enjoyed it 😁

[@Rallen123]

Electranice

[@ciklop4206]

It's not that bad, apart from the bad

[@luizasvaitunovasd3774]

Ledo arena musu pasididžiavimas! Sovietai daug geru daliku mums paliko!