Geography Now! Lithuania

And just when you thought you had just survived Latvia, Lithuania comes at you with a chainsaw....To carve up a beautiful sculpture dedicated to folklore!
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[@GeographyNow]

Time to finish up the Baltics. What better way than to put Keith in my mom's muumuu. Oh by they way, Feel free to send Anyone on the GN team Fanmail! Not just me. Ken, Keith, Noah, Kaleb and introducing my new research / production assistant KAI! (You see him for a brief moment in the skit at 2:05

[@killiammusicandgaming]

Geography Now YAY GREAT VIDEÓ BARBS

[@denidotcom]

Geography Now hope you’re feeling well rested!

[@KaiDittmer1]

Geography Now My name is Kai I fell proud

[@Mav12able]

Geography Now will you guys have to go back and do eSwatini since it’s name changed from Swaziland?

[@Udontkno7]

Hope you had a nice relaxing break

[@oskarskursitis3798]

I am simple Latvian.. I see Lithuania.. I upvote.

[@DjPjX]

braliukas!

[@someonewhosupportukraine]

the same as me then i see Latvia :) and if its go fight between latvians and russians so well im in latvian side

[@get_outstop2951]

Ye me too

[@AstroGoalHorns]

I am a simple Estonian... I see Lithuania... I go back to my room and watch Netflix

[@oskaraskubilis]

Your name looks familiar

[@Knowerix]

*Anyone from Lithuania?*

[@visogero3123]

me :)

[@viliusmitas]

Ayyyy

[@svenciu3507]

Ash

[@koifishh420]

*hehe* Me

[@KordasNJR]

What's good

[@NiteStorm324]

Fun fact: Lithuania 🇱🇹 was the first country to recognize my country Armenia 🇦🇲

[@smiltejanuskeviciute657]

Really? I didn't know this!

[@rutaklimasauskaite2808]

Cooooooool

[@5Penkets]

Weird countries together stronk !

[@Nom_V]

🇱🇹👊

[@nedasliubertas3947]

We learn geography in our country

[@Mickelraven]

I love the Baltics. Some of the most underrated countries in the world. Love from Finland 🇫🇮❤️🇱🇹🇱🇻🇪🇪

[@jordanaspranaitis720]

Niekas: Lietuviai: Ė

[@dzerhoba]

Geras

[@Rgamerspider]

Galvotum kad cia daugiau lietuviu palaikintu😃

[@irvydasvoveraitis1794]

I mean. You're not wrong. Ė, universalus kreipinys.

[@firloin4125]

Ąčėęįšųū

[@Rocketsareoverrated]

Jis nesupras lol

[@livamilAVA]

Im a simple latvian, i see Lietuva, i give thumbs up! čau braļukas!

[@jack-o-lanterntheklinessho80]

Kak dela, chuvak?

[@reinaassassin9937]

Yay,I found another Latvian! Also sup bro

[@jack-o-lanterntheklinessho80]

@Wolfeanxo Cau Brāli

[@deimanterepsaite9014]

Sveiki

[@imweird3363]

Čau esmu latvietis bet protu lietuviski jebašiķ - labas esu iš latvijos bet moku kalbėti lietuviškai

[@agenttheater5]

3:46 Apparently my grandfather and great-grandmother when comparing Germany and the USSR moving in on Lithuania 'At least the Nazis didn't pretend to be liberating us'.

[@Flaccidtetris]

Based grandparents

[@chiragparsoya3754]

As an Indian, Proud to Have Lithuanian As A Close Ties with Our Ancient Sanskrit Language!❤🇮🇳🇱🇹

[@fritzzon]

Latvians too

[@midqceans7305]

Kiek mūsų Lietuvių čia? ⬇️

[@flitchhh]

Lemon Girl 0

[@vilius8631]

1

[@dosis8905]

Lemon Girl dahuja su biškiu 😃

[@nojus6957]

2

[@Solaire808]

biski arba daug

[@zilinskas91]

I am a Lithuanian-Brazilian and I have a huge respect and admiration for this amazing country. My Lithuanian great-grandmother always told me stories about Lithuania, especially how beautiful it was in the Spring. Much love to all the Lithuanians all over the world!

[@skuyzy198]

Oh yeah, you do have a lithuanian last name

[@zilinskas91]

Yeah, it came from my Lithuanian great-grandfather from Kaunas (or some city near it) and it was passed to his son, my grandfather, to my father and finally me. I still have the passport from my great-grandfather, Mykolas Zilinskas, from the 1920s, when Lithuania was still independent from the Reds.

[@kostam.1113]

''Brazil is a cool place to live''. LoL, but then again it depends where you live in Brazil, since some regions in Brazil have unimaginable violence on daily basis and third world standards of living.

[@zilinskas91]

Most of Lithuanians came to Sao Paulo, the richest state in Brazil, and the South Region. Sao Paulo HDI and GDP per capita are on par with most Eastern European countries and some Western too. I love Lithuania, but I don't know if i would get used to its climate, as Sao Paulo is a subtropical place with mean temperatures of 23-27 celsius, the perfect climate for me.

[@ZHike360]

Eimantas Varaneckas being a polititian in brazil is pretty rad

[@Hello-st3gg]

I want to go to Lithuania but it’s so far to go to it with a car. Love from the Netherlands and my native country Norway 🇳🇴🇳🇱❤️🇱🇹

[@pand2aren]

its not that far ! traveled from vilnius to cali and back non stop in 2days.. fast and easy

[@ignaskybransas926]

Im Lithuanian who lives in the Netherlands. it's not that big of a ride honestly. From Eindhoven to Klaipeda it takes me around 17-18h to drive. We do travel every half a year there for a couple of weeks. Otherwise flights from Eindhoven to Vilnius are quite common and cheap as both Wizzair and Ryanair is flying between those two cities.

[@ieva6089]

Love you❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

[@JaimieRain]

@@ignaskybransas926 17-18 hr? that's so short. I expected something like 2 days. I live in New Zealand, and to drive the country from bottom to top would take you about 26 hours (3 hour ferry ride between the islands) and that's without any stops. I guess it's the georgraphy, lot of hills and mountains here, Europe is mostly flat and straight etc.

[@ignaskybransas926]

@@JaimieRain Yeah i would assume geography has a lot to do with it. Also if you zoom in Europe you will see how many Highways we have and other types of good routes where we could do 120-150kmh most of the time without having to stop anywhere.

[@zosia9279]

Love from Poland 🇵🇱♥️🇱🇹

[@dievas1]

Love you back!

[@laimonas3797]

@@kayrannkanal2026 tf?

[@Kliscian]

@@kayrannkanal2026 what do you mean?

[@Kliscian]

@@kayrannkanal2026 Poland and lithuania?

[@goofygooberyeah]

@@kayrannkanal2026 they are both really diffrent Nations....... In the 16th century they where connected....

[@vklepackaite1194]

I'm Lithuanian so every time he pronounced something I shouted at my screen how to say it

[@kristinanenortas1719]

V Klepackaite me too 😂

[@katazynavisnevskaja9888]

Yea same

[@silver6380]

I'm not Lithuanian and have never visited or anything and even I was cringing. Vilnus, Konus, Šolai???

[@jackdowning2011]

My wife is Lithuanian and I've also became accustom to criticising incorrect pronunciations on Lithuanian words and locations.

[@arachito.mp4206]

I was like NO POTATO DUMPLINGS ONLY CEPELINAI

[@gabrihqwerty44]

Just a few things: Gediminas wasn't the king the only king was Mindaugas, the guy who died before becoming the king is not Vytautynas, his name was Vytautas. I am a Lithuanian, I am watching this and crying from laughter. We never think that hill of crosses is scary.

[@vykintasrakutis2503]

I'm lIthuanian and I only think that the hill of crosses is strange. The thing that creeped me out though, was the forest of witches.

[@enmo5924]

yes yes yes true im lithuanian too

[@racistpixel1017]

Hill of crosess is kreepy and i do think that to, i heard from many ppl that its creepy af

[@rojushkalit8113]

Yes

[@barsukascool]

Yeaaaa

[@gedextgaming4040]

Him: says "king Gediminas" Lithuanians: ANGRY NOISES

[@IndoAryan]

Love from Āryāvarta.🇮🇳🇱🇹 Lithuania is a very nice country.

[@ieva6089]

Yess! Love you! Btw is that India you are talking about? Because if not then i havent heard of that country before🤔

[@IndoAryan]

@@ieva6089 Yes, Aryavarta is the real name of India. India has two real names, one is Aryavarta and the other is Bharat.

[@locky1385]

aš lietuvė, but I'm more conserned about your username

[@locky1385]

@@tyagi7586 ah I see, thank you, didn't know that!

[@adunozi]

In georgia (sakartvelo) we call Lithuania "Lietuva"

[@maliuke]

@@KamileKolete geras, nezinojau!

[@und4287]

@@KamileKolete for some reason...

[@dainiusstankevicius5917]

Aciu! :)

[@silke5796]

Just like we call u sakartvelo

[@lindabeme7961]

The reason why everyone thinks that Latvia and Lithuania are like sisters/brothers is that when we are growing up, we are told that Lithuania is our biggest friend(which is true) and we are the same. That's why we are calling each other "braļuhas" - "brothers". If latvian is traveling to Lithuania, you feel like home and everyone is nice to you. That's why we love each other so much.

[@linusfotograf]

Linda Bēme Do you understand one another or do you speak English or Russian?

[@Androidaz1]

True :)

[@onelungg]

Lithuanian and Latvian are not mutually intelligible. Elder generation speak Russian and everyone under 30 speak English

[@chillysunny2324]

Linus Wärn Sadly, we don't understand each other to talk. At least for me, listening to Latvian is impossible to understand, but when reading, I can get what the text is about (sometimes wrongly, since we have some false-friends words).

[@lindabeme7961]

We understand some words, but mostly we speak English and Russian with each other. :)

[@debora1496]

Honestly, I’ve seen a lot of videos trying to inform people about my country Lithuania and usually I see a lot of weird and false claims but this video has done a very good job! Really, it might be one of the best ones yet; sure there were like 1,2 mistakes but all in all very informative! Good job!!! :))

[@commonly676]

Im a simple Pole. I see Lithuania, i press the like button.

[@golanerr3230]

I had one Lithuanian guy in my school and he would bring šakotis to class every year. They were delicious

[@cit7rus855]

lol, that's so cute

[@Elhant]

Don't know what you had, but it has a tremendous difference in how fresh it is: a)hard spikes = not fresh b)soft spikes = fresh and basicaly the god among cakes, sweets or anything sweet... damn it, now i wanna buy one :/

[@prod.youngsk3301]

Andrey Ostryagin oh yeah

[@arminaspetrokas5828]

comedyje

[@monwren]

@@Elhant Depends on the type tho. There are ones with hard spikes that are quite brittle and they're amazing too.

[@grethel9452]

Hello Lithuania!🇱🇹💕 Greetings from Estonia 🇪🇪💕

[@mke7275]

Hello🇱🇹

[@creamerr3349]

Come Play With Us Estonia

[@honkatron4439]

Greetings

[@rokcraftyt879]

labas(hello)

[@KarM3L0]

Hello🇱🇹

[@justicechowdhury2353]

Wooaah... Lithuanian and Sanskrit have similar words. Great. Love from india. 🇮🇳❤️🇱🇹

[@janosaw1916]

Love Lithuania from Poland 🇵🇱❤🇱🇹

[@supermaksas]

Just a little side note about the basketball part. Not only do we practice basketball as a religion, we also have a single national basketball team with roughly 2.8 million coaches.

[@imweird3363]

Lol

[@LECityLECLEC]

rofl!

[@Estland_Ch]

Kisses from estonia 🇪🇪

[@aukserudzikaite9355]

❤️❤️ thank you!

[@lauracyziute]

hehehe Come Play With Us Estonia 🪓🩸🔪

[@Estland_Ch]

@@lauracyziute aw hell naw-

[@lauracyziute]

CH_ ESTONIA WhY nOt 📓🖋 *gets death note*

[@Estland_Ch]

@Gaming with Astrea 10 y e s

[@jumbledorange7894]

I was at the mountan of witches it wasnt creppy it was fun.

[@LithuaniaExplained]

Thanks for covering such an amazing country! 🇱🇹

[@ricky99la]

That was a smooth Bass line.

[@tinchaaa]

im a simple latvian, i see lithuania, i click. sveiki!! 💕

[@putlerkaputt9201]

man patik raidijums Gudrs vel gudraks

[@realShortcut]

zirga galva islinda :D

[@Musickt196]

Haha I'm American but my boyfriend's from Lithuania, he says Latvia and Lithuania are brothers :)

[@tinchaaa]

@@Musickt196 yes, we kinda are! the languages are in the same language tree (thats what we call them here,, its probably not a correct translation 😂), so we can almost communicate with each other:). we're just pretty similar countries,, what can i say!

[@nesbistrampol]

labas, kaimyne

[@nielsenn7012]

Much respect form Denmark to Lithuania. Hope to visit soon 🇱🇹🇩🇰

[@lindamezsarga9587]

Greetings from latvia🇱🇻❤🇱🇹

[@Vakarisgamer]

Gediminas wasn't a king, Mindaugas was the only king.

[@KakaKaka-eo3pi]

You are correct.

[@mindaugasskurvydas1898]

Damn right

[@Fankas2000]

To be fair Kunigaikštis is a German loan word and "König" means King in German. So the "Didysis Kunigaikštis" title should be translated as High King in English.

[@brandon-22]

it's duke lol

[@Vakarisgamer]

I think the right translation would be Great Duke or High Duke

[@terroristiga]

I'm Latvian but I feel proud after watching this video 😎

[@Robcis]

Same, man arii

[@pjuiced3893]

@Count Roy because Lithuanian and Latvian culture is so similar

[@marfou4463]

@Count Roy Basically blood brothers

[@fishunter2501]

Welcome, Zirgu Galva))

[@krusshox4395]

@Kristian nav gan

[@aryzen.]

Love from Latvia 🇱🇻 my brothers

[@ugniusjurgelevicius6826]

You dont know how good it feels to see that somewon finally spoted my country thx you

[@ganjaaboss]

As Lithuanian I can say that the country is not creepy at all - sorry I can't finish this comment, as my child is whistling and it means that it can burn our house and we can lost all our food supplies which we are keeping in case of Vikings raid.

[@Marine5D]

Good one :D

[@marciusmarciukas5467]

Nice one :DDD

[@Indiaexpress]

Laurynas strange, my pressure cooker whistles all the time n my house never burned !!

[@EmaGerulskyte]

Laurynas 😂😂

[@btzmttx]

Indiaexpress hah be ready :D

[@hnjahnjah]

Zydrunas Savickas anyone? Strongest man in the world? Yeah,he's from there....

[@skyhigh7773]

Soetpotatis whel hell ya

[@kkujis]

currently yes, but Zydrunas is 40+ years old now so you can't expect him to continue dominating forever

[@agnezigunyte833]

Ikr? Im from Lithuania

[@mr.skellyton5747]

Priviet lietuvi

[@sadlanod]

Soetpotatis also KGB Red Dalia is from down there ! Only country in the world , where during peace time country left about 30% of population . Welcome to hell !

[@vejazaprauskis7844]

it was pretty good, a couple things tho: -Mindaugas was the one to unite us and he was the only king in Lithuanian history -you’re pronunciations are absolutely horrid but it’s ok you tried -if u ever do an updated version you should mention the traditional Lithuanian dances and songs

[@crystalpupa5307]

greetings from Lithuania! :)) u rock! you do a great job with this channel!!

[@MRSLAV]

Everything is on point but I can't believe you forgot to add like the strongest man on earth - Big Z Savickas.

[@soupthought]

@@LifeofJonnyy Are you okay? Did someone hurt you? Do you need help? You're so incredibly salty that i can almost taste it.

[@VaivaNormant]

Yes dude

[@deividasvalenta308]

@@LifeofJonnyy our past is quite hard and dark we had too much sad expierance and now no one knows our country i cant describe that feeling in english but i what meant to say that we love to know that someone else in the world regonises us or knows us and we want to make our country more and more fame man/woman understand us its not our ego its toooooooo hard past see ya peace!.!.!.

[@deividasvalenta308]

@@LifeofJonnyy how old are u ffs because u dont understand anthing about other humans......

[@deividasvalenta308]

@@LifeofJonnyy yeah i should u are such a cool man see ya

[@mignas]

Gott aclear some things: 1. Nobody ever thought about The hill of crosses as creepy. Its a christian monument started long time ago, later serving as a symbol of resistence against russia (tzar and soviet), it was desroyed several times but after each time it grew back even bigger. 2. Crosses are our national monument. In the 18-20th century, many crossroads, and houses had their own cross. They were being made from carved wood or metal. It served as a place of meditation or prayer for those who could not attend the church or for other reasons. These crosses have their own stylized curves and carvings, which closely relate to the paganism (documented in books). My grandfather, a professional blacksmith used to make those in his free time. (this tradition was had poland as well i think) 3. The KGB bunkers and interogation experiences are small local businesses, not something "big" that everybody knows about. 4. If there is anything creepy about lithuania at all, its the politics and inherited public pesimism. After the destruction of soviet union, the former communists took control of the government which resulted in kind of significant lagging in development and essential reforms. Lots of money were stolen by those people, and remanants of the party are still leeching. (thanks to active a few active people (tapinas, maldeikiene, etc.) investigational journalism and ballzy politicians crack down the money leechers and corrupted ones. 5. Bogs and swamps are not "creepy" and there are not too many of them. There are only about 5 decently sized marshes, which are protected and can only be accessed by a wooden footpath. Once a year a number people are issued permissions to harvest the marsh. There are tons berries and mushrooms. Ive heard my uncle tell a story where he used to carry 80kg bag of pristine mushrooms back home. (yes, forest goods were essential to survival (mostly winter) about 30-40 years back, now these goods are still very sought after.)

[@AusstejaD]

lncubus99, This needed to be said, hill of crosses isn't creepy to the locals at all. Also no Lithuanian or Latvian thinks of our countries as creepy, sisters - yes, but creepy - naaah. Other points you mentioned were really good too! Ačiū!

[@tadas2001]

+ he mentioned that the only king in Lithuanian living history was Gediminas xdd

[@explode1507]

And he wrote Vytautynas :DD

[@friattmoooo]

thank you...

[@Altrantis]

I imagine the number of marshes is quite high but you're used to them so you just don't notice or consider them or think it's normal. I live in the marshiest area in my country and I would have never considered it if I wasn't told by geographers, I just thought it was normal. I once read that back in the middle ages, in the Baltic people would go to war in winter, despite the harsh northern winters, because at least you could move troops on the frozen land, whereas in summer it was really hard to move armies through the country because of all the marshy lands.

[@eleanorbertuch135]

Wonderful program. My grandma came to America in 1899. She tells of a very very long sea trip🙏

[@f4usgaming63]

So good to see whos creating stuff about my country thx so much, so glad 🙂💥💯

[@ricards8987]

Love from latvia to Lithuania mans braluka 🇱🇻🇱🇹🇱🇻🇱🇹🇱🇻🇱🇹🇱🇻🇱🇹 Damn this is the most likes i have ever had

[@common..wealth]

broliukai :D

Labdiens :) braluk :)

[@gretyne]

Thanks

[@rokasmontvila1801]

Gediminas karalius? Taigi Mindaugas😅😅

[@Juozax.]

We are brothers

[@Lucense]

Ačiū for making the Lithuania episode! :) Love from Latvia :)

[@Pandzikizlasu80]

Chief Luna Moon Bless you!

[@Trowo]

*Ačiū not Aciū

[@owlleep6047]

Here is MY heart from latvia to YOU

[@Lucense]

Yeah, I forgot about that č, hah My bad >)

[@Trowo]

Chief Luna Moon And now you forgot " : " in the " >:)" evil face.

[@GT-jh3hn]

Love ur Videoes Bro! interesting learning about other countries :D

[@epicerne1000]

Hearing how old my second language is that I got from one of my parents and that it's the last of the few Baltic languages makes me want to make sure I don't forget it so I can pass it on

[@Emmiesteaparty]

Me as a lithuanian watching him pronounce all the words wrong :👁️💧👄💧👁️

[@irmaboguzinskaite8753]

👁👄👁👌

[@cheqqo5708]

pain

[@royalscorp5537]

man taipat

[@jacuesduplessis319]

Lithuania 🇱🇹 🤢🤢🤢🤢🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮

[@minuit6305]

He tried! We tried! I tried!😭😭😭

[@matchaa121]

I think Lithuanians are one of the most beautiful people in the world. They tend to have very refined facial features, model-like appearance. Both men and women from Lithuania are very attractive. He mentioned that many Lithuanians live in Brazil.. can you imagine how gorgeous Lithuanian-Brazilian mix looks like?! I loved to visit Palanga in Lithuania! Love from Estonia xx

[@yarpen26]

It's pretty much always that way in the former Eastern Bloc. They combine the most visually appealing genes (the Scandinavians also have those by the way) with a culture that gives women no excuse not to take care of their bodies.

[@Murkis1239]

All about those Baltic genes haha Thanks man!

[@valdisimas]

same

[@edvinas6113]

kallutibu are u free? I'm searching for wife:D I can tell you soo much storys about ltu every night before u sleep :D Joke. First time I heard that men, not women are attractive. Always ppl from other coutrys says ltu women are most beautifule :) Thnx!

[@xxxx-wh5nu]

There's a Brazilian woman of Lithuanian ancestry very famous for her beauty called Angelica.

[@povilasgenceravicius7060]

okay I'm from Lithuania and this video is the best thing I have seen so far I'm laughing so hard thank you!! XD

[@Vikikiish]

Thank you for the video! Looked a bit rushed as if you just have to do it. Other than that, great knowledge and some random facts that are probably not known for even Lithuanians themselves. :) Every country is beautiful, best wishes to everyone!

[@Xyz-kz9ob]

Gediminas wasn't a king. The only king was Mindaugas

[@Lawra921]

Thank you!

[@dianatruskauskiene6687]

True

[@dianatruskauskiene6687]

I'm Lithuanian :D

[@TheAnon03]

No Žydrūnas Savickas?

[@Spatakey]

TheAnon03 Big Z is the man

[@roastedpeanuts1318]

Yeah i live in lithuania

[@netauzinot1430]

pize bl, be Židrūno

[@modisp]

Yeah, not mentioning strongest man alive lives here :D

[@ala4362]

modisp hes not the strongest

[@heyimlithuanian1003]

I can comfirm I whistled once as a child in Lithuania and my house got exploded

[@farrelpermadi5471]

2:00 well, after trying to count the distance from the point to the Northern-, Southern-, Western-, and Eastern- most point of Europe, I can kinda approve that :)

[@jakubkoudelka8844]

Oh, so many positive memories back from 2010 and my studies at Vilniaus university. You guys rock!! Sveikinu iš Čekijos.

[@umsernae]

Labas Česká! We hope you liked your stay at Vilnius! Láska z Litvy !

[@Zjbuber]

Thanks bro

[@ieva6089]

Im a little late haha but i hope you had a good time! Poland hates us even tho he said that we are friends thats false

[@cheqqo5708]

Ačiū.

[@lucagieseler]

Same for me! My semester at VGTU was an absolute blast! Lithuania is fu*kin dope! But still: nekalbu lietuviškai

[@in2097]

Wrong facts: Lithuania didn't cut off that little tail village from Belarus. It was the opposite: Lithuanian villages were just randomly sliced off by occupants forming a border, but that particular village fought their way back to be united with Lithuania. Lots of villages next to Belarus border still speak Lithuanian.

[@anicetusurban8516]

Really? I thought they spoke Polish next to the Belarus border.

[@in2097]

@@anicetusurban8516 there where few mixed regions with Polish minority closer to Vilnius around Salcininkai, but not in south.

[@PandaBearWithMic]

fun fact: language doesn't connected with a borders most the time the closer to the border you get the bigger the mix of languages of two countries you'll get. And like half of Lithuania speaks Russian, so...

[@in2097]

@@PandaBearWithMic True, there is always a mix at the border, because borders are usually defined by authorities in their "offices". But what it has to do with Lithuanians speaking Russian? During Soviet Occupation people had to learn Russian, it was pushed everywhere. Now young people refuse to learn it in favour of English. But it has nothing to do with the ethnic regions cut off at the borders..

[@PandaBearWithMic]

not only that, but during USSR many people were re-settled from parts of the country to another...

[@noellegreene2720]

I’m a Lithuanian and just want to let you guys know nobody thinks the hill of crosses is creepy. its simply a small hill with crosses and crucifixes that is actually very holy. we do know why the hill of crosses started but it is not very interesting haha

[@yourgirlfrend.c0m]

and it burns down like every other year

[@mmickle6191]

That's some groovy sculpture there!

[@connortheandroidsentbycybe7740]

"They have an easter grandma instead of a bunny, yeah!" "Most hot air balloons per capita, awesome!" "Their own national perfume, wicked" "Some of the best internet speeds in the world, cool!" "Don't whistle inside or your house will explode, wait what"

[@chillysunny2324]

It's just an old superstition. I don't think anyone actually believes it these days.

[@aklas5753]

As Lithuanian I Do

[@Suris69xxx]

People say that if you whistle in your house you will blow your house away. Blow away in Lithuanian means to loose something carrely. Most common superstitions: Never say goodbye to person over a doorstep. We might become enemies. If I step on your foot, you have to step back or our friendship will be ruined. If you hit heads with someone it means that we are going to be related. E.g. our kids will marry or we'll marry. Saying something "i'll never SOMETHING BAD" means you have to knock on any piece of wood or tree. If you don't it might happen.

[@SeRaFiNuTe]

In my region (Samogitia) it is said that “if you whistle inside your house, you will “whistle” away your money. It mean to loose money (unexpected expenses, forget somewhere..). If remember right it’s because of remaining pagan beliefs and superstition about magical spirits/creatures.

[@gabijaletukaite1388]

@@SeRaFiNuTe I'm from Samogitia too, but we say that if you whistle inside your house, you will call a devil to your home.

[@Howtard]

I really want to know more about the "book smuggling years" so I'm going to type a comment out instead of typing it into google like a normal person.

[@1MuchButteR1]

The books were smuggled from German controlled Lithuanian minor region. (today its the Kaliningrad Oblast)

[@vyvasiliau]

That is correct. Important to add the reason for this. During that time, Lithuania was occupied by Russian Empire (way before Soviet Union). Russia had plans to integrate this region (not for the last time) to their Empire and eliminate ethnicity of Lihuanians. So they started Russification program, which included ban on all Lithuanian language publications printed in the Latin alphabet and writing in Cyrillic were encouraged. People who smuggled illegal books and periodicals across the border were called "Knygnešiai" (literal translation - people who carries the books).

[@kiauraskaminas8038]

Vytautas Vasiliauskas russifacation started 1862 after we lost second uprising war for restoration of independent poland-lithuania state. 1/3 of ethnic Lithuania teritorry became slavic during rusifacation, thats norhtwestern part of modern day Belarus. only few lithuanian villages and towns still exist today but not for a long, as russification continues in belarus and even belarusian language and nation is in huge danger. . So that region was too far from germany for book smuglers and not many books could make it that far east, but in other parts of Lithuania there were many books, political antirussian newspappers, and many secret lithuanian schools in many towns and villages. So lithuanian language are spoken until this day

[@Monte80]

I don't know if you will find a monument for the smuggler anywhere else in the world. :)

[@222Deima]

All the replies were very good. Also, if I remember right... people who smuggled books also smuggled other things like alcohol (which is cheaper abroad to this day?) to make a living and books were just like a nice thing thing they did to keep Lithuanian alive. Basically, they were not motivated by money to smuggle books. I may be off though, correct me if my memory served me wrong from history classes.

[@lazarekoguashvilli5575]

Hello Lithuania! greetings from sakartvelo! hopefully i can visit someday

[@sunnysun413]

4:01 fun fact! i live REALLY REALLY close to this area! i often go there with my mom whenever we need to buy something cuz there are a lot of stores near it

[@wetdoritos2990]

I'm from Poland and I loooove Lithuania 🇱🇹❤🇵🇱

[@truten3737]

Poucz sie historii

[@noone12884]

@@truten3737 pyzda they dealed up 🗿

[@khvtisoturdziladze8819]

Lietuva! Greetings from Georgia! Our best friends

[@algisvickus4910]

Hello Geardia! Į love you brathers!

[@linasma235]

everything is same except religion you are oldest christians we are last pagans

[@inactive859]

🇱🇹🇬🇪

[@realShortcut]

most of lithuanians dont even know where this gruzia is..

[@inactive859]

@@realShortcut yes we do... its in the caucuses bordering Russia to the north , turkey and Armenia to the south and Azerbaijan to the east

[@vasanthakumar526]

Love to Pagan country Lithuania from India 🇮🇳🇱🇹. Both are very far from each other but shares same culture and language family.

[@sprite6104]

I remembered when i tried learning whistling and my parents would beat me with the dirzas or the slepete. the great and happy memories.

[@Oskars171]

Much love to all the braliukai out there from your Latvian brālis. :)

[@JC05]

I'm glad you took time off for your life, but am I happy to see you back!! :)

[@thekxngcutlass]

Me too

[@sethcarter9833]

That dock in Palanga is actually a simple bridge for people to walk a bit over the baltic sea :)

[@Mr.Cerera69]

As lithuanian loved this video commenting about my home country. Great video. Liked it in your own fun way!

[@brunocoliveira89]

It is worth to mention Čiurlionis was a REALLY good composer

[@bookconspiracy4905]

Yasss!!

[@rokasstoliarenka3930]

It is! :D

[@shotamaisuradze1]

I am Georgian .I respect Lithuania . Lithuania is a good friend of Georgia !

[@M16rickytick]

Gomardjoba!

[@shotamaisuradze1]

გაგიმარჯოს!

[@shotamaisuradze1]

No, Georgia is in Eastern Europe!

[@2AKgym]

@@shotamaisuradze1 Georgia isnt in Europe

[@GhostRaiter]

This is great news! I'm Lithuanian / Canadian and i plan to visit Georgia this year because it looks so incredibly beautiful. Good to know we are friends.

[@MsPuja1992]

so intriguing

[@d.f.6577]

Love from BG. Interesting episode.

[@gupta-pw5xb]

Welcome back Barby !!!

[@Qswlol]

Oh nonono gediminas wasn’t a king it was Mindaugas

[@GoldenRS]

Adrijus VFX Yes

[@skyhigh7773]

Yesds

[@skyhigh7773]

But still we had just one king😂😂andnit was kild in same day

[@fidenemini111]

In fact all Graet Dukes were absolute monarchs and in correspondence with German Order or Holy Roman Empire titled themselves Koenig or Rex, and were refered as such by second party. Formally only one - Mindaugas received the crown from Pope.

[@titasltpro4663]

Mindaugas was only king of Lithuania!!!!

[@masala37_70]

Good to hear

[@APtheAvGeek]

as a lithuanian, and who lived near siauliai, the siauliai airport is a military airport and nobody in siauliai uses it, we use kaunus or riga

[@karlomarovic5819]

I always wanted to visit the Baltic twins 😍. Love from Croatia! BTW great video!

[@UtamagUta]

Sure! Just don't forget umbrella and... rain boots! (Seriously though, the only season with predictably decent weather is in late July - mid August)

[@LimaArno]

Just do it Karlo! Come over here in a summer. Life is short.

[@someonewhosupportukraine]

Karlo Marovic I am a Lithuanian and I love Croatia. Dalmatia, Plitvice, Zadar, Dubrovnik and, of course, Zagreb. You, like us, have a similar story. We have giant Russia on the side. You have Serbia who wants to restore Yugoslavia. Together you share the story with Ukraine. They have Donbass you had a Knin. Therefore, I think that from the Adriatic to the Baltic States we should make an alliance. Greetings from Vilnius.

[@07h23]

Greetings from your Baltic sister - Estonia! 🇪🇪🇱🇹

[@allgym3479]

Come play with us Estonia 😈

[@whatforaaron2494]

Lithuania has some damn good beer too. Svyturys. Even though Smithwicks of Ireland is one of my favorites. ☘️🇮🇪☘️🇱🇹☘️🍻

[@jumanpatowary4486]

Wow, Sanskrit and Lithuanian is connected! Love from India

[@adomasdombrauskas2680]

🇱🇹🤝🇮🇳

[@human8454]

Iam also surprised ☺️

[@NerdX151]

I am from Denmark, and I fondly remember my early high school years, when I would spend my savings taking lithuanian language courses in Copenhagen. We were only 7 students, but damn it was fun. =) Lithuania was also the first country I visited alone at an age of 14. It is one of the best memories I ever had. 2 years ago I wanted to share these memories with my wife who is from Japan and wanted a romantic holiday in Europe. So I convinced her that we should spend our holiday in Vilnius. The one thing I remember most was her looking around in horror as we exited Vilnius station and asking "Where the hell have you taken me?" xD

[@Sanalluk]

Did you had fun in the end of the day? :DDDDDDDDDDD

[@kpopworldshi5827]

Now I'm living in Denmark, but I'm from Lithuania

[@j.dragon651]

@@Sanalluk he is divorced now. Just kidding, I'm Lithuanian. Yesterday I couldn't even spell IQ, and today I still can't.

[@saulenevalskyte5878]

Few corrections: 1) Our only king was Mindaugas. Gediminas was a Grand Duke. 2) We actually know how hill of crosses started. It was a part of resistance movement against Russia. It actually have quite a story of it's own. Otherwise nice job :)

[@azs9]

It is a really beutiful country. I live there. Theres small mountains at Telšiai side

[@Begginer1000]

yooo, im from lithuania. really nice episode, funny and interesting to listen even for lithuanian

[@randomstalker3308]

Love Lithuania from Estonia :)

[@tomgedas]

Love Estonia from Lithuania

[@Saba-dz9ge]

Love Lithuania from Georgia ❤️ long time friends

[@Saba-dz9ge]

@@heinzerr ♥️♥️

[@grazvydasplaipa260]

We love you so much georgie❤❤

[@Dana-ey2cz]

Im not Lithuanian but why are there so many comments about Georgia being a close friend to Lithuania? Wut happened? Just curious

[@streampunk6932]

@@Dana-ey2cz Lithuania and Georgia, names of countries are names which other people use to refer to us. We Georgians call ourselves Sakartvelo, while Lithuania calls themselves Lietuva, as we are close friends, we decided to call each other as it is in our own languages ^_^ so now we officially call each other Lietuva and Sakartvelo

[@deleteduser1877]

@@Dana-ey2cz Lithuenia Supported Georgia in 2008 war And also We hate Communism just like them

[@mohitdubey3146]

Lots of love❤ to Lithuania🇱🇹 from India🇮🇳

[@TJZP504]

Amazing video

[@Jay-lz5zk]

Lithuania looks really beautiful, interesting and exciting! Love from Germany to Lithuania!😘 🇩🇪🇱🇹

[@putlerkaputt9201]

Danke schoen Deutschland for everything, especially for allowing to print lithuanian press during dark book smuggling years of 1864-1904 DE-LT

[@zeromandasxd5637]

Trust me Lithuania has lots of interesting and beautiful things to see. I suggest visiting parks or going on hikes because you're going to see way more things than in the cities or towns.

[@cobriel0078]

Thanks some good look frome lithuania to germany im ganna learn germany as my 2nd leanguege

[@Monceris]

Thanks

[@TosinMemes]

But is the most suicidal place ever...

[@Bugaran]

Love Lithuania from Poland

[@user-py9cy1sy9u]

Love Poland from Lithuaniaaa

[@ievavasiliauskaite1129]

Vilnia nasha!

[@NedasFlanderas]

Ieva, poles from Poland know that and they never say anything like this. Only poles in Lithuania like to say it. It is very impolite to say this phrase to someone who just said that he/she likes (loves) your country, it's very very rude!

[@Bugaran]

that's soo true!

[@ievavasiliauskaite1129]

Milda Mockūnaitė tu Lietuvė aš lietuvė ir abi suprantam kad Vilnius mūsų

[@HorizonGamerPlays]

When he said Šiauliai int. airport it's actually a milatary airbase.

[@kingmaderje5399]

I wanna learn about Lithuania and your video on Ghana was all facts

[@peteralaman8863]

Love to Lithuania from Iran.

[@katastrofskyy]

Knew a gorgeous girl from Iran once...LIT-IRN

[@ThisIsNeffit]

thanks :)

[@AugustOfTheWinter]

Love to Iran from Lithuania

[@kamiledagyte4781]

Yes we need some thank you

[@kestis2390]

peter alaman fanks man

[@mravalik]

I am like half Lithuanian so I gotta learn of my heritage 😂 Sveiki / Labas from America 🙏🏻

[@bobas217]

Ay ay captain

[@rskee8990]

Labas gyveni amerikoi? ;Dd

[@gaialachin5352]

Same here but with spaghettiland

[@poliakas431]

Half russian half lithuanian. Oh yeah it's all coming together now

[@gabib6475]

I’m lithuanian but I can’t even speak it anymore it’s actually sad but funny

[@languist]

0:10 I love that “The Shining” reference