I VISITED LATVIA SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO

[@LivingIronicallyinEurope]

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[@HonneTheFinnicHeathen]

Please visit Santa Claus in Finnish Lapland

[@jurisjancevskis9076]

LATVIJA NR.1! 🇱🇻🇱🇻🇱🇻🇱🇻🇱🇻🇱🇻 Thanks for visiting our country, Balkan Man

[@athercarrot]

your pronunciation is trash but thank you

[@jeremycline9542]

Can I use my number with Saily or is it only for internet?

[@Paul20661]

YAY NEW VIDEO ALSO HELO FROM CLUJ Thank you for coming to our protest as i said i didn't knew u were there only after i saw the post,sad i could not meet u and take a pic,oh well,next time Let's meet one day plz do fan meeting in Cluj cuz i live here

[@botatobias2539]

Fun fact: Latvia is the only EU state in which Romania doesn't have embassy. As a Romanian, my only connection to Latvia is the Karums cheesebar in my fridge.

[@realhawaii5o]

Wait, you can get Kārums in Romania?

[@botatobias2539]

​@@realhawaii5o They introduced them earlier this year, at a local retail chain called Profi, and also in the local Kauflands.

[@Gabriels-u5h]

Karums has like 10 different flavors here in Latvia

[@valdiszigurs3471]

Kārums bizpiena sieriņi>>

[@Outlessyttaken]

kārum sieriņi guud

[@KiprasGavenas]

Latvia mentioned from 0:00 to 29:19

[@Diizelss]

RAAAAAHHHHH

[@alfieingrouille1528]

Based

[@brianmorsn4547]

I LUV Latvia’s 🇱🇻 LATPAT digital Camo so Erotic😭😭😭 files.catbox.moe/w1hbyt.jpg

[@brianmorsn4547]

LATPAT CAMO IS Kewl very Minecraft Dual Tex Vibe

[@AR-15F.9]

Damn I didn't know that. Helps a lot mate 👍👍

[@MrSarkasm]

Lithuanian here, you better not be talking shit about our braliukai Latvians (haven't watched the video yet), I fucking love those guys.

[@Latvian07]

Much love from zirga galva ❤ I am still trying to come up with a nickname for Lithuanians. We want to tease you too😂😂❤

[@X_irtz]

Thank you, we like you guys too!

[@Oujouj426]

Not so much shittalking, but some misinformation. The most egregious being equating Livonians to Latvians. It's like calling Occitan French as Basque people.

[@Oujouj426]

​@@Latvian07Leiši

[@Latvian07]

@@Oujouj426 Vajag kaut ko interesantāku.. varbūt “biešu plēši” ? Tā kā aukstā zupa nāk no Lietuvas, tas būtu piemēroti.😂

[@tnickknight]

I'm a simple Lithuanian, I always have love to our Latvian and Estonian Brothers

[@dundun8640]

Braļukas

[@adrianasinkeviciute918]

we feel the same way about you ❤

[@artsafr8600]

We love you too)

[@toms_777]

Hi my brother (im from latvia)

[@TheSoniga]

Me too ​@@toms_777

[@janiskazinovskis9492]

Did you know Latvia had every piece of land but they were generous, so they gave land to every country

[@Sanistio]

🤑🤑🤑

[@liveforever141]

Dog bless 😇🙏

[@ben-taobeneton3945]

pzc 😂

[@edmundmiller70]

@@liveforever141 times three.

[@AlexofZippo]

Wooooaaah god bless 🙏

[@skudrinskis]

I'm not really nationalist, but when I see Latvia in a video title forces beyond my control, make me click, and a channel I already watch making the video is just a cherry on top

[@eustacemcgoodboy9702]

You are, the Russians are basically right about you guys. I've been called a gypsy and a jew to my face here (I'm neither). Your racism is hard core here brother.

[@Latvian07]

@@eustacemcgoodboy9702do you know him personally ? How can you know if he is rac1st? Don’t put everyone in the same bag

[@esotericulmanist8331]

@@eustacemcgoodboy9702 Good.

[@40000_warhammers]

the nationalism instantly enters my bloodstream as soon as I see a video mentioning our country lmao

[@bebopdedop8776]

@@Jonjs99 most agreeable slavic comment section

[@ao4393]

you have summoned the 12 latvians that use the internet (including me)

[@EddyLmp]

Just forgetting the fact that Latvia is Top 5 in the world in terms of average connection speed 😅🫶

[@bebr1s]

@@EddyLmp yes but my wifi still cant do anything

[@misselfonsi692]

Not only latvian... But latvian pagan. Hi! 😀

[@fakeplayer9088]

Ahh good one

[@MarkussDzenis-b6h]

me

[@itsvmmc]

"I visited Latvia so you don't have to" >Only visits a small central part of Riga

[@mignas]

Braliukas!!! 🇱🇻🇱🇹🇪🇪

[@marajaunosane6855]

That aint latvian am an latvian and braliukas aint that its brāļi/bračka

[@mignas]

@@marajaunosane6855braliukas is brother (brolis) Lithuanian dialect of aukstaitija, which is close proximity to latvia and, like samogitian, has lots of mutual words and pronunciation with Latvian.

[@rullangaar]

Swede here. Visited Latvia a few years back. The Teutonic Order castle in Cesis is awesome. Strongly recommended for anyone with an interest in medieval history. Also, Latvians are a friendly bunch.

[@mpbiggame1010]

They are??

[@mygfshoeXP]

​@mpbiggame1010 actually it depends lmao, we Latvians can be friendly yet at the same time rude assholes. 😭 but not too bad, I promise.

[@iggyblitz8739]

​@@mpbiggame1010 ?

[@Mucky_Muck]

​@@mpbiggame1010No, we're not.

[@archaxyz7723]

@@mpbiggame1010 We are, after few months or few driks :D

[@zirnis_13]

7:27 fun fact: the song in the background was made by Latvia's most famous composer - Raimonds Pauls. The version of this song playing in the background is the translated russian version (because everything in the USSR had to also be translated into russian if it was originally in a "minority" langauge). He was also awarded the Order of the Rising Sun by Japan because a few years ago it went viral over there. Edit: The name of this song is "Dāvāja Māriņa" or "Million red roses" for the russian version.

[@thefrostedspirit571]

lol didn't know about that

[@ricardsstankevics]

i think thats true

[@mareks9241]

@@ricardsstankevics to confirm this is true im an latvian and this infact is true

[@ricardsstankevics]

@@mareks9241 am latvian also xd

[@mareks9241]

@@ricardsstankevics lol

[@davidkrasovskis6458]

Latvians are not Finno-Ugric tribe, it is Baltic tribe which are completely different, since Baltic tribes are Indo-European as well as German or Roman tribes. Livonians though are not Indo-European they are Finno-Ugric tribe, and Livonians are not Latvians. Latvians=Baltic tribes, Livonians=Finno-Ugric.

[@EEX97623]

Yes, and can feel the incoming heat on this comment! 😂 Greetings from Estonia (the Finno-Ugric / Finno-Baltic / Baltic-Finn neighbour)

[@vredacted3125]

Yeah Livs whee mostly wiped out and assimilated, their legacy is most palpable when it comes to toponymy, for example: The suffixes -iz-, -uz-, and -az- in place names indicate Livonian origins: Ainaži, Ādaži, Kuiviži, Kirgizi, Pabaži, Ropaži, Rustuzi, Suntaži, and others. River names: River names containing the appellative urga (stream): Mazurga, Pikurga, Urga, Urgale, Titurga, etc. Settlement names: Settlement names with the Livonian word küla, kila “village”: Ikšķile, Matkule, Puikule, and others.

[@tomreks8990]

Like that was easiest thing to not get wrong but he did.

[@fandangofonteinskalita1333]

I have a few livonian friends, they arent exactky whiped out, but there are like 200 alive(although growing)​@@vredacted3125

[@OppressorOfRīga]

tfw you and your Baltic homie's go to murder a tribe of Finno-Urgics just to re-name their town to Dirši ( shitters )

[@a.m.comics8004]

"I visited Latvia" The Latvia in question: Fucking Old Riga for the 100th time in a row.

[@zirnis_13]

I tend to see, that most people who say they've "visited Latvia" only have been to Riga, worst case scenario, only Old Riga. Seriously, there's much more to see here in the country as a whole, we have other cities and great nature.

[@snadianna]

Well, it's a capital city after all. Most people travel to capitals or/and most known cities/places of other countries. It's just how it is. 🤷

[@LeCalmar]

I walked from Liepaja to Kandava last summer, it was nice.

[@jans8675]

@@snadianna the problem is the guy who made the video only visited the most mainstream places in Riga and didn't even bother going anywhere else, and knowing how beautiful Latvia's nature is myself - it's really disappointing

[@growtopiafix8287]

@@zirnis_13 Yeah like most people even dont know that Latvia has the widest waterfall in europe.

[@compatriot852]

12:10 Except they didn't go peacefully. Like most of the Baltics, this led to the formation of the Forest Brothers and a brutal guerilla war would begin. Lithuania for example had a government in exile with the president fleeing to the USA

[@Hexus99]

It's interesting, did you hear about belorus partisans during ww2?

[@punishedlatvian5710]

A lot of volunteers were in the SS so what he said is right.

[@Oujouj426]

​@@punishedlatvian5710 In Lithuania. In Latvia the volunteers were far below Nazi expectations, so they began forcible conscription at the threat of factory enslavement. Our people were forced to fight on both sides and then got shit for it from the other side, all the while receiving absolutely no reparations from either Germany or Russia. Great.

[@vasjanihrenashin9610]

Forest Brothers were formed by Germans in 1943-1944, when they understood that they will have to fall back to the west. same as In Ukraine, to make sure there is some guerilla warfare in the soviet lines. These guys were funded, coordinated and supplied by the nazis. Some of their leaders swore an oath to the H... Later after german army was far away they had no choice but just to fight since soviets would not let them live.

[@Zeltace-t8o]

@@punishedlatvian5710 The SS did not accept foreigners. Not even Germans, you had to be blond, blue-eyed, and tall. Check your facts before slandering others.

[@ForaNakit]

Holly f**k! And I thought Croatia's history was messed up! Respect for Latvians. You survived against all odds.

[@C0rner_Dweller]

Paldies😎😎 (I wasn't even alive before the USSR's colapse) (I don't deserve this respect)

[@mignas]

Baltics are immortal. Having six toes, head of a horse, being slow and stealing bmws has its perks.

[@totallynotmask]

At what cost? We lost our only things we cherished pride in. Our freedom lost to NATO and USA, our currency changed from Lats to Euro. Our neutrality to hate to Russia ( which in return they cut off all transit which Latvia was profiting of ) Latvia right now is just surviving from NATO donations which they get from praising Ukrainians. The entire capital was shatter around with Ukrainian flags for like 2 years, and only on Independence Day, feds thought that, maybe it’s important for the Independence Day to actually see Latvian flags and not Ukrainian. Latvia is a great country to visit for tourism, but if you want to stay here, prepare for a miserable life unless you have stashed millions in your bank account.

[@TomasJokubauskas-r2y]

@@totallynotmask fui

[@ben-taobeneton3945]

we ain't no pussy 🗡

[@giadf9747]

Saules mūžu Latvijai! ✌🏻🇱🇻❤️🤍❤️

[@JohnyStorm-mg3ri]

Haha🤡

[@giadf9747]

@@JohnyStorm-mg3ri ____ off "Johny"

[@PhodidyVids]

Piekrītu❤

[@JohnyStorm-mg3ri]

@@giadf9747 ?🤡

[@giadf9747]

@JohnyStorm-mg3ri whatever Frank U Can Knock Out Fred & Florian

[@MapsCharts]

I did my Erasmus in Liepāja this year and it was probably my best decision ever. What a fucking cool country. I genuinely miss those times I spent there. I know it's not the sexiest place on Earth, cities are mostly not pretty, people are cold at first, although not as much as the weather, some places look really poor, but you have amazing nature, cheap alcohol (especially for my Western European wallet), pretty girls, actually cool people after a few glasses in their blood and an overall chillness I've rarely seen elsewhere, even in the most crowded places. It's kind of sad you equate the center of Riga to "Latvia", because it's so much more than that. I'm French and I have the same feeling when people say they visited France and didn't even leave Paris. What's fun is that I travelled a lot back then, around the country and also the neighbouring ones, and when I was back in Latvia, I was like "ahh finally I'm at home" even though I hadn't seen France in months 😆

[@eustacemcgoodboy9702]

I beat them at their own game by not speaking their language at all. Oh you wanna be cold and aloof? Okay I can't even speak to you at all.

[@ZOBENGRAUZIS]

yes we are a bit cold, with some exceptions of course. when pandemic hit with "keep 2 meters distance from people" many of us thought - what is this? our usual distance is bigger, should we get closer now|?:D

[@vladmiha9427]

FUCK YES @MapsCharts

[@Lazardeve_Fr]

Wdym so you don't have to? Latvia is the best country on planet earth. Better than sergay or analbania or gayreece or turkgay or hungay or any other country.

[@Lazardeve_Fr]

Im a serbian btw.

[@ThePanEthiopian]

​@@Lazardeve_Frand Bulgayrian

[@ilhamseptian1604]

How could you glazing them so much lmao.....​@@Lazardeve_Fr

[@priyanthisandarath1365]

Even better than bosngayia

[@matthewsilva9975]

Sounds like you're from latvia

[@balkanforever1]

Sveicināti to Latvija from Uzbekistan 🇱🇻🤝🏻🇺🇿

[@arandomvisitor6878]

do you mean "'Sveicinu Latviju' or 'Sveicieni Latvijai' no Uzbekistānas"? first being YOU greeting the country from country and second being greetings FROM country to country.

[@growtopiafix8287]

You just said ''Welcome to Latvia from Uzbekistan'' correct way would be ''Sveicieni Latvijai''

[@peterrisbergs7156]

Uzbekistan Airlines has $586 roundtrip flights from Tashkent to Riga.

[@balkanforever1]

oops thanks for pointing out the mistake :)

[@AERGXUOS_GAMING]

Hello

[@heydavid17]

Latvia is an underappreciated country, loved and enjoyed Riga and Liepaja when I was there earlier this year. Respect to any fellow braliukas

[@llama209]

I'm so happy you made a video on my country🇱🇻🇱🇻🇱🇻 (I was born in Sigulda)

[@jurisjancevskis9076]

I was born in Valmiera (:

[@Johnny-ju6di]

I born Riga 😢

[@mvp_klints]

Es i' Ventiš (I was born in Ventspils)

[@Noa15Lv]

Born in Jelgava and only this year i moved to Riga. More job places for my uneducated ass [9 grades]

[@Latvian07]

@@jurisjancevskis9076es arī. Un joprojām esmu valmieriete.

[@SIOSVB]

OMG!!??? Latvia finally metioned!’ Ive been waiting in thought it would never be mentioned!!!

[@ML-HS]

Dude, I've been to Latvia for 3 months. Returned in February. After the first month, I felt more at home than in Hungary. You'd think, as a Serb, I'd feel more at home in the country so close to my own.I even picked up the language, which as a Serbian wasn't so hard. The sounds dz and c is giving me a nightmare because it's a different tone. The only thing I had an issue with was a few mistaking me for a Russian when they heard I either am from Serbia or me speak Serbian. Then again when I learned the full history behind the country thanks in no small part to my Latvian Russian friend I learned to just not mind as much. I hope to return there soon..

[@anon3631]

Not even Hungarians feel home in Hungary in most cases lol. I am native (white) but once I moved to the West I instantly noticed that I don't have to be afraid of being tricked or fucked over for no reason by another fellow Hungarian. Sometimes I cannot decide whether the French or us are the most unbearable people in Europe. I really don't miss the passive-aggressive tone and people trying to one up on me. I am not sure whether the soviet occupation caused us to be low-trust and competitive or we were always like this.

[@Mona-zh1ml]

glad u enjoyed Latvia man! 🇱🇻

[@AndreiMesarosiu]

​@@anon3631 sorry to Say this, but in my opinion, You (hungarians) are probably the most hated EU nation. I don't blame You.

[@liquidgoose1518]

I guess Latvian is easier to learn for slavs because like most Slavic languages (while not being a Slavic language), Latvian does not have this nightmare with tenses in grammar like German or English. Future Continuous, what kind of irrational bs is that?

[@anyray5653]

@@liquidgoose1518 My first language is Russian. And for me Latvian was a nightmare to learn. German and English are way easier, trust me.

[@GWManin]

LATVIA MENTIONEDD!!! 🇱🇻🇱🇻🇱🇻 The history segment was just a student trying to make a presentation on a last day. So much missing context like the Baltic Ice Lake. Why Riga became the trading hub for the Germans (it was because of the Novgorod trade node, going against Daugava they could reach them). WW1 segment had a good starting premise, but derailed into 1 sentence events. If anyone wants official resource, you can use Latvian National Encyclopedia. I guess that does incentivize others to search for context themselves. Another fun fact that was missed is that prior to WW1, Riga was 3rd largest city in Russian Empire. I know you tried to educate, Latvians like when they are talked about, but the history segment was not Skrumpi hype. The Saint Peter's Church and the House of Blackheads was greatly explained, I loved it! ❤

[@中森明菜-n1b]

What do the 25% of ethnic Russians living in Latvia think about Russia?

[@slimebor7059]

​@@中森明菜-n1b ​most people have the same negative opinion everyone else does. Plenty of Vatniks and people not integrating in society on purpose too but that trend is not on the rise rn

[@stariyczedun]

When Riga was in Swedish possession, it was the largest city in Sweden. Even now, Riga agglomeration is one of the largest in the North-Eastern EU, if not the largest.

[@screamingseal4805]

He always does this imo

[@Zeltace-t8o]

The truth is that in Tsarist Russia, Riga was the fifth largest industrial city. I don't know why, but nowadays they don't mention that at that time Poland (and also Finland) were part of Russia. Warsaw and another Polish city were larger than Riga.

[@ae-jo5gc]

Love Latvia from Sweden

[@Crimson19977]

Love Sweden from Latvia 🇱🇻🤝🏻🇸🇪

[@shogun8379]

Sweden the best, with love from Latvia!

[@riepilskucnils3284]

Love to you, Sweden! ❤

[@ok-vk9fv]

PLEASE OCCUPY US SWEDEN

[@exudeku]

We Filipinos love Latvia because they're monsters in Basketball lmao🇵🇭🤝🏾🇱🇻

[@lord_224]

bit of fact edit, 1. the governmet established in 1918 wasnt socialist, there were 3 governments actually: 1. socialist one 2. the democratic one 3. the pro-german one. 2. Latvia declared independence from USSR on may 4th 1990

[@zirnis_13]

There was also a 4th one - the Iscolat, which also had socialist ideals.

[@Joey-rs7uq]

Your use of memes is so amazing, the straightforward and easy to understand way of memes and its humor as well as your timing is a pleasure to watch. Memes are kinda like modern hieroglyphics slang.

[@davidkearns3096]

Much respect for Latvia, from the U.S.A.

[@edmundmiller70]

Sounds a lot like US doesn't it? Centuries and people destroyed. Those who remain, forgotten.

[@liveforever141]

ACKshually, vikanglets were afraid of Curonian CHADS, as inscription in danish church from XII century reads "God, save us from the plague, the fire and the Kurshi (Curonians)" also, you forgot to mention deportations of 1940 (first soviet occupation) which was main reason why part of latvians and estonians decided to collaborate with germans when they took control in 1941

[@sanich0811]

What do the Vikings and Balts have to do with Christian Denmark? Rhetorical question, no need to answer

[@esotericulmanist8331]

@@sanich0811 this tool in his video literally mentioned the vikings in the same historic period context as the Crusades. and said Curonians raided Scandinavia during and after the Viking Age.

[@liveforever141]

@@sanich0811 I will still answer. There are mentions of Curionians in Viking sagas, and Curonian raids to Viking lands and Viking raids to Curonians were frequent and only dwindled down after christianization of Scandinavia, and later, Baltic lands.

[@YBM2007]

4:35 The Vikings did fear Baltic pirates. Olav Tryggvasson got snatched and spent his childhood as a thrall there, underway to Gardarike (Kyiv)

[@edmundmiller70]

@@sanich0811 all religions share in common that they were invented, written and enforced by people . It is explained by early Myan, and the Komkom vases.

[@petrissmalga1993]

Greetings from Latvian collony of Tobago ❤

[@ErikPurwins]

Mh, I thought you were a colony of Curland? Too bad we traded you in for, yeah for what? Rum maybe?? Wish we kept the nice warm place😂. Greeting's to Trinidad & Tobago😊

[@S0KL0_]

Aint no way Jaunkurzeme

[@davidssauka9916]

@@S0KL0_bro es esmu no čuhņas

[@dainislejins2745]

Kurzemes līcis (Bay of Courland), yee

[@burvjuzizlis22]

Soooooo,do we still own you?😅😎🥸

[@HyperGamingSquad]

Fun fact, at 1:36 where you speak about "The history of Latvia" and you show the caveman, it was actually filmed in Latvia by latvians :D very nice, thanks for using my stock footage! Ziedleju klintis, brīnišķīgs spotiņš

[@burvjuzizlis22]

nopietni?😂 labs

[@edmundmiller70]

Way cool. It means people have been there as long as the Basques.

[@Miak0oo]

Tiešām?? Es pat nezināju ka tāds spotiņš vispār eksistē. Varbūt tā ir mana personīga paranoja bet es neieteiktu atklāt šo vietu nosaukumus, itīpaši ja tie ir ļoti skaisti. Vandāļi starp mums arī ir un viņi vienkārši to vietiņu izdemolētu 🫠

[@leDevLV]

"I visited Riga" should be the title :D Cheers from Liepāja, Latvia

[@MapsCharts]

Esmu francūzis bet nodzīvoju Liepājā 5 mēnešus šogad, es mīlu šo pilsētu 🥰

[@Peacy-r7z]

Es arī no Liepājas esmu. :)

[@goldenfoxy2820]

I was wondering where the BoJak horse joke was going.... but then I realized... BASTARD IS CALLING US ZIRGA GALVAS. (Good vid lol)

[@J.G.rolling]

(no hate, but the bastard is the lithuanians jsyk)

[@jackstone112]

As a swede i had no idea Latvia liked sweden.

[@中森明菜-n1b]

Swedish gangs are cool

[@GraveFable25]

stockholm syndrome basically. Not even joking.

[@Latvian07]

We like you, but could you please stop pumping water from the Baltic Sea every spring for your Easter eggs? Usually around that time the coastline here is receding for some reason

[@jackstone112]

@@Latvian07 I have never heard of this thing you speak of.what is that?

[@Latvian07]

@@jackstone112I am just joking 😂

[@RobertsLasmanis]

Im from latvia and i love history and beacouse of that i know that he made 31 mistakes talking about my country.

[@HEKVT]

LATVIA MENTIONED LET'S FUCKING GOOOOO WHAT THE FUCK IS SENSIBLE RAIL BALTICA SPENDING!

[@Forcoy]

8 fucking centimeters!!! 🇱🇻

[@nobrainyeethans]

CORUPTION LETS GOOOOO 🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅

[@demonslv2404]

RAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH RAIL BALTICA? NAH WE BROKE

[@UkuleleVillain]

I'm Turkish but my aunt is Latvian. It's a cool place imho

[@dainislejins2745]

@@UkuleleVillain There's a place in Latvia called Turki (Turku pagasts). It got name from 300 turkish war prisoners brought there from Ottomans around 1750's. Must be ancestry for a bunch of people living here.

[@michawozniak5955]

Conflating Finno-Ugric people and Balts won't win you any friends among either, Janos...

[@Fankas2000]

Not really. Finish and Baltic are the same people genetically, separeted only by language.

[@michawozniak5955]

​@@Fankas2000 A lot of people speaking different languages may be related. But language affinity is more important in how we define ourselves as culturally related.

[@Fankas2000]

@@michawozniak5955 There's no beef between Balts and Fins. At worst you'd just be corrected for being wrong.

[@michawozniak5955]

@@Fankas2000 Nowhere did I say there's any beef between the two.

[@Fankas2000]

@@michawozniak5955 "won't win you any friends among either" For that to happen, you first need to care.

[@orojandomonkos7734]

That’s a history to be proud of Latvians. We both have been opressed, but are still here. Love from Hungary, Riga is beautiful definitely visting soon 🇱🇻🤝🇭🇺

[@igerce]

Latvian here, I visited Budapest last year. It was way more beautiful than I thought before. I'm definitely going back soon.

[@edmundmiller70]

@@igerce I remember Budapest. My mother talked sadly about the incident.

[@pirmaiscalispagalma1479]

Glad you enjoyed it! But that said Riga is only a small part of the Latvian experience. I would say that the nature and the festive Latvian traditions like summer solstice are the things that make Latvia Latvija. Hope you come visit again! Peace and Love!

[@unknownyoutuber2407]

I'm watching this as a student studying in Riga, Latvia who has been here since January, 2023 and still has until Spring/Summer of 2026.

[@ibdahproductions490]

medicine?

[@growtopiafix8287]

Please dont be like most imigrants that come here for studies and dont speak latvian and atleast learn basic latvian.

[@unknownyoutuber2407]

@@ibdahproductions490 hospitality and tourism.

[@witlof5492]

From India?​@@unknownyoutuber2407

[@anands507]

​@@growtopiafix8287 I'm an immigrant student who just came here last month and I'm trying to learn this language but can't find any ways at all.. if you have any ideas do let me know kindly, thanks

[@dirtyb5769]

I visited Latvia last year, not only Riga but also Liepaja, Jelgava, Sigulda and Cesis. I've rarely had such a good time. In Riga you can party really well in the evenings and the people are super nice.

[@AGOy2012]

LONG LIVE LATVIA

[@thisoneforanhour4529]

Lai dzīvo mūžīgi!

[@paranxietyoia587]

What

[@jinguzu]

Lol i was on a train ride from Jurmala to Riga and a guy was excitedly telling his gf how he saw an amazing video on the history - i open yt, see this vid and the guy was retelling your vid! Kinda didint expect my wwierd Balkan meme creator be referenced IRL in the Baltic streets! ❤

[@rigasarzemnieks4230]

Spoiler: it was not the Swedes who first translated the Bible into Latvian but a German Pastor named Ernst Glück/Ernsts Gliks who lived in Aluksne/Marienburg.

[@edmundmiller70]

It means Santa Clause is a good story.

[@QUEfrang]

aaaaa why are eastern european and balkan buildings so beautiful

[@Latvian07]

Because we eat potatoes. It gives us creativity

[@joegilbert3149]

The way they built buildings after the war is amazing, tried to restore it back to how it was previously I look going to Eastern Europe.

[@KateeAngel]

​@@Latvian07 potatoes come from South American civilizations like Incas. That explains a lot

[@vldbzh]

Because they are built by Western Europeans.

[@dundun8640]

It's called Jūgenstils and yes it in fact is based, the rooms in those houses are HUGE!

[@MrDainisi]

Hello from Latvia! You're the best!

[@YounggPrimat]

Latvia based! All Baltics based! Big love from Ukraine🇱🇻❤🇱🇹❤🇪🇪❤🇺🇦 Best friends 4ever

[@Sanistio]

"i live in latvia so you dont have to"

[@dismaleclipse5587]

Burtiski es

[@Mucky_Muck]

Same

[@Robert-f1g4i]

I thought that was a terrific video. How you can condense so much detail give such a good overview and still make it engaging and interesting is quite an achievement.

[@Hamsteak]

My grandfather had to leave Latvia back in the 1930's had to flee the soviets, his neighbor and a bunch of others in his village were murdered and he was supposed to be the next one exactly he escaped. My Grandpa's family ended up burying almost all their valuables behind their barn. So that way after the war, they could try to attempt to dig it up and get it back. The sad thing is that my Grandpa's family had deep history daing back to the 13th century. Being one of the founding families of Coronian kings in Courland.

[@n1ls53]

Where is their barn?

[@esotericulmanist8331]

Ķoniņi ancestry?

[@Hamsteak]

@@esotericulmanist8331 yes

[@Hamsteak]

@@esotericulmanist8331 Tontegode

[@esotericulmanist8331]

@@Hamsteak That's epic, sorry to hear of your loss. The Ķoniņi families have been screwed over by everyone in recent history

[@imperatorsclavinarum4194]

One of most beautiful cities I have ever seen! Atmosphere and architecture makes this city way better place to visit than Venice, (Venezia) in Italy. Much less tourists, but amazing, with great food, good beer, worth every cent spent there. I was there twice, and, I would like to visit again. And, of course, I met my fellow Serbians there both times, also visiting... Super cool place!

[@ZOBENGRAUZIS]

the tourist thing is lesser in recent years yea. many more years ago, the tourists were lots and lots.

[@imperatorsclavinarum4194]

@@ZOBENGRAUZIS There are lots of tourists, but not crazy like in Venice, Barcelona or Paris. You can actually see the beauty of the city, that is what I meant...

[@Riddle6EOS]

Greetings from Denmark. I vist Daugavpils 3-4 times a year. And Riga at least for the flight 🫣 love this country.

[@Latvians]

I wasnt expecting a whole history lesson about my country when i clicked on this video, I was expecting like ''I went to Latvia... Got Beaten up upon leaving the airport, robbed in the Bus Station... Got Super Drunk with the locals in Riga, and then left''

[@dundun8640]

Hell get beat up only by russians

[@dismaleclipse5587]

Average Latvia experience

[@andrejbogdanov2816]

This video about Lithuania is very interesting. Can you please make one about Latvia next?

[@TyrantSolo]

Ah yes finally a Hungarian baltic province in particular the province of upper upper Hungary in otherwords Latvia

[@TyrantSolosWife]

My beloved , who’s always right . I love you my Hungarian king

[@TyrantSolo]

@TyrantSolosWife I love you my queen, thankyou for spreading the hungarian message

[@b-unit-tv]

My Suomi brother, I think you are lost in the south. Your daddy orban needs to teach you a lesson asap for writing these vile thoughts.

[@Sol1345l1]

no idea what hes talking about lmao

[@yordanstefanov5570]

What Latvia has to do with it

[@Keyboard_Thoughts]

1:21 dog of pills

[@rob4iks]

💀

[@AmziXz]

1:21 dawg of pills

[@emermage]

22:48 "the three historical regions of Latvia" *shows map with four regions*

[@Zeltace-t8o]

Five :)

[@zirnis_13]

Semegalia was mostly included into Courland. So, at the time, there were only 3 regions.

[@KarlisUlmanis34]

​@@zirnis_13that and maybe the fact that latgale is considered less latvian due to its history being in the vitebsk governorate IN Russia proper during the Russian Empire.

[@zirnis_13]

@@KarlisUlmanis34 I wouldn't completely agree with this, since in the First Latvian Latgalian congress that happened on May 9th, 1917, they decided to join Latvia with the other regions as one. They considered themselves more latvian than russian

[@KarlisUlmanis34]

@zirnis_13 Ah. I see.

[@lukesuds5002]

Just watched the Latvian junior hockey team defeat the Canadians - was cheering so hard from USA 🇺🇸 🇱🇻

[@Real_Thunder222]

Hello, Latvian here, Old town riga is nowadays full of clubs unless you go deep down into it. All of the clubs how they're standing is because there was old shops which went bankrupt and they took it over.

[@Real_Thunder222]

but correct, i really like how you decribed old town riga like St. Peters church, its many types of structures and being the heart of riga which it has started.

[@Mickeysaviation]

Cool video! (I havent even watched the ad to the end)

[@UlmanistLatvia]

4:32 Didn’t the Vikings venture further south into Slavic territories for that purpose? After all, the word "slave'" originates from the term "Slav"...

[@joegilbert3149]

As an englishman that loves Eastern Europe Latvia is a must visit there's just something special about the place same with Budapest

[@Latvian07]

Thank you for your kind words. It makes me happy when people visit us!🥰

[@trololo_zhirnota]

Just don't call Latvia "Eastern Europe" when you visit :) nowadays it has negative conatations ("Eastern Block").

[@Sebastian-fk3gs]

Latvia isn't eastern europe. The baltic countries are too different from their neighbors so they are their own thing

[@joegilbert3149]

@Sebastian-fk3gs yeah my bad it's just the architecture is similar in the Baltics and Eastern Europe, I don't want to offend you guys as its a place I really enjoyed with my fiance 👍

[@cehaem2]

@@Sebastian-fk3gs It´s very much Eastern Europe.

[@neeilinismoralistas1762]

Greetings from your broliai lietuviai ir žemaičiai 🇱🇹🇱🇹🇱🇹💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻

[@rotteneffekt4416]

And no Estonians, I'm not talking about you 😂. I love you mate. And this is coming from an Estonian.

[@davianoinglesias5030]

Everyone in Europe having fun and living life🥳 Russians : It's time to redistribute that joy. Germans : Look at me✌🏼I'm your kaiser now

[@vxnxllx]

im from finland and i looooove our baltic brothers

[@ArnoldsKtm]

When we visited the US, the main thing said was that we seemed to be hard to approach, cold, and almost rude. Conversely, our main culture shock was of people being so open, smiling, and very friendly to strangers. Especially in places like stores, we found it weird why were the cashiers so happy about life and us being there - is it fake, is it forced, am I being scammed? I suppose our nature is understandable when we've been being tossed around for so many decades...

[@fuzer4047]

We can't be happy true for all balts we lived through torture for hundreds of years its our hardship

[@eat-my-shortz]

No happiness when you have to work in Narvesen

[@Neomalthusiano]

If you want grumpy, almost hostile Americans, go Idaho next time. In small towns, they are going to be respectful and polite, but will also make it clear that you're are an outsider with no business there and should not overstay your welcome. They are not xenophobic or racist to any degree, they do that to their own people who live in different cities within their state.

[@shadowarmy2351]

hearing someone talk about my country like this really makes me happy. i hope you had a great time here! 🥺❤

[@mihkel86]

3:42 Latvians were Livonians? Thats a big overgeneralizing. But who cares about the facts..

[@Trolligi]

Well they’re definitely not the same but Latvians and Livonians may have not been differentiated earlier on and the people coming there documenting the region may have just lumped them both together into a pagan enemy concept which they called “Livonians”

[@theitalianjesus2072]

I'm am Italian Living in Latvia. I like it, it's good

[@ErjadGashi]

It's easy to find a girlfriend there?

[@MadnessMax1098]

šis vidijo ir oficiāli apstiprināts Latvijā this video is Latvian approved good work bro!

[@AlexandreBogdan-0]

My dad, an armenian that studied in russian middle-highschool in the soviet 80s got to latvia in the 90s to study in riga university and he still tell me about when he talked in russian the cafeteria wouldn't give him the food he ordered, he had to let the mustache grow to show that he is an armenian from the caucasus and not a russian, he always told me "those baltics are all nazi" I don't think that this is true but the hate toward russians was real as the russification amde that russians had more right and privilege than latvians... in latvia, so yea

[@MapsCharts]

If you speak Russian in Latvia in 2024 you will have zero problem. From experience. But I'm also a foreigner and I always asked in Latvian first so maybe that's why

[@fuzer4047]

Russians nowadays say the same saying Europe is all Nazi so i might as well call them commies

[@СлаваССС-м4с]

They are assholes and russophobes

[@Baneb1984]

I love embracing my Latvian heritage as I have a Latvian name completed with an 's' at the end of it. My grandparents were apart of the refugee exodus due to the scorched earth of WW2 and it's an honor to carry on the traditions and language in America today. Being Latvian is very much a one of my personality traits and it was great to learn about the country more, especially to see it get attention from a KZbinr that I've followed for a year now. Thanks for the video!

[@gabesusman4592]

why is there a nonexistant island between denmark and britain called Carproney at 5:20? I need answers heathens

[@ELD_font]

Love Latvia from 🇬🇷

[@СлаваССС-м4с]

Eλλαδισταν

[@marismilgravis2346]

Corection in year 1918. we established "Latvian Republic" not LPSR . I know Latvian history is messy and those years around world wars all hell broke lose. I know there was "Peteris Stuchka " alternative socialist government, but it has nothing to do with 1918 (18.nov) which we honor as birth date of Latvia. - it may be offensive to Latvians as most of them felt Stalin's evil hand. other wise Quite accurate history. Thanks Man!

[@lamola4414]

North Macedonia is Latvija raaaaahhh 🇱🇻🇱🇻🇱🇻🇱🇻🇱🇻

[@zesky6654]

It really is, love from Skopje 🇲🇰

[@giadf9747]

It's more similar to Estonia 🇪🇪 as people get confused due to their circumstances

[@federicooglino4645]

​@@giadf9747No, Latvia is Lithuania 😅🇱🇹 Angry Latvians in 3, 2, 1...

[@Latvian07]

@@federicooglino4645 hello, zirga galva here. Šaltibarščiai is ours. Raaaah

[@giadf9747]

@@federicooglino4645 lol this channel is runned by a Hungarian-Serb. If Latvians & Lithuanians start to bicker, Janos would say "C'mon. I have seen worse than this"

[@pukurinepurrinechoco4178]

I just discover this channel and I love how you're able to explain the history of Latvia in a short but interesting explanation while also showing how Latvia looks like with a unique history of some of their buildings. It makes me want to visit Latvia and the rest of the Balkans.

[@ГеоргийМельдуц]

Author has a little bit of terminological inconsistency at 8:57 : Russia is not to be called "Muscovia", at least, from the beginning of 18th century, when Peter the Great conquered a massive chunk of Baltics (with Riga in it) and made a city in its heart, Saint-Petersburg, the capital of the newborn Russian Empire I'm a russian with a drop of latvian ancestry from Saint-Petersburg btw ;)

[@spaghetti2246]

Visit Latvia, even though you don't have to!

[@mangoisdelicious9078]

I wanna ! Tho this might be a nice additional 'guide' too !

[@zesky6654]

I visited twice this year, unironically my fav place in europe.v

[@theshadowman1398]

Latvia should be avoided at all costs. It’s a wasteland

[@dominozaur98]

​@@mangoisdelicious9078 Janus forgot to mention the story about the Black cats of Riga. Very funny story! I really recommand to read about it before comming there. It's a city icon afterall

[@esotericulmanist8331]

VERY poor history. Could point out many areas, but the worst offender is about 'partisan' resistance. You say the locals greatly resisted the Germans, which largely didn't occur, but not a word of the prominent anti-Soviet Forest Brothers partisan movement throughout all Baltics?

[@lonexon]

Yes yes, we all know you are very important and that ANY channel has that talks about your country has to mention every single detail and fantasy of yours. Do you realize how stupid your claim is that there was no resistance? Or are you implying that locals were enjoying taking it up the ass from Germans for centuries?

[@Solaire_au_Frohmage]

Was your grandpa a part of Latvian SS?

[@esotericulmanist8331]

@@Solaire_au_Frohmage No he was not, somehow ended up spared from both the Soviet and German drafts. Why do you ask?

[@Oberschutzee]

Agree

[@fuzer4047]

Some locals collaborated with the Germans often due to anti Soviet sentiments rather than alignment with Nazi ideology

[@WaxAddictz]

All three of the Baltic countries are awesome in opinion. I nearly moved to Estonia with a job offer but when I really thought about learning their language which is right up there with Hungarian in terms of weirdness (the good kind of weird) it put me off a bit. Great people though and really beautiful towns and countryside outside of Tallinn.

[@TheBigO]

Legjobb youtuber vagy eskü no cap🔥

[@Paul20661]

YAY NEW VIDEO ALSO HELO FROM CLUJ Thank you for coming to our protest as i said i didn't knew u were there only after i saw the post,sad i could not meet u and take a pic,oh well,next time Let's meet one day plz do fan meeting in Cluj cuz i live here

[@MegaJani]

The "Baltic" is almost "Balkan" so that explains why they feel like home

[@MJ-uk6lu]

Umm... Nope, not really. Latvia is a bit like mini Germany, Estonia is like mini Finland and half of Lithuania feels like former PLC and other half like generic Soviet state. The most "Balkan" place is likely Šiauliai or Panevėžys. To be fair, parts of Vilnius also have strong Gopnik vibe. Oh and Jonava...

[@Latvian07]

When I tell people that I am a Balt they usually say “oh a Balkan”😂

[@EEX97623]

@@MJ-uk6luapparently we are Temu Finland these days 😂 Greetings from Estonia

[@Crimson19977]

Lol, y'all in the Balkans are waaay more crazy than we are and I'm saying this as an accomplishment

[@MJ-uk6lu]

@@Crimson19977 Maybe, but I'm not sure.

[@MrRaptoos]

5:22 - did you got that map from r/imaginarymaps? Island of Caproney :D

[@TuEconomiaa]

Yeah I got so confused lol

[@Richard.Vox.]

Same, Doggerland bank lol?

[@CocoHutzpah]

That looks like a very pretty city.

[@Caukakau]

realy good info and i like the clips. Respect

[@Eva-mv8ey]

Latvia is easy one the cleanest and underappreciated countries in Europe.

[@Crazytwister-vw4er]

I’m living there. We do have the worst “protection” problem. You know aids………..

[@Eva-mv8ey]

@@Crazytwister-vw4er why should I care about that? I'm not about to shoot heroin under the bridge somewhere.

[@serbianboylol]

i love your videos man

[@aziatix1168]

I'm from Poland and I love Baltics. Sometimes I have a problem establishing which one I love more- Latvia or Lithuania

[@hulknurkruutjuur5240]

Estonia

[@aziatix1168]

@@hulknurkruutjuur5240 and having to learn their 16 cases? hahahaha, thank U next

[@Oberschutzee]

@@aziatix1168 14

[@Ohio_Residental]

As a latvian I like lithuanian food in shops, very nice bread.

[@aziatix1168]

@@Ohio_Residental My friend was on a Baltic trip through Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia. He was amazed by Latvia and said that it was his favorite country in every way. In general, all of my friends who were on their Baltic trip they always said they liked Latvia the most out of 3. Lithuania for them was just cool & fine, whereas the biggest problem they had with Estonia was the fact it was expensive.

[@vane909090]

Sucks to be a small nation sandwiched between Western Europe and Russia, as a Hungarian I know this all too well. But Latvia endured and is very pretty.

[@MapsCharts]

Miben is összehasonlítható?

[@mikuskokenbergs8853]

Thank You. Greetings from Latvian.

[@J.G.rolling]

I aproove as a latvian. A thorough and well reserched introduction.

[@vivi77_lvyeet71]

Some inaccuracies in the history segment but overall a decent video Mr. Living Ironically in Europe. Have a great weekend :)

[@LucaP3rre]

Fun fact: some of Riga's jugendstil buildings were designed by Michail Ėjzenštejn, the father of the film maker Sergej Ėjzenštejn. If you are interested in knowing more about this specific story I highly recommend you the book "Baltic souls"

[@sebastianw9749]

My friend once confused his dogs shit with a Snickers and ate it

[@HaveSomeHalloweenSpirit]

Baltic Souls... Baltic folklore souls like when?

[@Zeltace-t8o]

Em, no. Eisenstein designed several houses, but he was not nearly the most prolific or recognized. His contemporaries called him the "mad confectioner" for his excessive fascination with decorative details. The architect Laube designed more than 200 houses, Pēkšēns - more than 250.

[@LucaP3rre]

@@Zeltace-t8o You might be right, I read that book a really long time ago and I'm sorry if I said something inaccurate

[@arsstv]

Man, that historic section went completely off the rails when it got to 20th century. It's almost completely safe to say that everything said in said section is absolute horse shit.

[@xaepzon]

thanks to youtube algorithm, this video reached me, a Latvian. thank you so much! i always am so happy to see my country shown!