Lithuania's FAIRYTALE CASTLE | Trakai Castle

Trakai Castle is one of the most magical places I've ever visited! I can't wait to come back again and see how beautiful it looks in winter!
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[@Arg3ntumas]

my city ! everyone is welcome ! god bless you !

[@dawnfranklin7280]

Thank you for taking us with you ❤️

[@laura-bronner]

Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for taking the time to leave a comment :)

[@sunkar5685]

I love Lithuania and have been in Trakai a few times and enjoyed every moment there. I miss being in Lithuania so very much and long to be back a lot.... Wish Lithuanian people the very best, who I love for being so friendly and loving.

[@domantaslasiauskas979]

Other great ideas for a day trips from Vilnius could be Aukstaitija National Park (Paluse, Ginuciai, Ladakalnis and Labanoras) and Dzukija National Park (Druskininkai, Merkine, Grutas, Marcinkonys). However, you would need a rental car for both of these places

[@laura-bronner]

Thanks so much for the tips! Yes, getting around to the smaller places is a challenge without a car. Hopefully we can get to them soon!

[@elise5525]

So beautiful~ Thank you for sharing this adorable message.

[@skyskyline]

So glad to see my country being noticed by people around the world

[@stmiller8427]

Well! Well! Well! Look at you! Your having a lot of fun! One little adventure after another! Another great video! Thank you for sharing the castle! After Mexico, you going to be into a really cold cold winter! Wow! New jacket! Watching from Los Angeles, CA Steve Miller.

[@brooklynasz]

Lithuania is not siberia 😂 It doesn't get that cold. Max - 32 Celsius (-25 Fahrenheit) And yet still. I grew up in Lithuania, lived there for 19 years and I would say in England when there is -7 is way colder than Lithuania -20 .

[@LaureninGermany]

You had me at fairytale! Beautiful, such a gorgeous castle. Similar inside to Castell Coch in Wales - a fairytale folly castle. Your castle could be the set for Merlin 😍

[@hideawayhomesllc5103]

Great stuff Laura. Thank you for allowing me to visit.

[@laura-bronner]

Thanks for continuing to follow along and taking the time to comment, it means so much! I'm glad you are still enjoying the videos.

[@naujadiena]

The standard pronunciation is Trãkai ['tra:kʌɩ], but in colloquial speech is said Trakaĩ [trʌ'kʌɩ].

[@laura-bronner]

Thanks!

[@Byron4RollTide]

You definitely want to go back to the lakes when they freeze over and Ice Skate. Maybe try Ice Fishing.👍

[@rayvogensen2983]

Once again, I commend you on your interest in history, which I love. I think that is one of the big defects of so many of the KZbin channels on Mexico, which show different cities and towns but teach us little about what has happened there in the past. That has been one of my big frustrations with a lot of the KZbin material. I think that a presenter that doesn't do research before filming and has no idea what he or she is seeing is intellectually lazy. You have a very pleasant speaking voice, coupled with an innocent laugh, and are perfect for the job. Congratulations.

[@aistisnavickas1937]

But this video is legit missing 600 years of it's history

[@myrainystours]

great castle, such fun

[@anzelmasmatutis2500]

6:10 I remember times (in soviet times) when Trakai was pronounced with accent on end. Then it was changed to be in middle with prolonged but not too long "a" - [Traakai] - Trãkai.

[@laura-bronner]

Interesting, thanks for letting me know!

[@ravipalsingh9265]

Nice ☺️

[@el_scapoo]

You should visit Trakai during weekdays because it is so much less crowded. The correct pronunciation is Trãkai but even Lithuanians say it wrong most of the time.

[@laura-bronner]

Thanks so much!

[@juratemazeikyte8766]

To visit Užutrakis you don't need a car, you could rent a boat:) Also, to go to Trakai from Vilnius by train is also possible and more comfortable.

[@Aaidas2]

Make sure to visit Kernave. It's 30minutes by bus from Vilnius and it's a hilly location that used to be the capital of Lithuania. It's hilly, you can spend all day walking there, there's an outside medieval village museum as well as an indoor museum in the town. The outdoor museum of Kernave is free entrance as well. Definitely worth the visit.

[@paleface953]

Glorious music ;D

[@laura-bronner]

glad you liked it :)

[@wombat3455]

A lovely vid with good travel tips too! Brings back memories of visiting there 20 years ago 🌼

[@jonasprunskus8590]

There is another castle in trakai, the "peninsula castle" en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trakai_Peninsula_Castle I haven't been there for a while, but it used to host a lot of the medieval fairs and festivals. Although It's definitely in a worse condition than the island castle.

[@laura-bronner]

Thanks for sharing, we'll definitely be back to Trakai, so it's good to know what else we can see while we're there!

[@Summer-Vibes]

Really enjoyed it, Love your videos 🙂

[@laura-bronner]

Thank you so much, I'm so glad you enjoy the videos!

[@suevialania]

i visited Trakai some years ago and i loved it! Greetings from Portugal!

[@rayvogensen2983]

Twelve euros is quite expensive for a castle. I saw on their price list though that students and pensioners pay half price, so the visit became more appealing. Your practical information is excellent. Good job.

[@ak47323]

There's also a very convenient train service from Vilnius to Trakai

[@jag5798]

You have such wonderful annunciation to words.

[@laura-bronner]

Thanks!

[@gutrffd]

trakai is cool with kibinas

[@gowithzy]

Fairytale place!!!!

[@afbeardsley3137]

As always, I love your videos. The food looks amazing, but I think I would be traveling with a hot sauce. I love my spicy food.

[@SisterSherryDoingStuff]

Mutton! Reminds me of that episode of Seinfeld!! LOL!! Do you like the taste of it? I would love to have a easy slow walk around that castle. BTW, I googled Trakai Castle of Lithuania - and it didn't sound like the hard R -

[@laura-bronner]

It was SO tasty. Similar flavor to lamb but it was ground meat so a little bit coarser than say having a piece of tender lamb. It was really delicious :)

[@ingridasvilainyte8783]

Vowel in lithuanian is easy, just read everything rough as in Latin (not Trakey but TrakAi, not Kibiney but KibinAi [A=ah]). During times of Trakai Castle lithuanians were like Vikings of land, more about fighting then beauty and aesthetics. Dutchy was expanded towards Moscow and Black see.

[@laura-bronner]

Thanks for the tips about pronunciation!

[@kestutisa3826]

Trãkai - long stress on first 'a'.

[@tamasmarcuis4455]

Karolis Bučinskis known in America as the actor Charles Bronson has some connection to Trakai in his family. His father was of Karaite ancestry and you can see a little of that Bronson's features.

[@amberandgold]

trAkai. trAAAAkai. It's plural from "trAkas" which is "clearing" (or maybe "glade", judging by dictionary). There was a large forest with many clearings in the past. Stress on the end appers when the speaker unconsciously associates this word with other similar short words in which the accent is usually at the end. Words like, say, "gerai", "blogai", "gražiai", "pilnai", also some names of some towns. Also russians tend to stress the last syllable. So you can hear such pronunciation here and there...

[@laura-bronner]

Thanks so much for the information on pronunciation, it is tricky to differentiate the syllable stressing when comparing to gerai (which I hear ALLLL the time haha). Thanks for you help!

[@kyskakyska3276]

You should visit Čepkelių raistas:)

[@audriuspetrikas883]

Balga is the "mother" of Trakai Castle in Prussia

[@Gabber10K]

hi, try Kybynlar restaurant next time, they have genuine kibins (also owned by Karaim family!), Senoji Kibinine is really a "corporate" manufacturer, food is not the greatest and it gives me stomach aches :D

[@user-ei6us9bs3c]

สวัสดีจ้า

[@gieko19811]

Have you been to Molėtai already, it is 30km away from Utena on the road to Vilnius?

[@joecapesius2887]

Very nice video. Is walking in what an American would consider the road of the shoulder common or just in that town?

[@laura-bronner]

We were walking on the sidewalk, it's just not raised very high off of the road level so maybe it looked like we were walking in the road?

[@EnergiA854]

When you say WE do you mean you and who else?

[@BeckyInCa]

Have seen many tourists since you arrived in Lithuania?

[@laura-bronner]

It's hard to know whether people are living there or are also tourists, especially in places like Vilnius or Kaunas which are quite an international cities. There were certainly lots of tourists here at this castle!

[@slovenasimkaras_ztelegrame3287]

You pronounce TrakAI with an ai(i). Kibinai with an ai (I)

[@paulmitchell3877]

iai = A. ai = I

TRAH-kayh ('i' in "Trakai" at the end is not as prolonged as you pronounce it. It shouldn't sound as prolonged as english word "I"). Some Lithuanians (including me) not stress even TRAH as much. But almost no one says it tra-KAI.

[@robertaswayoutwest1992]

about 30 years ago in winter time all lakes rivers in lithuania freezes for about 3month more less. but now GLOBAL WARMING and its very different from these times. you never know now how xmas gonna be white or just rainy-unfortunately. to skate on the Trakai lake on winter you must be very lucky, but yeah you might have this nice experience:))

[@tadeuszc3552]

Castle in Troki common Polish Lithuanian history

[@remigijuslukauskas4517]

sir, what do you mean?

[@MagpieMcGraw]

The vowels in Lithuanian are always* pronounced the same way. So a is always "ah". In English, "a" is pronounced differently all the time, for example, in "car", "bag", "same". Once you learn what sound each vowel is, you should be able to read Lithuanian words no problem.

[@DrIstoris]

Not the best place to try Kibinai, I tried kibinai in Senoji Kibininė ant it was meh, 5 of a 10. Had many better ones.

[@paulmitchell3877]

iai = A. ai = I