15 Useful Things To Know When Visiting Lithuania

[@cockyboby]

As a Lithuanian, I cannot understand why I keep watching your videos about things that are so obvious to me. Maybe because you are so great at it or feel flattered that somebody like you puts effort into creating such content. Keep it up!

[@lithuanian_guy]

Same here and hes slowly becoming THE go to place for... explaining my country to a foreigner 🙂.

[@manometras]

same. He does what Lithuanians themselves should do. He promotes our country to foreigners in English.

[@lithuanian_guy]

@@manometras well... for us it might not be that easy to spot things a foreigner sees instantly. We lived here our whole lives and everything seems "normal". We need a person with an outside view to better explain us you see. I love this channel.

[@cockyboby]

@@manometras arguably, it is better for non-natives to do such content. They have different perspective to stuff that for us are common sense. I think... 😊

[@RichieLarpa]

7:27 While talking about days, you have missed a chance to add one extra information that is relevant, so I will add it to you: There is a reason, why those days are written like numbers, since it is literally the way days are named and it's the element that make Lithuanian language stand out above other European languages. Monday is "first day", Tuesday is "second day" and so on. (pirmadienis, antradienis, trečiadienis, ketvirtadienis, penktadienis, šeštadienis, sekmadienis). However such system is not unique, since in Mongolian language, names of months are named in the same way, so instead of unique names, they are just counting them.

[@erik7999]

In regards to using w q x letters that we do not naturally have in our language, there was long standing debate about permitting usage of these letters for personal documents in case foreigners have them in their names. Last year the parliament pushed the vote through and I think moving forward folks can use those letters for their documents which I think is nice, considering we have Polish minority living here who often use those particular letters. 👍

[@kurkuma4307]

I am a freshman in an Lithuanian university, but I started watching your videos long before I was accepted for the studies. And every your video was very helpful so far. Thanks :)

[@TomasAugust]

6:20 you can put handle in 13:30 (1:30 PM pun intended) position to have micro ventilation. Good luck, and thank you for the content.

[@travelvideos]

#15 is a very good rule. Some older or frail people might find difficult to use shopping cart or hard basket. Using own bag might be more convenient for them.

[@anzelmasmatutis2500]

I like way we write dates "YYYY-MM-DD" - it can be sorted! :D

[@EeeEee-bm5gx]

This.

[@Zez1nas]

fyi the windows usually have a 4th position - usually from a closed windows tilt the handle to be fully up, then go back 45 degrees and pry up the window a little bit, it will enter in so called micro mode which will open the window just a centimeter or two

[@XD-dq2iw]

Correction on non lithuanian letters in 8:03 wolt is finnish company

[@cockyboby]

Vistiek turi atsirasti debilas, kuris ale geriau žino. "Wolt" nes turėjo omenyje, kad kitos lotyniškos raidės pasitaiko pvz.: kompanijų pavadinimuose.

[@LithuaniaExplained]

Thanks; it was more of a general comment that businesses operating in Lithuania can get away with non-Lithuanian letters 😊

[@blueeyedbaer]

Lithuanians don't really say AM and PM but say morning/evening and night/day if they're using 12 hour time format. 9 ryto/9 vakaro, 4 nakties/4 dienos.

[@Everlaughing]

We usually say just the number, because the time of day is usually obvious from the context.

[@blueeyedbaer]

@@Everlaughing mostly yes, but not always. For hours 1-7 it's 99% clear because who meets at 3 at night or at 7 in the morning? But 8-12 needs explanation because it can be either way. If I'm scrolling through youtube shorts at Saturday afternoon and I get a message from a friend saying "let's meet at 10", then I don't know if we're going for bar crawling on Saturday evening or for brunch on Sunday morning.

[@wojtekrafalski2019]

Really interesting video! Except a few minor things, it's very similar to things in Poland.

[@KevinNgo89]

The section on metric measurements reminded me of some recipes I encountered about a decade ago. The measurements were in something called "Stikline". I can't recall what it meant and what measurement system it was a part of. I assumed it was some sort of homegrown custom cooking measurement.

[@natalia18233]

Cup

[@juratemazeikyte8766]

Stiklinė means glass, most likely a Russian glass of thin glass was in mind. And yes in cooking books sometimes the measures use the terms of most common kitchen ware as puodelis (cup), spoon (šaukštas), tea spoon (arbatinis šaukštelis ar šuakštelis) etc. if that the case you always need to check what is year of publishing, because soviet epperiod standarts are not always the same as interwar period or modern era.

[@manometras]

# 15 it IS usually the same in smaller stores. ;)

[@gcorreaxd]

Many this fields are difference between USA and the world, because in south America the dates are the same, the prices ..

[@seanshepard2000]

"... what do I know about cooking a shirt?!?!? " :)

[@LithuaniaExplained]

😂

[@nagliux]

You said prices include tax. When it comes to bottle deposit, it isn't inclused. Sorry if what I said was pointless or a misunderstanding

[@LithuaniaExplained]

It’s not technically a tax because you get the money back. But thanks for mentioning it!

[@klevas17]

Doing gods work :D

[@MrWick-el4wk]

I think bringing your own bag is more encuraged than acceptible in shops. Arent the reason that plastic bags are priced so people use less of them and use something more reusable?

[@LithuaniaExplained]

Yes definitely. But other places in the world, it’s more of a security thing. So instead you would be encouraged to use the shopping baskets and carts, and then transfer things into your own bag only after paying for everything.

[@MrWick-el4wk]

@@LithuaniaExplained to be honest, if i have bag and buy less items i ussaly put em in bags while when buying alot of items i ussaly use cart as its easier to carry em. and about security risk- i think its kinda hard trying to steal the stuff when people can see you carrying a bag that is also filled with items, if you would want to steal backpack is much easier and stealthy way to take stuff out. Thats why i avoid using my backpack to carry stuff in shops.

[@kashanawan681]

Im coming on work permit...any sugestion for me...

[@EeeEee-bm5gx]

Good luck 🤞

[@Tar1ff]

Be tidy and nice

[@DS.J]

Wolt is not a Lithuanian company, btw. It's Finnish.

[@LithuaniaExplained]

Yes, although it operates in Lithuania.

[@Rrvinasas]

Emergency numbers works in any country