What BALTICS REALLY Think About Each Other (Latvians, Estonians, Lithuanians)

Latvians, Lithuanians and Estonians test their knowledge on their neighboring Baltic countries and share their honest opinions of the other countries, from sexiest people to best food to hospitality. What do Baltics really think about each other? And how much do they know? Tell us your favourite Baltic country below - is it Latvia, Lithuania or Estonia?
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What Comes to Mind When Hear ... 00:26 - 4:35
Trivia 4:35 - 7:50
What Country has the Sexiest People? 7:50 - 9:14
Which Country has the Best Food? 9:14 - 10:35
Which Country has the Friendliest People? 10:35 - 11:25
Baltic Song Session 11:25 - 11:41
Sex Before Coffee: A Guide to Scandinavian Dating 11:41 - 12:20
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CREW:
Marina Iakovleva (directing)
Jason Tojeiro (video/sound)
/ jay_film
Oleh Voitovych (editing)
/ olkowg
CAST:
LITHUANIANS
Egle: / eb.spike
Šarūnas: / sarunas.g
Aurelija: / aura.poddar
ESTONIANS
Carmen: / ccarmeniisabel
Paul: / paul.lillakas
LATVIANS
Agnese: / agnese_jan
Anete: / pikanta
Filmed in:
Toronto, Canada

[@paolodominici202]

One of my favourite regions of the world❤️ Labas/Sveiki/Tere from Italy🇱🇹🇱🇻🇪🇪

[@latviets8934]

Sveiki from Latvia! We Latvians really enjoy Italy too, many beautiful and wonderful places, have been there twice with my family, really enjoyed my time there!

[@karlilisson5449]

ciao from Estonia

[@modestasgendvilas4779]

labas from Lithuania :)

[@luiscarlosscb7612]

Tere means Thanks, Merci, gracias,

[@LiidLovesRedHood]

@@luiscarlosscb7612 Tere means hello in estonian tho???

[@eanotsport]

The Lithuanian woman on the left was so funny, all of them were amazing though. Always have been fascinated with the Baltics, but now every person sold me on their countries!

[@kraanz]

She HAS to be funny because she's morbidly obese.

[@paulemeskauskaite1501]

I'm proud to be Lithuanian and I love my Baltic neighbors as well. I love Riga, Jurmala,. Tallin, Saaremaa and everytime I visit these places I find something new that I love. Let's stay united and strong ❤️⚡

[@SpiceMicey]

I don't want to be annoying but its spelled "Tallinn" with 2 n's and if I'm honest I spell it with 1 n as well.

[@_aoe]

@@SpiceMicey lol, at least they got the double l

[@EEST-Militia]

I have visited the Baltic states a few times, around 10 times, loved every visit there, architecture in Riga is awesome! drank some Kvass, visited Kalamaja at Tallinn, Vilnius is beautiful! kind of cold in winter! the landscapes is so green, specially for me, southern european here.

[@pauliusmendelis3034]

I love the Baltic trivia! As a Lithuanian, I have to say - we have the best sense of humor haha. Also, I am proud to be part of a culture with such a long and great history and even the largest country in Europe at some point. Love our little brothers and sisters in Latvia and Estonia! Greetings from New York! :)

[@gersonmatos1251]

i've been t0 trakai in the february.Sti11 remember g0t there ear1y there i f0und a restaurant.N0t 0pen pe0p1e inside,maybe emp10yees.I beg f0r entering..THEY SAID N0..10 pe0p1e inside me 0utside in freezing c01d...N0T G00D EXPERIENCE AT A11...

[@sarunaszav8752]

@@gersonmatos1251 judging from the way you write comments, it's probably for the best they didn't let you in

[@gersonmatos1251]

@@sarunaszav8752 I see u are very judgmenta1.My 1apt0p (keys) n0t u0rking.(n0t functi0ning).But my message 0vera11 u underst00d..exce11ent.But in my c0untry.Brazi1 u d0n't treat pe0p1e 1ike that.u d0n't 1ive any0ne 0utside in a freezing bitter c01d.minus 10 that is rea11y c01d f0r me..

[@MeadeSkeltonMusic]

My Great grandparents were from Lithuania

[@missealvaheton241]

'little brothers and sisters' how patronizing, haha jk, greetings from Estonia as well! :D

[@wefeelthereforeweexist.]

As a Lithuanian I waited this one for so long!❤️

[@ArendellianDisnerd]

These 3 countries are so underrated.

[@kerlipeterson]

Loved this one! It was so nice to see how us 3 countries teasing and joking about each other can look so fun, friendly and respectful. ;)

[@lkrnpk]

As a Latvian I kinda have to admit... yeah we really tend to think that Lithuanians are closer to Poland and Estonians closer to Scandinavians and we are sort of in the middle... :D Then again whole ''Baltic countries'' concept is kinda based on us being in the middle as otherwise Estonians and Lithuanians would not have much in common, but they have us :D

[@DVladas]

Lithuanians and Latvians are Baltic brothers ( not slavic ) Poland they’re Slavic 😊 The Balts or Baltic people (Lithuanian: baltai, Latvian: balti) are an ethno-linguistic group of people who speak the Baltic languages of the Balto-Germanic branch of the Indo-European languages.

[@Julia-ui5lw]

I thought we are "broliukai" for you too :D Always thought latvians see lithuanians as the closest, was surprised it's not :D

[@ElvisBurdajs]

@@Julia-ui5lw We are! ;O

[@simtelefon]

Lithuanians are way closer to Latvia culturally than to Poland lol It's weird you guys think we are close to Poland when we really aren't.

[@gricius]

good point. Latvians are probably most Baltic, but not all parts. Riga is full of Russians from what I heard. Same thing about Lithuania. Only the western part of Lithuania near the coast - Zemaitija, is truly Baltic, and it even has a hard to understand dialect. Correct me if I'm wrong

[@hendriktonisson2915]

5:23 As an Estonian I would say most Estonians who are younger than 40 do not really speak the Russian language. Older people who were adults during the Soviet occupation can speak Russian better and to be honest there aren't really that many fluent German speakers among Estonians either. But it's true that most young Estonians can speak English quite well. Quit a lot of Estonians also speak Finnish mainly because many of them work in Finland. As Finnish language is quite similar to Estonian, Estonians can understand quite a lot of Finnish words even if they do not specifically study Finnish.

[@CapeSkill]

I think similar thing can be said about Lithuania as well, the younger generation doesn't really know Russian language as well anymore, because the focus is more on English and people prefer to learn/speak English.

[@HK-gm8pe]

absolutely, I am 25 and nobody in my family speaks russian , my family has very bad memories of Soviet time and nobody ever wanted to learn russian

[@Swarmah]

about speaking russian, a lot of latvians 30 or younger do not speak russian, and russian kids have integrated very well. I have worked at jobs together with older russians, and untill they say they are russian, you wouldnt know, they dont even have an accent.

[@anneesippinen1006]

so true

[@Pollukene]

i feel like the Russin and German are mentioned because we have to learn (atleast one of them) in the school. But learning a language for few years in the school def does not mean that you can speak it fluently.

[@edgarassilkonis5358]

Stereotypes coming from old era shall give way to authentic genuine identities, and all 3 Baltic identities are quite distinguished/different. Yes, foreign influences always played a vital role in our region, but if we dig deeper - we see genuine characters. For me Latvians have the biggest soul, that hardly describable sense of Baltic identity (that has scent of alloy of primary Baltic tribe with fine examples of Germanic and Russian footprints), so I would say Latvia is essentially Baltic. Estonia is the land of wise, entrepreneurial, innovative people, oriented at economic welfare, that know how to exploit their strengths in a best possible way. It gives a sense of Scandinavian influence, however Estonians are so much warmer, friendlier, communicative, responsive, helfpul, joyful. Honestly to say, if you were happy to make an Estonian/Latvian friend - this is a friend for life. I hardly imagine that elsewhere. Lithuanians are more difficult to describe, as it strongly depends on region/city. Lithuanians put a strong accent on building/maintaining a strong state with strong institutions and reviving grand historic state that once was. This idea receives strong support in the depth of Lithuanian soul, and many associate themselves strongly/patriotically with their state.

[@JustOneGirl81]

Dear man, dont wanna a Estonian friend. I self prefer communicate with foreigners. They are often way nicer people then our ones.

[@anitat.6862]

i love to constantly expand my knowledge and view into other cultures and countries - thank you marina, jason, oleh, and all the cast for being a huge part of my journey to become more culturally aware. you continue to spark my passion to learn more and explore the world, even by watching your videos in the comfort of my own home. much love and can't wait to see what's next! 🤍

[@DatingBeyondBorders]

Thank you so much Anita! Comments like yours make me love what I do.

[@CineShinya]

Just when I was wondering if we would see Lithuania at all XD For a Greek I have a surprising amount of Lithuanian friends and they have all been very generous and nice. I also had a moment of fanservice in the end when they sang Trys milijonai. Lithuania has excellent musicians and so does Latvia. Lauris Reiniks had also made some brilliant collabs with Lithuanian and Estonian singers in each language being focused on the character's side in the story that comes from each country.

[@japonasas4719]

Lauris reiniks actually speaks all three languages and he sings the same song in all of those languages, like the song "Aš bėgu"

[@CineShinya]

@@japonasas4719 yes indeed! He had released so many versions for that one! Hilarious video clip XD

[@evergreennovember]

Thank you, I was waiting for this! ❤

[@TAsayeshiii]

This was very interesting😊so fun to watch soo much exciting facts about each countries. I loved how creative this was. This made my day Marina❤️

[@margaritazuijka]

I am Lithuanian , but I love Estonians and Latvians . We are baltic sisters .Greetings from Tel Aviv .

[@beandrag9019]

I’m so proud of my Estonian and Lithuanian blood, I hope to visit soon🇪🇪🇱🇹🇱🇻

[@kraanz]

So... you're proud of something even though you didn't contribute anything and had nothing to do with it. Okay.

[@beandrag9019]

@@kraanz not knowing how genetics work like:

[@beandrag9019]

@@kraanz also one of the biggest don’t care didn’t ask plus you’re irrelevant. I’m actively trying to learn Estonian and Lithuanian, know pretty much all their history, want to visit and they make up more than 50% of my DNA. Be quiet

[@beandrag9019]

@@kraanz also if you want to use the contribution logic, I was born in America and I’ve contributed virtually nothing, if I wasn’t here, it would be exactly the same. Same for the Baltics. You make no sense

[@kraanz]

@@beandrag9019 Holy shit are you easy to trigger, this is almost no fun. Why did this make you so angry? Cause "American" means nothing and is a made-up nationality, so you desperately want to belong SOMEWHERE? Interesting...

[@magdalenkam4874]

Lovely video, this one was wonderful, such a great group of people 😁

[@jve89]

I'm from the Netherlands, but since I live in Estonia, this is fun to watch!

[@indrajukame]

Yesss, finally!! 😅 I'm a Latvian, I can assure that the joke about being allowed to keep 5 meters instead of 2 has a truth to it! 🤣🤣🤣 Latvians, and probably Estonians, too, tend not to be physical, we like our private space. Totally true about our temperament from South to North! Although the countries are so small, our southern brothers and sisters are more open and extravert, while our northern neighbours are considered to be colder and more "nordic", which, as Anete said, doesn't make any of us unfriendly, we just take some time to let someone in.

[@indrajukame]

@Nordic Alliance, true! Lībiešu valoda is very similar to Estonian and Finnish and has an influence of Latvian but it's already almost a dead language. There is a small group of lībieši /līvi who are trying to keep the language. But as far as I know Livonian is actually considered a Finno Ugric language, as Estonian and Finnish.

[@indrajukame]

@Nordic Alliance, oh, and the Latvian language has an influence from Estonian, mostly probably through Livonian.

[@vaataja]

The temperament thing is real. Lithuanians are clearly the most outgoing/energetic and Estonians are the most reserved and slowest :D (I'm an Estonian btw). Latvians are more like Estonians in temperament, so people with six toes shouldn't call us slow!

[@indrajukame]

@@vaataja haha, I wonder where this six-toe-bullsh** is coming from! I can assure you that there are as many six- toe people in Estonia as in Latvia because this abnormality can happen in all the world. But it's not so usual. I've never seen one. TBH, I don't know where the stereotype of Estonians being slow comes from, neither. BTW, I have Estonian and Lithuanian blood flowing in me, as well. Even my surname is latvianized Estonian surname, if you paid attention. 😉 My grandma from mother's side was Pudenaitė by surname, which was also latvianized to Pudāne. And my grandpa from father's side was quart Estonian. Surname would probably be written as Jukaam, I suppose. Correct me if I'm wrong.

[@vaataja]

​@@indrajukame Latvian cars do have LV number plate. LV - LisaVarvas - an additional toe.

[@kikinkike22]

Great video for a wonderful region!! ❤️

[@fulicious2991]

I loved this video! I am always excited to see our Baltic friends

[@dorsa7369]

I’ve been a fan of your channel since 2018 and still love all your content ♥️ I was wondering if you could do “what different regions of Italy think about each other?” in the future

[@DatingBeyondBorders]

Cool idea - might be interesting if I can find enough reps from all over Italy to do this.

[@modestasgendvilas4779]

thanks for the great video :) best wishes from Lithuania!!!!!!!

[@kylesavage4525]

Finally a video about Baltic countries. Thank you! Been waiting for a loooong time for this one. Shall we expect any YKYD a Baltic woman any time in the near future as well?

[@wefeelthereforeweexist.]

Exactly!!!

[@BridgingGabs]

Yes! Baltic women and men! :)

[@johngonzalez4298]

Happy Thursday Marina! Sending hugs 🤗 from Miami, Florida, USA 🇺🇸

[@jr3kg3]

Happy Thursday Everyone 🤠 Sending 🤗 from Phoenix, AZ 👋🏾👍🏾😊

[@roseforeuropa]

I thoroughly enjoyed this video!

[@5566letslearnEnglish]

Hello Marina..I love these series..keep going..💋

[@DarDarBinks1986]

This and Geography Now both provide windows into the wider world that I previously only got from National Geographic.

[@DatingBeyondBorders]

Woo! Thank you for such an awesome comment. Lots of work goes into these so much appreciated :)

[@DarDarBinks1986]

@@DatingBeyondBorders I can tell. And these videos never disappoint.

[@DatingBeyondBorders]

Happy Thursday everyone! What was your favorite country to learn about? Did we miss anything? Let us know below!

[@tobiojo9454]

My favorite country to learn about was Estonia

[@johngonzalez4298]

It's great to see you again on DBB, Marina! I never knew that Lithuania 🇱🇹 has an official scent, that's a shocker to me as that would never cross my mind

[@sakeebkamal3472]

YNYD series please 🙏

[@arisplugis5197]

Estonians and Lithuanians are the best neighbors we Latvians got.

[@kraanz]

@@arisplugis5197 Yyyeah, because the rest are fucking orcs. Not really a competition.

[@BridgingGabs]

I was waiting for more interviews about Baltic countries, especially Latvia! 😄 Love these videos, keep it up! Hugs from Argentina 🇦🇷

[@Felixxxxxxxxx]

I am from Sweden and has visited all 3 Baltic states, 2 of them multiple times. I find it easy to connect with locals in all the countries , including the Russian minorities . I think many travelers miss out on the country side as well as the smaller tows . Hope to go there again soon, and on my next trip I would like to visit Narva and Daugavpils

[@walterwhite22222]

If you would like to visit Narva then as a citizen I would recommend to visit it in the summer or spring, in other seasons the city looks very depressing 🤭

[@zoom5024]

@@walterwhite22222 Well Swedes have the same climate, our cities also looks very depressing if it's not summer haha.

[@Jemike5]

Did in fact miss you. Always have a good mixture of personalities on these episodes. I'd be interested in purchasing the book.

[@sakeebkamal3472]

Baltic people very friendly! Good to see you too Marina! 🙏

[@jurgasbielinis2130]

Don’t know much about Latvian and Estonian food, but in Lithuania food is very good. An Irish foodie who lived in Vilnius for a year and who tried all the restaurants there said - why do you not advertise that you have amazing food? Not many know that but the food is special in Lithuania

[@jamesvelazco9837]

Found out that Carmen's half Ecuadorian as well. Talk about breaking down barriers! So awesome. 🙌🏼#internationallove

[@riproar11]

Breaking down barriers? How? She is half Ecuadorian and half Canadian. Why would she be selected to represent Estonian women when she isn't from there in the first place ??? Why aren't European countries allowed to be their pure ethnicity like the majority of countries on other continents enforce?

[@seiwarriors]

As a Latvian I was waiting for this for a long time

[@tobiojo9454]

Please keep making more of these educational videos

[@kraanz]

There was nothing educational about this. A good portion of the "facts" were simply... wrong.

[@TAsayeshiii]

Omggg😃😃❤️their national theme songs was so nicee.

[@elgasalme9331]

I love my neighbours and I have visited both countries but to be honest I have never talked to any Latvian either Lithuanian more than in the shop needed. We need more connection.

[@sirtsupirtsu]

One summer I made a car trip to Latvia, next summer to Lithuania. And I talked to the locals a lot :) Really nice people in both countries. Especially if they hear you are from Estonia, they warm up even more. I encourage every Estonian to visit LV and LT - there is so much to see there.

[@kraanz]

So YOU didn't speak to anyone. YOU chose not to. But WE need more connection?

[@elgasalme9331]

@@kraanz Problem is that only younger people talk English. So not so easy - walk in the village and talk to people. Yes we need more connection. What I mean this connection should start from childhood. Study neighbours languages at schools. Make it easier to study, live, and move from one country to another etc. Yes you can always make your personal contact but the truth is that personal contacts between Estonians, Latvians and Lithuanias are not common.

[@eduardpeeterlemming]

Great to see videos about Baltics

[@kikinkike22]

Finally! 😍

[@vhakv]

I'm one of the 3 million Lithuanian language speakers, and I am proud of it!

[@kraanz]

okay

[@PatrikJarvelov]

As a Swede, having our fair share of sibling rivalries with the other fennoscandic (see what I did there) countries, this video put a huge smile on my face! It's good too see that our brothers and sisters across the Baltic are just as lovingly competitive with each other as we are. The Baltic countries might not be "Nordic" in every sense of the word, but! You guys are defiantly our closest cousins.

[@kraanz]

Are you talking to the Estonians? Because the Balts are a completely different ethnic group that has nothing to do with the Germanic nations. And if you're talking to the Estonians, they're Finno-Ugric, and also have nothing to do with, well, you.

[@PatrikJarvelov]

​@@kraanz voi voi voi, why do you feel the need to create division along ethnic lines instead of embracing your neighbors? We all live around the Baltic sea; Nordics, Germanic, Balts and Finns, it doesn't matter. You really should try to get along with other people instead of dismissing them because of ethnicity. And also, I'm a first generation Swede, my family comes from Finland. So like it or not, but it does have something to do with, well, me. Don't be a racist, you racist.

[@karolisbareika8306]

​@@setukas based

[@marsalz3379]

Thank you for including the Baltics. I always get asked if I’m Russian.

[@MsThePrettiest]

Many russians (i mean russian citizens) are actually finno-ugic people so no surprise people tend to confuse us with each other. My grandma's first language was extremly close to Finnish language. She was from Karelia region of Rusdia. A small ethnical group that named after that region and culturaly was close to finns.

[@wonderland3941]

and if i am russian from Baltic country, what should i answer? 😀

[@alpovratia6488]

@@wonderland3941 Ну да, я русский и живу в Прибалтике. - Of course, assuming the other person knows Russian. Otherwise reply in English or other appropriate language, for instance latviešu valodā, eesti keeles or lietuvių kalba.

[@Lukelis357]

honestly, with the current political climate, not sure if it's a great idea to be proud of your russian heritage, especially during GAY PRIDE MONTH but I feel for your minority, my girlfriend is a Lithuanian born here but she comes from a russian-speaking family and is often belittled by other Lithuanian locals who seem to think they have no slavic blood at all

[@Sofia-hr8nd]

@@Lukelis357 yeah, old good baltic nazis 🤣

[@bandini7541]

Looking forward to visit these three countries soon! Greetings from Montenegro!

[@sirtsupirtsu]

I think one of the reasons why Estonians are said to be slow is how our language sounds. We have a lot of vowels in the language. A lot of double vowels. Often, depending on words, they are stretched to sound as 3-vowels in a row. Also, sometimes we even might have 4 vowels in a row: like "jäääär" :D That makes the language sound calm and slow when compared to the Russian language. Maybe this is why they think we are slow. Also, we have lots of sayings here like: first think, then say. Talking is silver, silence is gold etc. Estonian is said to be a very beautiful singing language. I think it is because of a lot of vowels/double vowels we have. Really nice video by the way. I liked in the video that no one started to bring other countries down. We are all different. But we have a common history, a common neighbor in the East, common fears, we are small and agile, and we all like to sing and dance.

[@zoom5024]

We have the same saying in Sweden - Tala är silver, tiga är guld.

[@ivohawk]

As a Latvian, we too have the same sayings about thinking/talking and silence as gold,as you in Estonia. Probably, we do talk faster :)

[@blueeyedbaer]

@@ivohawk we have the same in Lithuania as well: "kalbėjimas/kalba - sidabras, tylėjimas/tyla - auksas" (talking is silver, silence is gold).

[@KTfromEst]

I'm Estonian and this was fun to watch! 💙🖤🤍

[@mianery8172]

The estonian song at the end was so cute

[@midagiikka]

It's called "Kungla rahvas" ☺️

[@aboutthat1440]

Interesting per usual for this channel

[@realhawaii5o]

Great video to watch on Vilnius - Tallinn bus.

[@mslaimaz]

I LOVE this comment section! ♥️ So many nice comments about the Baltic countries! 🇱🇻🇪🇪🇱🇹

[@raystarlight6836]

It's funny to see Estonia and Lithuania personality reflection on their flags. Estonian flag has cold color ( white, blue, and black) and Lithuanian flag has warm color ( red, yellow and green).

[@TotalRookie_LV]

And Latvian is stained blood.🤣

[@greenmachine5600]

Good video, although I already knew quite a bit, perhaps from watching Artur rehi and geography now. Thumbs up from the US🇺🇲

[@riinafrits8301]

Slow Estonian here... hello! I think we are all very unique countries but exeptional because when there is a need we can unite. Remember Baltic Chain?

[@elisterr9913]

@Richard schiffman We litterally are older, more sophisticated culture that has no roots whatsoever to russia. We do look down on Russia and maybe even russians. So your remark of someone being "daddy" is kind of ill-educated and misses the point in too many levels. :) But cheerio, great of you to watch the baltic nations here :)

[@2dimitropolis370]

This was fun. They are so calm. From the point of you of ex Yugoslavia.... They are so sweet

[@AnnieBonanzie]

Sucks that the algorithm is causing issues--you put out such unique, interesting videos! I'm usually just a lurker, hardly ever comment on anything, but am happy to hopefully help boost!

[@DatingBeyondBorders]

Haha love the "lurker"

[@AnnieBonanzie]

@@DatingBeyondBorders lurking but like in a supportive way, y'know lol

[@alekxu]

I love the Baltics!! So underrated. They all have their own special things. Having visited all 3 capitals I liked Tallinn the most, but after this video I am planning to visit again for all three countries and for longer.

[@irute-la9235]

Realy liked Estonian song!❤️🇪🇪🇱🇹

[@siimtokke3461]

"What associates with you when we say "Lithuania""`? Latvians- "Alcoholics" "What associates with you when we say "Latvia""`? Lithuanians- "Balzams"

[@sHappeN1]

Funniest part :D

[@vaidotas138]

and with Estonia, my answer - Liqueur Vana Tallinn and only then Skype, Bolt and Wise :)

[@kraanz]

@@vaidotas138 Vana Tallinn is overpriced slop. But, to be fair, Balzams is pretty damn disgusting as well.

[@vaidotas138]

@@kraanz agree, to be serious Estonia associates to me with best basic education in Europe, and tremendous progress in education field since Estonia got independence, this is what I, as father of two school age kids, am bit envy about. This is a good example for Lithuania how to transform an education system and we should follow it. Greetings from Klaipeda

[@baktom]

And btw Lithuania introduced the strictest policy out of all them when it comes to selling alcohol in grocery stores, therefore managed to reduce alcoholism levels way below those of Estonians and especially Latvians. Those two LV girls have no idea what they are talking about.

[@lkrnpk]

The issue is that there are two types of people in Latvia, I guess which shows how the country is also split between wanting to be more of a Baltic brother to Lithuania and wanting to be more close/similar to Estonia. I am the first type, from Eastern Latvia, my parents, grandparents etc. are Catholic and we are sort of also considered to be more ''wild'' than other Latvians in our region (Latgale) and we are less ''stuck up'' so to say, but I have met people from more like Northern Latvia where they really want to be more like Estonians and be in the ''Scandinavian club'' where they can often be very critical towards Lithuania or Poland, like the girl on the right in the video. Latvia is kinda the most mixed bag of all the countries, not just the biggest Russian speaking minority in the Baltics but also Latvians themselves are split in Catholics and Lutherans and there are indeed differences between those Latvians even if we are not super religious anymore, obviously Catholics feel closer to Lithuania. Religion wise Estonians have always been pretty much all Lutherans and Lithuanians Catholics, but not the case in Latvia and it adds differences, so opinions on say Lithuanians can vary depending in which part of Latvia you are and whom you speak with

[@karkevicius]

@@lkrnpk there is a large divide in Lutheran and catholic population in Lithuania too. I am Lutheran for example and many of my friends are. More than half are

[@Oberschutzee]

@@karkevicius don't lie huge majority in Lithuania are cathlics lutherans are small minority here.

[@Lukelis357]

Are you sure strict policies really stopped anything? Just because you can't buy spirits illegally on September 1st or after 8PM, doesn't mean you can't do it at all... or that you should, for that matter.

[@karkevicius]

@@Oberschutzee in hometown of birzai, no

[@aldl5871]

Very interesting 🙂

[@Emma-ye7te]

Dear friends, Latvians and Lithuanians. I recently read that, in fact, Latvians have about 30% of Finno-Ugric genes and even 49% of Lithuanians. It may not matter to you, but as an Estonian, I was extremely happy about it. We really have something in common. And, of course, our country, the Baltics. It was hard for God to think of anything more beautiful.

[@blueeyedbaer]

Estonians, Latvians, Lithuanians and Finns are genetically very similar, just small variations between these four nations.

[@zandatee]

Latvians are very uneaven. part of Latvians are partly or wholy Livonians (Liivi, Līvi, Lībieši), which is a FinnoUgric tribe. f.ex. me as Latvian I feel the strongest tie to Nordic people - by mentality. (Latvian girl to the right Anete is the same - Nordic style-i can feel it at once) at the same time we have more Lithuanian influenced people, also German, Polish etc. I would say term " Latvian'is so composed that we are even not a nation. That big mentality differences we have. We are a Christian-made artificial theritory. It is an uncomfortable feeling. Like you see your felow Latvians, but only small part of them you can relate to by mentality, emotionaly etc. Some of them are total aliens for me. So I would say Latvians are artificial Christian made teritory which is partly Baltic, smaller part Finno Ugric plus with German and Polish influences

[@emilskristiansfr6768]

@@zandatee if I’m honest, I’d say this is probably the most accurate explaination I’ve heard about us Latvians. Coming from a Latvian, who’s a bit of everything, even as south as Balkan and Romania. 🫶🏽

[@sleeplesssongbird7625]

Ah, I wish I had seen this sooner - I have Baltic ancestry (Estonian, & Lithuanian!) and it's so fun to hear about this sort of information. :D P.S: My little brother used to love playing hockey and I recognized Anete, who he looked up to. It's wonderful to see she is well!

[@mickeyvanderhoof8889]

I have a business venture in Estonia. I had a chance to learn about all the Baltic states. Here's my view about them: "Estonians are business oriented people chasing the next opportunity. So, it's very easy to network there. Right now, I have more than 2000 business connections ;o) Latvians are a dancing singing nation. It's like a fairy land out there. They are shy, but if you are patient, they come out as very smart and sophisticated people. If you are after intellectual discussions, you should pick a Latvian. I must confess, I never win an argument with them. Lithuanians are, on the other hand... well, this is subjective of course... most fun. It must be the sunshine. They are a dancing singing nation too, Also, they are the prettiest in my humble opinion ;o)" Well, what can I say? I love you my newfound friends.

[@lucanton2088]

Mickey you did not comment about Lithuanians?? lol... i am the area manager for a firm for the 3 Baltic Republics and i live here since 2012 (previosly Vilnius/Kaunas, then Riga, now in Tallinn). I completely agree with you about Estonians and Latvians. I would add that in Estonia i found some nationalistic pride (like we are scandinavians not baltic!) that in some cases border the racism. Without talking of course about the russophone minority problem. Plus i also saw a bit of overentitlement in Estonia, especially when they pretend to be like Finland (with costs and demands not matching the reality of the incomes of the average population) and as a market (IT apart) they count in Europe like a single German Lander or not even half of the poorest department of France. This is in pure contrast with their exceptional courtesy and efficiency (and sometimes turtle slowness) when regards business matters.

[@mickeyvanderhoof8889]

@@lucanton2088 I thought I did ;o) Since they have more sunshine, it feels a lot more like home meaning "pleasure always comes before business". Also, about the "Who's better?" question concerning "Tautumeitas vs. Liucė", the jury is still out ;o)

[@lkrnpk]

@@lucanton2088 Then again in Latvia we also have like two types of people. One thing is Latgale where I am from where there are more Russians and more Polish, Jewish influence in the past, Catholicism and people are less nationalistic and I think also like Lithuanians better. But (and perhaps it is even genetic, people who might have Finno Ugric roots, who are more like Estonians as we had also those tribes in the past), in North Vidzeme or Kurzeme, like the Latvian girl on the right in the video, they are kinda more like Estonians, more nationalist and can come off as a bit arrogant and who feel more distant to Lithuanians and do not dig their partying culture... :D But as a Latvian I also observed the same, I was in student project where all the Baltic people were together and when we had a party in the evening perhaps 3 Estonians showed up, 8 Latvians and I think almost all Lithuanians and they partied like crazy. Definitely more southern vibe, and also singing ''trys miljonai'' which we, Latvians, could not oversing with our own songs so we just changed the lyrics to ''divi miljoni'' :D

[@EastFame]

@@lucanton2088 very good observation. I would add regarding Estonians - they have a very big problem thinking outside the box and outside the protocol. There is no flexibility when it comes to rules and non-standard situations.

[@lucanton2088]

@@EastFame hell yeah...no concept of creativity...but this is not only an Estonian problem

[@AleksandarDinkov]

Nice video and very educational! But just wanted to make people aware that Skype was actually found in Luxembourg and was created by 2 entrepreneurs (one is from Sweden and the other from Denmark).

[@indrajukame]

Speaking of language knowledge, IMO all the small countries know more languages, while the larger ones don't really need that. Nowadays, the largest part of Latvians speak English, many people still speak Russian and there is very often a third foreign language. At my job, we have several actual polyglots. I myself speak 5 languages and partly understand 2 more. A couple of my colleagues also speak about 5 languages fluently and some of them understand a couple more. Anyway, I see this tendency by smaller countries to be good at languages. 😊

[@Joseph-qd9ew]

Yes I think this is very cool, which 5 languages do you speak?

[@indrajukame]

@@Joseph-qd9ew my native language Latvian, then Russian, English, German and Danish. Somewhat understand Lithuanian and Spanish but I don't really speak those, apart from a couple of sentences. So, actually just 4 foreign languages, tbc.

[@indrajukame]

@@Joseph-qd9ew oh, and I quite understand Norwegian and Swedish - just because they are so similar to Danish.

[@Joseph-qd9ew]

@@indrajukame Cool!

[@Joseph-qd9ew]

@@indrajukame I’m American/Canadian, I only speak English, French and some Spanish

[@windlink1236]

Awesome!

[@Hypheh]

That "car thing" seems to be popular first thought..😃

[@JimM-zs8ul]

Very nice video! I always enjoy learning more about the Baltics! I have learned that the three languages are not at all the same. Lithuanian and Latvian somewhat similar (but not mutually intelligible) and Estonian is more Scandanavian. I have to ask, though, Carmen and Paul from Estonia have perfect English diction. Is English your first language? If not, I'm pretty impressed. Sounds like perfect English to me, I'm just not picking up on an accent at all. Just curious.

[@SpruceX]

The Latvian girl has a really cool scar on her face

[@agnebejeryte8088]

Hello brothers, stay strong, united and free forever! 🇱🇹 🇱🇻 🇪🇪

[@lasma.a]

Thank you for the video 😊👍🏻 I think the baltic states are more united than ever ❤️

[@kraanz]

Pretty sure you meant "united." And if not, "unhinged" might be better than "untied."

[@lasma.a]

@@kraanz thanks for correcting me. Couldn't do it without you 🥺

[@kraanz]

@@lasma.a You know it, baby! =D

[@jekabskarklins]

I'm from Latvia. First thing that comes to mind hearing Estona - IT & pronounced/clear language. Lithuania - Polish/Lithuanian common wealth & Basketball

[@AivaDingau]

Estonians: we love to sing, we have a music festival every five years 😂

[@mignas]

So different yet so alike. Like potato dishes. My view of Baltics: Estonia feels like 70% forest, 20% farming fields, 10% cities and towns. You drive 50km and see nothing but trees. Tallinn has nordic taste due to rocks and docks (Stockholm vibes). Latvia is exactly a transition between Lithuania and Estonia… there are a lot of forests, with more farming fields and more villages and towns in between cities. Riga has germanic taste due to being by a wide river, very cozzy old town squares. Lithuania is exactly a transition between Latvia and Poland. Lots of forests, even more farming fields, lots of towns and villages between bigger cities. Lakes are a thing. Vilnius has Polish taste.

[@birchheights6542]

Vilnius doesn’t really have a particular “Polish taste “ . It has an atmosphere of Catholic European city in general. Because in parts it looks like Italy , France, southern Germany or yes , Poland . However, in some parts Vilnius even looks like old town Stockholm- Gamla Stan .

[@szlachta1alek]

Yes Vilnius does have a Polish taste, it was part of Poland before the war. It has an Eastern Polish vibe, similar to Lviv. Hope Poles and Lithuanians can get along again. Polska + Lietuva :)

[@rolandssavdons7993]

@@szlachta1alek Part of Poland? I thought that Rzeczpospolita was like union not occupation.

[@blueeyedbaer]

@@rolandssavdons7993 Polish nationalist will always think that Lithuania was a servant in Polish kingdom and not a partner in equal union. What do you expect from a person who has "szlachta" in the username?

[@blueeyedbaer]

@@szlachta1alek It was part of Poland for 20 years while it has been a part and a capital of Lithuania for several centuries. Poles and Lithuanians actually get along pretty well but nationalists like you can't see it.

[@dariuscoroian2237]

Love the Baltics from Romania!!

[@dzintrarowe4272]

That was fun.

[@geographylover6028]

Awesome video!! Is it just me or do the two Estonians in the video (Paul and Carmen) sound like they have American accents?

[@hypervenom6200]

Pretty sure they r American Estonians cause they’re names aren’t even Estonian

[@maikastemae3627]

@@hypervenom6200 Carmen and Paul are Estonian names. We have more Karmens than Carmens. But both are common names. I know girls with both C, and K. I Also know two Pauls. One is my godson.

[@mrstranger33]

Love Estonian and Latvian people,we are brother's and sisters 🙂🥰Greetings from Lithuania 🙂

[@anneesippinen1006]

hello my brother and sister

[@candezsimmons2001]

I think it's wild that me a Caribbean person 🇦🇬 has lived in one of these countries 🇪🇪 and visited one 🇱🇦.

[@kraanz]

What's the last one? Nepal? Senegal? Can't quite make it out...

[@Kabriste]

Laos

[@candezsimmons2001]

@@Kabriste yh I didn't réalisé I picked the wrong flag. 🇱🇻

[@raunorepomies8621]

That Estonian song was a banger!

[@SuperMareliz]

Nice and wery good job!!!

[@giedres797]

Thank for this nice one! Estonians and Lithuanians seems pretty flexible, but Latvian girls are a little bit rude, sorry…

[@ievafaulkner6021]

Hahaha, I thought the same. I’m Latvian and I was cringing BADLY haha

[@kraanz]

Rude? How the fuck are they rude?

[@armandaspaskevicius4891]

@@kraanz And another rude Latvian...

[@TubeRJF]

I always thought Latvians were generally kinda distant and humorless but the 2 Latvian girls were very funny and seemed very nice. I learned from this video

[@petmen657]

this is huge misconception since latvians has really dry humor. They say jokes with straight face all the time and when you know it, it is great to experience it. Most dry jokes disapear in traslation though.

[@moondust4710]

You should keep the video of you asking the questions.

[@jozuemikalauskas]

I love this, it’s like pero like but for Balts 🤣🔥

[@ines_uk]

I’m Latvian and can’t agree with at least half of the things those two girls said. I think of Lithuanians as warm, outgoing people who are good at business. They’re good traders in my opinion. Estonians are more Scandinavian like. They always have been ahead of us technology wise and we have definitely much to learn from them. I love Tallinn. Even 30 years ago it seemed a little bit more developed than us. They’re so close to us but at the same time I feel they’re so different in many ways. I have been to Estonia several times and it always feels like I’ve traveled somewhere further than just neighbouring country. I love Riga dearly and it has been the best city to have grown up in. It’s so interesting and has so much to offer. I think all three nations are beautiful, have so much similarities, but at the same time are so different. There are negatives and positives everywhere. So no need to point a finger on the other. I’d love to explore more of Lithuania sometime, because for some reason I always tend to visit Estonia more.

[@zackgreen9248]

Please Make More Videos About Latvia ✅

[@mikajortikka3223]

Love Baltic peoples ❤️🇦🇺

[@MrGiedriokas]

@2:37 we love to sing, we have song festival every 5 years xD

[@ben-taobeneton3945]

✨Proud to be member of _The Three Baltic Sisters_ ✨

[@TheEmpress185]

Greeting to the Baltic ppl from Poland 😀

[@kraanz]

Dzien dobry, kurwa ;D

[@UtamagUta]

I, Lithuanian, had few work trips to Estonia last year that made me driving over 600km up north in various seasons. Landscape. The subtle change in landscape is fascinating. You drive through Lithuania through empty fields or deciduous forests then You transition to Latvia small towns (highway goes directly through), forests (travelled just before Christmas - it was magical winter fairytale!) begin to transition from deciduous to Conifer forests. Oh the magic pit stop where highway is only a 100'sh meters from the Baltic sea just to the North from Riga! And there's Estonia - Conifer forests exclusively, landscape indeed looks less urbanized. Climate. I would say that temperature wise, Latvian and Estonian climate looks more similar. Both have more moisture and temperatures well below -10C. I was at -17C in Tallin (gorgeous Christmas fair!) You could easily pinpoint locals from tourists. The latter ones wore jeans while locals head to toe in skiing attire! Latvian temperatures were at around -15C, forests literally white, so picturesque: narrow road, surrounded by white forest leaning towards the road due to weight. Lithuanian however, was barely below 0, i would say -5C at max. We didn't even have that much snow. Driving culture. Lithuanians are definitely the worst on the road. If you saw a cham on a road somewhere near Tallin. Yep, Lithuanian license plate! Always speeding, always aggresivelly bypass traffic, cutting off others. For some odd reason all of Via Baltica, or E67, is very narrow throughout all 3 countries. Which leads to very interesting engineering: Estonia has made it Scandinavian style: 3 lanes. Lithuania has overengineered it, but it was a necessity. It was called the deadliest road for a real reason. Speeding and reckless bypassing were, and still are, far too common. Especially by truck drivers (they are mostly from ex-soviet countries, not necessarily locals). We talk range speed meters, loud road coating to make noise, traffic cones, etc. Of all 3 countrie, Lithuania had light reflective paint on lane markings! And there's Latvia... A 2 lane road whi HUGE roadsides on both directions! It's common to move to the roadside and let a faster car to pass. So to my obersvation, we rode 90% of the trip on the sideroad itself rather than on the road. Cutting on the middle for noise seemed interesting and oddly efficient - why spending money on a fancy coating if you can make tiny holes and save asphalt to achieve similar thing? Makes sense. Food. All 3 countries have pretty similar nordic fatty food. Also we do have same fast food chains, if push comes to shove. Apparently all 3 countries like Sausage & Cabbage Skillet. Germans, be proud on Your footprint! Souvenirs. As in all countries mass souvernir shops adapt to tourists and commision crap from China. Sadly, despite me not seeing any of them, all of the shops dedicated to tourists from Russia. So you could see oddities like Faberge eggs with the last russian emperor (yes the one who's whole family were shot by bandits) next to Lenin knicknacks. Russians, pick one to swoon over: either imperial period or soviet. Those 2 are polar oposites! Anyhow, in Latvia i saw same thing except there were few shops with local artisan work. All of that is extremely weird to my lithuanian eyes because wherever region you go, all souvenirs are strictly patriotic, yes they're literally the same in every shop and still comision in china, but they always depict something lithuanian.

[@Yetica91]

I would say Latvian and Lithuanian driving culture is same. Specially closer to border. But as you drive closer to Estonia, people tend to be slover than allowed driving speed. Every Estonian driver i had to overtake on road actually didn't drive faster than 80km/h on allowed 90km/h. Which actually is still too slow for us people, always in hurry. You actually won't see many, driving less than 100km/h, on most roads.

[@sorational]

Baltic countries are the best. And Poland. Hello from Ukraine ❤

[@JustAnotherLatvian]

Hello, we Baltics support Ukraine🙏

[@jonasjonava]

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[@birchheights6542]

Interesting fact that while Lithuanians and Latvians have similar language and Estonian language is very different, genetic research shows that all of these three nations are closer to each other than to any other nation in the world.

[@karkevicius]

Source? Would love to share this information

[@Sofi00]

@@karkevicius just google, its easily available. For Lithuanians and Latvians its easily understandable but since Estonians want to be Nordic so much, its a bit funny since they’re much closer to Latvians DNA wise than they are to Finland.

[@janisbite7350]

I am sure that some words in estonian and latvian could be similar because of german influence in times of Livonia (XII-XVI). Because in latvian language there are quite alot of words from those times.

[@birchheights6542]

@@karkevicius Just look up genetic research results published in Eupedia and other publications. Information is available just for some reason not widely publicized. Moreover , only 4 countries in the world have dominating N1c Y- DNA haplogroup - Lithuania, Latvia , Estonia and Finland . Genetic scientists can’t really explain why there is this clear genetic connection between linguistically very different Baltic and Finnic people , but most likely explanation is that Balts and Finns are autochthonous people in this north eastern corner of Europe .

[@birchheights6542]

@@karkevicius Google genetic map of Europe. You will see that genetic composition of Lithuanians , Latvians and Estonians is extremely close . Contrary to some claims , for instance Lithuanian genetic composition is quite different from Belorussians or Polish .

[@DDyzee]

Carmen both looks, accent and even name itself is super Estonian

[@frankswarbrick7562]

The Latvians (I think; the two blondes) I thought for sure were the Estonians! Very fun video, in any case.

[@lkrnpk]

The one on the right which was more critical towards Lithuania definitely had more Estonian like features. I would not be surprised if she is of Livonian (people which are genetically close to Estonians, not Baltic, we have a portion of them in Latvia, not all Latvians are Baltic) descent or from Northern Latvia. People there can be rather different than people like me from Southern-Eastern part of the country

[@kraanz]

@@lkrnpk The chances are she's not Liv because pretty much nobody is these days.

[@thebenefactor6744]

I love how they go off on a Bubba Gump tangent when they talk about meat and potatoe dishes.