IS LITHUANIA WORTH VISITING? 🇱🇹 things to do in vilnius

Looking for things to do in Vilnius and wondering if it's worth visiting Lithuania's capital city? In this Vilnius travel vlog I'm sharing my first impressions of Vilnius visiting for the first time as an American reacting to Eastern Europe. Lithuania was not what I expected. There is so much to see in Vilnius, so I hope this Lithuania travel guide is helpful if you're planning a trip to Vilnius, Lithuania!

The music in this video is my song 'Foreign Voice,' which you can listen to here:
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0:00 Intro
0:36 Church of St. Francis of Assisi
1:10 Lunch in Vilnius Old Town
1:22 Gediminas Castle Tower
5:17 Hall Market
6:09 Lukiškės Prison
8:01 Užupis Border Control
9:34 Outro

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[thatgirlbestie]

I really like your music after watching your video, I’ve been listening to it on Spotify and my favorite is “the name “

[travelingcpachick]

I’ve been loving your videos! I’ve been following your journey since I was in Buenos Aires in February and stumbled upon your videos. Keep creating great stuff!

[karllavin]

Hi Claire, great video, heading there myself end of this month and you have given me some super hints as what to do while there. I am Irish so will have to get one of those stamps too. Keep up the great videos and music. Regards.

[FalcomScott]

Hello Claire watching from beautiful London, UK here! Thanks for sharing another Lithuania vlog video with me here & can't wait to see another video next Sunday afternoon! 💛💛

[goldmaple]

I loved this video, Claire. The music accompaniment to this video is phenomenal. You got an absolutely amazing voice. Vilnius is definitely very interesting. I think taking the funicular up that hill to see the old fort walls would be amazing. I don't know if I would visit that former prison which now serves as a concert hall - it's sort of eerie. I'm glad you had a fabulous time in Vilnius. I'm looking forward to more amazing travel videos from you.

[zulfiqaraliali]

Dear i realley love you and miss you . Constentley waching your vedios ❤❤❤

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[paulmcdonough]

good vid i am in liverpool i know you have been here

[fidenemini]

Funny thing is that when Czarist Russian authorities built Lukishkes prison in the very beginning of 20th century, they also constructed a huge Russian Orthodox church inside of it. Very soon they noticed that it is out of use and stays empty because the local population was mainly Catholic and Jewish, so were the convicts. I do not know whether they built a synagogue later but a little Catholic chapel was carved in among the facilities later.

[povilaskairiukstis]

Great video. But most importantly I want to leave this comment before people without knowledge of history flood your video with comments that Gediminas Castle Hill is falling because at some point, the local municipality government decided to cut all the trees that there covering the hill; 1) historically when the tower was functioning as defence structure there were no trees there, because defensive fortification of this type (doesn't matter in which country it is) needs to have clear view of its surroundings 2) those trees grew up there when Lithuania was under russian empire occupation, and one of the reasons was that trees will cover up remains of rich history of Lithuania, so people would forget it with time 3)landslides on the hill there happening all the time even when it was covered with trees, but it was not that easy to see them... And again great video, actually great videos!