Visaginas: Lithuania's Nuclear Town 🇱🇹

🇱🇹 Since Lithuania gained it's independence in 1991 it has removed as much of its Soviet past as it possibly could unlike in other post-Soviet republics where there are constant reminders of the USSR around every corner. However in the north of the country lies the town of Visaginas where I was told I could find the last remaining Soviet mosaic ( kind of ). Join me as I head north to see how life is in Visaginas which was built to house the workers from the nearby atomic power station and maybe meet some babushkas on the way.

[akmuobate]

Haha my mother was just telling me how she rode the Visaginas train the other day and there were two foreigners on the train filming and not wearing their masks properly :D and now I spot her in your video.

[JohnnyFD]

It’s been another fun journey! Shout out to Lithuania 🇱🇹

[sstrielka]

There's is Grūto park in Lithuania, where they leave old soviet monuments and other relics to rot. Cheers from Lithuania

[gushale]

Hello mate. .loving your work
I'm the English man in question, I met my wife in Brighton 16 years ago and retired to Visaginas 3 years ago. Next time you're in the area look me up. ...best wishes

[KBABB]

Finally Lithuania!! Been here for 2 years waiting for this day 😂❤

[realnedreich]

As a Lithuanian, this puts a smile on my face.

[dracolt]

Ben, you've been in Lithuania and haven't visited old Soviet museum Grūto parkas near city Druskininkai? This museum has it all from soviet times - statues of Lenin, Stalin and others, guns, books, flags, luna park, portraits etc. You must visit it and check it out!!!

[simonniqoog]

This video made me book a flight to Lithuania and now I am here in Vilnius, no regrets

[sarahmichan.]

Bald, you should go to “Grūto parkas” in Lithuania. All the soviet sculptures are there!

[hermanlukianov]

12:38 I like how Bald finds a content. Just turn behind, ask babushka "you probably remember this place in soviet times?" and she answer like she was waiting for this question for the whole life

[vidma]

You must go to "Gruto" park in Lithuania, there are all of Soviet times statues.

[rdbc]

Watching you since 2018, and suddenly you visit my hometown! I am shocked! Absolutely surreal to see you visit the places where I spent my childhood! Nice to see my old soviet town still standing

[cjherbert]

Ignalina nuclear power plant was used extensively for location filming during the production of HBO's Chernobyl due to its similarity to the stricken plant. It's become something of a tourist attraction in recent years. I would love to visit.

[tylertaylor]

I love how eager the people are to tell you about the places past and their own

[thegunslinger]

Since you've been to Estonia and now Lithuania. You'll have to do Latvia next. And Lithuania looks like a beautiful country. I would love to vist someday

[MakeMonroe]

I don't know why but somehow you and Johnny fit so well together. Even though I love watching your videos but seeing you guys together is like magic on screen. Johnny is a best possible sidekick for you. Your Robin or Watson.

[nicolasgoldring]

Of the 15 Post-Soviet countries that there are, he has so far managed to visit 11 of them:
🇪🇪 Estonia
🇱🇹 Lithuania
🇧🇾 Belarus
🇺🇦 Ukraine
🇲🇩 Moldova
🇬🇪 Georgia
🇦🇲 Armenia
🇦🇿 Azerbaijan
🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan
🇺🇿 Uzbekistan
🇷🇺 Russia

He has four former Soviet republics left to visit:

🇱🇻 Latvia
🇹🇯 Tajikistan
🇹🇲 Turkmenistan
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan

[povilasdapsys]

16:33 The thing you read actually translates into: "While I was young, I gave birth to a dead baby and barely survived myself!" Couldn't have picked a better book

[billcoffey]

I loved this video! My mother was pushed out of Kaunus, Lithuania in Feb. 1941, grew up in Germany, came to America in 1957, and lived the American dream. No one from her family ever went back to Lithuania, I'd love to visit there one day, your video did so much to open my eyes to the way it is there today. Thank you so much for this video!

[mynamehappy]

What a pleasant little town. There's no litter on the ground and not much blight despite some of the aging bits. Its nice to see that despite the lack of people there is still life, the coffee shop kiosk, the toy store, the ladies selling vegetables, and that lovely little library. Lithuania really does seem to have fared better than many of the other countries in the former Soviet Bloc.