The Baltics: The Best of Estonia, Latvia, & Lithuania

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I doubt there are many Art Nouveau buildings in the old town of Riga. Namely they are in the adjancent "New Town". Old towns in Europe are most times of medieval origin and older. Art Nouveau came in fashion around 1900, the time of many city expansions called 'New Town'.

I doubt there are many Art Nouveau buildings in the old town of Riga. Namely they are in the adjancent "New Town". Old towns in Europe are most times of medieval origin and older. Art Nouveau came in fashion around 1900, the time of many city expansions called 'New Town'.

You forgot something. Lithuania has politics who try to make this a police country, they say people are dying in roads because of speeding, but they don't see that our roads are fucked up and dangerous to drive, they try to catch EU in taxes and laws, but they are falling behind in salaries and GDP, many many young, strong, smart men and women are working in other countries, when they could be working HERE and increase the economy. We only have hobos and drunks now. I also left, after I finished studies. Now I am in Netherlands 8 months. I would like to come back, but here you have no opportunities, if you make business in Lithuania will get eaten by bigger fish or government, that's just how it is. In city councils you see only cousins, uncles and etc. because they have schemes of stealing EU money, everyone is bribing everyone, so that's why no one talks about it. If you said this on TV what I said here, next day u can be in jail or better, dead from "accident" "drug overdose" "suicide"

Hi, I lived in Lithuania for 16 years and my first visit was in 1991. Also lived in in Narva, Estonia for 3 years. Came back to Sweden 2,5 years ago. You have been living in the Baltics what do you feel is the major difference in the way of life between Scandinavia and the Baltics?

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Meremuuseum, Estonian Maritime Museum is probably the most interesting museum in the Tallinn and you didn't even mention it!

Tallinn is getting pretty expensive. Some things are actually cheaper in Helsinki than in Tallinn.
Riga and Vilnius are cheap (ish) still.

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I will go there next week. Thanks for the video ❤️

Estonia is not baltic

In Latvia visit: Riga, Sigulda, Jurmala, Liepaja

Nothing to see in baltics absolutely nothing!!!

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Love traveling so much. And watch your videos so often. And I am so happy that u visited Lithuania, my home country.

I'd Love To Visit Lithuania… The Land Of My Maternal Great-Great Grandparents! :D

Cities only? No natural beauty?

Have you made friends everywhere in Europe, Mark?.

The Baltics, East Side of Northern Europe 👍 Love ❤️ you!

With baltics it works like this: Estonians often go down to latvia becouse its cheaper, and latvians often go down to lithuania becouse its cheaper.

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Can you take the train from riga to Lithuania?

Came here because I have some baltic blood in me from the ancestry DNA

I got my dna test results and i have Baltics in me

Estonia 🇪🇪 Tallinn extremely beautiful city ,many years I lived and Know very well language. Warm greetings from the garden island 🏝 of Kauai, Hawaii. Many thanks Estonia 🇪🇪 the best for sure

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Lovely! Looking forward to that Tallin-Helsinki ferry! Greetings from Montenegro!

Why everyone is so surprised about the Wi-Fi on the bus? Isn't Internet supposed to be an omnipresent and habitual thing?
I go crazy if I loose connection, even if I am in the middle of the forest. Latvian trees suppose to connect to internet anyway!

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Love your videos. I am so impressed with Latvia. Keep up the good work.

Which months are the best to visit these countries

How much time would you say is needed to visit the 3 capitals?

Easy to remember the locations of the Baltic countries...they go north to south alphabetically (in English) - Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania

My best is lithuania

Do they have good food like kebabs? food seems bland...

Official The World Bank and The International Monetary Fund information in Wikipedia. According to the standard of living, GDP PPP per capita Slovenia is 35th in the world, the Czech Republic is 37th, Lithuania is 39th, Estonia is 40th. For example, Finland is 23rd in the world

The largest city in the Baltic region is Vilnius. The largest Baltic country is Lithuania❤

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Found out that 29% of my DNA is from the Baltics. Since then I’ve been interested in this culture.

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Thank you.
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Some homework you could do> there is an existential difference between the higher and lower town. It is not about fanciness. They were at some point owned by different rulers and different law codes applied. Lower town was a merchant town, and Lybeck law applied (and that is very important, also from the point of view of the history of democracy). Toompea, higher hill had their own laws, Lybeck law did not apply. They were two different towns, and most of th etime did not get along and there is even a wall between them. Did you notice it_

Yes, not much is going on on Toompea and I like it that way. I specifically wait, if I want to go and walk there, till it gets late and dark and all the tourists and screaming Russian teenagers are also gone, and it is peaceful and quiet. Then you can feel the real soul of the city. Just the oldest place, definitely the oldest stone buildings and the ghosts and the silence. Try it, it is worth it. Gives you a real feeling of the place.
There was a play staged some years ago in one of those aristocrat"s mansions up there. It was an inner monologue of an imaginary Danish king who is sitting on Toompea hill on the Eve of the first battle between Danes and Estonians. There is nothing here yet and he is just talking about what it feels like on the Eve of the battle where there is no city yet. And all the time you can see from the window all these churches and buildings that he is talking about as not existing yet. And quiet mediaeval music on the background. This is the most beautiful play ever set up here, in my opinion.
Also, if you look at photographs or paintings or films of everything that has burnt down to the ground. Basically the entire Old town has burnt to the ground at least once every century, the last time being 1943, My granny was in Tallinn during the bombing, she was 7. It was all in ruins. And yet again everything was built up again as if nothing ever happened. And we always rebuilt everything without changing the building but as it originally was. Unlike what they did in Riga.

Another suggestion I want to make is to go walking in the dark. You will see many things you need darkness to see. For example the sculptures of the haunted monks in Danish King garden> they have no faces but hose nonfaces are lit in the dark. Things like that. And the walls are lit so that the light shows various levels of building. It is completely safe here, do not be scared to walk after dark. And follow your own soul, not the other tourists. It is crazy how the tourists all follow each other as if a herd of animals following the alphas. That way all you will see are the tourist traps

I am also saying that there is not just Lux Express going between the capitals. It seems that people only know about Lux Express and then they are always completely packed. And they ARE the best by far as a bus, the fact that they are so packed ruins the experience. But there is also Ecolines. Either a Russian or a Latvian company, and it shows in the service attitude, but how cares really. Ecoline buses have much more room, they are designed that way. Two floors. And pretty empty, usually you just get half the bus all to yourself. They also have the multimedia screens and hot drinks machine, like Lux Express. I am not promoting Ecolines, I have no ties to them. But just saying that there are more options that these packed Lux Express buses. On the other hand, Lux Express is an Estonian company, also driving between Estonian cities. And I would love to give my money to an Estonian company, rather than Latvian or Russian, but I like space and privacy.

Thre is also Flixbus, but I do not recommend them. No amenities what soever. Toilet usually not working. They are very often very late because the buses break down all the time. Yet they can be ridiculously expensive. While Lux Express and Ecolines are between 5/25, depending on various things *Lux is more expensive". But Flixbus has lately been 45, 68 and even 85. This is ridiculous, do not pay this kind of money for a 4 hour bus ride with no amenities and very high likelihood of being 2 hours late.

Maybe I should not have revealed my Ecolines secret because I like having half the bus to myself ..lol. But I want visitors who come to my country to have a good experience.

Lux Express is always on time, to the second, seriously. Ecolines can be plus/minus 10/15 minutes. Flixbus just does whatever. And rude drivers. And passengers tend to be big groups of young people. So it will not be all that quiet. In case you plan to sleep or sth
If you want to do a good deed to Estonia, choose Lux Express. If you want some privacy in an ok bus, not as fancy as Lux Express, take Ecolines. Both are ok. Ecolines is usually quite cheap if you buyt the ticket a bit earlier, even a day earlier. Usually in summer their price if you buy one day in advance is 10 euros and in winter 5/7. Just think about that when you are about to pay 65 for Flixbus

Another thing I love about Tallinn as opposed to Riga is that it is quiet. People do not spend their times screaming like idiots. Tallinn is a perfect introvert place.

Oh, beware of Riga Taxi maffia. They will rip you off. Not so in Vilnius, In Tallinn not so much cab maffia.

Meh. Tallinn might as well be a separate country at this point, because of how people say 'Estonia' and never step foot out of the capital. So I appreciate you saying that there's more to the Baltics than their capitals. You haven't lived when you haven't dragged your drunk ass across Toomemägi in Tartu at night and walked into and shared smoke or conversation with other miserable bastards just as drunk and lively and fun as you.