Most Beautiful Place in Lithuania?!
Nida Lithuania is one of the most beautiful places I've been to in Lithuania. Of course, there are still SO many places to explore in this country, so I can't say for sure yet, but it's without a doubt been my favorite place I've visited in Lithuania so far.
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I've been to Nida once, few years ago. It was summertime, and I saw a young woman riding a bicycle along the shore, with her dog running beside the bicycle. I felt this moment was a picture of such harmony and happiness, that I even felt envy to this woman (in a good way, of course). Amazing place Lithuania, I wish I can go back there some time in the future💚
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I am 65 years old south Korean. I love to travel and have written several books about it. I have a lot of interest in Lithuania, and plan to go on a summer trip after next year (I have a lot of work to do until next year). NIDA is considered a good idea to spend the summer. I am enjoying watching your video. Good luck always be with you
Yes! Nida IS the most beautiful place in my home-country Lithuania! I am so glad that people get to see it through your eyes too 👍🏻 Like all of your videos very much!
Thanks Roberta, I'm so glad you enjoyed the video. It's such a beautiful place :) So glad I got the chance to visit while it was still warm!
There's also "negyvosios kopos" dunes on along the way from Juodkrantė to Nida - they're even more impressive than Parnidžio and feels like a legit desert (well if it weren't for the forest bordering it :DD)
I saw a little bit of it when I was on the bus, they look VERY impressive!
Definetly need to see those . It is one of Best Plase of coronian spit.
@@laura-bronner oh you haven't been to Negyvosios Kopos ? You MUST visit again, I won't count that you have seen Nida :)
@@25Auga Hello i am visiting Nida tomorrow and I was wondering if you can go to negyvosios kopos by bus? Cant seem to find information on the web on how to get there
@@Agathor1996 sorry I dont know about buses, i think you can ask how to get there in Nida.
I originally followed you because of my love of Mexico, and I've watched most of your vlogs set there. I'm glad the NIDA video came up on my home page as tbh I haven't followed you since you moved to Lithuania. It's not the kind of place I'd normally be interested in ( I'm more a tropical beach kind of person..) However, my father was born in the German province of Ostpreußen, almost 100 years ago. That part of Germany was invaded and occupied by the Soviet Union in 1945 and is now part of Russia- just a few kilometers to the west of where you were! I watched the video with interest as it kind of gives me an idea of what my father's homeland must have looked like🙂It really looks beautiful... I'd hate to be there in the winter though...he told me stories of months and months of snow( I ABSOLUTELY HATE SNOW😉). Your video has inspired me to check out this part of the world next summer. Luckily there are frequent flights from the UK where I'm based! Thank you Laura for introducing my ancestors' homeland to me! 👍Keep up the good work 🙂
Nida is beautiful and very clean, it reminds me of home along the Gulf Coast of Florida
After seeing your vids from Mexico I knew that you would fall in love with the coastal area in Lithuania 😁 Being so special the shores of the Baltic Sea ❣️
Yes, the Curonian spit (Kuršių nerija) is the most special, incredible and beautiful place in Lithuania. I am glad you have gone to see it.
Some recommendations for next time. When you're on Parnidis dune, next to the sundial you can get down and walk through the sands, it's not forbidden or at least it wasn't not too long ago. Very memorable to really walk down there. In the lighthouse, you can actually go inside and the view is absolutely amazing although a little but scary if you're afraid of heights. The Dead Dunes might probably be the most impressive place in the whole spit so definitely visit there. In the summer I would recommend just renting a bike and cycling the whole length of the spit as it's really flat and beautiful. Just the cycling track is a little bit bad in some places but at least Smiltynė to Juodkrantė should be fine. There is also a Cormorant bird colony near Juodkrantė which is very interesting especially with binoculars. Also, if you take a boat definitely go to Mingė (yeah this sounds dirty to English speakers) a village where people live on two banks of the river with no bridge. And overall the boat trip to the Nemunas delta is really interesting and nice. Many others recommended Vecekrugo dune, I agree that's also a nice place.
Thanks for all of the tips! I will definitely be back, so I'm excited to see these places you've recommended!
@@laura-bronner Vecekrugo dune is really nice :) You can climb up there, but there is no real pathway to climb and there is just pines all around it, so most of the time you can 1. Miss the trail 2. get scratched :D But its really good spot for view. There you can see both sea and lagune at the same time. Been there few times, loved it.
Wow! What a cute town! Love all the interesting pathways and the beach! Thankyou for filming!
Glad you enjoyed seeing it Patti!
How are you not at 500k Subs yet. Your videos are beyond amazing and beyond interesting. Thankyou for taking me along!!
Thank you so much, that's very kind of you to say. I'm glad you are enjoying the videos. Maybe one day! haha
My wife is from Šilutė, so I spent some time here and I really recommend to go to Šilutė, Rusnė, Ventė, Kintai, Dreverna (all of them are in Pamarys on the other lagoon side of Nida, actually you can take a boat to Nida directly from here, only for passengers of course) also buy some smoked fish in Rusne. Also I would recommend small city - Anykščiai, especially when leaves will change colour, and to go to Lajų takas. Also in autmn ot will be nice views in Vilnius as well, especially if you would go to TV tower :)
Thank you for all of the tips! I would like to rent a car (or maybe buy one soon) and head back up to the area near Šilutė and Rusnė. It looks very beautiful and remote!
Nida is an amazing place. If we get a cold winter here this year there will be plenty of ice fishing in land as well. We live next to lake Avejas ( Lithuanias longest lake ) there are often fisherman ( me included ) drilling through the ice trying to catch Smelt. Smelt are normally only found in the sea but can also be found in the huge lakes in this part of the world. The fish you had was a Perch, you must try catfish and smoked bream. Lithuanians seem to be masters at smoking fish and meat. This time of year is stunning as the trees turn, we have some good weather forecast now so keep getting out and about and make the most of it before the grey cold days and nights arrive. Not sure how to make contact through YT but if you and your husband want to visit the lake I can show you around. Keep the vids rollin.
Absolutely gorgeous
Hey hey definitely should check Vecekrugo kopa and dailininkų kopa next time😉 it's so gorgeous trails through the woods🙌 and of course best way to do it on a bicycle.
I was in Nida before 16/17 years ago I missed the sand dunes very much
Your vido clip inspires me a lot so I decide to explore this Paradise along Baltic Sea - Even I live along Baltic Sea but the opposite side of the SEA, STOCKHOLM. Sure, I just booked the flight to Vilnius yesterday. In May 2024 I will explore NIDA BEACH and Curonian Spit... It will be great.. Best Wishes from STOCKHOLM - SWEDEN
Hi, been following your videos since you came to Lithuania :) my recomendation for next time would be rent a car :D get to Kaunas and instead of driving on motorway "Kaunas - Klaipėda" drive along Nemunas up to "Jurbarkas". There are lots of castles along the way to see and the scenery is beautiful too. Then from "Jurbarkas" drive along the border with Russia to "Šilute", this road is full of old german towns :). When I drove this route it took me whole day but it was worth it. On a way back you could go "Plungė - Šiauliai - Panevėžys" maybe hop by Anykščiai as well. On this route most beautiful places would be "Šatrijos kalnas" (between Telšiai and Kuršėnai, a bit off the road but well worth it) and "Kryžiu kalnas (Hill of crosses)".
Second that. I also recommend to include Rusnė town after Šilutė. Rusnė has a very simmilar architecture as Nida, also fields around the town are flooded in spring by Nemunas river. There are smaller towns nearby well worth a visit too. Uostadvaris is one. The whole place is sort of Netherlands of Lithuania.
@@SV-yf4et As someone from Šilutė couldn't agree more. I recommend everyone to come to our region :)
Thanks so much for all of these tips! That sounds like an amazing road trip. Maybe in November - do you think that would be a nice time of year? Or should I wait for Spring to do something like this?
@@laura-bronner I'd say go once per every season :D. Since Lithuania have all four seasons it looks different each time. That said I'd have my reservations on going in November since it will probably be too soon for snow and too late for yellow leafs. I personally would recomend going around now or in winter when theres snow.... if theres snow... winters are wery iffy lately you can't know what to expect. Scenery will be beautifull any time ofcource just that to get most of it you might want to go on the pinicle of any season. Maybe someone who drives more ofthen on those roads could say more percisely is it worth it.
What are the roads like when it snows?
Thank you so much for sharing such a beautiful videos about Lithuania 😊❤️ I am lithuanian and it is so amazing to see your experience here.😎 It really touches the heart. 💗 Welcome and good luck with your adventures 😉 all the best.
I really love your work here and that you enjoy here in Lithuania. Makes me a bit proud of what we have. Thank you for your videos. Sorry if this might sometimes get boring or cold in small towns, but I feel it is an advantage too in away. Anyway, good luck and keep it up. If you ever feel lonely or didn't know what to do, write one of great Lithuanians here, in comment section, including me :D
Thanks so much, Darius. I'm so glad you are enjoying the videos. I am enjoying being able to travel and then come back to my peaceful little place here in quiet Utena. It is an advantage for sure.
I loved this place . I am reaching lithuania in oct . I will surely visit this place
You should also visit: Kernavė Birštonas Druskininkai Very beautiful places :)
As already been mentioned, the Dead Dunes are must to visit for the next time. Walking on those you can really feel like walking in desert, special experience for sure.
I'm excited to go back and explore more! Sounds incredible!
You should visit Vecekrugo kopa. Amazing view from there!❤
There is the Hill of Witches on the way to Nida. Interesting place to visit too.
Nida
Thanks for watching :)
Amazing thank You !!! 😎
I loved the sea 😍💕
Beautiful video. Thank you 😀
Thank you, I'm so glad you enjoyed it!
Wow this is a real beauty its awesome
Beautiful sharing👍💕 never give up😇
6:08 Nidos Banga = Wave of Nida
How beautiful :) Thanks for the translation!
Very beautiful :))) And you should also visit Molėtai! It is an amazing summer destination! Not so much the city itself, even though I think it has few interesting spots, but the whole region with hundreds of lakes. And you can also book the night stargazing activity at the Museum of the Ethnocosmology ;) I don't know if it's not too cold yet though.. and on the airbnb you can find really cute huts on the lakeshore! And probs even a country style sauna
I will have to get to Molėti at some point, it's so close to Utena. We are planning on getting a car soon, so maybe once we do it will be easier to rent a little place with a sauna and enjoy the stargazing too!
I have so many pictures of my two trips to Nida, including many of the places you show in this video. I even have a picture of me next to the sign for the smoked fish place! Nida is one of my favorite towns in the world.
I think it’s quickly become one of mine as well. There’s just something special about it ❤️
Next up, make sure to try the smoked eel, because that's the best smoked fish to have, albeit expensive (but you can take the leftovers back). Also, explore Preila! The beach is super magical. And yes, you should visit the spit in summer and in winter, it's a different kind of a feel. Also, if you're in Nida in the summertime, make sure to take a boat across the lagoon over to Mingė Village (don't pronounce it the English way! hahahaha), see all the wild birds (Nemunas delta is on the east Atlantic flyway!), maybe head over towards Rusnė too, there are some really interesting historical places and heritage restaurants, e.g. Villa Rusnė does all these exquisite dishes based on notes found in a noble family's mansion from the XVII century (or something like that) and you can head there for a meal or for an entire experience, with a guide telling you about the dishes... I did it last year, and honestly, was very impressed.
Wow that experience at Villa Rusnė sounds amazing! Thanks for sharing all of your tips. There is so much to see, I can't wait to go back (several times more I think!).
Good luck 😍😍
every year during second part of summer im going to Nida for around 4-5 days. That place is amazing, dont know why or how, but i really enjoy it. I took around 10km walk each day in different directions. Near lighthouse, if you took steep walkway down to south, in the left side you can see brick remains of old lighthouse, which was destroyed during ww2. And if you took same path more south, there is a spot with binoculars, where you can take a closer look to sun clock, and russian border watch tower near sealine :] Btw, fish would be even more tastier if it was straight out of smoke box. With glass of beer :]
I would like to come back to Nida and go for nice long walks along the trails as you mention. It's so peaceful and you can almost always hear the sea. A very magical place.
Thank you for your videos. I miss Lithuania 🇱🇹 very much. Keep on your great work. You should visit cosy town of Tytuvėnai it is very a cozy small town with very beautiful church. You should visit it too one day.
I'm glad you are enjoying the videos! Thanks for the tip, I've added it to my map to check out Tytuvėnai!
So nice❣
You are amazing ❤️
Thank you God bless.
the cleanest place in Lithuania.
Lithuana is one of the most beautiful places on earth.
There's an abandoned airfield near Nida. Cool place also. Raced mopeds with my friends there at one point :D
It is not abandoned, but just not fully in use.
it's not abandoned anymore. they re-opened it for flying small planes. we checked this summer, and it was closed off with a gate for random people
There is Thomas Mann (Nobel prize laureate) house. He lived in Nida during summer time.
Have you been to Trakai? We heard so many people talk about what a great city break it could be! Unfortunately, we weren't able to make it during our recent visit to Vilnius and Kaunas, but hopefully next time. Great video!
Yes! It's so beautiful! It's really close to Vilnius and easy to get to, here's my vid from there :) kzhead.info/sun/dNOnlshwm19teJE/bejne.html
don't miss the opportunity and go to Palanga and Švetaja. the other two cities by the sea
I would really like to go back there when it's warm and enjoy the whole summer beach experience there. Hopefully next summer!
:D:D:D sweet video. Yo, can someone in the comments tell me how waves around the world work? I mean where can you find ones like in Palanga? It has to be deep just right, plus wind.. well the wind needs to be strong, but you dont go swimming when it's a cold wind. We'll find out.
One day is not enough for Nida.
I know, I need to go back!!
Ha! I wonder if we met You at some point… because it looks like we were visiting Nida at the same time!
haha maybe! It's a small place :)
NIDA 😍😍😍😍😍😍
You e traveled so many places along with your partner, I’m interested in knowing if you plan to settle down and call one or two places home in the future after these 10+ years of exploring, and where is the #1 place you can personally see yourself calling home for a long time? Curious and love your content especially your Mexico travels!
We lived in Mexico City for four years, that was pretty settled down haha. Will we choose one place to live forever? Who can say? Both of our jobs take us around the world and for now we enjoy that. I don’t have a place in mind. I never imagined I’d live in Mexico and I loved that and now I’m in Lithuania which was also never somewhere I’d thought of living and I’m loving that too. Just enjoying where life takes us 😊
Beautifully done. This part of LT is so different from the mainland, maybe that's why so many of us are going to visit it during the summer. I'm just wondering how are you going to keep pumping out these videos now that you got introduced to the dreary, cold, windy, rainy part of our weather :) Well, you might need to resort to food reviews :D The heating season might start soon but until then - stay warm! Waiting for your next little adventure.
I'm very excited for the heat to turn on. Until then, we have lots of blankets! haha I'm planning to do some more exploring in this whole region of Europe, so there will be plenty of videos to come. But I'm also excited to share my experience with the changing colors of autumn and what it's like here when it gets cold!
sooooo beautiful! i'm sure that you connected the spanish word nida/o to the name of the town. i wonder if there is any real connection?
I'm not sure if it does, but if not it's a lovely coincidence.
Nida,my love❤️
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You should have rented a bike. Can't see all the sites when walking. I think it is really lucky to visit during the time when no motorhomes are not around.
DO YOU HAVE TO JABBED TO GO THERE FROM CANADA?
Why did you leave Mexico?
who are those two naughty people who disliked, how can you not to like Lithuania and especially Nida?:)
haha can't please everyone!
See if can find out if there's still a Lenin statue standing somewhere in Lithuania. Just an idea. 🙂
Esta padrisimo pero donde esta la gente? Nunca se ve gente en tus videos que onda? Donde esta la gente.
My name is Nida 😅😅
O kur Mirusios kopos?!
Why is all path empty ... No person why??
you are insanely beautiful
Luke get the balls and propose, u wonnt get any better :D
You ar so... miricule.
Mind to share how you guys earn a living while travelling around for years? As KZheadr? Temp jobs?
I had to guard the border in Nida since 1991, as soon as I appeared I came and the Russians came so that I was treated for half a year. They told me you were too good to guard the border here. On July 4, 1991, during my birthday, the Russians rejected the message that I had declared war on the tanks stationed in Klaipeda, which Lithuania was starving. I became here as a seaside military commander, marshal and father of Ivanka Trump’s baptism. When assigned to intelligence, everything was kept secret. The border sounded mainly Michael Jacson in those days.
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As I explained the northern and Southern studfish are purely republican🔴 and a rightwing pet fish it's aggressive and the perfect pet for you its a white conservative type fish . That being said we must now debate on which fish is more aggressive over territory my hybrid paradise fish or your purebred northern or southern studfish
please less of you and more of Nida :) tank you
Nida is soviet, overrated and way too expensive for what it is.
You are Soviet.
@@manometras Nope...
Kinda agree: expensive ✔️ Nida like town is definitely overrated ✔️ And ,by the way , Soviet managed to kept Nature of Curonian Spit in pristine state and impose a very limited public access. Nowadays the spit is loosing its distinct pristine state : too crowded, too accessible, too commercialized. The dunes are dying ….🥲 Everything - beaches, forest, shoreline of bay and sea have not healing footprints of visitors.
Owerhyped place,its ok but nothing spectacular.