I've been traveling the world for the
past five years and every time I'd meet
people on the road that asked where do
you come from I'd always come back
saying Lithuania just to hear them go
yeah
then I would spend 15 minutes explaining
what Lithuania was that it was actually
an independent country that we had our
own language and that we weren't located
on planet Mars
at some point it became a little along
to have to explain the same thing over
and over and over and over again so I
decided to make this video I'll tell you
everything you need to know about my
beautiful country so that the next time
we'll meet on some random mountain in
the Himalayas you'll go dude I know in
the throwing is so without further ado
here's everything you need to know about
my gorgeous little country Lithuania
over two thousand years before Christ
the Baltic tribes occupied the lands of
the current Baltic States
these Baltic people traded amber with
the Romans and then fought the Vikings
in those times only one small tribe was
known as Lithuanians but it was this
tribe that consolidated the majority of
the other tribes this process
accelerated under Grand Duke min Lucas
who became a Christian received the
crown from the Pope and became the first
and the only king of Lithuania in 12:53
after his death the Grand Duchy of
Lithuania fell back to pagan ways
leading to a centuries-long conflict
with the Teutonic Knights in the 14th
century ruled by Grand Duke Nicholas
Lithuania became the largest country in
Europe stretching from the Baltic to the
Black Sea
in the 16th century a new threat came
from the east with Moscow rapidly
gaining power in response Lithuania and
Poland farley Commonwealth
in 1569 however the Commonwealth lost
the Syria's and Wars and in the late
18th century the country was divided
among the three superpowers of those
times with the main left wing and lands
falling under Russian control by 1865
printed Lithuanian language was banned
Huaraz shade literally book
carriers kept the lithuanian language
alive by smuggling banned books and
setting up illegal schools in villages
then after World War 1 Lithuania managed
to once again become a free country
called the Republic of Lithuania the
short period of freedom was cut short
again by World War two initially
Lithuania was occupied by the Soviet
Union then the Nazi Germany but
eventually fell back to the hands of the
Soviet Union again in this era hundreds
of thousands of people who are killed or
expelled to Siberia and cattle carriages
the Soviet occupation lasted for 45
years and only ended in 1990 in massive
independence movement was established
and made it clear that not even the
Soviet machine was able to suppress the
Baltic people's will for freedom one of
the biggest achievements of the
independence movement was called the
Baltic Way which was a peaceful
political demonstration organized in
1989 when two million people joined
hands forming a 600 kilometer long human
chain through the Baltic countries first
demonstrating unity in their efforts
towards freedom finally on the 11th of
March 1990 Lithuania became the first
Soviet controlled territory to restore
independence and has been in
fast-growing country for the last 28
in the 21st century littling has become
a Superfund European country that's been
run by an awesome woman president for
the last nine years she's so cool that
even the President of the United States
of America fights for her attention by
shoving people around
where are your matters Donald woods
what's what's happening weirdest
beautifully known to be the geographical
center of Europe
sorry Poland and Ukraine you guys
haven't built a memorial for the center
of Europe so I guess we are the center
down right here yes and we are
absolutely crazy about basket motion
kiss right uncle's out playing
basketball and some of them grow up to
be great players like out of the salon
is you drew Nestle Galvez and Jonas
Valanciunas virtually perfect even
deserve a Guineans national basketball
team at one point was comprised of four
out of five Lithuanian starting players
and we are one of the only three teams
in the world that have read the United
States had the Olympics after 19
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at I take energy of 3 million people no
one knows about the United States of
America at the Olympics oh that must
still hurt bro our most famous dish is
called Zeppelin named after a Zeppelin
airship it's these huge potato pastries
with meat inside and sour cream on top
we also have the right which is pigs
intestine stuffed with meat and potatoes
and sour cream on the side if you're
looking to gain another few extra kills
check out gemway - blaylak next-level
potato pancakes that are filled with
meat and yes you guessed it sour cream
on top last but not least let's not
forget my personal favorite there in
famous the legendary the one and only my
boy Sally
diversity yes your eyes in plain it
really is a cold thing beetroot soup
with dill onions eggs potatoes inside
and of course sour cream on top
Lithuania boasts four very distinct
seasons autumn when it's raining all the
time winter when you pray you won't
freeze to death today
spring when the nature comes alive with
the most magnificent colors and summer
when everyone's out on the beach trying
to soak up enough Sun for the whole year
spoiler alert it never works out
we have tons of lush forests countless
huge lakes and magnificent coastal dunes
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also don't forget to bring some
next-level hiking here because their
tallest mountain reaches the elevation
of 294 meters above sea level making us
one of the flattest countries in the
world hey that's that's it that's that's
the dies part and again G right here
snow-capped mountains I'm above the
clouds
what's happening Oh
Frandsen Facebook I don't want to sound
like I've got purple glasses on but
there are quite a few other really
interesting facts about Lithuania that I
thought you should know
our capital Vilnius is one of the very
few capitals in the world that you can
fly a hot air balloon over apparently
linguists say that of all the languages
spoken today Lithuanian is the closest
to ancient Sanskrit making it one of the
oldest languages in the world and also a
super super super difficult Vilnius
University was established in 1579
making it the oldest university in
Eastern Europe we also boast one of the
fastest internet speeds in the world and
are sometimes referred to as the
northern European capital of tech
startups if your mouth is what for that
cold pink soup and you want to get
bitten by first graders in the game of
Baskerville or visit the very disputable
yet we have the monument so not that
disputable geographical center of Europe
come visit Lithuania these are my top
favorites risky places you should
explore first the castle of Turkey it's
a massive medieval castle situated
literally in the centre of a large lake
just outside our capital Vilnius this
castle was built by Vito toss degrade
when Lithuania was the largest country
in Europe and was the political center
for the whole country the hill of
crosses a unesco world heritage site in
the north of Athena that features over
100 thousand crosses from all around the
world and looks absolutely magical sand
dunes of niddah
the only sand dunes in the whole country
that are so beautiful and desert like
they make you stop and wonder where the
camels act and finally the place where I
was born the one and only another unesco
world heritage site the old town of
vilnius it's one of the largest
surviving medieval old towns in northern
europe that features an absolutely
legendary cathedral a gorgeous castle
tower the hell of three crosses the
republic of orifice and tons of other
cool spots
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now that you watch the whole video you
need to promise me two things first when
you meet me on some random mountain in
the Himalayas approach me and say dude
you come from that really cool tiny
country in Europe that has the Dresden
cover or what secondly pose this video
on your social media with the hashtag
salted butter stay and show your friends
how knowledgeable you are about them
tiny gorgeous candies of the world thank
you very much for watching the video and
stay awesome wherever you are in the
world
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