Exploring Old Vilnius with Bald and Bankrupt 🇱🇹
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Come join myself and @baldandbankrupt for a journey through Old Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania to explore the city, check out the architecture, both old and new, and hopefully, finally find my mate a hat for his bald head.
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How does Old Town Vilnius compare to other cities you've seen? Would you want to visit?
It looks a lot cleaner!
Very pretty I love the cobbled streets and the old town
I was there, i like it the old town, there are also some ambessies on the top of a hill in the old town, in the summer they did have young and old people dressed in very old costumes and they sold wafles and other goods. The old constuums were very impressive. And yes also when we visit it was euro's, it is incredible expensive indeed. Maybe try an Indian restaurant.
It’s one of the most beautiful cities in Europe. It kinda hurts me that you guys haven’t been in Uzupis and on the red tower yet.
Looks nice.
Guys you need to go to Toruń and Malbork in Poland.
6:45 I'm impressed with Bald's knowledge of 'Pan Tadeusz' a poem by Adomas Mickevičius. He quoted a famous first lines in Polish:
'Lithuania, my fatherland! You are like health''
He impressed me too. Every Polish child know this poem. :)
I read this recently and it was very good. Shame I can’t read Polish
I came here to tell that i'm too very impressed by mr. Bald's knowledge!
Adam Mickiewicz wrote it originally in polish
@@michals5737 yes . In Polish about Lithuania
Wow, I cannot believe Bald knows poems in Polish language.
This guy is a freaking genius.
@Griff Davies he usually makes videos about Soviet history, in Poland most of it has been erased
@Griff Davies I hope so too
English spy more like lol
Freaking genius because he knows a sentence in Polish?
@Griff Davies He is almost 50 years old and knows basic Russian after travelling for 20+ years. I don’t see how he is anywhere near a ‘genius.’
I just spent 20 minutes watching Bald buy a hat!
I would find it most appealing that there were few shops and cafes, as it would be quiet and peaceful. Looking at the architecture of this beautiful town would never get old.
Exactly. I lived in Vilnius for four years - the town is amazing. Complaining about lack of services amongst this beauty... I cannot understand it. Such a touristy, consumery thing to do. Actually unsubscribing, I am tired of this..
The Neanderthal would put a McDonalds inside a cathedral so there wasn’t an empty space. Ignorance personified. Only watch this for his collabs with interesting people
Yes, that place could be a school or a clinic
Bald by a contrast with this American apparently appears very posh, otherwise he is like a simp, but VS this guy he is upper class :)))
Lol Bald appreciate history and architecture while Johnny sees no point in it. I loved the vibe of Vilnius.
Sadly bald can no longer witness Soviet treasures as we have demolished most of them
Johnny is no one without bald :))
It shows a difference in attitude by Europeans and Americans. Not generalisation, but in general that's right.
Johnny is full blown american in this video...
Yes, go back to when those buildings were built. There were no McDonalds or shops in those streets. People lived in those buildings. They are not there for tourists, but they are what they have always been. I hate when tourists expect "history" but with modern conveniences..
2:20 actually there is over a thousand shops/cafeterias and restaurants in a radius of 1 mile, it's just a few streets on the outskirts of old city town like that and also if you paid attention - mostly is repaired/fixed as necessarily and those bare walls were left on purpose.
You overestimate number of shops and restaurants. Websites give info that in whole Vilnius there are around 700 food places. That street is legit rundown, it is like this since economic crisis.
@@ligametis how much rubles are you paid kremlin gremlin?
They were there on Sunday,
when most shops and restaurants
are closed-that's what happened to me.
@@urnewboy1 This is seriously getting out of control how Lithuanians call everyone Russian troll if they complain or criticize something. Of course Lithuania is perfect... geez... Talk about silencing others and different opinions, establishing single truth. There is a national narrative and everyone has to fall in line.
@@urnewboy1 I will write for you for free: это деревня Гадюкино, а не столица... можете жаловаться...
At 1:12 the sign says in Hebrew "Righteous Gentile" which is a special honor given to people who saved Jewish people from the Nazis during WW2. These 3 people apparently saved the lives of many people from the Nazis.
מה אתה עושה פה חחח
I was so annoyed when he said these people lived through Soviet times 🤦♂️ I
mean yeah they did, but doesn’t he know that’s when WW2 went on
@@theSalukie i unly understood the world Jewish from the Lithuanian text, but i think they did not get any of the text, and did not make connection with the Hebrew text neither.
probably the only 3 Lithuanian people who saved the lives of Jews, other being busy making Lithuania "Judenfrei"
@@megaotstoy lots of people saved jews. Only about 5.000 lithuanian nazi collaborators were active in jewish cleansings. Nazis killed the jews, even if some were lithuanians. But Lithuania was never a nazi country
imagine Johnny visiting the pyramids..."they are boring...you could build a macdonalds in their base!!"
He'll just have to make do with the KFC and Pizza Hut
Savage capitalism mentality...or neoliberalism
There were huge battles in WW2 in Vilnius, and you can still see where chunks of wall were replaced, and bullet damaged bricks were reworked. I see with fascination the effects of war on that city, and I'm thankful that the US hasn't had a homefront war like that.
Well....we’re facing another kind of war today in America.
The American Civil War: Am I a joke to you?
China: 'Hold my beer...'
@@guydreamr he means recent history
My man Bald reciting the most important poem in the Polish history! Huge respect.
"Litwo, ojczyzno moja, ty jestes jak zdrowie..." recited by Benjamin. And this amazing gesture got you guys 100 k new Polish subscribers. Now seriously - thank you !
Vilnius is one of the most beautiful cities I've seen. I don't need McDonald's or Starbucks in old city. Please keep it as it is.
No for sure compare Miami Beach sorry - I say as ex Lithuanian and vilnian
It's so great seeing Johnny and Bald visiting my home country, hope you both have an amazing time here! 😊
Looks like a beautiful place from what i can see in these videos. Really impressed how clean and neat everything looks. No garbage ect. And what interaction they have had with people been pleasant. Makes me want to visit there and other European countries. Hope you stay safe and healthy. Much love from 🇨🇦
Do you speak Russian?
@@bakulumv7197 I don't think so. But Baltic women are as good looking as scandinavian and slavic.
@ellie is it always this quiet or Johnny and bald are just in a quiet zone?
@@bakulumv7197 A кому он нужен русский скоро это буде плохой тон или даже уже есть во всей Европе .
Vilnius is gorgeous! I had never thought of traveling there, but now I have.
clean and wonderful unlike the ussr
Don't forget to take me with you.. LoL 😂
@@nyimatsering2757 😂😂😂
Best to go June or July .you won't need a hat
It is even nicer in real life
Hey Johnny, thanks for the hug! It was nice meeting you two.
wholesome huggy dude, oh u lucky 😁🥰
Bald: "What do you want to be here?"
Johnny: "McDonalds"
*Simon Wilson joined the chat*
An Englishman on a trip citing local early 19th century poetry in Polish is certainly breaking some stereotypes of tourists from the Isles.
Not all of us are leery loudmouthed yobs you know
@@spokest Bald is the exception
Mossad trained him well! Lots of Rothschild shekels in that education...
OMG, my jaw dropped at 6:45 when he quoted the first verse of "Pan Tadeusz"... In polish... While in Lithuania... :)) Bald, how on earth do you know that?
He is of Polish heritage... Or so I heard!
@@razeezar no he is Jewish British, his x wife was Belarusian I believe
@@tnickknight So he is a British-born Polish Jew then! Aha... The more you learn 😊
@@razeezar he's also an ex spy, if you believe everything you read !!
@@blackbob3358 who claimed he was an "ex" spy?
My grandfather was born in Vilnius. He used to steal cabbages from the babushkas growing them on the outskirts of town and sell them to buy tickets to Marx Brothers movies. Perhaps he even saw the movies at that old movie theater at the start of the video.
Johnny! I said it once and I'll say it again - you're an american teenage schoolgirl from the popular crowd, disguised as young adult male of mongolian ethnicity. You'd want a Mcdonalds and a Starbucks everywhere!
P.s respect to Bald for knowing his shit.
His parents are chinese and live in san francisco!
Imagine that town, taken by force in 39' by the Soviets, then taken by the Germans in 41', then taken again by the Soviets in 44'. And it still looks great.
By polish before WW2 and hundreds and hundred of years before even that by Russian empire
since 1569 - Rzeczpospolita. After the third partition of the Commonwealth in 1795, it became part of Russia, where until 1918 it was called Vilna. From 1922 to 1939, under the name of Vilna, it was part of Poland. Since 1939 it became the capital of the Republic of Lithuania (widely the Lithuanian SSR) under the name Vilnius. in general, this is a gift from bloody Stalin ...
@@НадеждаБасалаева-ж4ю In general, Soviet Russia abandoned all claims to the city with the peace treaty of 1920, in which Vilnius is marked down as rightful territory of Lithuania. Way before Stalin.
@@mp1335 Well, will you erect a monument to Lenin? You have demolished the monuments to Lenin, and now you are ashamed to refer to the contracts of the German spy Lenin ... he was a bloody tyrant ... his contracts are bad ... yes?
@@mp1335 so 1920 - the damned communists ... Are you a communist?
Bald saves Johnny from getting run over like 10 times 😁😂
Johnny really is as "American tourist-y" and an American tourist can get.
Johnny complains more than an old woman
@@mistereearly1141 LOLLL this is so true! Probably because Johnny isn't earning anywhere near as much as "Bald"
I've found I only watch only for Bald content, I really don't care for any of his video's otherwise.
Johnny seems like a nice guy, but kind always complains about something. Instead of being grateful to visit so many euopean cities with thousands of years of history. He's just riding the trend wave and thinks that if he uses "soviet", or bald, in the title he'll get the views.
@@howdan1985 dude, johnny earns about 20 000 € each month as his passive income. He has a video about his earings.
@@JanSzedlak Oh yes thanks Jan I did see he'd posted that ages ago so I'll have a watch
Always great when these two set out. It’s kinda weird seeing bald walking around without the selfie stick
you never see him walking with the selfie stick either
This channel should be called: "Bald and Bankrupt - Behind the Scenes"
1:15 memorial plaque for a nun, a priest and a teacher who were saving Jews during the Nazi occupation.
you know the moment bald had his hand over his chest and started quoting pan tadeusz it was quite nice and im half icelandic and half polish so i found it to be wholesome
I liked how the lady complemented the normal hat and stepped away when he put the red dunce cap on
Those 3 people on the wall are people that saved lives during the holocaust
Thank you. I was wondering what exactly it was. Immediately obvious it had nothing to do with the Soviet era*, and most probably connected to the holocaust, but it was so brief I couldn't figure it out.
*Johnny's inability to read epochs is both frustrating and weirdly endearing.
Thank you for the explanation. Something about the style did strike me as - well, not grim but - sombre.
You know, this is so important... it would really be great if ppl overlooked the language issue and put out a single short explanatory line in English.
HC-JAIPUR (25/11/2021)
Lithuanian is a beautiful language. Fun to learn and beautiful to hear spoken.
Vilnius is a lovely city. The tranquility and the architecture makes it that special place.
I enjoy your walk round Vilnius. Brings back happy memories of my own travels.
The first time I went to Vilnius I was blown away by the place. It was different and unique. Not how I imagined it to be. I add previously visited Tallinn and Riga. All fascinating places and very different.
I didn’t bit find any anti Russian sentiment at all in Vilnius. In fact I was very impressed with how easily people could speak Russian or Lithuanian. There are also some Polish speakers and a lot of folk from Belarus’.
Great city and great country to visit.
I enjoyed your walk round.
Those dilapidated buildings are held by the wealthy who are land banking and are doing bare minimum to please the local council. That dilapidated realestate is very expensive even thought it does not look like it. It has been a problem in both Vilnius and Kaunas, I am sure other parts of the country.
I can't believe I watched the whole ad at the middle of the video lol
You actually walked by the best cafe in the Baltics as you were saying there were no cafes :D its called Mint Vinetu, you guys should pop in for a used book/vinyl/cocoa :)
I went there once, in 2011. It was in one of the old buildings with the crumbling outside walls.
Largest old town in Eastern Europe ! UNESCO world heritage site! Enjoy and don’t make anything out of it! Soviet is gone Bald!!!!! Gone!!!! Gorgeous city of Vilnius! My birthplace! Treat it well boys!
don't make anything out of it?
You couldn’t have said it more beautiful 🥺🥰
Largest, but I would argue that it isn't that authentic and quite messed up by new developments. Tallinn is more fascinating to me. And I am from Vilnius
@@blablak9942 yes he could have.
@@ligametis nah old town in Vilnius is less touristy than Tallinn's. that being said, i agree. Tallinn is prettier and more lively than Vilnius.
I've been following Bald's journeys for nearly three years now and when he comes to Vilnius I completely miss it and only find out from a random article...well done me 😃 by the way, the restaurant you passed by at 0:29 is where I got proposed to. A wonderful place
I was surprised at how green Vilnius was when I was there; almost like a giant park. Uzupis was fun
Oh it is getting pretty grey. We are loosing tons of green spaces and trees. It is way worse now than even 10 years ago
@@ligametis That is very sad :(
@@ligametis what? You're making this up
@@NONcomD how about trees on Gediminas hill, ones in Naujamiestis, Užupis, Paupys, Šnipiškės, Žvėrynas, near Žalgiris stadium, on the Neris riverside, densification and new construction in place of green zones in city center and old town.
Hours later, Bald became Vilnius' drunkest ever foreign visitor
It's such an American attitude that sites of historical interest are a "waste of potential real estate" 🤣
@@TheFirstGroover "post-Soviet modernism aesthetic" no? 😂
It's not an American attitude. Stop with the stereotypes. .
@@Cyborg_Auto 1) it is 2) no and 3) it's just a joke. Im irish, I enjoy the craic. Im stereotyping myself now see!
It really is an American stereotype...you learn a lot about your "Americanisms" when you travel the world.
@@NomadicNord Yeah,from people who have never been there.
Damn Bald nailed that Pan Tadeusz quote
I absolutely love all those "inefficient" streets of Vilnius. I was born here abd I love my city.
For those of you that think that all of us Americans are as vapid as Johnny, we aren’t
Don't worry I know you aren't!!!
If you look for soviet things in Vilnius, you can visit:
- the KGB museum (in the center)
- the TV tower (15-30 min outside the city by trolleybus, in a 1970's panelka area)
The title of this video should be "Bald And Bankrupt buys a hat"
Thank you, Bald, for this Polish literature accent from Pan Tadeusz by Adam Mickiewicz.
John, Bold quoted few words from one of the greatest polish poets - Adam Mickiewicz, Polish "equivalent" of English Byron.😃
He (Mickiewicz) lived in Vilnius. He was born in todays Bielorus and he wrote in POLISH the great poem which first sentence is "Lithuania - my motherland.....".
Better not ask why 😃
In our part of Europe everything is complicated
🇵🇱🇱🇹
Phrase from "Pan Tadeusz" under the Polish national flag was so emotional! Greetings from Poland!
6:45
"Litwo, Ojczyzno moja! Ty jesteś jak zdrowie; Ile cię trzeba cenić, ten tylko się dowie, kto cię stracił."
"Lithuania, my fatherland! You are like health; How much you must be valued, will only discover, the one who has lost you."
Legend says that Bald became bankrupt after buying a Lithuanian hat.
-How much for the hat?
- 24 €
- Run, Johnny, run!
This joke made my day :)
Hi Johnny i was wondering would Vilnius be a good place for an American to move to to live for awhile? it seems like a very interesting place and very quaint and quiet. i am retired so i don't need a job. not seeing Mcdonalds or Burger king is just fine with me.
Eternal Expat and Life in Lithuania are Americans, now living in Lithuania. Look at their youtube channels.
I was there in 2017 around this time. If you walk past those kiosk things that were behind where you got your beanie, there's more shops. There's an 'artsy-fartsy' place called Uzupis a little further on. There's more to Vilnius than meets the eye. Plenty of restaurants & cafes etc. I preferred the Old Town much more. Literatu Gatve is a nice spot too. Has the Constitution Of Uzupis on the walls.
I like how even though Bald is no longer bankrupt, he shops like he is.
You showed some old footage of your last visit in Lithuania. It seemed like you were in Kaunas back then. Am i correct? At least the footage seemed to be from Kaunas old town + city hall square
Yup, it's here: th-cam.com/video/nhK8e1uJ98g/w-d-xo.html
Go to the bookstore in the Vilnius university. The walls and ceiling are murals. There’s also an old room weird drawings on the wall near it.
You can write your recommendations under Bald's video so he could see it and visit the place - Bald is a big fan of this type of stuff!!!
Cup of warm tea, a little smoke and on another adventure with Bald and Johnny! ..and nothing else!
Can we all chip in and buy Bald another jacket?
@@TheFirstGroover Most likely at a random market in the middle of a former Soviet Republic lol
Why should we do it when he already has a swaggy jacket?
I liked it
Wow! Bald knows Pan Tadeusz! I’m well shocked now,what a man Bald is 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
I'd love if Johnny, Bald and Harald all met up for a few videos lmao.
Thank you Johnny for showing us more of Vilnius :D
Bald taking too much time to buy a beanie is actually giving me anxiety..lol😂
Same here, I couldn't help but think 'Just buy something man, this is so awkward!' Lol
Love how Johnny says “bloody” like 3 times during his surfshark ad lol!!!!! He’s def been spending too much time with Mr. Bald!!!! 🤣🤣👏🏻👏🏻💯💯
American wants to turn a lovely, peaceful town into a mini-mall, shopping disstrict.
Not surprising :))
I would love to live there. Nice, quiet, pretty. 1 supermarket is all i need.
Not all "Americans" would want to turn it into a strip mall, just a real estate dude like johnny. Most old building in USA get labeled as historical and cannot be torn down or remodeled from original look.
I think Bald has been the best thing could ever happens to Johnny channel...
Or the worst. 😂
@@JohnnyFD hahahha maybe you are right :)
The Bald was the 1st Westerner who on the trip to Wilno and Lithuania mentioned Adam Mickiewicz`s Pan Tadeusz. To go to Wilno and to miss Adam Mickiewicz is like to go to Stratford upon Avon and miss William Shakespeare
What Johnny maybe doesn't get is that, from what i've heard, after the Soviet times the whole old town looked like that street that he doesn't like. They have come a long way and in the end that street too will look as nice as the rest.
No way! Bald speaking a part od „Pan Tadeusz” in the original language it was written in! How many languages he speaks? :o
it's another slavic language, they're easy to speak once you know one even if you don't understand what it means
@@lulzyboy I’m Polish and I can’t speak Russian or Bulgarian. If you’re slavic, it doesn’t mean you can speak other slavic languages. Polish is specific and way more complicated - even Polish people often can’t speak or write in Polish properly.
Besides, these words he said in the vid are an intro of, as it is believed, the greatest Polish patriotic literaly work of all times, every Polish kid in school has to know it by heart. That means Bald is not just another vlogger hanging around and showing curiosities or fun of the places he visits but also he learns about the culture and art of the slavic countries and THAT is really something! Respect!
@@poprostuiga1456 Lithuania is Baltic
@@LinXTH-cam so? He speaks Polish im the vid
@@lulzyboy I can deny it. For me as Lithuanian Polish and other Slavic languages look similar but they can't understand each other. Don't know why but Poles can NOT understand Russians and the other way. That's proven fact.
I could watch you and bald all day thank you for your videos Johnny we get to see more of you and bald its brilliant
Finally Bald got his Bald covered 😂😂😂😂😂
Welcome to our city guys! Hope you'll enjoy it! Summer would be nicer though!
I would love to see you both in Cracow in Poland! I'm sure you will love it!
I was watching this channel for a bit now, Bald reciting the "Invocation" made me subscribe.
The further north you go, the more expensive things become.
Kind of, but some of those places in most walked about areas by tourists are just outright tourist traps. Some of the souvenir shops, restaurants and so on. That price was absolutely absurd, take it from me as a local. You go to any area further away or get a hat like that in a supermarket and it will cost 4-6 euro.
Great to see you in my city, guys!
1.10 min, the picture in Hebrew says these three people helped save the Jews in the Holocaust!
Johnny is the perfect foil for Bald. Loving your video's Johnny, keep it up.
Haha Surfshark must have approached him directly in the streets. It's a local Lithuanian company, as is NordVPN.
That church was beautiful, brings you peace, great video, cheers 🍻 Andy.
Love theese videos
Benjamin having to explain what roads were many times :D Then proceeds to not pick a hat.
Poor Bald not even trying to create content :D Nothing soviet left in Vilnius lol
Because he walks only in old town, if he went to fabijoniskes, karpliniskes he would see the real life in vilnius
@@gudelis2171 no. Real life in Vilnius is in old town not in Fabijoniškės
Benjamin was on our news, reporters showed him most soviet looking neighbourhoods :D
lmao Vilnius is soviet as fuck with biggest russian population living there
@@mariomm9080 what are you smoking
Bald knows his Greek, Johnny getting schooled
Love the educational stuff but this mundane blog style video is a great breath of fresh air. It’s weirdly nice to see the average unexciting day from you two
4 blocks with no places to buy shoes that are far too cheap and you can hear the panic in Johnny's voice 😂
I feel that bald is so use to being solo doing his own journey experiences, When ever hes with someone else he has an awkward way about him. It kinda makes him look like a bit rude, but maybe he doesnt realise his awkwardness.
I admire Ben s patience.
My grandma told me that you guys appeared in the news for sponsoring visaginas! Are you visiting more cities?
OMG, shopping for a hat with Bald and Beautiful had me on the edge of my chair. Reminded me of shopping with the ex. excruciating experience. And he was worried about getting a "girl's" hat. LOL
I would like Johnny to walk in the old town and buy something expensive from every restaurant.
Love the stone roadways,can only imagine the workmanship involved in building them.
Where is Gibon :D
Absolutely amazing street tour of the city. The freezing cold keeps Mr. Bald cold-headed and serene from morning vodka.
Yes, agree with Bald and I had this thought before that Jonny is too "American" in his thinking.
Wonder why that could be.
lovely video, always dig the coop between you too, great chemistry. take care!
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Congratulations on your sponsorship Johnny, keep up the good work.
Thanks a bunch!
Johnny is a city boy. He is an entrepreneur. He sees the potential. Bald sees the charm, the beauty as it is. I agree with Bald.
If those walls could talk! Looks like they have seen war by looking at the condition.
it is good you started to talk more in your clips and not wait for yours guests to talk for you...you passed a building on which it was written ”hygge”, the danish concept of happiness...
For well being an established TH-camr, Bald is very picky buyer.
I mean would you pay 28-30 euros for a beanie? Lol
Hope you had some beer 200m down...on the Pilies gatve - THE tourist place to be. What me fascinated about Vilnius: the old town is so huge in area. I love cities which does not unfold / reveal at a first glance.. You can see so many small spots in Vilnius which differ from the next one ...you can see an area the one day and discover another the next.
I admire how bald doesn’t record his own videos when he’s with Johnny and vice versa. They have some sort of agreement that when they’re in each other’s videos then they don’t record their own videos. But it’s also funny how bald gets all the attention from fans because he’s more well known. Also I don’t like how Johnny puts ads in between videos. Kinda makes him look like a sellout. Maybe if he had the following of bald then he wouldn’t. Wot?