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a year ago my home city of Vilnius
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called itself M the g-spot of Europe as
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you can imagine that caused quite a stir
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both inside and outside the country with
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even John all of commenting on the time
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that’s real that Israel the new tourism
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campaign of illness is illness the G
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spots of your I think this campaign did
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quite a bit to help people learn that
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Vilnius exists but it didn’t go too much
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into detail and what the city’s about
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and that is exactly what I’m making this
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video I want to tell you everything you
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need to know about the city I was born
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and raised him Bulldogs that one day
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you’ll come explore it on your own and
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have yourself a pleasurable time so sit
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back relax and enjoy according to a
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legend Vilnius was established by do get
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jiménez in the early 14th century after
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his dream of an iron wolf howling on top
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of a hill whether the legend is true or
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not the city actually appeared in
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writing in 1323 and later in the same
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century became an important city as it
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was the capital of what was at the time
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Europe’s largest country it was a very
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tolerant city where Muslim Tartars
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Lutheran German merchants Jewish
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craftsmen the cathodic Lithuanian and
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Polish delete and Pagan Lithuanian
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commoners lived side by side peacefully
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as the richness of the city grew more
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and more palaces churches and
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monasteries adorned its narrow streets
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its crown jewel Vilnius University was
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established in 1579 and became a primary
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center of science and education in
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Eastern Europe the prosperous centuries
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came to a horrible halt in mid 17th
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century when the Lithuanian polish
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Commonwealth lost a series of wars
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against foreign invaders that led to the
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Russian Empire capturing Vilnius in 1795
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throughout the next 120 years of Russian
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rule Vilnius was made a backwater of the
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Russian Empire with a population of as
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few as 50
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people at times the city kept being
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occupied by different armies Napoleon’s
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France bill Satsuki’s Poland Nazi
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Germany and eventually fell to the hands
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of the Soviet Union the Soviet rule was
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a time of Lithuanian heritage neglect
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however Vilnius persevered sustaining
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its artistic spirit even while a lot of
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its historic buildings got abandoned and
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huge gray apartment blocks were
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developed after our independence the
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city kept growing changing and
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developing every single year becoming so
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active fun tolerant and modern that I
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can honestly say I’m incredibly proud to
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have been born and raised here the city
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center of Vilnius consists of five major
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areas the old town it’s one of the
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largest surviving medieval old towns in
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Europe that’s developed over the course
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of many centuries and thus it is a place
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where some of Europe’s greatest
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architectural styles gothic Renaissance
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and Baroque stands side by side
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everywhere you go
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the Republic illusionists the
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self-proclaimed Republic of orifice is
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our bohemian and artistic district it’s
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situated behind a tiny River and is full
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of tiny shops restaurants and even art
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galleries that are also Koziol never one
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to leave
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snippy shkas this place used to be one
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of the dodgiest
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areas of the city but then it got
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redeveloped to our main business
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district is home to many banks and
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internet startups speaking of startups
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the Financial Times has recently named
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venemous the number one city in the
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world for attracting tech startups
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Vorenus this district is known to be the
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greenest area of Central Vilnius as it
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used to be a large forest where the
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noblemen hunted vorenus feels very
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different to most other places in
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Vilnius as its architecture and
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atmosphere still resemble the old days
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finally the new town this area is really
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interesting as it’s experiencing an
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incredible redevelopment campaign making
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this one of our most hip and cool
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vilnius is not a true international
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metropolis yet but it’s ethnically
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diverse around 65% of the people are
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ethnically women while 14% are Polish
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12% of Russian and 9% come from one of
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us many as 128 ethnicities that live
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here when he finally come visit don’t be
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surprised to find yourself interacting
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with a Chinese restaurant owner an
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Ecuadorian IT specialist a Ukrainian
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barista or a Dutch businessman
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even though throughout my travels I met
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literally hundreds of wonderful people
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from all around the world but my heart
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it always takes me back to the people in
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my hometown who might sometimes be a
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little colder direct but they’re always
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honest they are the people the heart
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they are my people these these videos is
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a youthful and vibrant city full of
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incredible things to do and lots of
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beautiful nature since well over half of
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the city’s area is covered by the
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freedom in the city center you can find
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gorgeous parks anywhere you go that are
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all very interesting
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our city center is very much walkable
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from anywhere to anywhere but rolls have
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loads of transportation options from car
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healing applications and access to
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electric scooters and to star eaters
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buses – I know you never expected hot
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air balloons I don’t know if you know
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this but videos is one of the very few
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cities in the world that allow hot air
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ballooning in its case you can literally
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take off in the city center and fly all
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over the place
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enjoying the gorgeous gorgeous
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this all seems really have been fun
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let’s get back down to earth
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even though we have all these awesome
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transportation options but nothing beats
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it good old Soviet Charlie that was
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cooler than before
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Elon Musk invented estas the city they
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take it right this time which barely
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costs one euro and it’s definitely worth
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German trust I know
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since you obviously didn’t come here to
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see me crying let’s move on to something
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a bit more exciting food Vilnius is home
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to hundreds of restaurants bars and
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cafes that are for all foods and drinks
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your heart will ever desire however I
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must be really honest to Vilnius used to
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be very affordable place back in the day
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but I have to regard the euro it became
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a little pricey so even though we have
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all these amazing food options available
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you might also want to look into trying
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some of our delicious give vibes there
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there through euro each and I mean they
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could be worse
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this of course isn’t addressed to you if
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you’re coming from nor week or Singapore
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first would you guys certainly won’t
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have to know comebacks you’ll need in
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combined foods ok ok ok now that we’ve
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all had a great meal it’s time to
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explore if you’re into tourist asides
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here are the top five places you
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definitely cannot miss get a minister
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hour this is the most famous of Vilnius
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touristy sides has been looking over our
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city problems
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hundred years three crosses an
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awe-inspiring religious monument from
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which you can see a spectacular panorama
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of our altar
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Cathedral and the palace of the grand
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use to Trista sites at the heart of the
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news that whirl inspired even the most
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an inspired thirst Vilnius University
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founded in the 16th century it was the
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first University in the Baltic States
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that holds certainly take you back in
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time Church of st. Anne it is a
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prominent example of Gothic architecture
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that was built in the 15th century this
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church might very well be one of our
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most beautiful cathedrals universities
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and churches are all really nice but
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there’s so much more to Vilnius that you
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should explore do not forget our
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cultural spots such as National Gallery
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of Art contemporary art center and no
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Museum where you’ll find enough art to
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fill your heart’s content
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Vegas Park this park is by far one of my
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favorite places to relax in veins is he
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huge park literally in the city centre
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that just seems to never end palace
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margin this local market was established
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well over a hundred years ago and his
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busy with action more than
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TV tower standing at 326 meters above
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the ground the kV tower is the tallest
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construction in Lithuania that features
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a rotating cafeteria giving you a
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360-degree view of the whole city I
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don’t know if you know this but a large
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part of HBO’s award-winning Chernobyl TV
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series was filmed in this tiny little
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village if you want a taste of Soviet
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apartment architecture this is your face
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there’s so much more I’d like to tell
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you about Vilnius but I don’t think
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that’s a good idea because all the
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things I could ever say will never match
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you actually coming here and exploring
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the city on your own do it you bloody
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legend as soon as you can
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in the meantime help me spread the word
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about the city I was born and raised in
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by sharing this video on your social
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media with the hashtag explore videos
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and telling your friends how much you
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know about it thank you so much watching
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the whole video and see you next
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