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oh. i just getting this used to be a prison but is now a tourist attraction in vilnius the capital of lithuania. this is so strange thinking about how things used to be here. the notorious lucas prison was a place of murder and torture for over a 100 years that came to an end in 2019. and the cultural center emerged on the prison grounds. more on that later. the symbol of vilios dance, 140 meters above the city, the giddiness tower, a remnant of what was once the city's most powerful defense system. the giddiness cason. hello from vilios in lithuania.

have you ever heard of it? well, lithuania is one of the 3 baltic states in eastern europe, russia, and bell roost our direct neighbors. and, well, the war in ukraine is not that far away, and i want to know, is it still safe to travel here in these times? let's find out. ah, we get an impression of lithuania, solidarity with ukraine. we will also discover vilios old town, which is a unesco world heritage site and visit the oldest part of vilnius will ship it. ah, the russian warren ukraine is viewed with concern in lithuania. no wonder because the length of the lithuanian border separating the russian ex slave of cleaning rod

from bill a ruse is only some 100 kilometers. many lithuanians fear that could be putin's next target. of course, this also worries tourists like neat isn't the same for other holiday makers, vilios you, how safety you feel as if you me to ties. i feel completely safe and kind of, i didn't even think that way will be traveling to some dangerous area or something like that in the his, it's, it's you up. so if ever sucking up her ear, i think europe kendra rex jamante gibson situation ukraine. we get, give it a 2nd thought, decided it was all the more recent, again. hardly any other country has condemned the war in ukraine as vehemently as lithuania. they've taken a firm stand in a way that is as creative as it is clear. solidarity is huge in lithuania,

both among the general population and the politicians. the street where the russian embassies located has been renamed street of ukrainian heroes lithuania recently restricted freight traffic to the russian next claim of leningrad to the rule. in lithuania, ly between the and heart land and killing grat. but while billy roost continues to allow all russian trains through lithuania bands, the passage of russian trains carrying goods falling on the e. u sanctions. moscow speaks of an illegal blockade. the passenger trains from russia to cleaning rot, violet delaney territory are not affected. lithuania must let them pass. 2 twice a day, the train to collecting broad pulls into vilios station. twice a day, it stops for 10 minutes. an announcement in russian asks the passengers to look out

of the window where they are confronted with pictures of russian war crimes burger. they show the destruction in ukraine on each picture. the same question is written in russian today. pollutant is killing the peaceful people of ukraine. do you agree with this? it's really tough. i'm wondering what the people on the train think about these pictures. ah, i was just told that this lady is coming here every day when the train is passing. i am touched by the sympathy that lithuanians have for ukrainians. trains gone right now, and i don't know what to say. it was so strange the

warned ukraine and attends atmosphere can be felt everywhere in the country, and is also leaving its mark on tourism. is the next post pandemic crisis imminent . i'm meeting with the director of the villas tourist board before they called me to we had 5 conscious, 5 top countries here who came here to us pool and oh, bill iris, russia. oh, germany and lottie. and now of course, numbers of the law, russian and prussian tories to be dropped dramatically, a bow to me be that to fat, about garage and into only 10 percent off rations come here. for there are less people from bill, a roof and russia right now. how do you fill this gap? how do you convince other tourists to come here? of course, there are some people who may be in their knowledge about of history. john about europe is lead a little bit less and they f. rain to come here. but we explain them and we

understand at safelite the is their most important think and we feel safe here. for decades, the baltic states suffered on the soviet rule before they were able to win their independence. in the spring of 1990 lithuania became the 1st bolted country to break away from the soviet union. this is the spot where lithuania took its 1st steps towards freedom. on august 23rd 1989. the vaults set off from here. hand in hand, almost 2000000 lithuanians latvians in estonians, demanded independence for the states. this demonstration was the beginning of the end of the soviet union and the baltic states. many people here in lithuania are afraid of losing this independence. again, especially now after russia invaded ukraine, one business that is benefiting from this fear, and seeing said,

skyrocket is the oxalis arms dealership. according to the owner demand increased tenfold in the 1st month after the war began. this is for self defense for home defense. i wonder why you're so surprised to have switzerland they have for me in the machine guns of the homes, you know? yeah. but i don't know anything about guns, so this is all pretty new to me. you know. and well, if i'm thinking of self defense, i'm thinking about a small handgun. another bought a shotgun. yeah. but it's more effective up and actually, you know, it's more effective than a handgun who needs listed here. you can like this. yeah. you can load it, you know, just like in a movie, just put the, pull it back and call it the, you know, what we got. it can be afraid of. you know, a version comes in after the last footages from boucher in the ukraine. you know,

when you see a lot of civilians just killed than was 3 women raped children killed. so people don't want to, well, i mean, we're afraid than we want to have something to be able to defend themselves and repairman since the beginning of the war, the number of applications for gun license system, lithuania has doubled. due to the current situation, there are fewer restrictions here than elsewhere in europe. the right to self defense at home applies even with the use of firearms. who was buying the guns, young people, elderly people, men, or women. i mean, everybody does, and most surprisingly will not surprisingly because over the happened in the ukraine when are quite a lot of women were coming to buy sam against them, even shrugged guns for the wrong defense. even though i am safe as a tourist here in vilnius, i still have a sinking feeling but now city guide, at least 2 bus will show me the city, our 1st stop,

a small memorial plaque bomb. why are we starting here? and what's so special about it, i don't like, what does it say? the blue devils are still extremely stable classes? i that means miracle because what miracle to plot is this plaque is here to remind us that miracles happen every day does with us. and the biggest miracle is that we got our independent, that's 3 unarmed nation has fought against the mighty usaa saga. so we have to you back there were the people united in their belief that nobody should have to live under the soviet occupation that i'm all of that kind of answer. but i did a piece for the i bottom on how to, nobody threw molotov cocktails or stone to the police side out to put people just came together and sang sick as on that was enough. and a couple i'm guessing that's working on this is again, so let us know many people that are asked by stand here, close their eyes and turn 3 full circle. this will dialogue, or meanwhile, you have to make a wish. and that wish will come true to die or in 10 years of

a dose gun, but i must not say it out loud. black latanya lynette smith took her without his i am not allowed to say it. yes. okay. of course, i can't say it out loud. but because of the war in ukraine, you can probably guess what i wish for. we continue to the most famous site of the city, the cathedral of saint stanislaus. it is the center of the catholic faith lithuania, the classes. this billing was finished in the early 19th century. the bell tower stands alone, as is the case with many churches in the baltic states at 68 meters high. it is the tallest building in vilnius, old town. next least of us takes me through the old town. it is huge and has been the unesco world heritage site since 1994 winding streets and alleys, magnificent town, houses, and palaces. i like it. villiers is also called the city of churches. there are

more than 50 of them and so he'll have these 2 important churches secured the church of saint francis to all right. and the church of san to allah, highly allocated. i'm not one but 2 i. so i okay. i bought this in to burn them, but they are bound by blood. growl were hannah, and according to legend, the dutch of the german architect of the church of saint francis, almost jealous of his lithuanian pupils. and who had made the church of sin answered relative that it became the most famous church. vilnius had time for the older architect asked his people to explain the technical details of tiffany when they were standing on the roof. we hit him. what is all your marks? the man fell to the grounds, and that's how the church got its romantic red color. now please to puss takes me to the last remaining medieval city gate. in lithuania,

the small chapel above not only attract tourists who supplied, i've already seen a few people making the sign of the cross wise that didn't seem to court visible. if it's in there at the gate, ardon up and it is the holiest place for christians. in lithuania, it has an image of the virgin, too young for also known as the black, madonna vilnius. and she said that it can cure any illness. so people have been coming here to prior centuries wound up after the tour. i still have a few questions for christopher us with chris about the how is the mood and lithuanian given the russian thread. there was a from, with all my additional incurred to get him farther, but there's, i would say that the mood has gone up and down, but awful to begin with. it was

a big shock. even though people somehow expected it to have done, does get than people wanted to escape thinking the war would soon come here. but here i even though some rich people who immediately emigrated with all their families and money with cancer for me. but now they've written the numbers and from sort of give call if you're a tourist guide and you take people through vilios who do you notice a certain fear among the tourists too. but into his knacks the spending of his anc . skip the load, the colon, let the people have a lot of fears when they arrive to think while they think that they are answering a was around it was under so that the reality is that it's just like any other western country. house of indian research that next i visit, what is probably the most unusual part of vilios lucas. many freelance artists, dropouts, and other creative people live here. ah . whose you perish is one of the world's smallest republics. a fantasy state

only point 6 square kilometers in size. in the middle of the lithuanian capital vilnius. the republic of jupiter has its own government flag and anthem, and such famous ambassadors as the dalai lama. the 1st house after the bridge is a cafe. the seat of government and a living room, all in one. the foreign minister offers rubbish meats for official talks with a minister of justice and the head of the republics own state television. it all began after the collapse of the soviet union in the early 19 nineties. so people move till as district 1st row started in the us, they to turn bernita. and they bought floss here. irish were cheap because nobody wanted to leave here. people here who are different from the people in it's old in this book,

from the other shore of the civil river. they were lively, they were bidding, they were loving, they were, you know, doing everything but the library was life. the pop you got there is the streets of the constitution of jupiter with translations into other languages hanging on metal blacks. the 1st article reads, every one has the right to live by the river bill knowledge and the river will knowledge has the right to flow by every one. the little venice of vilnius is connected to the rest of the city by 9 bridges. the residents have created their own world here, and the foreign minister is responsible for building bridges to the outside. so i will call draw all the 9 bridges, all ships. ok to sing of all them. i have to care, although and i have to lee leer france. 20 years ago

these houses were squatted and today young artists live here. the jupiter art incubator is an incubator for ceramic artists, painters, authors, musicians, fashion and graphic designers. it's the 1st project of its kind in the entire baltic region. the annual celebration of the independence of the republic of the jupiter takes place on april 1st. some think it's a joke, but every one celebrates with parades and a grand festival. and flying the flag of the republic a hand with a hole, a sign that you can't hold on to anything in life. unfortunately, not even a republic for poor artists. because in recent years, rich russians and lithuanians have turned jupiter into a trendy neighbourhood. the most expensive residential area in all of vilnius was his heart liber new people were coming. but who are these new people? the problem is to keep the spirit in defending. the spirit of the

artist republic remains yet another task for its foreign minister. since the government of a jew pish, has no defense minister many residents of which rupees have organized anti war demos and protests to show their solidarity with ukraine. the georgian artist, god, god, was sheets. it is one of these artist activists. so what's the painting about? i could see heroism, a ukrainian flag. so it's all about the ukranian, like the heroism of the people lay special, the soldier for life fighting in oslo style, or just like in woolen, crying into how brave they are and how they really fighting for not only for the ukraine of ukraine is doing it ah, they're like protecting lakes. busy almost so

a wall you opened like the democratic world. i would say i like this little self proclaimed the republic. it would be nice if it could keep its charm for a long time to come. another branch of culture that is blossoming business is the film industry. oh, visitors to the lithuanian capital vilnius and rough include nests about everything that has happened here in the past. catherine degrades rule here. of equations happened. there. we for crimes and demons. here eunice focus works is a location manager. in recent years, vilnius has become more popular with filmmakers. i'm leaning more than 12 series and films are shot in the city. in the blink of an eye, the city hall becomes the entrance to a cathedral where catherine, the great passes through the fairies, remained after the russian empress played by helen mirren. with one of the biggest

production usa, the whole square was covered by sand, which her will basically had the city permits to do. it's like in 24 hours. so we had to get rid of all the cars and close the traffics to make sure that we have enough space for our equipment. so it all happened in the middle of the city and one of the busiest areas of the all town. so it was a big operation. this is how the villainy a city hall square was transformed into the execution grounds of 18th cent toussant . petersburg. the locations for catherine the great palace was spread across the city. villainy f as rich and historical buildings from different epochs. to lithuanian, right, as union is home to one of the most beautiful nearby rocks that cases we always suggest greater solutions to combine places. maybe you can do a staircase here and the room in another place. this location is impressive, and i think part of it's is beauty,

is that it's very surprising. this talks history, you know, tradition in the film, the stack i, its functions as a private entrance to catherine's chambers, which in turn was sat in a manor house outside the city. the fat, a yawn ish has high rise district in the north of the city shows a completely different site. these houses dates back to the soviet era of the 1980s . they were among the most modern buildings at the time, which made them attractive to soviet film directors when they wanted to shoot something that would look or feel western. ah, they would come here. which of course, still would be quite far away. in terms of similarity stood western oil, but still it looked modern and nice to day. it's the other way round, no longer representing and imitation of the west and soviet films. the neighborhood was recently evacuated and turned into the ukrainian city of pre piano for the

award winning miniseries chernobyl name. where is the real pre p at? has been a ghost town since the 1986 nuclear disaster to popularity a film. yes. as a film location is also thanks to the film. yes, film office found a 10 years ago director you reta patty. katie has observed a growing demand from us and european productions. it's the mix of highly skilled. the professionals are here, a variety of locations or phone tags, or incentive and the infrastructure. be it greeting crime theories, baroque, historical epics or disaster films. many more stories are bound to come out of business in the yes to come vilnius presents itself as a very western city,

not much evokes its soviet past. but there are still a few architectural relics from the communist iraq, for example, the former concert and sports palace building in the brutal style. at 2006, it was placed under monument protection. however, the building remains unused and is falling into disrepair. the parliament building of lithuania was built in 1976. the supreme sylvia of the lithuanian soviet socialist republic met here. soviet architecture is usually a huge architecture. the opera house, which opened in 1974 is also a reminder of the soviet past. operas and concerts are still performed here to day . finally,

i go back to prison lucas, his prison, which has become a symbol of freedom. nobody is locked up here any more. i recommend the tour of the prison selves. it still looks the same as it did a 100 years ago. shot who nosebleeds cast explains to me what life was like behind these thick walls. the 2 hour tour with him in english costs $20.00 euros. like i said, what did you do? i stole some swedes from from a shop. and wyatt did you do afterwards? i ran away and what afterwards luc, his prison, was considered the alcatraz of lithuania because of its cruelty common criminals and political opponents were imprisoned here. since the prison is in the middle of

the old city, the screams of the prisoners inside could easily be heard from outside. so this is like a typical prison. so absolutely, missis, what you're going to have for the rest of your life. it's small, but kind of comfortable here, you know, ah, at the end of the tour, you get your own mug shot. touching the wall? no smiling here. ah, the last prisoners were released in 2019. this place whose past is full of scary stories has become a place of artistic freedom almost every evening. there are concerts in film screenings here. ah, i really liked vilios,

lots of history, cool architecture, arts and the soviet union. fortunately only from the museum. and even if the war in ukraine is relatively close, vilios is an exciting, and at least for the moment, safe travel destination by, by the next time, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, with

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