[choperius]

I moved to Vilnius from Sweden four months ago and enjoying it a lot so far. A lot of the things from the website are true - low costs (I pay 500e for 2-rooms in city center), very safe city, lots of green. Can get anywhere within 30 min and I walk to work every day. Working in here might be a pay cut but the low costs make up for it. Tech is much more well-compensated here than other industries.

My perception is that Lithuania (and Baltics in general) is suffering a lot more for its reputation than it should. Society has developed very quickly the past 10 years and the reputation doesn't reflect today's reality here.

If anyone is interested to learn more, feel free to pm me. We're also currently hiring Fintech Industry Manager to my team: https://careers.google.com/jobs/results/102620285653394118-i...

[osrec]

I'm Indian, and I've been considering a nomadic working lifestyle. Do you see a lot of ethnic minorities there? Is the culture welcoming to other ethnicities?

[choperius]

It's still fairly homogeneous society compared to many other European countries. The language is also very different to other European languages, so it helps to pick up a little bit of Lithuanian to understand more here.

I believe it's slowly changing and you can see some non-Europeans coming for study exchange and to work for international companies, but it's far from what it's like in e.g. Sweden, Netherlands or Germany.

However, Lithuania is quite diverse in the sense that it's a crossroad between Central Europe, Northern Europe and Eastern Europe. Having many influences from Nordics, Russia, Poland and Germany. Many people in Vilnius speak several of the following: Lithuanian, English, Russian and Polish.

All young (below 45) people speak English, older generation (45+) might speak Russian instead of English as second language.

[nakkht]

Fellow Lithuanian here living in Denmark. Did you try exploring Lithuania, like visiting other cities? If so, did you like it?

It's flattering to hear that Vilnius is improving and you are enjoying living there.

[choperius]

Haven't had the time yet, but will make sure to make it out to the seaside this summer. Looking forward to visiting Klaipeda and Nida!