0:00 why is it flying alone
0:02 you're never gonna guess where I'm at
0:05 I'll give you a hint look at this
0:09 what do we have here
0:10 so I'm in Biržai actually
0:14 and I came here to explore hidden cities in Lithuania
0:19 and this is one of them and I'm actually very excited
0:22 the one thing that I will say immediately
0:23 about this place is that it's windy
0:25 of course this is autumn season
0:33 which is shaped like a canoe or crescent moon
0:39 it was built in 2015 and it's 32 meters tall
0:44 and then also here in this place
0:47 there are more than 30 small lakes
0:50 and one interesting fact about these lakes
0:52 is that they change color
0:54 according to the season
0:55 let's go explore and see what we find
1:49 I must say autumn in Lithuania is super beautiful
1:54 super beautiful everything is turning yellow
1:58 it's a little bit wet everywhere
2:36 so now Biržai Biržai this is the the town
2:45 it has the the main church I guess
2:53 in Lithuanian church is "bažnyčia"
2:57 and this place is Biržai so..
2:59 why not "biržnyčia"?
3:04 let's keep exploring I like this
3:06 I like this town it's small but I like it super cozy
3:25 Biržai was one of the most
3:28 important places in Lithuanian in the 16th century
3:32 because it was the center of a huge duchy
3:37 which lasted for around 200 years
3:40 this duchy was ruled by the Radvila
3:46 one of the most important rulers
3:49 which was called Kristopas
3:51 had the nickname Perkūnas
3:54 which in Lithuanian means Thunderbolt
3:57 another super cool fact about Biržai
4:00 is that even though it was never a separate state
4:03 it had its own economical and military system
4:10 they sort of were able to sustain by themselves
4:44 around the Radziwill
4:50 now sits a huge lake
4:53 which is called Širvėna
4:55 one of the first if not the first artificial
4:59 that is man made lake ever built here in Lithuania
5:05 this is a very interesting fact that they
5:11 made this lake to protect
5:15 the castle and this was if I'm not mistaken
5:18 don't quote me on that
5:23 so this is super interesting
5:27 you can see the lake here
5:30 I will I will put some some shots of the lake
5:44 another very cool fact about this town is that even
5:49 hundreds of years ago
5:50 it was already a multicultural hub
5:52 a lot of different communities and ethnicities
5:55 for example Jewish communities already lived
5:57 here for a long time actually
6:27 I was filming with the drone in the bridge
6:30 as you can see here I have the drone and anyway
6:34 I almost lost the drone
6:36 why is it flying alone why is it flying alone
6:40 but anyway I hope that I
6:41 I was able to get some nice shots
6:45 because here it's super windy
6:46 and it's super complicated to fly the drone
6:49 because my drone is extremely
6:53 so Astravo Dvaras uh this mansion
6:56 which is like in an island crossing the Širvėna Lake
7:00 in this bridge that you can see here uh
7:03 was built I think in the 19th century
7:07 but it was rebuilt a few times because uh
7:09 it was destroyed during war times
7:13 they owned this land as well and yeah
7:15 this this mansion is super super beautiful
7:19 super nice um I think it's a
7:22 a very beautiful place to come here and visit
7:25 let's go explore and take some nice shots
7:27 and I'm gonna try to fly the drone on land
8:48 Biržai is a really beautiful town small
8:52 cozy I think that the fact that now is autumn
8:57 made for a great scenery here in Biržai
9:00 if you're going to the north of Lithuania
9:02 is absolutely worth it to pay a visit to this town
9:06 and yeah people are also kind
9:08 I spoke with some locals and they they seemed kind
9:13 I really like this this city
9:16 small town and it was super fun to visit
9:20 so yeah we will see where we will go next time