City Trip Vilnius, Lithuania. RAD-LAME. By Bart de Jong

Apr 10, 2026

Written by Bart de Jong

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Okay, the reason for the flight to Vilnius was the Ride The Dragon comp, but thanks to Martynas Martin we got to see a big part of the city on our weekend trip. It started off with the event host taking me to a traditional Lithuanian restaurant. The locals know what that means: pink soup and potatoes with meat inside. That berry drink that they serve on the plane must be a Baltic thing as well as the restaurant offered the drink with the lunch meal. Cold Beetroot soup isn’t normally my thing, but hey, gotta dig in and finish it up. It’s healthy apparently so why not. The Cepelinai meat potatoes were very good though. Very filling as well so no food was needed after this. Martynas showed me his killer park but more on that in the event report. My hotel was a bit outside the city centre but I got to hang out with Martynas, his girlfriend, Markus Wilke and Jacub Benda who all stayed downtown.

Vilnius has reached 1 million inhabitants and is the capital of Lithuania. Most of the old town is on the Unesco list which should tell you something about the history of the place. Lots of churches, statues, castles, parks showing its history. Of course we had to stop by the local White Bridge skatepark along the Neris river. It was packed on the Saturday night. The park has some bowls, plenty of rails, banks, and it made of concrete. Right next to it there were basketball fields, ping pong tables and shops across the street will provide you with the food and drinks you need. Nice location for sure.

If you’re looking for bars, there’s this one street that has a lot of them, but there are numerous bars and restaurants all over the city. When typing in “Mexican Restaurant” Markus and I had several options. The one we picked was good. Pricing, just normal. Probably more expensive in Vilnius than every other city in Lithuania, but that’s the way the world works. Try buying a beer at the Champs-Élysées in the heart of Paris and it will be more expensive than at your local bar. For a capital, the prices in Vilnius were just fine.

We haven’t explored the entire city in the time we were there as most of the time was spent at Banga Ramp Park which was the goal of the trip. But surely we’ll see ourselves come back for a couple of days to see more of Vilnius. The airport isn’t too far away, hotels are affordable. We were lucky not to have to rely on public transportation because Martynas drove us around, but we saw the Volt scooters (helmet mandatory) for instance so getting around the city without having to walk the distance is possible.

Vilnius, we’ll be back.

BdJ

RAD
Cepelinai
White Bridge skatepark
Vilnius’ historical buildings
Bars/restaurants everywhere
Public E-scooters available
Banga Ramp Park
The shitty local beer
City exploring
Súrelis
Air Baltic Lounge (access)
Air Baltic on board free Starlink WIFI

LAME
Colder temperatures
Having to wear a Helmet on the E-scooter
No drinking in public
Jogging on ice (Javi)
Concrete problems at skatepark
Packed White Bridge skatepark (40+ scooters)
No KLM lounge access (A’dam)
No Starlink WIFI on way back