The suggestion for using translator are good.
Also from personal experience found that http://www.aruodas.lt/ is great for finding the appartments in the Lithuania. They are longer term/full appartments mostly. There are a few sites to look for roommates, but they mostly don’t look any good (no info, etc) and the best choice would probably be looking FaceBook for groups like “Looking for roommate in Vilnius”.

thanks a lot.
Id like to like central where the city is alive with young people. What kind of districts should I look for?

And whats the best place to look for rooms where other people look for roommates (instead of whole appartments)

Hi, Alex, please open your websites in Google Chrome, then right click … here you are, in context menu there’s an option ‘Translate to English’.

Regards, Borys

Why not throw the Lithuanian websites’ URLs into Google Translate: example. Note that “Center” option is there but it’s almost empty because the actual name of the central district is Senamiestis (Old Town). I’ve ticked both boxes for you.

@jasonmwomack The tech in Lithuania is starting to pick, but it’s still in the early stages so it’s hard to say if it will boom or die slowly (so far it’s picking up the pace).

With English speakers it would depend with who you’re talking. It shouldn’t be hard to speak in English with young people as most of them should know English. I would say that getting around using English should be easier than for example in Spain.

There are co-working spaces and locations can be beautiful. Thought the winters can be harsh (depends on the winter).

Klaipeda is also a good city, a lot less to do (especially in winter), but if lying on the beach is your thing in warm weather it’s great place to be. Some companies actually move their developers in winter, because it’s cold, nothing to do, so it’s possible to do a lot of productive work

Oh right, wouldn’t give up your USA citizenship, but if you get the dual Lithuanian one think it’s worth to do it (should make traveling around Europe a lot easier), but only if you can have both.

Thanks for the info The country recently made some changes to the immigration policy. Check this link outhttp://www.manopasas.com/#!but/cyr1

Hey @jasonmwomack, Lithuania doesn’t allow dual citizenship (as a Lithuanian, I really don’t see any acceptable reason for that, but…), so you would have to give up US citizenship, in order to get the Lithuanian one.

Regarding the tech scene, over the past five years it has changed a lot. A lot of international companies are moving their IT and Service centres to Lithuania: one of the biggest ones is Barclays IT, employing more than 1,500 people. The startups ecosystem is booming too - some of the big names are Vinted, Trafi, TransferGo, CGTrader or YPlan (founded by two Lithuanians). The ecosystem is still young, so most of the startups are just making their first steps, but that makes it really interesting.

Also, many IT professionals, especially game developers, are moving from the East to Lithuania. There are many high-quality IT specialists in Lithuania, but the demand is even greater with new companies coming and opening up here.

And regarding Vilnius, it’s not a metropolis but I find it very cozy and the old-town is just gorgeous. There are plenty of cafes, pubs and restaurants where you can hang out. It’s exceptionally beautiful between May and September, but can be quite rough in winter (temparature getting below 20-25’C).

I hope that helps!

I’ve tried to bootstrap there when they gave residence permits easily. With their latest stunt - no more residence permit unless you hire 3 people full time - Lithuania committed suicide as a tech startup scene. Pity, because there actually was some life.

Vilnius can be very different depending on what you look for. However, I doubt Lithuania is able to control if you actually live there. That’s because controlling you means work, and that’s what nobody there wants to do.