Bell Tower of Vilnius Cathedral — Attraction in Vilnius

W dniu 3 maja 2024r zwiedzałem dzwonnicę. Spotkała mnie bardzo nieprzyjemna sytuacja. Będąc w Wilnie pierwszy raz w życiu zadałem sprzedawczyni biletów pytanie: "Ilu polaków mieszka obecnie w Wilnie? " Młoda Pani sprzedawczyni powiedziała, że: "o wiele za dużo" . Tą wypowiedź zrozumiałem jako za przejaw niechęci do Polskiej mniejszości narodowej zamieszkałej w Wilnie oraz dowód na werbalną dyskryminację mniejszości Polskiej w tym kraju. Gdy powiedziałem że przed 1939 rokiem Wilno należało do Polski i Polacy mieszkający w Wilnie to naturalna część tego społeczeństwa usłyszałem:

Wyjdziesz sam czy mam wezwać ochronę ? Moja odpowiedz to duże F-U, do tej damy!!!

Gdy próbowałem wcześniej zagadać po polsku do innej sprzedawczyni (tej z niemieckim akcentem) usłyszałem tu jest Litwa i tu mówimy po litewsku... może być angielski albo niemiecki. Zrozumiałem, że każdy język jest dobry byle nie był to polski.

Do tej pory uważałem że Litwini to normalni tolerancyjni Europejczycy... którzy biorą pod uwagę w sensie pozytywnym historię która spowodowała że w Wilnie przed 1939r w Wilnie mieszkało 7 % Litwinów a obecnie mieszka w nim 20% Polaków.

Jednak jest inaczej. Prawdą jest to co słyszałem wcześniej z ust Polaków z Wileńszczyzny.. Polacy w Wilnie doświadczają dyskryminacji. Ja osobiście nie kiwnę palcem gdy ruski but będzie deptał ten naród bo nie dorośli do tego aby funkcjonować w wielo kulturowej europie.

Litwini nie potrafią sobie poradzić z tym, że w ich kraju mieszka natywnie inny naród. On May 3, 2024, I visited the bell tower. I had a very unpleasant security experience.

I visited Vilnius was the first time in my life. I've asked ticket seller : "How many Poles currently live in Vilnius?" The young sales lady said "way too much". Knowing this as a manifestation of antipathy towards the Polish national population living in Vilnius and evidence of verbal discrimination against the Polish minority in this country.

When I said that before 1939 Vilnius was transferred to Poland and the Poles living in Vilnius to the natural part of the inhabitants of this society, who heard:

Will you go out alone or should I call security? My answer to her was big F - U!!!

When I previosly tried to talk to another saleswoman in Polish (the one with a German accent), I heard that this is Lithuania and we are speaking Lithuanian... it could be English or German.

Of course, any language was good, but Polish was not.

Until now, I believed that Lithuanians are normal, tolerant Europeans... who take into account in a positive sense the history that led to the fact that 7% of Lithuanians lived in Vilnius before 1939, and currently 20% of Poles live there. These people didn't decide about it.

However, it is different. What I heard before is true. Poles in Vilnius experience discrimination. Personally, I won't lift a finger when the Russians trample on this nation. They are not ready to function in a multicultural Europe.

They cannot cope with the fact that another nation lives natively in their actual country.

Reply To Your answer:

This what you write is a lie from this saleswoman. Watch the camera recordings. No one had to take me out...because I went out alone. If this happened, I would call the police and report the act of discrimination and violation of inviolability. I was there with an 8-year-old child. There were no aggressive tirades about historical conflicts. I said one sentence there that was a reaction to the open discrimination of the Polish minority in Vilnius. I have the right to react and condemn any manifestation of such behavior. In that case, I'm not going to be nice. Next time, the saleswoman should think about what she says to tourists so as not to give a negative testimony to her nation in any way. I agree. as for the fact that no one is obliged to know the Polish language in Lithuania... except that in Vilnius 100,000 people know it and it is very likely that you will be able to talk, especially in the museum. Allso 60% of tourists are Poles. Maybe Russian will...

Price: €5 per person for entrance Offer: Great view of the Old Town

To be honest, I JUST LOVE VILNIUS UNIVERSITY AND ST. JOHN’S CATHEDRAL. So much so that after visiting here with cloudy weather, I decided to come back as soon as it gets sunny the next day. 😂 The cathedral is absolutely breathtaking and beautiful.

The bell tower is very different from those viewpoints I’ve visited before. It does a wonderful job maintaining the tower as the way it was built. It has lift to bring you up to the 4th floor and just a little stair up, then you will reach the balcony. For those who afraid of heights, please be mentally prepared for the lift and climbing. Be brave for this time and I guarantee you it’s absolutely worth it!

The only problem is that at the balcony, because they didn’t put any extra fence on the balcony to block your sight, I would say it can be kind of dangerous. The tower is very high to a point that you wouldn’t want to climb to sit on the balcony for pictures anyway but I would be extra careful if I had a...

The tower is a landmark of Vilnius. It is located next to the cathedral and almost at the center of the old town.

I’ve visited the tower during Christmas time. There was a decorated Christmas tree next to the tower.

Unfortunately, tower is inaccessible to people with walking disability.

Entrance fee was 6 euros. There are souvenirs available inside the tower.

I have added the video of climbing up the tower through the narrow stairs and view from the top of the tower. Takes about 5 minutes to climb up.

The bells of the tower ring hourly; so if you want to see the bells ring up close, try to visit near the top of the hour.

Be careful if you don’t want to hurt your ears, cover them up with something, but it’ll be probably ok for most of the people for a short period of time.

Bells rang for a couple of times when there was 15 minutes to the top of the hour, and rang for about 5 minutes or so on the top of the hour.

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