(14 Sep 2025)
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Vilnius, Lithuania – 26 August 2025
1. Tilt down from King’s Bridge to one of Vilnius’ new electric boats, named Lašiša, approaching in the distance
2. Mid of boat approaching
3. Various of new electric boat terminal on the Neris River next to Karaliaus Mindaugo Tiltas (King Mindaugo’s Bridge), in the background is “Elektra”, a statue by Bolesław Bałzukiewicz
4. Wide of map and ticketing instructions
5. Close of map showing stops on the Neris river and points of interest
6. Boat approaching terminal
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Loreta Levulytė-Staškevičienė, CEO of JUDU, Vilnius’ transport department:
“This project comes from the city municipality, the Vilnius City Municipality, and this year, Vilnius is the greenest capital in Europe, and we have a lot of events and a lot of projects on this. One of these is electric boats, fully electric boats on the Neris river.”
8. Boat coming into dock
9. Boat docking at boat stop
10. Worker tying the mooring line to a bollard
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Loreta Levulytė-Staškevičienė, CEO of JUDU, Vilnius’ transport department:
“We are very proud of this project because we are looking in Europe, and nobody else so far did this project. So we are very thankful for our partners, for the boat company who built the boats. And it obviously was a big responsibility for the city and for the citizens to say that, yes, we will have made a boat in six or seven months.”
12. Passengers disembarking
13. New passengers boarding
14. Boat interior
15. Close of ticket purchase being made on phone
16. Sign showing next stops
17. Various of boat pilot
18. Moving shot along the river with Church of Archangel Raphael in the background
19. Moving shot showing north bank of Neris river
20. Rear view of journey
21. SOUNDBITE (English) Marga Fimbauere, Vilnius resident:
“I think it has made the city better. I think that it is a great initiative that attracts more people to visit the city."
22. Fimbauere looking out at the river
23. Various of second electric boat, Rytas, travelling in the other direction
24. SOUNDBITE (English) Marga Fimbauere, Vilnius resident:
“I heard an argument before that it will only attract tourists, and that it’s not good. But I do not see, even if it attracted only tourists, I do not see why it would be bad.”
25. Boat coming in to dock at another stop
26. Mid of sign reading Shore Power Connection, which is part of the system that allows boats to charge
27. Shore Power connection point
28. Various of boat pilot plugging boat in to charge
29. SOUNDBITE (English) Polina Ruginiene, Vilnius resident:
“If you live in the centre, in this area, and you work here, I guess, yes (electric boats would be a good thing). Especially, maybe a woman would like it, like a romantic way to go to work, or to clear your mind after work. I think it will be very cool.”
30. Close of boat name
31. High shot of electric boat on Neris in distance
32. SOUNDBITE (English) Povilas Poderskis, Lithuanian Minister for the Environment:
“If we’re saying that it’s public transportation, but it’s slower than walking…so we’re not being honest. And if we’re not being honest about every single part of this green transformation, then people will be confused. And in the end, they will be disappointed."
33. Orthodox Church of Our Lady of the Sign seen from the moving boat
34. SOUNDBITE (English) Povilas Poderskis, Lithuanian Minister for the Environment:
“For now, I think it’s a good experiment, and I like experiments. So I’m rooting for it to work, but I’m a bit sceptical.”
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