Zero-Emissions Ferryboat to Glide Commuters Up and Down Historic River in European Capital

Lithuania’s capital Vilnius recently debuted a new electric ferryboat for transit up and down the River Neris.

Called the Lašiša, it joins a trend of electric ferryboats on the famous rivers and bays of Europe such as the Elbe or the Copenhagen harbor.

Tickets can be bought online and through an app for just €3, or €4 on board. It transits between the business and residential districts, while stopping at major cultural and historic landmarks.

Vilnius was named the European Green Capital of 2025, and it scrambled to a tight deadline to get the zero-emissions boat online by July 25th.

“So we are very thankful for the boat company that built the boats. And it obviously was a big responsibility for the city and for the citizens to say that we would have made a boat in six or seven months,”