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,” Loreta Levulytė-Staškevičienė said, who holds the position of CEO of JUDU, the public transport and mobility services company for Vilnius.

The compact ferry holds 32 people, and cuts through the water as opposed to aquaplaning atop it, which saves energy. 80% of the boat is covered in solar panels, and it offers free Wi-Fi to passengers.

Euro News reports that for some residents it’s a welcome new way to getting around the city.

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“If you live in the center, 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,” said Polina Ruginiene, a Vilnius resident.

According to a press release, the boat’s absolute top speed is 7.5 km per hour, but may also travel around 5 km per hour in certain areas to reduce wake. This isn’t much faster than a human power walking and was a point of contention between JUDU and the outgoing transportation minister who felt JUDU wasn’t being honest about the slowness.

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“The speed of the boat is higher than that of similar types of water vehicles in other European cities,” Vilnius’s transport department wrote in a statement.

The city plans to purchase two more boats currently being built in their northern neighbor of Latvia.

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