Res Humanitariae

The article analyses the concept of leisure time, and the ways it is perceived by two generations of people. It seeks to reveal the specifics of leisure in the area around Vilnius, by analysing: Catholic Sunday leisure; leisure as replacing one activity with another; and the concept of ‘own’ and ‘family’ leisure, revealing the relative perception of the importance of leisure and work. The main source of the work is ethnographic fieldwork data collected in the Vilnius area in 2017 and 2018. Research on family leisure was also used, which was based on the same methodology carried out in Vilnius (2012 to 2015), for the purpose of comparison.