Architecture of Optimism: Building a Temporary Capital for Lithuania
"In less than twenty years, its residents transformed the city into a modern, elegant and European capital"Continue Reading →
How Litvaks Brought Petrol Stations to Interwar Lithuania
Accelerating motorisation in interwar Lithuania increased the demand for fuel and gave rise to a new type of business – petrol stations.Continue Reading →
The Chameleon West: Lithuania as a Set for Soviet Cinema
Vilnius and Kaunas often stood in for Western cities in Soviet films. Does this still fuel misperceptions about the Baltic states in the Soviet era?Continue Reading →
The Unbuilt Soviet Metro System that Haunts Latvia’s Capital: Traces
“Every day you going down in subway, because you got no better place to go”Continue Reading →
Gaudgeniks? Gohenkis? Gojinx? Life Abroad with a Latvian Name
The rest of the world often has serious trouble with Latvian names, as these members of the diaspora can attestContinue Reading →