"Perhaps we did not have science labs then, or a proper gym, or even art classes, or music — other than someone cranking out polkas on an accordion... Yet I…Continue Reading →
Esther Levinson is being sheltered by a Lithuanian couple, Vladas and Milda, who have renamed her Eliza and are passing her off as their nieceContinue Reading →
Nikolajs Hercbergs took thousands of pictures of Latvia's capital during the interwar years for reasons that are still unclearContinue Reading →
Sillamäe was a ‘closed city,’ often referred to by codenames and guarded within a military perimeter – often it didn’t even appear on maps.Continue Reading →
Riga's urban geography provided clues to the links between environmental conditions, social inequalities and public healthContinue Reading →
“This festival,” wrote my mother, “is a means of promoting understanding and reconciliation amongst all the European countries who suffered so much during the War years.”Continue Reading →
"While some cultures go to great lengths to eradicate reminders of their unwanted past, others are willing to let them slowly disintegrate"Continue Reading →
"When Trump ascended to the US presidency I started looking more about what the division of the world into the great power blocs again might mean for the Baltic states"Continue Reading →
Latvia is regarded as the first republic of the Soviet Union where techno music and DJ culture really took holdContinue Reading →
‘In the evening, when dusk falls over Kaunas, their colossal bronze heads are illuminated with powerful spotlights. From here, one can see all of Kaunas.’Continue Reading →
Accelerating motorisation in interwar Lithuania increased the demand for fuel and gave rise to a new type of business – petrol stations.Continue Reading →
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 →
