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Between Two Shores: A Visual Love Letter to the Curonian Spit
culture deepbalticDecember 7, 2020 0

Between Two Shores: A Visual Love Letter to the Curonian Spit

Formed almost 5,000 years ago by sand deposits and barely a mile across, the Curonian Spit extends from the coast of Lithuania into RussiaContinue Reading →

An Eccentric Cold War Education: Revisiting the Lithuanian Gymnasium in Germany
Feature Article deepbalticNovember 20, 2020 0

An Eccentric Cold War Education: Revisiting the Lithuanian Gymnasium in Germany

"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 →

Searching for Nikolajs Hercbergs: the Mystery Man Who Photographed Riga
culture deepbalticOctober 26, 2020 0

Searching for Nikolajs Hercbergs: the Mystery Man Who Photographed Riga

Nikolajs Hercbergs took thousands of pictures of Latvia's capital during the interwar years for reasons that are still unclearContinue Reading →

Sillamäe: Inside a Former Soviet Secret City in Estonia
Darmon Richter deepbalticSeptember 24, 2020 0

Sillamäe: Inside a Former Soviet Secret City in Estonia

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 Cholera Curves: Visualising Past Pandemics
Feature Article deepbalticSeptember 4, 2020 0

Riga’s Cholera Curves: Visualising Past Pandemics

Riga's urban geography provided clues to the links between environmental conditions, social inequalities and public healthContinue Reading →

The Steps We Took to Remember: Lithuanian Dancing in Postwar Britain
culture deepbalticAugust 13, 2020 0

The Steps We Took to Remember: Lithuanian Dancing in Postwar Britain

“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 →

The Shadow in the East: An Interview with Aliide Naylor
Author deepbalticJune 30, 2020 0

The Shadow in the East: An Interview with Aliide Naylor

"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 →

Visions of the Future from Interwar Kaunas
Feature Article deepbalticMay 28, 2020 0

Visions of the Future from Interwar Kaunas

‘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 →

The Chameleon West: Lithuania as a Set for Soviet Cinema
culture deepbalticMarch 17, 2020 0

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 →

"Did You Eat the WHOLE Cake?" On Learning Estonian
Estonia deepbalticSeptember 12, 2019 0

"Did You Eat the WHOLE Cake?" On Learning Estonian

"Estonian is popularly known as a difficult language to learn. The only other national languages it’s related to are Finnish and Hungarian."Continue Reading →

"The Forest Is in Our DNA": Lithuania's Ancient Woods
Feature Article deepbalticAugust 13, 2019 0

"The Forest Is in Our DNA": Lithuania's Ancient Woods

"We can be proud that we have these in Lithuania, because in Western Europe these were already gone a hundred years ago"Continue Reading →

"Nobody, Nobody Is Alone": What Singing Means to Estonians
culture deepbalticJuly 25, 2019 0

"Nobody, Nobody Is Alone": What Singing Means to Estonians

“Singing brings Estonians joy. Singing gives Estonians courage. Singing makes Estonians free.”Continue Reading →

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