Meeting the Arabs Making a Life for Themselves in Latvia
Hesham is one of an estimated 500 Arabs currently living in Latvia.Continue Reading →
Why You Will Almost Definitely Have to Change Your Name When Speaking Latvian
“If I said Will, it would sound like I had suddenly said something in a foreign language”.Continue Reading →
Āgenskalns – Riga's Preserved Wooden Heart
Until the middle of the 19th century, buildings in the districts beyond the walls and bastions of Riga could be built only from wood.Continue Reading →
Scenes from "the Livonian Switzerland" Over a Century Back
The photo album "Livländische Schweiz" was published at the start of the 1880s by Carl Anton Schulz, a Baltic German photographer.Continue Reading →
Nine Months of Deep Baltic, or See You in September
Deep Baltic is taking August off while we work on a few big changes to the site, but we hope you’ll be back for more in September. In the meantime, we…Continue Reading →