Sixteen Thousand Voices in Perfect Harmony: Latvia's Incredible Song Festival
Latvia's huge Song and Dance Festival has been recognised as a masterpiece of humanity by UNESCO – and its participants are increasingly multinationalContinue Reading →
DB Recommends: Mācītājs On Acid
Maarja Merivoo-Parro tells us why we should all be listening to some legendary Latvian-American punkContinue Reading →
Intrigue and Seduction in Courland: the Strange, Brief Reign of Duke Maurice
"It is interesting to imagine how Europe may have changed had Maurice controlled his libido more effectively."Continue Reading →
Faith and Pride in Hard Times: Igor Trepeshchenok's Images of Latgale
Igor Trepeshchenok is a Latvian photographer currently based in Hamburg, as well as the founder of Ost SEE magazine, which publicises photographers from the Baltic states. His previous works have…Continue Reading →
Welcome to Maskačka: Stig Stasig's Images of Latvia's Troubled '90s
In 1991, Danish photographer Stig Stasig moved to Riga, capital of newly free Latvia. His photos of inner-city life capture a unique moment in its historyContinue Reading →
A Dream in the Latvian Countryside: Remaking the National Painter's House
In 1998, Dutch museologist Margriet Lestraden bought the remote birth house of "the father of Latvian art", a man she then knew nothing about.Continue Reading →
Fiction: Nora Ikstena – Soviet Milk
"I don’t remember 15 October 1969. There are people who swear they remember their birth. I don’t."Continue Reading →
A Hive of Activity: Discovering Riga's Underground Music Scene
Richard Thompson gives an introduction to the underground scene of Latvia's capital, a city where every week brings something intriguing and boundary--pushingContinue Reading →
Previews of Baltic Screen Week in London
This week in London, Baltic View is putting on a series of films from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Previews and trailers here.Continue Reading →
Photographic Notes on Latvia's Capital – Ģirts Raģelis
Ģirts Raģelis's project Pilsētas piezīmes [City Notes] gives a fascinating insight into the many contrasting sides of the largest city in the Baltic states.Continue Reading →
Photographic Pioneers in Soviet-Era Latvia: the Story of Riga Photo Club
Founded in 1962, Riga Photo Club revolutionised photography in Soviet-era Latvia, putting on the first-ever exhibition in the Antarctic along the way.Continue Reading →
The Peace Is Deceptive: the History of Riga's Hippest Street
The history of Miera iela is proof of the legend that Riga will never be complete.Continue Reading →