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 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 →
Jazz, Instinct and Meaning: Tomas Kutavičius and Contemporary Lithuanian Music
Claire McGinn speaks to Lithuanian composer Tomas Kutavičius, and takes the pulse of contemporary art music in VilniusContinue Reading →