- Beer: A contemporary legal buzz or a testament to human ingenuity?
Humankind has been enjoying beer for the past 10,000 years.
- Baltic brew
Drinking beer is more than an ancient tradition here in the Baltics – it verges on being a mandatory requirement of contemporary society.
- A sudsy trip through Kaunas
For anyone enthusiastic about the production of alcoholic beverages (imbibers and technicians alike), a visit to Kaunas should definitely be on the agenda.
- Latvia’s music industry still struggling
We were smack dab in the middle of those five hot days in May when musician Victor Cailas agreed to speak to me about his life and his music. His views of the music industry didn’t leave much to be hopeful about.
- The Pop Music Industry
Fact: The often-used phrase, “Music soothes the savage beast” is actually a misquote.
- Concert promotion in the Baltics: Coming to a town far from you!
Just because your favorite band is planning a world tour does not mean they are coming to the Baltics.
- Getting away
With the advent of cell phones, Skype, email and the like, the eighthour workday appears to be a thing of the past.
- A weekend getaway for those not intimidated by driving
Life in Riga is exciting and offers a wide range of possibilities to fill any free time we may find. There is seldom a weekend that choosing a form of entertainment isn’t a multiplechoice exercise: museums, operas, movies, concerts and art shows.
- ‘Spaaremaa’: Estonia’s Island Getaway
Just as the widespread and free wireless Internet and the density of computer programmers have led to the name “E-stonia,” do not be surprised if you hear, with increasing frequency, the name “Spaaremaa.”.
- Experience the past in Kernave
If car exhaust, cement beneath your feet and traffic jams are getting you down perhaps a trip back to nature is a solution to your woes; specifically a trip, either by car or a local bus, to Kernave – a mere 35 kilometers from Vilnius.
- Discovering passion on the blue waves
My calendar told me that the topic of this week’s “Experience the Baltics” was boating and yachting. I began researching my topic, as I generally do, by browsing the web for information on the subject.
- Yachting and boating
The Sea: We revere her and we fear her – often simultaneously. We use her and we abuse her and, somehow, she ultimately forgives us.
- Water taxi provides a new way to Nida
Even though Klaipeda is a port city, water transport here is still fairly underdeveloped. This summer though there’s going to be a new way to ride the waves: the water taxi.
- Legends, ritual and the modern marriage
For years I‘ve wondered why the most revered and longstanding love stories are those with catastrophic endings.
- Traditional weddings
One of the most memorable events in the human experience is the wedding.
- Old customs give way to new
The traditional wedding week (or even two), when an entire village celebrated a marriage, has now been relegated to history.
- Sweet communication
What do you take with yourself if you happen to go to a business meeting? A business card, a pen with a company’s logo?
- Look out Laima, Emihls Gustavs is back!
Latvians have long been proud of their sweets.
- Chocolate and Sweets
Chocolate is made from the seeds of the tropical cacao tree, which was originally known as the theobroma tree. Theobroma: a Greek word meaning “food of the gods.”.
- A new choice for lovers of chocolate
In the past, when the words "Estonia" and "chocolate" were used in the same sentence, "Kalev" was sure to follow. For years chocoholics have had remarkably few alternatives when looking for places or products to indulge their cravings.