Barefoot Baltic Blog

Geschichten aus Lettland

Practical guides, hidden history, and insider tips for visiting Riga and beyond — by Daiga.

Rundāle Palace
Besucherführer

Rundāle Palace — Eine Geschichte von Hybris, Exil und dem süßesten Comeback der europäischen Geschichte

A man had everything, lost everything, spent twenty years in Siberia, came back at 72, and finished building his palace anyway. Plus: what daily life really looked like when there was no plumbing.

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Riga Art Nouveau
Stadtrundgang

Riga's Art Nouveau — Wo Gebäude Gesichter haben und jede Fassade eine Geschichte erzählt

Over 800 buildings, screaming masks, an architect who was probably expelled from university, and a quiet revolution carved into stone. Bring a neck pillow.

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Baltic German legacy
Geschichte

Die Deutschbalten — 700 Jahre Burgen, Macht und ein sehr plötzlicher Abschied

They arrived as crusaders, built baroque palaces, ran a duchy with Caribbean colonies, and then 60,000 of them packed up and left in six weeks. The extraordinary story written into every Latvian landscape.

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