The annual festival celebrating the summer solstice known as Joninės in Lithuania, Ligo in Latvia, Jaanipäev in Estonia, Juhannus in Finland, Midsommar in Sweden and Sankt Hans Aften in Norway is one of the oldest Scandinavian and Baltic celebrations taking place sometime between June 19 and June 25 depending on which of the countries.Read More
The world in general and Europe in our particular case is full of wonderful places with beautiful landscapes, unique cities and towns with rich stories and age-old gastronomical heritage, amazing museums and cultural venues but we will never stop to repeat that if you are in search of true uniqueness go to Estonia, the small...Read More
Easter time for the Christians all over the world is the most special and sacred time of the year. In Lithuania it comes after long and cold winter with the awakening of nature and it starts with Palm Sunday called Verbu Sekmadienis in Lithuanian.Read More
Everybody knows about the carnivals of Venice and Brazil. However has anyone besides Lithuanians ever heard of the festival of Užgavėnės. It is an old Lithuanian tradition with deep archaic pagan roots celebrated on the Tuesday exactly 7 weeks before Easter to mark the end of winter and the beginning of the Earth's new life...Read More
The customs behind celebrating Christmas in Lithuania comes from a unique mixture of Christian and pagan traditions. The most beloved, important and special celebration is Christmas Eve ( “Kucios” in Lithuanian), the day when all families gather together.Read More
Paradoxically our journey here starts at a time when all the world has more or less stopped travelling. Perhaps it sounds ironical but we do in fact feel grateful that Covid-19 actually gave us the time to reflect over our future direction and to discuss with like-minded colleagues and our Nordic partners how to create...Read More
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