Liepāja Interior Museum Offers Candlelit Tours – Is Electricity Too Expensive Again?
In February, the museum invites visitors to romantic candlelit tours, because as we all know, electricity bills are currently scarier than any museum ghost.
The Liepāja Interior Museum has found a genius way to save on electricity bills – simply offer candlelit tours! And they even call it a 'special sense of antiquity.' Well yes, our grandmothers also lived with candles, but back then they didn't have a choice.
February, it turns out, is candle month. Who knew? Probably the same person who decided January is detox month and March is... well, March is just March. But whatever – if people in Riga pay hundreds for spa treatments with candles, then why shouldn't we earn seven euros for the same thing, just with history thrown in?
'I went on that candle tour and felt like I was in the 18th century,' says local resident Maija. 'Probably because electricity bills are making us all live like it's the 18th century.' Truth be told, romance is romance, but seven euros for walking around a dark house – that's almost as expensive as a movie ticket in Riga, except there they at least have popcorn.
But honestly – if Hoijeres tavern is offering a three-course meal selection for a special price, then maybe it's worth it after all. The main thing is they don't pass off this 'special price' as a standard Riga restaurant price. Because we here in Liepāja know that true romance is not just candlelight, but also reasonable prices.
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