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Liepāja Interior Museum Offers Candlelit Tours – Is Electricity Too Expensive Again?
Culture

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.

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Vaiņode artist proves: you can live off photography, but not off parental advice
Culture

Vaiņode artist proves: you can live off photography, but not off parental advice

Annika transformed from pedagogue to photographer after realizing - working with children is harder than working with a lens.

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Special fragrances created in Liepāja that smell like our local identity and 400 years of history
Curiosities

Special fragrances created in Liepāja that smell like our local identity and 400 years of history

Spanish perfumers, having never been to Latvia, have created fragrances 'Liepājnieks' and 'Liepājniece' based on photographs and Latvian films sent to them.

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Sports

Former Muscle Mountain Man Nikita Now Raises Kids in 'Sprīdītis' - From Weightlifting to Whipping Up Fun

Mr. Universe title holder reveals that running kindergarten classes is harder than lifting 200 kilos.

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Riga and Jurmala to Learn How NOT to Build Digital Systems
Curiosities

Riga and Jurmala to Learn How NOT to Build Digital Systems

International forum will gather 300 experts to discuss why their systems don't work and how to hide it behind fancy words.

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New Yorkers in Panic: 20 Centimeters of Snow Means City Shutdown, But in Liepāja We Call That a 'Weekend'
Weather

New Yorkers in Panic: 20 Centimeters of Snow Means City Shutdown, But in Liepāja We Call That a 'Weekend'

Americans impose travel bans over a little snow, while Liepāja residents quietly chuckle and remember how we walk to work through meter-deep snow in winter.

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Ministry of Economics reveals revolutionary concept: houses and land could belong to the same person
Politics

Ministry of Economics reveals revolutionary concept: houses and land could belong to the same person

The Ministry proposes allowing apartment owners to also get a plot of land, so they don't have to live in the air like in Karosta on stilts.

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EU tries to explain to Trump what agreements are, but he only understands price tags
Politics

EU tries to explain to Trump what agreements are, but he only understands price tags

Europe is trying to explain to Trump that agreements aren't like bargaining at Liepāja market - if you agreed, you have to follow through.

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Hungary as Karosta: they too love blocking everything that moves
Politics

Hungary as Karosta: they too love blocking everything that moves

Hungary threatens to block EU sanctions on Russia just like Karosta guards once blocked entry without a pass. Only this time it's about oil, not military discipline.

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End of February promises Liepāja residents something new again - this time snowy cloudy uncertainty
Weather

End of February promises Liepāja residents something new again - this time snowy cloudy uncertainty

Meteorologists come forward with revolutionary news - at the end of February, Latvia will have changeable weather. Liepāja residents shocked.

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Liepāja Unveils Dutch Secret: How to Become Unbreakable with Juniper Berries
Culture

Liepāja Unveils Dutch Secret: How to Become Unbreakable with Juniper Berries

At the Interior Museum, locals learned to prepare miracle elixirs that have made the Dutch so successful in seafaring and tulip growing.

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Liepāja Residents Realistic: Half Don't Expect Salary Increases, Other Half Dreams of 10%, and Trams Still Cost 60 Cents
Business

Liepāja Residents Realistic: Half Don't Expect Salary Increases, Other Half Dreams of 10%, and Trams Still Cost 60 Cents

While Riga residents complain about expensive living, Liepāja residents pragmatically accept that salaries grow as much as they grow – the main thing is that coffee in the Center still costs one euro.

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