At noon on Wednesday, Mayor of Tallinn Peeter Raudsepp proclaimed the Christmas Peace in the Estonian capital. Raudsepp read the traditional Christmas Peace message to citizens of Tallinn from the [..]
More than gifts: how commerce came to define modern Christmas
By Teresė Bernatonytė, LRT RADIO. “Maybe Christmas, he thought, doesn’t come from a store. Maybe Christmas… perhaps… means a little bit more,” the line comes from How the Grinch Stole [..]
Tourism in Estonia is showing signs of improvement, and economists say this will be the best Christmas in years. But across the whole year, the number of foreign visitors has [..]
Christmas market to open in Riga’s old town next week
The annual Christmas Market is set to open in Dome Square, Riga’s Old Town, next Friday, LETA was told by Vecrīgas Ziemassvētku Tirdziņš, the company operating the market. The Christmas [..]
Tallinn public transport during Christmas and New Year
During the Christmas holidays, Tallinn public transport will operate on a Sunday schedule. On December 31, due to the concert and light show at Vabaduse väljak, the area will be [..]
Christmas will be white in most parts of Latvia, according to forecasts of the Latvian Centre for Environment, Geology and Meteorology. During the last two weeks, rain and positive temperatures [..]