24.02.2021
Lesen Sie einen Artikel aus der neusten Ausgabe des Baltic Business Quarterly: Spring 2021.
By Alexander Welscher
While there is nothing comparable to seeing the beauty of the world through your own eyes, technology nowadays allows us to visit many places virtually. So even though travel is restricted at the moment, you can go almost anywhere from the comfort and safety of your home. Baltic Business Quarterly offers you some couch travel recommendations for the Baltics.
- Explore the online exhibits and virtual tours of the Tallinn City Museum, find out how Riga looked about 100 years ago or stroll through the Palace of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania
- Find out why Estonians are the way they are at the Estonian National Museum, feel like an aristocrat in the Rundale Palace or a head of state at the Historical Presidential Palace of Lithuania
- Learn about the freedom fight of the Baltics in a virtual visit to the 1991 Barricades museum in Riga, an archive photo collection from the January 1991 events in Vilnius and online exhibition about the Baltic Way
- Take a virtual tour of the Kuressaare Castle, check out the Turaida Castle from a bird's eye view and explore the Medininkai Castle together with a knight
- Explore the collections of the Kumu Art Museum, discover the masterpieces of Latvian National Museum of Art and get to know the works of one of Lithuania’s greatest artists at the M.K. Čiurlionis National Museum of Art
- Delve into unique medieval altarpieces in Tallinn, visit the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity in Liepaja or go inside Lithuania's Hill of Crosses
- Learn more about Estonian literature online at the Under and Tuglas Literature Centre, browse the Latvian National Library’s digital collection of books and periodicals or discover the treasures of the Vilnius University Library.
- Take a journey of discovery to places with a German connection in Latvia, tour the House of the Blackheads in Tallinn or use an interactive guide to explore the regional heritage of Klaipėda
- Inspect a 1930s submarine at the Seaplane Harbour in Tallinn, take a virtual tour through the former KGB headquarters in Riga or learn about the “Baltic gold” in the Palanga Amber Museum
- Visit the interactive exhibitions of Estonian National Museum of Natural History, tour the Latvian Puppet Theatre or join an excursion through the Lithuanian Energy and Technology Museum
- Peek into the lives of Tallinn's zoo animals, follow the Latvian Fund for Nature’s live streams from birds' nests or enjoy the Lithuanian Sea Museum’s dolphin performances
- Step into the historic farm-houses at the Estonian Open Air Museum, join a virtual tour of the Lithuanian Clock and Watch Museum or check out the unique cars of the Riga Motor museum
- Fly into the Lithuanian Aviation museum, drive down the Sigulda bobsleigh track or discover the story of the Estonian War Museum
- Listen to what Estonian folk instruments sound like, visit the historic Žaliūkai Windmill and sneak into the radio telescope in Irbene.
This article belongs to Baltic Business Quarterly Spring 2021.