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Soviet housing is finally getting a smart tech makeover. All hail the ‘Smartovka’

Soviet housing is finally getting a smart tech makeover. All hail the ‘Smartovka’

Home comforts: a door into Estonian interiors

Home comforts: a door into Estonian interiors

Take a deep dive into the hot and steamy world of Estonian saunas

Take a deep dive into the hot and steamy world of Estonian saunas

Soviet housing is finally getting a smart tech makeover. All hail the ‘Smartovka’

Soviet housing is finally getting a smart tech makeover. All hail the ‘Smartovka’

Home comforts: a door into Estonian interiors

Home comforts: a door into Estonian interiors

Take a deep dive into the hot and steamy world of Estonian saunas

Take a deep dive into the hot and steamy world of Estonian saunas

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In the Name of Love: the story behind the erotic Latvian self-help guide that brought sex to the USSR

Gender

In the Name of Love: the story behind the erotic Latvian self-help guide that brought sex to the USSR

19 October 2021

The story behind Tallinn’s concrete concert hall that’s become a Hollywood backdrop | Concrete Ideas

Architecture

The story behind Tallinn’s concrete concert hall that’s become a Hollywood backdrop | Concrete Ideas

11 October 2021

Latvia is Eastern Europe’s most ‘artistic’ country, study finds

Art

Latvia is Eastern Europe’s most ‘artistic’ country, study finds

30 September 2021

The Calvert Journal Film Festival launches 2021 edition

Film

The Calvert Journal Film Festival launches 2021 edition

15 September 2021

‘Yet another fish tank’: poets and writers review 30 years of independence from the USSR — in 30 words

Art & Culture

‘Yet another fish tank’: poets and writers review 30 years of independence from the USSR — in 30 words

7 September 2021

‘We’re still fighting for independence:’ 6 cultural figures reflect on 30 years since the end of the USSR

Art & Culture

‘We’re still fighting for independence:’ 6 cultural figures reflect on 30 years since the end of the USSR

2 September 2021

Foto Tallinn 2021: experimental photography from the Baltics and beyond

Art & Culture

Foto Tallinn 2021: experimental photography from the Baltics and beyond

1 September 2021

30 years after the collapse of the Soviet Union, is it time to finally stop using the term ‘post-Soviet’?

Art & Culture

30 years after the collapse of the Soviet Union, is it time to finally stop using the term ‘post-Soviet’?

31 August 2021

Tartu’s Snail Tower is a spiral-shaped postmodern tribute to eternity | Concrete Ideas

Architecture

Tartu’s Snail Tower is a spiral-shaped postmodern tribute to eternity | Concrete Ideas

23 August 2021

‘You Until Death’: how one man’s music freed Estonia from Soviet rule

Music

‘You Until Death’: how one man’s music freed Estonia from Soviet rule

22 August 2021

After the fall: 30 years since the end of the Soviet Union

Special projects

After the fall: 30 years since the end of the Soviet Union

20 August 2021

From Tallinn to Turkmenistan, is there more to post-independence architecture than big business and ‘exotic kitsch’?

Architecture

From Tallinn to Turkmenistan, is there more to post-independence architecture than big business and ‘exotic kitsch’?

19 August 2021

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