Travels in the Baltics

These are my blog posts from my time spent Backpacking in the Baltics in 2018, featuring stories from Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania

Notes from Vilnius - Lithuania

Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania, my 87th country and thus completes the Baltics

Notes from Riga - Latvia

Riga, the capital of Latvia, the biggest city in the Baltics, home to about 700,000, a third of the country's population.

Hill of Crosses (Kryžių Kalnas) - Lithuania

The Hill of Crosses | Kryžių Kalnas has more than 100,000 crosses and is one of the top things to see in Lithuania outside of the capital, Vilnius.

Abandoned Naval Base of Karosta - Latvia

Karosta was constructed in 1890-1906 as a naval base for the Russian Tsar Alexander III and later served as a base for the Soviet Baltic Fleet.

Vesikko Submarine Museum - Suomenlinna - Finland

Submarine Vesikko, a former World War 2 submarine

Suomenlinna is a Sea Fortress built on a group of Islands off Helsinki, and it is here that you can visit The Submarine Vesikko, a former World War 2 submarine, which was restored in 1973 and turned into a museum