23/08/2026
Some moments in history are remembered in books. Others are remembered because people were there, hand in hand. 🇱🇹 🇱🇻 🇪🇪
37 years ago, something extraordinary happened across the Baltics. On 23 August 1989, around 2 million people joined hands and formed a human chain stretching more than 600 kilometres across Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, calling for freedom and the restoration of their independence.
No social media. No smartphones. No algorithms to bring people together. Just people, standing together, holding hands, and showing the world the strength of peaceful unity.
Today, it can be easy to look at the Baltic countries as independent, modern European states and forget how recent that freedom really is. The Baltic Way became more than a human chain. It became a symbol of unity, courage and the belief that peaceful people standing together can change history.
