Winter Solstice at Ethnographic Museum

We went to the Ethnographic Museum (Latvijas Etnogrāfiskais brīvdabas muzejs) to celebrate the Winter Solstice and the longer daylight growing on the way to the Summer Solstice. These seasonal changes are felt much more distinctly further north. It was an overcast day but there's an almost glowing beauty with the unspoiled snow in the woods. The lake at this open-air museum park was a snow covered frozen which made it look like a huge empty field.

This was another Yule Log celebration with singing and dancing but we left before they ever got around to burning the one log. It was a much smaller event compared to the day before in Old Riga. It was still a neat experience in the traditional village setting so it's still a worthwhile thing to do.