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Michael Palin's New Europe (2007)

S1E5 Baltic Summer

Oct 14, 2007 Season 1 Episode 5 Documentary

Michael embarks on a journey starting in Tallinn, traveling south through Latvia and into Lithuania, sailing into the Baltic Sea from Kaliningrad, a former part of East Prussia. In Estonia, he explores a unique pyramid-shaped house and tries out the healing effects of leeches. His adventure continues in Latvia, where he discovers one of the most clandestine locations from the Communist era—the astronomical telescope.